LeBron James vs. Kevin Willis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Willis and LeBron James, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Games against each other

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

LeBron James played 22 years in the NBA, 1 more than Kevin Willis, who played 21. LeBron James had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, while Kevin Willis had his rookie season in 1984-85. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
LeBron James	22	18	2003-04 to 2024-25
Kevin Willis	21	11	1984-85 to 2006-07

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21


Rookie Season
	LeBron James	Kevin Willis
Season	2003-04	1984-85
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LeBron James	79	39.5	20.9	1.3	4.2	5.5	5.9	1.6	0.7	3.5	1.9	7.9	18.9	.417	0.8	2.7	.290	4.4	5.8	.754
difference:	+3	+17.7	+11.6	+0.9		+0.9	+5.5	+1.2	+0.1	-2.2	-0.9	+4.0	+10.5	+.050	+0.8	+2.6	+.068	+2.9	+3.6	+.097
Kevin Willis	82	21.8	9.3	2.2	4.2	6.4	0.4	0.4	0.6	1.3	2.8	3.9	8.4	.467	0.0	0.1	.222	1.5	2.2	.657

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher LeBron James nor Kevin Willis played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	LeBron James	Kevin Willis
Season	2004-05	1985-86
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LeBron James	80	42.4	27.2	1.4	6.0	7.4	7.2	2.2	0.7	3.3	1.8	9.9	21.1	.472	1.4	3.9	.351	6.0	8.0	.750
difference:	+2	+14.4	+14.9	+1.6	+0.4	+1.2	+6.7	+1.4	+0.2	-1.1	-1.8	+4.8	+11.2	+.045	+1.4	+3.8	+.351	+3.9	+4.8	+.096
Kevin Willis	82	28.0	12.3	3.0	5.6	8.6	0.5	0.8	0.5	2.2	3.6	5.1	9.9	.517	0.0	0.1	.000	2.1	3.2	.654

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LeBron James	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Willis	9	31.1	13.9	3.4	3.8	7.2	0.6	0.8	0.9	1.7	4.2	6.1	10.9	.561	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.6	.652


Season 3
	LeBron James	Kevin Willis
Season	2005-06	1986-87
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LeBron James	79	42.5	31.4	0.9	6.1	7.0	6.6	1.6	0.8	3.3	2.3	11.1	23.1	.480	1.6	4.8	.335	7.6	10.3	.738
difference:	+2	+10.1	+15.3	+3.1	+0.4	+3.5	+5.8	+0.8		-1.2	-1.6	+4.5	+10.7	+.056	+1.6	+4.8		+4.8	+6.3	+.029
Kevin Willis	81	32.4	16.1	4.0	6.5	10.5	0.8	0.8	0.8	2.1	3.9	6.6	12.4	.536	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	4.0	.709

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LeBron James	13	46.5	30.8	1.7	6.4	8.1	5.8	1.4	0.7	5.0	3.4	11.2	23.6	.476	1.6	4.8	.333	6.7	9.1	.737
difference:	+4	+6.9	+15.1	+2.0	+0.8	+1.1	+5.1	+0.4	+0.1	-3.1	-0.3	+4.5	+10.8	+.046	+1.6	+4.8		+4.4	+5.7	+.060
Kevin Willis	9	39.6	15.7	3.7	5.6	9.2	0.7	1.0	0.8	1.9	3.7	6.7	12.8	.522	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.4	.677


Season 4
	LeBron James	Kevin Willis
Season	2006-07	1987-88
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LeBron James	78	40.9	27.3	1.1	5.7	6.7	6.0	1.6	0.7	3.2	2.2	9.9	20.8	.476	1.3	4.0	.319	6.3	9.0	.698
difference:	+3	+13.0	+15.7	+2.0	+1.5	+0.6	+5.6	+0.7	+0.2	-1.4	-1.0	+5.2	+11.6	+.042	+1.3	+4.0		+4.2	+5.7	+.049
Kevin Willis	75	27.9	11.6	3.1	4.2	7.3	0.4	0.9	0.5	1.8	3.2	4.7	9.2	.518	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	3.3	.649

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LeBron James	20	44.7	25.1	1.3	6.8	8.1	8.0	1.7	0.5	3.3	2.0	8.3	20.0	.416	1.1	3.8	.280	7.4	9.8	.755
difference:	+8	+6.2	+8.9	+1.7	+0.8	+0.9	+7.1	+0.9	+0.3	-1.2	-2.3	+1.6	+8.5	+.164	+1.1	+3.7	+.280	+4.6	+5.6	+.075
Kevin Willis	12	38.5	16.2	3.0	6.0	9.0	0.9	0.8	0.8	2.1	4.3	6.7	11.5	.580	0.0	0.1	.000	2.8	4.2	.680

Note: Kevin Willis didn't play in 1988-89.


Season 5
	LeBron James	Kevin Willis
Season	2007-08	1989-90
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LeBron James	75	40.4	30.0	1.8	6.1	7.9	7.2	1.8	1.1	3.4	2.2	10.6	21.9	.484	1.5	4.8	.315	7.3	10.3	.712
difference:	+6	+12.3	+17.6	+1.3	+1.3	+0.1	+6.5	+1.0	+0.5	-1.6	-1.0	+5.4	+12.0	+.035	+1.5	+4.7	+.029	+5.2	+7.3	+.029
Kevin Willis	81	28.1	12.4	3.1	4.8	8.0	0.7	0.8	0.6	1.8	3.2	5.2	9.9	.519	0.0	0.1	.286	2.1	3.0	.683

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LeBron James	13	42.5	28.2	1.2	6.6	7.8	7.6	1.8	1.3	4.2	2.5	8.7	21.2	.411	1.4	5.4	.257	9.4	12.8	.731
Kevin Willis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	LeBron James	Kevin Willis
Season	2008-09	1990-91
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Finals	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LeBron James	81	37.7	28.4	1.3	6.3	7.6	7.2	1.7	1.1	3.0	1.7	9.7	19.9	.489	1.6	4.7	.344	7.3	9.4	.780
difference:	+1	+8.0	+15.3	+1.9	+0.7	+1.2	+6.0	+0.9	+0.6	-1.1	-1.2	+4.1	+8.9	+.015	+1.5	+4.6	+.056	+5.3	+6.4	+.112
Kevin Willis	80	29.7	13.1	3.2	5.6	8.8	1.2	0.8	0.5	1.9	2.9	5.6	11.0	.504	0.1	0.1	.400	2.0	3.0	.668

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LeBron James	14	41.4	35.3	1.4	7.8	9.1	7.3	1.6	0.9	2.7	2.1	11.4	22.3	.510	1.9	5.8	.333	10.6	14.2	.749
difference:	+9	+9.6	+19.9	+2.2	+2.4	+0.1	+6.3	+1.0	+0.7	-2.3	-2.3	+6.0	+8.9	+.107	+1.5	+5.2	+.334	+6.4	+8.2	+.049
Kevin Willis	5	31.8	15.4	3.6	5.4	9.0	1.0	0.6	0.2	0.4	4.4	5.4	13.4	.403	0.4	0.6	.667	4.2	6.0	.700


Season 7
	LeBron James	Kevin Willis
Season	2009-10	1991-92
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LeBron James	76	39.0	29.7	0.9	6.4	7.3	8.6	1.6	1.0	3.4	1.6	10.1	20.1	.503	1.7	5.1	.333	7.8	10.2	.767
difference:	+5	+2.4	+11.4	+4.3	+4.0	+8.2	+6.5	+0.7	+0.3	-1.0	-1.2	+2.8	+5.0	+.020	+1.6	+4.6	+.171	+4.2	+5.7	+.037
Kevin Willis	81	36.6	18.3	5.2	10.4	15.5	2.1	0.9	0.7	2.4	2.8	7.3	15.1	.483	0.1	0.5	.162	3.6	4.5	.804

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LeBron James	11	41.8	29.1	1.4	7.9	9.3	7.6	1.7	1.8	3.8	2.1	9.6	19.2	.502	1.8	4.5	.400	8.0	10.9	.733
Kevin Willis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	LeBron James	Kevin Willis
Season	2010-11	1992-93
Team	Miami Heat	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LeBron James	79	38.8	26.7	1.0	6.5	7.5	7.0	1.6	0.6	3.6	2.1	9.6	18.8	.510	1.2	3.5	.330	6.4	8.4	.759
difference:	+1	+2.8	+8.8	+3.2	+2.2	+5.4	+4.9	+0.7	+0.1	-0.9	-1.2	+1.9	+3.6	+.004	+1.1	+3.1	+.089	+3.9	+4.6	+.106
Kevin Willis	80	36.0	17.9	4.2	8.7	12.9	2.1	0.9	0.5	2.7	3.3	7.7	15.2	.506	0.1	0.4	.241	2.5	3.8	.653

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LeBron James	21	43.9	23.7	1.6	6.8	8.4	5.9	1.7	1.2	3.1	2.7	8.3	17.8	.466	1.4	4.0	.353	5.7	7.4	.763
difference:	+18	+9.6	+7.0	+2.7	+2.5	+0.3	+4.9	+1.0	+1.2	-0.8	-1.6	+1.3	+2.8	+.001	+1.4	+3.7	+.353	+3.0	+2.7	+.192
Kevin Willis	3	34.3	16.7	4.3	4.3	8.7	1.0	0.7	0.0	2.3	4.3	7.0	15.0	.467	0.0	0.3	.000	2.7	4.7	.571


Season 9
	LeBron James	Kevin Willis
Season	2011-12	1993-94
Team	Miami Heat	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LeBron James	62	37.5	27.1	1.5	6.4	7.9	6.2	1.9	0.8	3.4	1.5	10.0	18.9	.531	0.9	2.4	.362	6.2	8.1	.771
difference:	+18	+1.7	+8.0	+2.7	+1.5	+4.1	+4.3	+0.9	+0.3	-1.0	-1.6	+2.2	+3.2	+.032	+0.8	+2.1	+.013	+2.8	+3.4	+.058
Kevin Willis	80	35.8	19.1	4.2	7.9	12.0	1.9	1.0	0.5	2.4	3.1	7.8	15.7	.499	0.1	0.3	.375	3.4	4.7	.713

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LeBron James	23	42.7	30.3	2.3	7.4	9.7	5.6	1.9	0.7	3.5	2.0	10.9	21.8	.500	1.0	3.7	.259	7.5	10.2	.739
difference:	+12	+9.8	+18.1	+1.2		+1.1	+4.6	+1.2	+0.2	-1.8	-1.4	+5.5	+10.1	+.043	+1.0	+3.2	+.259	+6.0	+8.3	+.023
Kevin Willis	11	32.9	12.2	3.5	7.4	10.8	1.0	0.7	0.5	1.7	3.4	5.4	11.7	.457	0.0	0.5	.000	1.5	1.9	.762


Season 10
	LeBron James	Kevin Willis
Season	2012-13	1994-95
Team	Miami Heat	Atlanta Hawks, Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LeBron James	76	37.9	26.8	1.3	6.8	8.0	7.3	1.7	0.9	3.0	1.4	10.1	17.8	.565	1.4	3.3	.406	5.3	7.0	.753
difference:	+9	+2.2	+9.6	+2.1	+0.7	+2.9	+6.0	+0.8	+0.4	-0.6	-1.8	+3.0	+2.7	+.099	+1.4	+3.1	+.206	+2.2	+2.6	+.063
Kevin Willis	67	35.7	17.2	3.4	7.5	10.9	1.3	0.9	0.5	2.4	3.2	7.1	15.1	.466	0.0	0.2	.200	3.1	4.4	.690

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LeBron James	23	41.7	25.9	1.6	6.8	8.4	6.6	1.8	0.8	3.0	1.9	9.2	18.8	.491	1.6	4.2	.375	5.9	7.6	.777
Kevin Willis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	LeBron James	Kevin Willis
Season	2013-14	1995-96
Team	Miami Heat	Miami Heat, Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LeBron James	77	37.7	27.1	1.1	5.9	6.9	6.3	1.6	0.3	3.5	1.6	10.0	17.6	.567	1.5	4.0	.379	5.7	7.6	.750
difference:	+2	+9.2	+16.5	+1.7	+0.2	+1.6	+5.6	+1.2	+0.2	-1.4	-1.8	+5.7	+8.1	+.111	+1.5	+3.9	+.268	+3.8	+4.9	+.042
Kevin Willis	75	28.5	10.6	2.8	5.7	8.5	0.7	0.4	0.5	2.1	3.4	4.3	9.5	.456	0.0	0.1	.111	1.9	2.7	.708

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LeBron James	20	38.2	27.4	0.7	6.4	7.1	4.8	1.8	0.6	3.1	2.3	9.6	17.0	.565	1.8	4.3	.407	6.5	8.0	.806
Kevin Willis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	LeBron James	Kevin Willis
Season	2014-15	1996-97
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LeBron James	69	36.1	25.3	0.7	5.3	6.0	7.4	1.6	0.7	3.9	2.0	9.0	18.5	.488	1.7	4.9	.354	5.4	7.7	.710
difference:	+6	+9.9	+14.1	+1.2	+0.2	+1.5	+6.5	+1.0	+0.3	-2.3	-0.9	+4.3	+8.8	+.007	+1.7	+4.7	+.211	+3.5	+5.0	+.017
Kevin Willis	75	26.2	11.2	1.9	5.5	7.5	0.9	0.6	0.4	1.6	2.9	4.7	9.7	.481	0.0	0.2	.143	1.9	2.7	.693

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LeBron James	20	42.2	30.1	1.9	9.5	11.3	8.5	1.7	1.1	4.1	2.9	11.4	27.2	.417	1.3	5.5	.227	6.1	8.4	.731
difference:	+4	+23.9	+23.7	+0.5	+6.2	+6.6	+7.8	+1.1	+0.8	-2.7		+9.0	+21.3	+.017	+1.3	+5.4	+.227	+4.5	+6.0	+.047
Kevin Willis	16	18.3	6.4	1.4	3.3	4.7	0.7	0.6	0.3	1.4	2.9	2.4	5.9	.400	0.0	0.1	.000	1.6	2.4	.684


Season 13
	LeBron James	Kevin Willis
Season	2015-16	1997-98
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LeBron James	76	35.6	25.3	1.5	6.0	7.4	6.8	1.4	0.6	3.3	1.9	9.7	18.6	.520	1.1	3.7	.309	4.7	6.5	.731
difference:	+5	+4.4	+9.2	+1.4	+0.5	+1.0	+5.8	+0.7	+0.1	-1.2	-1.0	+3.1	+5.7	+.010	+1.1	+3.6	+.166	+1.7	+2.7	+.062
Kevin Willis	81	31.2	16.1	2.9	5.5	8.4	1.0	0.7	0.5	2.1	2.9	6.6	12.9	.510	0.0	0.1	.143	3.0	3.8	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LeBron James	21	39.1	26.3	2.0	7.5	9.5	7.6	2.3	1.3	3.6	2.6	10.4	19.9	.525	1.5	4.5	.340	3.9	5.9	.661
difference:	+16	+5.5	+15.1	+1.6	+0.5	+1.1	+6.6	+0.7	+0.7	-1.2	-1.6	+6.0	+8.9	+.125	+1.5	+4.3	+.340	+1.5	+2.7	+.089
Kevin Willis	5	33.6	11.2	3.6	7.0	10.6	1.0	1.6	0.6	2.4	4.2	4.4	11.0	.400	0.0	0.2	.000	2.4	3.2	.750


Season 14
	LeBron James	Kevin Willis
Season	2016-17	1998-99
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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14th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LeBron James	74	37.8	26.4	1.3	7.3	8.6	8.7	1.2	0.6	4.1	1.8	9.9	18.2	.548	1.7	4.6	.363	4.8	7.2	.674
difference:	+32	+8.8	+14.4	+1.3	+1.6	+0.3	+7.1	+0.5	+0.1	-2.1	-1.4	+5.4	+7.6	+.130	+1.7	+4.6		+1.7	+3.5	+.165
Kevin Willis	42	29.0	12.0	2.6	5.7	8.3	1.6	0.7	0.7	2.0	3.2	4.5	10.6	.418	0.0	0.0	-	3.1	3.7	.839

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LeBron James	18	41.3	32.8	1.1	8.1	9.1	7.8	1.9	1.3	4.0	2.4	12.1	21.3	.565	2.4	5.9	.411	6.3	9.0	.698
Kevin Willis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	LeBron James	Kevin Willis
Season	2017-18	1999-00
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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15th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LeBron James	82	36.9	27.5	1.2	7.5	8.6	9.1	1.4	0.9	4.2	1.7	10.5	19.3	.542	1.8	5.0	.367	4.7	6.5	.731
difference:	+3	+15.6	+19.9	+1.3	+3.9	+2.5	+8.5	+0.9	+0.3	-3.0	-1.5	+7.5	+12.1	+.127	+1.8	+5.0		+3.0	+4.4	+.068
Kevin Willis	79	21.3	7.6	2.5	3.6	6.1	0.6	0.5	0.6	1.2	3.2	3.0	7.2	.415	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.1	.799

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LeBron James	22	41.9	34.0	1.4	7.7	9.1	9.0	1.4	1.0	4.3	2.4	12.5	23.2	.539	1.8	5.2	.342	7.2	9.7	.746
difference:	+19	+16.2	+21.0	+0.6	+1.0	+0.4	+8.7	+0.7	+1.0	-3.6	-1.3	+8.5	+12.2	+.175	+1.8	+5.2		+2.2	+3.0	+.004
Kevin Willis	3	25.7	13.0	2.0	6.7	8.7	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.7	3.7	4.0	11.0	.364	0.0	0.0	-	5.0	6.7	.750


Season 16
	LeBron James	Kevin Willis
Season	2018-19	2000-01
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Toronto Raptors, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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16th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LeBron James	55	35.2	27.4	1.0	7.4	8.5	8.3	1.3	0.6	3.6	1.7	10.1	19.9	.510	2.0	5.9	.339	5.1	7.6	.665
difference:	+23	+11.7	+18.1	+1.3	+2.8	+1.7	+7.7	+0.6	+0.1	-2.5	-1.1	+6.2	+11.1	+.069	+2.0	+5.8	+.172	+3.7	+5.7	+.104
Kevin Willis	78	23.5	9.3	2.3	4.6	6.8	0.6	0.7	0.7	1.1	2.8	3.9	8.8	.441	0.0	0.1	.167	1.4	1.9	.769

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher LeBron James nor Kevin Willis played in the postseason in their season 16


Season 17
	LeBron James	Kevin Willis
Season	2019-20	2001-02
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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17th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LeBron James	67	34.6	25.3	1.0	6.9	7.8	10.2	1.2	0.5	3.9	1.8	9.6	19.4	.493	2.2	6.3	.348	3.9	5.7	.693
difference:	+15	+18.0	+19.2	+1.0	+3.2	+2.0	+9.9	+0.7	+0.1	-3.1	-0.1	+7.2	+13.9	+.053	+2.2	+6.3		+2.6	+4.0	+.054
Kevin Willis	52	16.6	6.1	2.0	3.7	5.8	0.3	0.5	0.4	0.8	1.9	2.4	5.5	.440	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.7	.747

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LeBron James	21	36.3	27.6	1.3	9.4	10.8	8.8	1.2	0.9	4.0	1.9	10.2	18.2	.560	2.1	5.7	.370	5.1	7.1	.720
Kevin Willis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 18
	LeBron James	Kevin Willis
Season	2020-21	2002-03
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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18th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LeBron James	45	33.4	25.0	0.6	7.0	7.7	7.8	1.1	0.6	3.7	1.6	9.4	18.3	.513	2.3	6.3	.365	4.0	5.7	.698
difference:	+26	+21.6	+20.8	+0.6	+5.0	+4.5	+7.5	+0.8	+0.3	-2.9	-0.1	+7.7	+14.7	+.034	+2.3	+6.3		+3.3	+4.5	+.084
Kevin Willis	71	11.8	4.2	1.2	2.0	3.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.8	1.7	1.7	3.6	.479	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.2	.614

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LeBron James	6	37.3	23.3	1.2	6.0	7.2	8.0	1.5	0.3	4.2	1.2	9.0	19.0	.474	3.0	8.0	.375	2.3	3.8	.609
difference:	+12	+32.3	+20.7	+0.1	+5.3	+5.5	+7.9	+1.4	+0.2	-3.8	-0.3	+7.8	+16.8	+.051	+2.9	+7.9	+.625	+2.1	+3.6	+.391
Kevin Willis	18	5.0	2.6	1.1	0.7	1.7	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.9	1.2	2.2	.525	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.2	0.2	1.000


Season 19
	LeBron James	Kevin Willis
Season	2021-22	2003-04
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis

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19th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LeBron James	56	37.2	30.3	1.1	7.1	8.2	6.2	1.3	1.1	3.5	2.2	11.4	21.8	.524	2.9	8.0	.359	4.5	6.0	.756
difference:	+8	+29.4	+26.9	+0.3	+5.8	+6.2	+6.0	+0.9	+0.9	-2.8	-0.9	+9.9	+18.7	+.057	+2.9	+8.0		+4.0	+5.2	+.141
Kevin Willis	48	7.8	3.4	0.8	1.3	2.0	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.7	1.3	1.5	3.1	.467	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.8	.615

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LeBron James	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Willis	7	3.4	0.9	0.0	0.9	0.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.4	1.1	.375	0.0	0.1	.000	0.0	0.1	.000


Season 20
	LeBron James	Kevin Willis
Season	2022-23	2004-05
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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20th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LeBron James	55	35.5	28.9	1.2	7.1	8.3	6.8	0.9	0.6	3.2	1.6	11.1	22.2	.500	2.2	6.9	.321	4.6	5.9	.768
difference:	+26	+23.6	+25.9	+0.2	+5.5	+5.7	+6.5	+0.6	+0.4	-2.7	-0.2	+9.9	+19.1	+.111	+2.2	+6.8	+.321	+4.0	+5.1	+.029
Kevin Willis	29	11.9	3.0	1.0	1.6	2.6	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.5	1.8	1.2	3.1	.389	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	0.8	.739

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LeBron James	16	38.7	24.5	1.6	8.3	9.9	6.5	1.1	1.1	2.5	1.8	9.2	18.4	.498	1.8	6.6	.264	4.4	5.8	.761
Kevin Willis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Kevin Willis didn't play in 2005-06.


Season 21
	LeBron James	Kevin Willis
Season	2023-24	2006-07
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	Cup MVP	-
	Cup All-Tournament Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play
Others	NBA Cup Champion	-

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21st Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LeBron James	71	35.3	25.7	0.9	6.4	7.3	8.3	1.3	0.5	3.5	1.1	9.6	17.9	.540	2.1	5.1	.410	4.3	5.7	.750
difference:	+66	+26.7	+23.3	+0.5	+5.2	+5.7	+8.1	+0.9	+0.3	-3.1	-1.1	+8.6	+15.3	+.155	+2.1	+5.1		+3.9	+5.3	+.250
Kevin Willis	5	8.6	2.4	0.4	1.2	1.6	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.4	2.2	1.0	2.6	.385	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.4	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LeBron James	5	40.8	27.8	0.8	6.0	6.8	8.8	2.4	1.0	3.8	2.2	11.2	19.8	.566	2.0	5.2	.385	3.4	4.6	.739
Kevin Willis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Additional Years
* LeBron James played 1 season more than Kevin Willis in the NBA. In that period—his season 22 in 2025—LeBron James played in the Playoffs. In that extra year over Kevin Willis, LeBron James got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-Star Game

LeBron James vs. Kevin Willis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Willis and LeBron James, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Season 13

13th Season Stats Comparison

Season 14

14th Season Stats Comparison

Season 15

15th Season Stats Comparison

Season 16

16th Season Stats Comparison

Season 17

17th Season Stats Comparison

Season 18

18th Season Stats Comparison

Season 19

19th Season Stats Comparison

Season 20

20th Season Stats Comparison

Season 21

21st Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years