LeBron James vs. Naz Reid Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Naz Reid 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, 16 more than Naz Reid, who played 6. LeBron James had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, while Naz Reid had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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	Naz Reid
Season	2003-04	2019-20
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Minnesota Timberwolves
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:	+49	+23.0	+11.9	+0.2	+1.2	+1.4	+4.7	+1.0		-2.8	-0.9	+4.6	+10.8	+.005	+0.3	+0.5	+.040	+3.2	+4.0	+.056
Naz Reid	30	16.5	9.0	1.1	3.0	4.1	1.2	0.6	0.7	0.7	2.8	3.3	8.1	.412	1.1	3.2	.330	1.2	1.8	.698
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher LeBron James nor Naz Reid played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	LeBron James	Naz Reid
Season	2004-05	2020-21
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Minnesota Timberwolves
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:	+10	+23.2	+16.0	+0.2	+2.6	+2.8	+6.2	+1.7	+0.4	-2.3	-0.8	+5.6	+12.8	+.051	+0.5	+1.4		+4.4	+5.6	+.057
Naz Reid	70	19.2	11.2	1.2	3.4	4.6	1.0	0.5	1.1	1.0	2.6	4.3	8.3	.523	0.9	2.5	.351	1.6	2.4	.693
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher LeBron James nor Naz Reid played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	LeBron James	Naz Reid
Season	2005-06	2021-22
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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	+26.7	+23.1	+0.4	+3.5	+3.1	+5.7	+1.1	+0.1	-2.2	-0.1	+8.1	+16.9	+.009	+0.9	+2.6	+.008	+6.1	+8.4	+.027
Naz Reid	77	15.8	8.3	1.3	2.6	3.9	0.9	0.5	0.9	1.1	2.2	3.0	6.2	.489	0.7	2.2	.343	1.5	1.9	.765
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:	+8	+35.7	+26.0	+1.3	+4.0	+5.3	+5.8	+1.2	+0.5	-4.0	-0.6	+9.8	+20.2	+.064	+1.0	+3.4	+.096	+5.3	+7.7	+.263
Naz Reid	5	10.8	4.8	0.4	2.4	2.8	0.0	0.2	1.2	1.0	2.8	1.4	3.4	.412	0.6	1.4	.429	1.4	1.4	1.000

Season 4
	LeBron James	Naz Reid
Season	2006-07	2022-23
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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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:	+10	+22.5	+15.8		+1.9	+1.8	+4.9	+1.0	+0.1	-1.8	-0.4	+5.3	+12.3	+.061	+0.2	+0.8	+.027	+5.0	+7.1	+.021
Naz Reid	68	18.4	11.5	1.1	3.8	4.9	1.1	0.6	0.8	1.4	2.6	4.6	8.5	.537	1.1	3.2	.346	1.3	1.9	.677
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
Naz Reid	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	LeBron James	Naz Reid
Season	2007-08	2023-24
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	Sixth Man of the Year
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals

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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	+16.2	+16.5	+0.9	+1.8	+2.7	+5.9	+1.0	+0.2	-2.0	-0.1	+5.6	+11.4	+.007	+0.6	+0.2	+.099	+6.0	+8.5	+.024
Naz Reid	81	24.2	13.5	0.9	4.3	5.2	1.3	0.8	0.9	1.4	2.1	5.0	10.5	.477	2.1	5.0	.414	1.3	1.8	.736
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
difference:	+3	+19.9	+17.1	+0.6	+3.5	+4.1	+6.6	+1.3	+0.5	-3.3	-0.5	+4.6	+12.3	+.047	+0.2	+1.1	+.105	+8.0	+10.9	+.021
Naz Reid	16	22.6	11.1	0.6	3.1	3.7	1.0	0.5	0.8	0.9	2.0	4.1	8.9	.458	1.6	4.3	.362	1.4	1.9	.710

Season 6
	LeBron James	Naz Reid
Season	2008-09	2024-25
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Finals	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals

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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	+10.2	+14.2	+0.1	+1.4	+1.6	+4.9	+1.0	+0.2	-1.6	-0.7	+4.4	+8.4	+.027	+0.6	+1.1	+.035	+5.9	+7.6	+.004
Naz Reid	80	27.5	14.2	1.2	4.9	6.0	2.3	0.7	0.9	1.4	2.4	5.3	11.5	.462	2.2	5.8	.379	1.4	1.8	.776
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:	+1	+16.4	+24.9	+0.3	+4.1	+4.4	+5.6	+0.9		-0.8	-0.8	+7.7	+15.0	+.001	+0.2	+1.6	+.064	+9.3	+12.5	+.011
Naz Reid	15	25.0	10.4	1.1	3.7	4.7	1.7	0.7	0.9	1.9	2.9	3.7	7.3	.509	1.7	4.2	.397	1.3	1.7	.760

Additional Years
* LeBron James played 16 seasons more than Naz Reid in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 22, from 2010 to 2025—LeBron James played in 14 Playoffs and won 4 NBA Championships and one NBA Cup. In those 16 extra years over Naz Reid, LeBron James got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	4 Finals MVP 3 Season MVP 10 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 4 All-NBA Third Team 4 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Assists Leader 1 Cup MVP 1 Cup All-Tournament Team 16 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP