LeBron James vs. Shawn Marion Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shawn Marion 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 / 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 Shawn Marion, who played 16. LeBron James had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, while Shawn Marion had his rookie season in 1999-00. 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
Shawn Marion	16	11	1999-00 to 2014-15

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	Shawn Marion
Season	2003-04	1999-00
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+28	+14.8	+10.7	+0.8	+0.3	+1.0	+4.5	+0.9	+0.3	-2.5	-0.3	+3.5	+9.7	+.054	+0.7	+2.3	+.108	+3.0	+4.1	+.093
Shawn Marion	51	24.7	10.2	2.1	4.5	6.5	1.4	0.7	1.0	1.0	2.2	4.4	9.2	.471	0.1	0.4	.182	1.4	1.7	.847

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LeBron James	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	9	31.3	9.1	2.3	6.4	8.8	0.8	0.7	1.6	0.8	1.9	4.0	9.6	.419	0.1	0.7	.167	1.0	1.2	.818


Season 2
	LeBron James	Shawn Marion
Season	2004-05	2000-01
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+1	+6.2	+9.9	+1.4	+1.9	+3.3	+5.2	+0.5	+0.7	-1.7	-0.9	+2.8	+6.4	+.008	+1.1	+2.9	+.095	+3.0	+4.3	+.060
Shawn Marion	79	36.2	17.3	2.8	7.9	10.7	2.0	1.7	1.4	1.6	2.7	7.1	14.7	.480	0.3	1.0	.256	3.0	3.7	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LeBron James	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	4	34.8	14.8	2.5	5.8	8.3	0.8	1.5	1.5	1.5	3.3	5.8	15.5	.371	0.3	0.3	1.000	3.0	3.5	.857


Season 3
	LeBron James	Shawn Marion
Season	2005-06	2001-02
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Phoenix Suns
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:	+2	+4.1	+12.3	+1.7	+1.2	+2.9	+4.6	+0.2	+0.3	-1.5	-0.3	+3.0	+5.9	+.011	+1.0	+3.3	+.058	+5.2	+7.5	+.107
Shawn Marion	81	38.4	19.1	2.6	7.3	9.9	2.0	1.8	1.1	1.8	2.6	8.1	17.2	.469	0.6	1.5	.393	2.4	2.8	.845

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
Shawn Marion	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	LeBron James	Shawn Marion
Season	2006-07	2002-03
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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	+0.7	+6.1	+1.4	+1.4	+2.8	+3.6	+0.7	+0.5	-1.3	-0.4	+1.7	+2.7	+.024	+0.4	+0.5	+.068	+3.2	+5.4	+.153
Shawn Marion	81	41.6	21.2	2.5	7.1	9.5	2.4	2.3	1.2	1.9	2.6	8.2	18.1	.452	1.7	4.5	.387	3.1	3.6	.851

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:	+14	+2.5	+6.6	+2.2	+1.4	+3.6	+6.0	+0.1	+1.3	-1.1	-0.8	+1.6	+2.2	+.042	+0.4	+0.9	+.041	+3.7	+5.5	+.091
Shawn Marion	6	47.2	18.5	3.5	8.2	11.7	2.0	1.8	1.8	2.2	2.8	6.7	17.8	.374	1.5	4.7	.321	3.7	4.3	.846


Season 5
	LeBron James	Shawn Marion
Season	2007-08	2003-04
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Phoenix Suns
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:	+4	+0.3	+11.0	+0.9	+0.5	+1.4	+4.5	+0.3	+0.2	-1.4	-0.4	+3.1	+4.9	+.044	+0.4	+1.4	+.025	+4.4	+6.9	+.139
Shawn Marion	79	40.7	19.0	2.7	6.6	9.3	2.7	2.1	1.3	2.0	2.6	7.5	17.0	.440	1.1	3.4	.340	2.9	3.4	.851

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
Shawn Marion	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	LeBron James	Shawn Marion
Season	2008-09	2004-05
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Phoenix Suns
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 Finals	Suns 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:		+1.1	+9.0	+1.6	+2.1	+3.7	+5.3	+0.3	+0.4	-1.5	-0.8	+2.1	+4.0	+.013	+0.2	+0.5	+.010	+4.5	+6.0	+.053
Shawn Marion	81	38.8	19.4	2.9	8.4	11.3	1.9	2.0	1.5	1.5	2.5	7.6	15.9	.476	1.4	4.2	.334	2.8	3.4	.833

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	+0.9	+17.7	+1.7	+0.9	+2.7	+5.8	+0.2	+0.8	-1.3	-1.0	+4.2	+7.4	+.026	+0.7	+2.9	+.086	+8.6	+11.6	+.020
Shawn Marion	15	42.3	17.6	3.1	8.7	11.8	1.5	1.4	1.7	1.4	3.1	7.2	14.9	.484	1.2	2.9	.419	2.0	2.6	.769


Season 7
	LeBron James	Shawn Marion
Season	2009-10	2005-06
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Phoenix Suns
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	Suns Lost West Conf Finals

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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	+1.3	+7.9	+2.2	+2.4	+4.5	+6.8	+0.4	+0.7	-1.9	-1.2	+1.3	+3.2	+.022	+0.5	+1.5	+.002	+4.8	+6.5	+.042
Shawn Marion	81	40.3	21.8	3.1	8.8	11.8	1.8	2.0	1.7	1.5	2.8	8.8	16.9	.525	1.2	3.6	.331	3.0	3.7	.809

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
difference:	+9	+0.7	+8.7	+1.5	+0.9	+2.4	+6.0	+0.2	+0.6	-2.7	-1.2	+1.4	+2.5	+.013	+0.7	+1.0	+.086	+5.0	+7.5	+.148
Shawn Marion	20	42.5	20.4	2.9	8.8	11.7	1.6	1.9	1.2	1.1	3.3	8.2	16.7	.489	1.1	3.5	.314	3.0	3.4	.881


Season 8
	LeBron James	Shawn Marion
Season	2010-11	2006-07
Team	Miami Heat	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Suns Lost West Conf Semis

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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	+1.2	+9.2	+1.2	+1.2	+2.3	+5.3	+0.4	+0.9	-2.2	-0.6	+2.6	+5.4	+.014	+0.2	+0.3	+.013	+3.9	+5.3	+.051
Shawn Marion	80	37.6	17.5	2.2	7.7	9.8	1.7	2.0	1.5	1.4	2.7	7.0	13.4	.524	1.0	3.2	.317	2.5	3.1	.810

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:	+10	+2.5	+6.8	+0.9	+1.1	+2.0	+4.7	+0.2	+0.5	-2.0	-0.2	+1.4	+4.0	+.034	+0.3	+0.9		+3.7	+4.4	+.096
Shawn Marion	11	41.4	16.9	2.5	7.9	10.4	1.2	1.5	1.7	1.1	2.5	6.9	13.8	.500	1.1	3.1	.353	2.0	3.0	.667


Season 9
	LeBron James	Shawn Marion
Season	2011-12	2007-08
Team	Miami Heat	Phoenix Suns, Miami Heat, Phoenix Suns, 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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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:	+1	+0.8	+11.7	+0.7	+1.6	+2.3	+4.0	+0.1	+0.5	-2.0	-0.9	+3.7	+6.4	+.023	+0.1	+0.7	+.029	+4.5	+5.7	+.064
Shawn Marion	63	36.7	15.4	2.2	8.0	10.2	2.2	2.0	1.3	1.4	2.4	6.3	12.5	.508	1.0	3.1	.333	1.7	2.4	.707

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
Shawn Marion	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	LeBron James	Shawn Marion
Season	2012-13	2008-09
Team	Miami Heat	Miami Heat, Toronto Raptors
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:	+7	+2.1	+13.9	+1.3	+0.9	+0.5	+5.3	+0.4	+0.1	-1.5	-0.5	+4.6	+6.4	+.080	+1.3	+2.5	+.217	+3.6	+4.9	+.043
Shawn Marion	69	35.8	12.9	2.6	5.9	8.5	2.0	1.3	1.0	1.5	1.9	5.5	11.4	.485	0.1	0.8	.189	1.7	2.1	.796

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
Shawn Marion	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	LeBron James	Shawn Marion
Season	2013-14	2009-10
Team	Miami Heat	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Mavericks Lost West 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:	+2	+5.9	+15.1	+1.0	+1.6	+0.5	+4.9	+0.7	+0.5	-2.2	-0.3	+4.7	+7.2	+.059	+1.5	+3.7	+.221	+4.3	+5.7	+.005
Shawn Marion	75	31.8	12.0	2.1	4.3	6.4	1.4	0.9	0.8	1.3	1.9	5.3	10.4	.508	0.0	0.3	.158	1.4	1.9	.755

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:	+14	+13.5	+18.7	+0.5	+3.4	+2.9	+3.8	+1.6	+0.1	-1.8	-0.3	+5.6	+7.2	+.158	+1.8	+3.6	+.407	+5.8	+7.2	+.006
Shawn Marion	6	24.7	8.7	1.2	3.0	4.2	1.0	0.2	0.5	1.3	2.0	4.0	9.8	.407	0.0	0.7	.000	0.7	0.8	.800


Season 12
	LeBron James	Shawn Marion
Season	2014-15	2010-11
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	NBA Champion

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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:	+11	+7.9	+12.8	+1.4	+0.5	+0.9	+6.0	+0.7	+0.1	-2.3	-0.2	+3.6	+8.1	+.032	+1.6	+4.5	+.202	+3.8	+5.6	+.058
Shawn Marion	80	28.2	12.5	2.1	4.8	6.9	1.4	0.9	0.6	1.6	1.8	5.4	10.4	.520	0.1	0.4	.152	1.6	2.1	.768

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:	+1	+9.3	+18.2	+0.3	+5.4	+5.0	+6.4	+0.7	+0.2	-2.4	-0.4	+6.4	+16.5	+.050	+1.3	+5.3	+.227	+4.2	+6.2	+.120
Shawn Marion	21	32.9	11.9	2.2	4.1	6.3	2.1	1.0	0.9	1.7	2.5	5.0	10.7	.467	0.0	0.2	.000	1.9	2.2	.851


Season 13
	LeBron James	Shawn Marion
Season	2015-16	2011-12
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Mavericks 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:	+13	+5.1	+14.7	+0.8	+0.9		+4.7	+0.3		-1.7	-0.5	+5.1	+8.3	+.074	+0.8	+2.6	+.015	+3.5	+5.0	+.065
Shawn Marion	63	30.5	10.6	2.3	5.1	7.4	2.1	1.1	0.6	1.6	1.4	4.6	10.3	.446	0.3	1.1	.294	1.2	1.5	.796

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:	+17	+4.1	+14.5	+0.3	+1.7	+1.5	+6.6	+2.0		-1.1	-0.9	+6.1	+9.9	+.100	+0.5	+1.0	+.054	+1.6	+3.4	+.239
Shawn Marion	4	35.0	11.8	2.3	5.8	8.0	1.0	0.3	1.3	2.5	3.5	4.3	10.0	.425	1.0	3.5	.286	2.3	2.5	.900


Season 14
	LeBron James	Shawn Marion
Season	2016-17	2012-13
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Dallas Mavericks
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:	+7	+7.8	+14.3	+0.9	+1.6	+0.8	+6.3	+0.1	+0.1	-2.6	-0.1	+4.6	+7.9	+.034	+1.4	+3.5	+.048	+3.6	+5.7	+.108
Shawn Marion	67	30.0	12.1	2.2	5.7	7.8	2.4	1.1	0.7	1.5	1.7	5.3	10.3	.514	0.3	1.1	.315	1.2	1.5	.782

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
Shawn Marion	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	LeBron James	Shawn Marion
Season	2017-18	2013-14
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	Mavericks Lost West 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:	+6	+5.2	+17.1	+0.5	+2.7	+2.1	+7.5	+0.2	+0.4	-2.9	-0.1	+6.0	+10.0	+.060	+1.0	+2.9	+.009	+4.0	+5.6	+.054
Shawn Marion	76	31.7	10.4	1.7	4.8	6.5	1.6	1.2	0.5	1.3	1.6	4.5	9.3	.482	0.8	2.1	.358	0.7	0.9	.785

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:	+15	+14.3	+25.6	+0.6	+4.4	+3.8	+7.1	+0.5	+0.9	-3.6	-0.8	+9.1	+14.8	+.132	+1.2	+2.6	+.120	+6.2	+8.1	+.110
Shawn Marion	7	27.6	8.4	2.0	3.3	5.3	1.9	0.9	0.1	0.7	1.6	3.4	8.4	.407	0.6	2.6	.222	1.0	1.6	.636


Season 16
	LeBron James	Shawn Marion
Season	2018-19	2014-15
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+2	+15.9	+22.6	+0.1	+5.0	+5.0	+7.4	+0.8	+0.1	-3.0	-0.7	+8.0	+15.2	+.064	+1.8	+5.1	+.078	+4.6	+7.0	+.100
Shawn Marion	57	19.3	4.8	1.1	2.4	3.5	0.9	0.5	0.5	0.6	1.0	2.1	4.7	.446	0.2	0.8	.261	0.5	0.6	.765

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LeBron James	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	6	4.2	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	1.0	.167	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Additional Years
* LeBron James played 6 seasons more than Shawn Marion 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 Shawn Marion, 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. Shawn Marion Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shawn Marion 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

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Season 4

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Season 5

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Season 6

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Season 7

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Season 8

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Season 9

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Season 10

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Season 11

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Season 12

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Season 13

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Season 14

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Season 15

15th Season Stats Comparison

Season 16

16th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years