Tim Duncan vs. LeBron James Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of LeBron James and Tim Duncan, 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.

Tim Duncan played 19 years in the NBA, 3 less than LeBron James, who played 22. Tim Duncan had the first of his seasons in 1997-98, 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.

Rookie Season
	Tim Duncan	LeBron James
Season	1997-98	2003-04
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Tim Duncan	82	39.1	21.1	3.3	8.6	11.9	2.7	0.7	2.5	3.4	3.1	8.6	15.7	.549	0.0	0.1	.000	3.9	5.9	.662
difference:	+3	+0.4	+0.2	+2.0	+4.4	+6.4	+3.2	+0.9	+1.8	-0.1	-1.2	+0.7	+3.2	+.132	+0.8	+2.6	+.290	+0.5	+0.1	+.092
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	9	41.6	20.7	2.2	6.8	9.0	1.9	0.6	2.6	2.8	2.7	8.1	15.6	.521	0.0	0.1	.000	4.4	6.7	.667
LeBron James	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Tim Duncan	LeBron James
Season	1998-99	2004-05
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Tim Duncan	50	39.3	21.7	3.2	8.2	11.4	2.4	0.9	2.5	2.9	2.9	8.4	16.9	.495	0.0	0.1	.143	4.9	7.2	.690
difference:	+30	+3.1	+5.5	+1.8	+2.2	+4.0	+4.8	+1.3	+1.8	-0.4	-1.1	+1.5	+4.2	+.023	+1.4	+3.8	+.208	+1.1	+0.8	+.060
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	17	43.1	23.2	3.2	8.2	11.5	2.8	0.8	2.6	3.1	2.9	8.5	16.6	.511	0.0	0.2	.000	6.3	8.4	.748
LeBron James	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Tim Duncan	LeBron James
Season	1999-00	2005-06
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game MVP	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		%
Tim Duncan	74	38.9	23.2	3.5	8.9	12.4	3.2	0.9	2.2	3.3	2.8	8.5	17.3	.490	0.0	0.1	.091	6.2	8.1	.761
difference:	+5	+3.6	+8.2	+2.6	+2.8	+5.4	+3.4	+0.7	+1.4		-0.5	+2.6	+5.8	+.010	+1.6	+4.7	+.244	+1.4	+2.2	+.023
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		%
Tim Duncan	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
	Tim Duncan	LeBron James
Season	2000-01	2006-07
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Tim Duncan	82	38.7	22.2	3.2	9.0	12.2	3.0	0.9	2.3	3.0	3.0	8.6	17.1	.499	0.1	0.3	.259	5.0	8.1	.618
difference:	+4	+2.2	+5.1	+2.1	+3.3	+5.5	+3.0	+0.7	+1.6	-0.2	-0.8	+1.3	+3.7	+.023	+1.2	+3.7	+.060	+1.3	+0.9	+.080
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		%
Tim Duncan	13	40.5	24.4	4.2	10.3	14.5	3.8	1.1	2.7	3.8	3.3	9.2	18.9	.488	0.1	0.1	1.000	5.8	9.2	.639
difference:	+7	+4.2	+0.7	+2.9	+3.5	+6.4	+4.2	+0.6	+2.2	-0.5	-1.3	+0.9	+1.1	+.072	+1.0	+3.7	+.720	+1.6	+0.6	+.116
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
	Tim Duncan	LeBron James
Season	2001-02	2007-08
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Tim Duncan	82	40.6	25.5	3.3	9.4	12.7	3.7	0.7	2.5	3.2	2.6	9.3	18.3	.508	0.0	0.1	.100	6.8	8.5	.799
difference:	+7	+0.2	+4.5	+1.5	+3.3	+4.8	+3.5	+1.1	+1.4	-0.2	-0.4	+1.3	+3.6	+.024	+1.5	+4.7	+.215	+0.5	+1.8	+.087
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		%
Tim Duncan	9	42.2	27.6	3.1	11.3	14.4	5.0	0.7	4.3	4.1	2.4	9.1	20.1	.453	0.1	0.3	.333	9.2	11.2	.822
difference:	+4	+0.3	+0.6	+1.9	+4.7	+6.6	+2.6	+1.1	+3.0	-0.1	-0.1	+0.4	+1.1	+.042	+1.3	+5.1	+.076	+0.2	+1.6	+.091
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
	Tim Duncan	LeBron James
Season	2002-03	2008-09
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	Season MVP
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive 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		%
Tim Duncan	81	39.3	23.3	3.2	9.7	12.9	3.9	0.7	2.9	3.1	2.9	8.8	17.2	.513	0.1	0.3	.273	5.6	7.8	.710
difference:		+1.6	+5.1	+1.9	+3.4	+5.3	+3.3	+1.0	+1.8	-0.1	-1.2	+0.9	+2.7	+.024	+1.5	+4.4	+.071	+1.7	+1.6	+.070
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		%
Tim Duncan	24	42.5	24.7	4.0	11.4	15.4	5.3	0.6	3.3	3.2	3.3	9.1	17.2	.529	0.0	0.3	.000	6.5	9.7	.677
difference:	+10	+1.1	+10.6	+2.6	+3.6	+6.3	+2.0	+1.0	+2.4	-0.5	-1.2	+2.3	+5.1	+.019	+1.9	+5.5	+.333	+4.1	+4.5	+.072
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
	Tim Duncan	LeBron James
Season	2003-04	2009-10
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Tim Duncan	69	36.6	22.3	3.3	9.2	12.4	3.1	0.9	2.7	2.7	2.4	8.6	17.1	.501	0.0	0.2	.167	5.1	8.5	.599
difference:	+7	+2.4	+7.4	+2.4	+2.8	+5.1	+5.5	+0.7	+1.7	-0.7	-0.8	+1.5	+3.0	+.002	+1.7	+4.9	+.166	+2.7	+1.7	+.168
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		%
Tim Duncan	10	40.4	22.1	3.3	8.0	11.3	3.2	0.8	2.0	4.2	3.4	8.3	15.9	.522	0.0	0.1	.000	5.5	8.7	.632
difference:	+1	+1.4	+7.0	+1.9	+0.1	+2.0	+4.4	+0.9	+0.2	-0.4	-1.3	+1.3	+3.3	+.020	+1.8	+4.4	+.400	+2.5	+2.2	+.101
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
	Tim Duncan	LeBron James
Season	2004-05	2010-11
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First 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		%
Tim Duncan	66	33.4	20.3	3.1	8.0	11.1	2.7	0.7	2.6	1.9	2.2	7.8	15.8	.496	0.0	0.1	.333	4.6	6.9	.670
difference:	+13	+5.4	+6.4	+2.1	+1.5	+3.6	+4.3	+0.9	+2.0	-1.7	-0.1	+1.8	+3.0	+.014	+1.2	+3.4	+.003	+1.8	+1.5	+.089
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		%
Tim Duncan	23	37.7	23.6	3.8	8.7	12.4	2.7	0.3	2.3	2.7	2.9	8.6	18.5	.464	0.0	0.2	.200	6.4	8.9	.717
difference:	+2	+6.2	+0.1	+2.2	+1.9	+4.0	+3.2	+1.4	+1.1	-0.4	-0.2	+0.3	+0.7	+.002	+1.4	+3.8	+.153	+0.7	+1.5	+.046
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
	Tim Duncan	LeBron James
Season	2005-06	2011-12
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Tim Duncan	80	34.8	18.6	2.9	8.1	11.0	3.2	0.9	2.0	2.5	2.7	7.2	14.8	.484	0.0	0.1	.400	4.2	6.7	.629
difference:	+18	+2.7	+8.5	+1.4	+1.7	+3.1	+3.0	+1.0	+1.2	-0.9	-1.2	+2.8	+4.1	+.047	+0.9	+2.3	+.038	+2.0	+1.4	+.142
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		%
Tim Duncan	13	37.9	25.8	2.5	8.0	10.5	3.3	0.8	1.9	2.6	3.8	9.3	16.2	.573	0.0	0.2	.000	7.2	10.1	.718
difference:	+10	+4.8	+4.5	+0.2	+0.6	+0.8	+2.3	+1.1	+1.2	-0.9	-1.8	+1.6	+5.6	+.073	+1.0	+3.5	+.259	+0.3	+0.1	+.021
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
	Tim Duncan	LeBron James
Season	2006-07	2012-13
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Tim Duncan	80	34.1	20.0	2.7	7.9	10.6	3.4	0.8	2.4	2.8	2.5	7.7	14.1	.546	0.0	0.1	.111	4.5	7.1	.637
difference:	+4	+3.8	+6.8	+1.4	+1.1	+2.6	+3.9	+0.9	+1.5	-0.2	-1.1	+2.4	+3.7	+.019	+1.4	+3.2	+.295	+0.8	+0.1	+.116
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		%
Tim Duncan	20	36.8	22.2	3.7	7.8	11.5	3.3	0.7	3.1	3.0	3.0	8.7	16.7	.521	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	7.5	.644
difference:	+3	+4.9	+3.7	+2.1	+1.0	+3.1	+3.3	+1.1	+2.3		-1.1	+0.5	+2.1	+.030	+1.6	+4.2		+1.1	+0.1	+.133
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
	Tim Duncan	LeBron James
Season	2007-08	2013-14
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Tim Duncan	78	34.0	19.3	3.0	8.3	11.3	2.8	0.7	1.9	2.3	2.4	7.5	15.1	.497	0.0	0.1	.000	4.3	5.9	.730
difference:	+1	+3.7	+7.8	+1.9	+2.4	+4.4	+3.5	+0.9	+1.6	-1.2	-0.8	+2.5	+2.5	+.070	+1.5	+3.9	+.379	+1.4	+1.7	+.020
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		%
Tim Duncan	17	39.2	20.2	3.6	10.9	14.5	3.3	0.9	2.1	2.4	2.4	7.9	17.7	.449	0.1	0.3	.200	4.2	6.8	.626
difference:	+3	+1.0	+7.2	+2.9	+4.5	+7.4	+1.5	+0.9	+1.5	-0.7	-0.1	+1.7	+0.7	+.116	+1.7	+4.0	+.207	+2.3	+1.2	+.180
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
	Tim Duncan	LeBron James
Season	2008-09	2014-15
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Tim Duncan	75	33.7	19.3	2.7	8.0	10.7	3.5	0.5	1.7	2.2	2.3	7.4	14.8	.504	0.0	0.0	-	4.5	6.4	.692
difference:	+6	+2.4	+6.0	+2.0	+2.7	+4.7	+3.9	+1.1	+1.0	-1.7	-0.3	+1.6	+3.7	+.016	+1.7	+4.9		+0.9	+1.3	+.018
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		%
Tim Duncan	5	32.8	19.8	2.4	5.6	8.0	3.2	0.6	1.2	1.4	2.2	8.2	15.4	.532	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	5.6	.607
difference:	+15	+9.4	+10.3	+0.5	+3.9	+3.3	+5.3	+1.1	+0.1	-2.7	-0.7	+3.2	+11.8	+.115	+1.3	+5.5		+2.7	+2.8	+.124
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
	Tim Duncan	LeBron James
Season	2009-10	2015-16
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Tim Duncan	78	31.3	17.9	2.8	7.3	10.1	3.2	0.6	1.5	1.8	1.9	7.2	13.9	.518	0.0	0.1	.182	3.5	4.8	.725
difference:	+2	+4.3	+7.4	+1.3	+1.3	+2.7	+3.6	+0.8	+0.9	-1.5		+2.5	+4.7	+.002	+1.1	+3.6	+.127	+1.2	+1.7	+.006
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		%
Tim Duncan	10	37.3	19.0	3.0	6.9	9.9	2.6	0.8	1.7	2.4	2.7	7.8	15.0	.520	0.1	0.2	.500	3.3	6.9	.478
difference:	+11	+1.8	+7.3	+1.0	+0.6	+0.4	+5.0	+1.5	+0.4	-1.2	-0.1	+2.6	+4.9	+.005	+1.4	+4.3	+.160	+0.6	+1.0	+.183
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
	Tim Duncan	LeBron James
Season	2010-11	2016-17
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Tim Duncan	76	28.4	13.4	2.2	6.7	8.9	2.7	0.7	1.9	1.6	1.6	5.5	11.0	.500	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.4	.716
difference:	+2	+9.4	+13.0	+0.9	+0.6	+0.3	+6.0	+0.5	+1.3	-2.5	-0.2	+4.4	+7.2	+.048	+1.7	+4.5	+.363	+2.4	+3.8	+.042
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		%
Tim Duncan	6	35.3	12.7	2.7	7.8	10.5	2.7	0.5	2.5	3.0	2.8	5.5	11.5	.478	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.7	.625
difference:	+12	+6.0	+20.1	+1.6	+0.3	+1.4	+5.1	+1.4	+1.2	-1.0	-0.4	+6.6	+9.8	+.087	+2.4	+5.9		+4.6	+6.3	+.073
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
	Tim Duncan	LeBron James
Season	2011-12	2017-18
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Tim Duncan	58	28.2	15.4	1.9	7.1	9.0	2.3	0.7	1.5	1.7	1.7	6.2	12.6	.492	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	4.3	.695
difference:	+24	+8.7	+12.1	+0.7	+0.4	+0.4	+6.8	+0.7	+0.6	-2.5		+4.3	+6.7	+.050	+1.8	+4.9	+.367	+1.7	+2.2	+.036
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		%
Tim Duncan	14	33.1	17.4	2.3	7.1	9.4	2.8	0.7	2.1	1.5	2.1	7.2	14.6	.495	0.0	0.1	.000	2.9	4.1	.707
difference:	+8	+8.8	+16.6	+0.9	+0.6	+0.3	+6.2	+0.7	+1.1	-2.8	-0.3	+5.3	+8.6	+.044	+1.8	+5.1	+.342	+4.3	+5.6	+.039
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
	Tim Duncan	LeBron James
Season	2012-13	2018-19
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Tim Duncan	69	30.1	17.8	1.8	8.1	9.9	2.7	0.7	2.7	2.1	1.7	7.1	14.1	.502	0.0	0.1	.286	3.6	4.3	.817
difference:	+14	+5.1	+9.6	+0.8	+0.7	+1.4	+5.6	+0.6	+2.1	-1.5		+3.0	+5.8	+.008	+2.0	+5.8	+.053	+1.5	+3.3	+.152
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		%
Tim Duncan	21	35.0	18.1	2.6	7.6	10.2	1.9	0.9	1.6	2.0	2.5	7.2	15.3	.470	0.0	0.0	-	3.8	4.7	.806
LeBron James	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 17
	Tim Duncan	LeBron James
Season	2013-14	2019-20
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Tim Duncan	74	29.2	15.1	2.1	7.6	9.7	3.0	0.6	1.9	2.1	1.8	6.0	12.2	.490	0.0	0.1	.000	3.1	4.3	.731
difference:	+7	+5.4	+10.2	+1.1	+0.7	+1.9	+7.2	+0.6	+1.4	-1.8		+3.6	+7.2	+.003	+2.2	+6.2	+.348	+0.8	+1.4	+.038
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		%
Tim Duncan	23	32.7	16.3	2.8	6.3	9.2	2.0	0.3	1.3	1.1	2.3	6.5	12.4	.523	0.0	0.1	.000	3.3	4.3	.760
difference:	+2	+3.6	+11.3	+1.5	+3.1	+1.6	+6.8	+0.9	+0.4	-2.9	-0.4	+3.7	+5.8	+.037	+2.1	+5.6	+.370	+1.8	+2.8	+.040
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

Season 18
	Tim Duncan	LeBron James
Season	2014-15	2020-21
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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18th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	77	28.9	13.9	2.2	6.9	9.1	3.0	0.8	2.0	1.7	2.1	5.4	10.6	.512	0.0	0.1	.286	3.0	4.0	.740
difference:	+32	+4.5	+11.1	+1.6	+0.1	+1.4	+4.8	+0.3	+1.4	-2.0	-0.5	+4.0	+7.7	+.001	+2.3	+6.2	+.079	+1.0	+1.7	+.042
LeBron James	45	33.4	25.0	0.6	7.0	7.7	7.8	1.1	0.6	3.7	1.6	9.4	18.3	.513	2.3	6.3	.365	4.0	5.7	.698
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	7	35.7	17.9	2.7	8.4	11.1	3.3	1.3	1.4	1.0	3.7	7.6	12.9	.589	0.0	0.1	.000	2.7	4.9	.559
difference:	+1	+1.6	+5.4	+1.5	+2.4	+3.9	+4.7	+0.2	+1.1	-3.2	-2.5	+1.4	+6.1	+.115	+3.0	+7.9	+.375	+0.4	+1.1	+.050
LeBron James	6	37.3	23.3	1.2	6.0	7.2	8.0	1.5	0.3	4.2	1.2	9.0	19.0	.474	3.0	8.0	.375	2.3	3.8	.609

Season 19
	Tim Duncan	LeBron James
Season	2015-16	2021-22
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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19th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	61	25.2	8.6	1.9	5.4	7.3	2.7	0.8	1.3	1.5	2.0	3.5	7.2	.488	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.1	.702
difference:	+5	+12.0	+21.7	+0.8	+1.7	+0.9	+3.5	+0.5	+0.2	-2.0	-0.2	+7.9	+14.6	+.036	+2.9	+8.0		+3.0	+3.9	+.054
LeBron James	56	37.2	30.3	1.1	7.1	8.2	6.2	1.3	1.1	3.5	2.2	11.4	21.8	.524	2.9	8.0	.359	4.5	6.0	.756
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	10	21.8	5.9	1.0	3.8	4.8	1.4	0.2	1.3	1.0	1.8	2.2	5.2	.423	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.1	.714
LeBron James	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* LeBron James played 3 seasons more than Tim Duncan in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 20 to 22, from 2023 to 2025—LeBron James played in 3 Playoffs and one NBA Cup. In those 3 extra years over Tim Duncan, LeBron James got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 1 Cup MVP 1 Cup All-Tournament Team 3 All-Star Game