#LEBRON STATS VS JORDAN FULL#
In his 239 playoff games from 2005-18, James averaged 28.9 points (57.9 true shooting percentage), 8.9 rebounds, 7.1 assists and 2.8 combined blocks and steals in 42 minutes.Īt the top of his game, Jordan was a First Team All-NBA and First Team All-Defensive selection in each of his nine full seasons from 1987-98. His Lakers were on pace to capture the Western Conference’s No. He won rings with the Heat in 20 and the Cavaliers in 2016. (Jordan lost in the first round in his first three seasons.) He led the Cavaliers and Heat to 10 Eastern Conference finals appearances and nine Finals in a 12-year span, including eight straight from 2011-18.
James missed the playoffs in the first year of his prime and again last season, but never lost in the first round in between.
Assuming he will be a finalist for the award this season, James has been a top-five MVP candidate in all but two of his prime seasons and top three in 11 of them. He played fewer than 75 games just three times - the lockout-shortened 2011-12 campaign with the Miami Heat, his two-week rest from the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2015 and last season’s injury- and tanking-plagued Los Angeles Lakers season. LeBron James (Yahoo Sports graphic)įor 16 seasons from 2004 to now, James has averaged 27.5 points (59.2 true shooting percentage), 7.6 rebounds, 7.5 assists and 2.4 combined blocks and steals in 38.3 minutes per game. He has maintained an unprecedented level of consistency ever since. James was impressive as a 19-year-old rookie, but he took his game to the next level in 2004-05, when he averaged a 27-7-7, made the first of his 16 All-Star appearances (and counting) and finished sixth in the MVP race. His Bulls made the Eastern Conference finals in each of his final eight full seasons, winning titles in the last six of them. In his prime, Jordan averaged 33.4 points (56.8 true shooting percentage), 6.4 rebounds, 5.7 assists and three combined blocks and steals in 41.8 minutes over 179 playoff games. The Bulls made the playoffs in each of Jordan’s prime years. He played all 82 games seven times and 78 or more in 11 of those seasons, finishing top-three in MVP voting in all of them, save for his rookie season. Over a 13-year span from 1984-98 that also included a minor-league baseball career in the midst of a 21-month hiatus from the NBA, Jordan averaged 31.5 points (58 true shooting percentage), 6.3 rebounds, 5.4 assists and 3.4 combined blocked and steals in 38.6 minutes per game.
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