Stephen Curry vs. LeBron James Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of LeBron James and Stephen Curry, 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.

Stephen Curry played 17 years in the NBA, 6 less than LeBron James, who played 23. Stephen Curry had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, while LeBron James had his rookie season in 2003-04. 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
Stephen Curry	17	10	2009-10 to 2025-26
LeBron James	23	18	2003-04 to 2025-26

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


Rookie Season
	Stephen Curry	LeBron James
Season	2009-10	2003-04
Team	Golden State Warriors	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	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		%
Stephen Curry	80	36.2	17.5	0.6	3.9	4.5	5.9	1.9	0.2	3.0	3.2	6.6	14.3	.462	2.1	4.8	.437	2.2	2.5	.885
difference:	+1	+3.3	+3.4	+0.7	+0.3	+1.0		+0.3	+0.5	-0.5	-1.3	+1.3	+4.6	+.045	+1.3	+2.1	+.147	+2.2	+3.3	+.131
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

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Stephen Curry nor LeBron James played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Stephen Curry	LeBron James
Season	2010-11	2004-05
Team	Golden State Warriors	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Stephen Curry	74	33.6	18.6	0.7	3.2	3.9	5.8	1.5	0.3	3.1	3.1	6.8	14.2	.480	2.0	4.6	.442	2.9	3.1	.934
difference:	+6	+8.8	+8.6	+0.7	+2.8	+3.5	+1.4	+0.7	+0.4	-0.2	-1.3	+3.1	+6.9	+.008	+0.6	+0.7	+.091	+3.1	+4.9	+.184
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

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Stephen Curry nor LeBron James played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Stephen Curry	LeBron James
Season	2011-12	2005-06
Team	Golden State Warriors	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers 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		%
Stephen Curry	26	28.2	14.7	0.6	2.8	3.4	5.3	1.5	0.3	2.5	2.4	5.6	11.4	.490	2.1	4.7	.455	1.5	1.8	.809
difference:	+53	+14.3	+16.7	+0.3	+3.3	+3.6	+1.3	+0.1	+0.5	-0.8	-0.1	+5.5	+11.7	+.010	+0.5	+0.1	+.120	+6.1	+8.5	+.071
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephen Curry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 4
	Stephen Curry	LeBron James
Season	2012-13	2006-07
Team	Golden State Warriors	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	Cavaliers 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		%
Stephen Curry	78	38.2	22.9	0.8	3.3	4.0	6.9	1.6	0.2	3.1	2.5	8.0	17.8	.451	3.5	7.7	.453	3.4	3.7	.900
difference:		+2.7	+4.4	+0.3	+2.4	+2.7	+0.9		+0.5	-0.1	-0.3	+1.9	+3.0	+.025	+2.2	+3.7	+.134	+2.9	+5.3	+.202
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephen Curry	12	41.4	23.4	0.4	3.4	3.8	8.1	1.7	0.2	3.3	2.9	8.5	19.6	.434	3.5	8.8	.396	2.9	3.2	.921
difference:	+8	+3.3	+1.7	+0.9	+3.4	+4.3	+0.1		+0.3		-0.9	+0.2	+0.4	+.018	+2.4	+5.0	+.116	+4.5	+6.6	+.166
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


Season 5
	Stephen Curry	LeBron James
Season	2013-14	2007-08
Team	Golden State Warriors	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers 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		%
Stephen Curry	78	36.5	24.0	0.6	3.7	4.3	8.5	1.6	0.2	3.8	2.5	8.4	17.7	.471	3.3	7.9	.424	3.9	4.5	.885
difference:	+3	+3.9	+6.0	+1.2	+2.4	+3.6	+1.3	+0.2	+0.9	-0.4	-0.3	+2.2	+4.2	+.013	+1.8	+3.1	+.109	+3.4	+5.8	+.173
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephen Curry	7	42.3	23.0	0.6	3.0	3.6	8.4	1.7	0.1	3.7	2.6	7.3	16.6	.440	3.1	8.1	.386	5.3	6.0	.881
difference:	+6	+0.2	+5.2	+0.6	+3.6	+4.2	+0.8	+0.1	+1.2	-0.5	-0.1	+1.4	+4.6	+.029	+1.7	+2.7	+.129	+4.1	+6.8	+.150
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


Season 6
	Stephen Curry	LeBron James
Season	2014-15	2008-09
Team	Golden State Warriors	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	Season MVP
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Cavaliers 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		%
Stephen Curry	80	32.7	23.8	0.7	3.6	4.3	7.7	2.0	0.2	3.1	2.0	8.2	16.8	.487	3.6	8.1	.443	3.9	4.2	.914
difference:	+1	+5.0	+4.6	+0.6	+2.7	+3.3	+0.5	+0.3	+0.9	-0.1	-0.3	+1.5	+3.1	+.002	+2.0	+3.4	+.099	+3.4	+5.2	+.134
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephen Curry	21	39.3	28.3	1.0	4.0	5.0	6.4	1.9	0.1	3.9	2.2	9.5	20.9	.456	4.7	11.0	.422	4.6	5.5	.835
difference:	+7	+2.1	+7.0	+0.4	+3.8	+4.1	+0.9	+0.3	+0.8	-1.2	-0.1	+1.9	+1.4	+.054	+2.8	+5.2	+.089	+6.0	+8.7	+.086
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


Season 7
	Stephen Curry	LeBron James
Season	2015-16	2009-10
Team	Golden State Warriors	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	Season MVP
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Stephen Curry	79	34.2	30.1	0.9	4.6	5.4	6.7	2.1	0.2	3.3	2.0	10.2	20.2	.504	5.1	11.2	.454	4.6	5.1	.908
difference:	+3	+4.8	+0.4		+1.8	+1.9	+1.9	+0.5	+0.8	-0.1	-0.4	+0.1	+0.1	+.001	+3.4	+6.1	+.121	+3.2	+5.1	+.141
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephen Curry	18	34.1	25.1	0.8	4.7	5.5	5.2	1.4	0.3	4.2	2.2	8.2	18.8	.438	4.4	11.0	.404	4.2	4.6	.916
difference:	+7	+7.7	+4.0	+0.6	+3.2	+3.8	+2.4	+0.3	+1.5	-0.4	-0.1	+1.4	+0.4	+.064	+2.6	+6.5	+.004	+3.8	+6.3	+.183
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


Season 8
	Stephen Curry	LeBron James
Season	2016-17	2010-11
Team	Golden State Warriors	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Heat Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Stephen Curry	79	33.4	25.3	0.8	3.7	4.5	6.6	1.8	0.2	3.0	2.3	8.5	18.3	.468	4.1	10.0	.411	4.1	4.6	.898
difference:		+5.4	+1.4	+0.2	+2.8	+3.0	+0.4	+0.2	+0.4	-0.6	-0.2	+1.1	+0.5	+.042	+2.9	+6.5	+.081	+2.3	+3.8	+.139
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephen Curry	17	35.4	28.1	1.3	4.9	6.2	6.7	2.0	0.2	3.4	2.2	8.9	18.4	.484	4.2	10.1	.419	6.1	6.7	.904
difference:	+4	+8.5	+4.4	+0.3	+1.9	+2.2	+0.8	+0.3	+1.0	-0.3	-0.5	+0.6	+0.6	+.018	+2.8	+6.1	+.066	+0.4	+0.7	+.141
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


Season 9
	Stephen Curry	LeBron James
Season	2017-18	2011-12
Team	Golden State Warriors	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	NBA Champion

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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		%
Stephen Curry	51	32.0	26.4	0.7	4.4	5.1	6.1	1.6	0.2	3.0	2.2	8.4	16.9	.495	4.2	9.8	.423	5.5	5.9	.921
difference:	+11	+5.5	+0.7	+0.8	+2.0	+2.8	+0.1	+0.3	+0.6	-0.4	-0.7	+1.6	+2.0	+.036	+3.3	+7.4	+.061	+0.7	+2.2	+.150
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephen Curry	15	37.0	25.5	0.6	5.5	6.1	5.4	1.7	0.7	2.9	2.5	9.1	20.3	.451	4.3	10.8	.395	3.0	3.1	.957
difference:	+8	+5.7	+4.8	+1.7	+1.9	+3.6	+0.2	+0.2		-0.6	-0.5	+1.8	+1.5	+.049	+3.3	+7.1	+.136	+4.5	+7.1	+.218
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


Season 10
	Stephen Curry	LeBron James
Season	2018-19	2012-13
Team	Golden State Warriors	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	NBA Champion

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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		%
Stephen Curry	69	33.8	27.3	0.7	4.7	5.3	5.2	1.3	0.4	2.8	2.4	9.2	19.4	.472	5.1	11.7	.437	3.8	4.2	.916
difference:	+7	+4.1	+0.5	+0.6	+2.1	+2.7	+2.1	+0.4	+0.5	-0.2	-1.0	+0.9	+1.6	+.093	+3.7	+8.4	+.031	+1.5	+2.8	+.163
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephen Curry	22	38.5	28.2	0.8	5.2	6.0	5.7	1.1	0.2	3.0	3.1	8.6	19.6	.441	4.2	11.1	.377	6.7	7.1	.943
difference:	+1	+3.2	+2.3	+0.8	+1.6	+2.4	+0.9	+0.7	+0.6		-1.2	+0.6	+0.8	+.050	+2.6	+6.9	+.002	+0.8	+0.5	+.166
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


Season 11
	Stephen Curry	LeBron James
Season	2019-20	2013-14
Team	Golden State Warriors	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Stephen Curry	5	27.8	20.8	0.8	4.4	5.2	6.6	1.0	0.4	3.2	2.2	6.6	16.4	.402	2.4	9.8	.245	5.2	5.2	1.000
difference:	+72	+9.9	+6.3	+0.3	+1.5	+1.7	+0.3	+0.6	+0.1	-0.3	-0.6	+3.4	+1.2	+.165	+0.9	+5.8	+.134	+0.5	+2.4	+.250
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephen Curry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 12
	Stephen Curry	LeBron James
Season	2020-21	2014-15
Team	Golden State Warriors	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost NBA 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		%
Stephen Curry	63	34.2	32.0	0.5	5.0	5.5	5.8	1.2	0.1	3.4	1.9	10.4	21.7	.482	5.3	12.7	.421	5.7	6.3	.916
difference:	+6	+1.9	+6.7	+0.2	+0.3	+0.5	+1.6	+0.4	+0.6	-0.5	-0.1	+1.4	+3.2	+.006	+3.6	+7.8	+.067	+0.3	+1.4	+.206
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephen Curry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 13
	Stephen Curry	LeBron James
Season	2021-22	2015-16
Team	Golden State Warriors	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	NBA Champion

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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		%
Stephen Curry	64	34.5	25.5	0.5	4.7	5.2	6.3	1.3	0.4	3.2	2.0	8.4	19.1	.437	4.5	11.7	.380	4.3	4.7	.923
difference:	+12	+1.1	+0.2	+1.0	+1.3	+2.2	+0.5	+0.1	+0.2	-0.1	-0.1	+1.3	+0.5	+.083	+3.4	+8.0	+.071	+0.4	+1.8	+.192
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephen Curry	22	34.7	27.4	0.5	4.7	5.2	5.9	1.3	0.4	2.6	2.7	9.2	20.0	.459	4.1	10.4	.397	4.9	5.9	.829
difference:	+1	+4.4	+1.1	+1.5	+2.8	+4.3	+1.7	+1.0	+0.9	-1.0	-0.1	+1.2	+0.1	+.066	+2.6	+5.9	+.057	+1.0		+.168
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


Season 14
	Stephen Curry	LeBron James
Season	2022-23	2016-17
Team	Golden State Warriors	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Stephen Curry	56	34.7	29.4	0.7	5.4	6.1	6.3	0.9	0.4	3.2	2.1	10.0	20.2	.493	4.9	11.4	.427	4.6	5.0	.915
difference:	+18	+3.1	+3.0	+0.6	+1.9	+2.5	+2.4	+0.3	+0.2	-0.9	-0.3	+0.1	+2.0	+.055	+3.2	+6.8	+.064	+0.2	+2.2	+.241
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephen Curry	13	37.9	30.5	0.7	4.5	5.2	6.1	1.0	0.5	3.2	2.6	11.2	23.9	.466	4.4	12.1	.363	3.8	4.5	.845
difference:	+5	+3.4	+2.3	+0.4	+3.6	+3.9	+1.7	+0.9	+0.8	-0.8	-0.2	+0.9	+2.6	+.099	+2.0	+6.2	+.048	+2.5	+4.5	+.147
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


Season 15
	Stephen Curry	LeBron James
Season	2023-24	2017-18
Team	Golden State Warriors	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	Clutch Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost NBA 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		%
Stephen Curry	74	32.7	26.4	0.5	4.0	4.5	5.1	0.7	0.4	2.8	1.6	8.8	19.5	.450	4.8	11.8	.408	4.0	4.4	.923
difference:	+8	+4.2	+1.1	+0.7	+3.5	+4.1	+4.0	+0.7	+0.5	-1.4	-0.1	+1.7	+0.2	+.092	+3.0	+6.8	+.041	+0.7	+2.1	+.192
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephen Curry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 16
	Stephen Curry	LeBron James
Season	2024-25	2018-19
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Stephen Curry	70	32.2	24.5	0.6	3.9	4.4	6.0	1.1	0.4	2.9	1.4	8.1	18.0	.448	4.4	11.2	.397	4.0	4.3	.933
difference:	+15	+3.0	+2.9	+0.4	+3.5	+4.1	+2.3	+0.2	+0.2	-0.7	-0.3	+2.0	+1.9	+.062	+2.4	+5.3	+.058	+1.1	+3.3	+.268
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephen Curry	8	35.1	22.6	0.3	5.0	5.3	5.1	1.0	0.8	3.4	1.6	7.8	16.3	.477	4.0	10.0	.400	3.1	3.5	.893
LeBron James	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Stephen Curry	LeBron James
Season	2025-26	2019-20
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
Stephen Curry	15	30.9	28.8	0.3	3.3	3.5	3.9	1.4	0.5	2.9	2.1	9.5	19.8	.478	4.9	12.2	.399	5.0	5.5	.915
difference:	+52	+3.7	+3.5	+0.7	+3.6	+4.3	+6.3	+0.2		-1.0	-0.3	+0.1	+0.4	+.015	+2.7	+5.9	+.051	+1.1	+0.2	+.222
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephen Curry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Additional Years
* LeBron James played 6 seasons more than Stephen Curry in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 18 to 23, from 2021 to 2026—LeBron James played in 4 Playoffs and one NBA Cup. In those 6 extra years over Stephen Curry, LeBron James got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-NBA Third Team 1 Cup MVP 1 Cup All-Tournament Team 5 All-Star Game

Stephen Curry vs. LeBron James Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of LeBron James and Stephen Curry, 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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Rookie Season

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Season 2

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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

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Season 16

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Season 17

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