LeBron James vs. Mark Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mark Williams 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.

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, 19 more than Mark Williams, who played 3. LeBron James had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, while Mark Williams had his rookie season in 2022-23. 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.

Rookie Season
	LeBron James	Mark Williams
Season	2003-04	2022-23
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	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:	+36	+20.2	+11.9	+0.9	+0.7	+1.6	+5.5	+0.9	+0.3	-2.6	-0.3	+4.2	+13.1	+.220	+0.8	+2.7		+2.8	+3.5	+.063
Mark Williams	43	19.3	9.0	2.2	4.9	7.1	0.4	0.7	1.0	0.9	2.2	3.7	5.8	.637	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.3	.691
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher LeBron James nor Mark Williams played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	LeBron James	Mark Williams
Season	2004-05	2023-24
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+61	+15.7	+14.5	+2.6	+0.3	+2.3	+6.0	+1.4	+0.4	-2.4	-0.8	+4.7	+13.2	+.177	+1.4	+3.9		+3.6	+4.6	+.031
Mark Williams	19	26.7	12.7	4.0	5.7	9.7	1.2	0.8	1.1	0.9	2.6	5.2	7.9	.649	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.4	.719
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher LeBron James nor Mark Williams played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	LeBron James	Mark Williams
Season	2005-06	2024-25
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+35	+15.9	+16.1	+2.1	+1.1	+3.2	+4.1	+0.9	+0.4	-1.7	-0.1	+5.0	+12.9	+.124	+1.6	+4.7	+.335	+4.6	+6.6	+.066
Mark Williams	44	26.6	15.3	3.0	7.2	10.2	2.5	0.7	1.2	1.6	2.4	6.1	10.2	.604	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	3.7	.804
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
Mark Williams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* LeBron James played 19 seasons more than Mark Williams in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 22, from 2007 to 2025—LeBron James played in 17 Playoffs and won 4 NBA Championships and one NBA Cup. In those 19 extra years over Mark Williams, LeBron James got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	4 Finals MVP 4 Season MVP 12 All-NBA First Team 3 All-NBA Second Team 4 All-NBA Third Team 5 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Scoring Leader 1 Assists Leader 1 Cup MVP 1 Cup All-Tournament Team 19 All-Star Game 2 All-Star Game MVP