LeBron James vs. Rajon Rondo Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rajon Rondo 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 / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings / 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, 6 more than Rajon Rondo, who played 16. LeBron James had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, while Rajon Rondo had his rookie season in 2006-07. 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
Rajon Rondo	16	10	2006-07 to 2021-22

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


Rookie Season
	LeBron James	Rajon Rondo
Season	2003-04	2006-07
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second 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:	+1	+16.0	+14.5	+0.4	+1.4	+1.8	+2.1		+0.6	-1.7	-0.4	+5.5	+13.1	+.001	+0.7	+2.3	+.083	+2.9	+3.4	+.107
Rajon Rondo	78	23.5	6.4	0.9	2.8	3.7	3.8	1.6	0.1	1.8	2.3	2.4	5.8	.418	0.1	0.4	.207	1.5	2.4	.647

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher LeBron James nor Rajon Rondo played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	LeBron James	Rajon Rondo
Season	2004-05	2007-08
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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:	+3	+12.5	+16.6	+0.4	+2.8	+3.2	+2.1	+0.5	+0.5	-1.4	-0.6	+5.3	+11.8	+.020	+1.3	+3.7	+.088	+4.6	+5.7	+.139
Rajon Rondo	77	29.9	10.6	1.0	3.2	4.2	5.1	1.7	0.2	1.9	2.4	4.6	9.3	.492	0.1	0.2	.263	1.4	2.3	.611

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LeBron James	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rajon Rondo	26	32.0	10.2	1.5	2.6	4.1	6.6	1.7	0.3	1.8	2.8	4.1	10.1	.407	0.2	0.8	.250	1.8	2.6	.691


Season 3
	LeBron James	Rajon Rondo
Season	2005-06	2008-09
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics 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:	+1	+9.5	+19.5	+0.4	+2.1	+1.8	+1.6	+0.3	+0.7	-0.7	-0.1	+6.3	+13.6	+.025	+1.4	+4.2	+.022	+5.4	+6.9	+.096
Rajon Rondo	80	33.0	11.9	1.3	4.0	5.2	8.2	1.9	0.1	2.6	2.4	4.8	9.5	.505	0.2	0.6	.313	2.2	3.4	.642

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:	+1	+5.3	+13.9	+0.6	+1.0	+1.6	+4.0	+1.1	+0.5	-2.3		+4.6	+7.7	+.059	+1.2	+3.1	+.083	+3.6	+4.3	+.080
Rajon Rondo	14	41.2	16.9	2.3	7.4	9.7	9.8	2.5	0.2	2.7	3.4	6.6	15.9	.417	0.4	1.7	.250	3.1	4.8	.657


Season 4
	LeBron James	Rajon Rondo
Season	2006-07	2009-10
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	Celtics Lost NBA Finals

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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	+4.3	+13.6	+0.1	+2.5	+2.3	+3.8	+0.7	+0.6	-0.2	-0.2	+4.2	+9.6	+.032	+1.1	+3.0	+.106	+4.1	+5.5	+.077
Rajon Rondo	81	36.6	13.7	1.2	3.2	4.4	9.8	2.3	0.1	3.0	2.4	5.7	11.2	.508	0.2	1.0	.213	2.2	3.5	.621

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:	+4	+4.1	+9.3	+0.3	+2.8	+2.5	+1.3	+0.2	+0.4	-0.3	-0.4	+2.0	+6.4	+.047	+0.7	+2.8	+.095	+4.6	+5.0	+.159
Rajon Rondo	24	40.6	15.8	1.6	4.0	5.6	9.3	1.9	0.1	3.0	2.4	6.3	13.6	.463	0.4	1.0	.375	2.8	4.8	.596


Season 5
	LeBron James	Rajon Rondo
Season	2007-08	2010-11
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+7	+3.2	+19.4	+0.5	+3.0	+3.5	+4.0	+0.5	+0.9		-0.4	+5.9	+12.0	+.009	+1.4	+4.2	+.082	+6.2	+8.4	+.144
Rajon Rondo	68	37.2	10.6	1.3	3.1	4.4	11.2	2.3	0.2	3.4	1.8	4.7	9.9	.475	0.1	0.6	.233	1.1	1.9	.568

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:	+4	+4.2	+14.2		+2.4	+2.4	+2.0	+0.7	+1.3	-0.5	-0.7	+3.0	+9.3	+.066	+1.4	+5.1	+.257	+6.7	+8.6	+.099
Rajon Rondo	9	38.3	14.0	1.2	4.2	5.4	9.6	1.1	0.0	3.7	1.8	5.7	11.9	.477	0.0	0.3	.000	2.7	4.2	.632


Season 6
	LeBron James	Rajon Rondo
Season	2008-09	2011-12
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Finals	Celtics Lost East 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:	+28	+0.8	+16.5	+0.1	+2.6	+2.8	+4.5	+0.1	+1.0	-0.6	-0.2	+4.9	+9.1	+.041	+1.4	+3.9	+.106	+5.3	+6.0	+.183
Rajon Rondo	53	36.9	11.9	1.2	3.7	4.8	11.7	1.8	0.1	3.6	1.9	4.8	10.8	.448	0.2	0.8	.238	2.0	3.4	.597

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:	+5	+1.2	+18.0	+0.4	+2.9	+2.4	+4.6	+0.8	+0.8	-1.1		+4.0	+6.5	+.042	+1.5	+4.2	+.066	+8.5	+11.3	+.053
Rajon Rondo	19	42.6	17.3	1.8	4.9	6.7	11.9	2.4	0.1	3.8	2.1	7.4	15.8	.468	0.4	1.6	.267	2.1	2.9	.696


Season 7
	LeBron James	Rajon Rondo
Season	2009-10	2012-13
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	Assists Leader
	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:	+38	+1.6	+16.0	+0.2	+2.0	+1.7	+2.5	+0.2	+0.8	-0.5	-0.9	+4.2	+7.9	+.019	+1.4	+3.8	+.093	+6.2	+7.8	+.122
Rajon Rondo	38	37.4	13.7	1.1	4.4	5.6	11.1	1.8	0.2	3.9	2.5	5.9	12.2	.484	0.3	1.3	.240	1.6	2.4	.645

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
Rajon Rondo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	LeBron James	Rajon Rondo
Season	2010-11	2013-14
Team	Miami Heat	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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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:	+49	+5.5	+15.0	+0.3	+1.8	+2.0	+2.8	+0.3	+0.5	-0.3	-0.1	+4.9	+7.1	+.107	+0.3	+0.5	+.041	+5.0	+6.2	+.132
Rajon Rondo	30	33.3	11.7	0.7	4.7	5.5	9.8	1.3	0.1	3.3	2.2	4.7	11.7	.403	0.9	3.0	.289	1.4	2.2	.627

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
Rajon Rondo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	LeBron James	Rajon Rondo
Season	2011-12	2014-15
Team	Miami Heat	Boston Celtics, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+6	+7.8	+18.2	+0.4	+2.0	+2.4	+1.7	+0.6	+0.7	-0.3	-0.8	+6.0	+9.4	+.105	+0.5	+1.1	+.048	+5.7	+7.0	+.374
Rajon Rondo	68	29.7	8.9	1.1	4.4	5.5	7.9	1.3	0.1	3.1	2.3	4.0	9.5	.426	0.4	1.3	.314	0.5	1.1	.397

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:	+21	+24.2	+20.8	+1.8	+6.9	+8.7	+2.6	+1.9	+0.7	-2.5	-1.0	+6.4	+11.8	+.050	+0.5	+2.7	+.241	+7.5	+10.2
Rajon Rondo	2	18.5	9.5	0.5	0.5	1.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	4.5	10.0	.450	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-


Season 10
	LeBron James	Rajon Rondo
Season	2012-13	2015-16
Team	Miami Heat	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	Assists Leader
	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:	+4	+2.7	+14.9	+0.2	+1.8	+2.0	+4.4	+0.3	+0.8	-0.9	-1.0	+5.2	+6.9	+.111	+0.5	+0.9	+.041	+4.1	+4.9	+.173
Rajon Rondo	72	35.2	11.9	1.1	5.0	6.0	11.7	2.0	0.1	3.9	2.4	4.9	10.9	.454	0.9	2.4	.365	1.2	2.1	.580

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
Rajon Rondo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	LeBron James	Rajon Rondo
Season	2013-14	2016-17
Team	Miami Heat	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+8	+11.0	+19.3		+1.8	+1.8	+0.4	+0.2	+0.1	-1.1	-0.5	+6.7	+9.5	+.159	+0.8	+2.1	+.003	+5.3	+6.9	+.150
Rajon Rondo	69	26.7	7.8	1.1	4.1	5.1	6.7	1.4	0.2	2.4	2.1	3.3	8.1	.408	0.7	1.9	.376	0.4	0.7	.600

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
difference:	+18	+4.7	+15.9	+2.8	+1.4	+1.4	+5.2	+1.7	+0.1	-1.1	-0.7	+4.1	+4.0	+.142	+1.8	+1.3	+.407	+6.0	+7.0	+.306
Rajon Rondo	2	33.5	11.5	3.5	5.0	8.5	10.0	3.5	0.5	2.0	3.0	5.5	13.0	.423	0.0	3.0	.000	0.5	1.0	.500


Season 12
	LeBron James	Rajon Rondo
Season	2014-15	2017-18
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	Pelicans Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+4	+9.9	+17.0	+0.2	+1.7	+2.0	+0.8	+0.5	+0.5	-1.6	-0.2	+5.4	+10.9	+.020	+0.9	+2.6	+.021	+5.0	+7.0	+.167
Rajon Rondo	65	26.2	8.3	0.5	3.6	4.0	8.2	1.1	0.2	2.3	1.8	3.6	7.6	.468	0.8	2.3	.333	0.4	0.7	.543

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:	+11	+8.6	+19.8	+0.9	+2.9	+3.7	+3.7	+0.3	+0.9	-0.4	-0.7	+7.2	+17.0	+.004	+0.4	+3.4	+.194	+5.1	+6.8	+.088
Rajon Rondo	9	33.6	10.3	1.0	6.6	7.6	12.2	1.4	0.2	3.7	2.2	4.2	10.2	.413	0.9	2.1	.421	1.0	1.6	.643


Season 13
	LeBron James	Rajon Rondo
Season	2015-16	2018-19
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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:	+30	+5.8	+16.1	+0.8	+1.5	+2.1	+1.2	+0.2	+0.4	-0.5	-0.3	+5.9	+9.2	+.115		+0.6	+.050	+4.2	+5.7	+.092
Rajon Rondo	46	29.8	9.2	0.7	4.5	5.3	8.0	1.2	0.2	2.8	2.2	3.8	9.4	.405	1.1	3.1	.359	0.5	0.8	.639

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
Rajon Rondo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	LeBron James	Rajon Rondo
Season	2016-17	2019-20
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	NBA Champion

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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:	+26	+17.3	+19.3	+0.8	+4.8	+5.6	+3.7	+0.4	+0.6	-2.2	-0.6	+7.0	+11.4	+.130	+0.8	+2.0	+.035	+4.2	+6.3	+.015
Rajon Rondo	48	20.5	7.1	0.5	2.5	3.0	5.0	0.8	0.0	1.9	1.2	2.9	6.8	.418	0.9	2.6	.328	0.6	0.9	.659

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
difference:	+2	+16.6	+23.9	+0.3	+4.6	+4.8	+1.2	+0.5	+1.2	-1.9	-0.1	+8.7	+13.7	+.110	+1.1	+2.8	+.011	+5.5	+7.8	+.014
Rajon Rondo	16	24.7	8.9	0.8	3.5	4.3	6.6	1.4	0.1	2.1	2.3	3.4	7.6	.455	1.3	3.1	.400	0.8	1.2	.684


Season 15
	LeBron James	Rajon Rondo
Season	2017-18	2020-21
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Atlanta Hawks, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	Clippers Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+37	+19.8	+22.1	+0.8	+5.5	+6.2	+4.7	+0.6	+0.8	-2.4	-0.5	+8.4	+14.5	+.100	+1.0	+3.0	+.037	+4.3	+6.1	+.210
Rajon Rondo	45	17.1	5.4	0.4	2.0	2.4	4.4	0.8	0.1	1.8	1.2	2.1	4.8	.442	0.8	2.0	.404	0.4	0.4	.941

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:	+9	+25.0	+29.8	+1.1	+5.4	+6.5	+5.2	+1.0	+0.8	-3.2	-1.0	+11.1	+19.1	+.199	+1.0	+3.0	+.051	+6.6	+8.8	+.079
Rajon Rondo	13	16.9	4.2	0.3	2.3	2.6	3.8	0.4	0.2	1.1	1.4	1.4	4.1	.340	0.8	2.2	.393	0.6	0.9	.667


Season 16
	LeBron James	Rajon Rondo
Season	2018-19	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers, Cleveland Cavaliers
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:	+16	+17.3	+22.6	+0.6	+5.0	+5.7	+3.9	+0.5	+0.4	-1.9	-0.3	+8.4	+15.4	+.124	+1.2	+3.6	+.013	+4.6	+6.9	+.066
Rajon Rondo	39	17.9	4.8	0.4	2.4	2.8	4.4	0.8	0.2	1.7	1.4	1.7	4.5	.386	0.8	2.3	.352	0.5	0.7	.731

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher LeBron James nor Rajon Rondo played in the postseason in their season 16


Additional Years
* LeBron James played 6 seasons more than Rajon Rondo in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 17 to 22, from 2020 to 2025—LeBron James played in 5 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship and one NBA Cup. In those 6 extra years over Rajon Rondo, LeBron James got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 1 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-NBA Third Team 1 Assists Leader 1 Cup MVP 1 Cup All-Tournament Team 6 All-Star Game

LeBron James vs. Rajon Rondo Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rajon Rondo 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.

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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

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Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

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Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

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Season 10

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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

Additional Years