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LeBron James

LeBron James stats, teams and career impact

#4 all-timeCareer averages · 26.8 PPG · 7.5 RPG · 7.4 APGPeak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Position: Small forward
2025–26 team: Los Angeles Lakers
Height / weight: 6 ft 9 in (206 cm) · 250 lb (113 kg)
Born: December 30, 1984 (41 yrs old)
NBA seasons: 23 seasons · 2003–04 to 2025–26

Career or season view

Selected season2025–26 · LAL · 60 games · 1,989 minutes

PPG: 20.9
RPG: 6.1
APG: 7.2; #72 of 395; 85th percentile

Career overview

Why LeBron James currently ranks #4 all time

LeBron James ranks #4 all time. He finished #1 in 6 seasons and in the top five 15 times, giving him an exceptional peak. His full-career value ranks #1 across 23 seasons. Career Impact Rank averages his best three, five, and ten season ranks, with the most weight on his peak.

Peak#1 in 2007–08

Best league finish

Sustained excellence6 seasons at #1

15 top-five · 20 top-ten finishes

Career breadth23 seasons so far

1,622 games · Career Value Rank #1

NBA honors22× All-Star · 4× MVP · 21× All-NBA · 6× All-Defense · ROYContext only; honors are not model inputs.

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Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources

Full team history

Teams: Cleveland Cavaliers, Miami Heat, and Los Angeles Lakers
Greatest Cavaliers →Greatest Lakers →Greatest Heat →

Career shooting

NBA regular season

Field goal: 50.7%FG%
Three-point: 34.8%3P%
Free throw: 73.7%FT%

1,622 career games · 61,030 minutes

Sources and updateConventional stats and measurements: Basketball Reference, accessed Sep 13, 2026. hussEyquation ranking data through 2025–26. Life dates: Wikidata; conflicting dates checked against Basketball Reference, accessed Sep 17, 2026.

Traditional box score

LeBron James stats by season

Start with scoring and impact, then switch views for shooting or the full advanced picture. Career percentages use total makes and attempts.

Box impact is an estimate in points per 100 possessions, not the 0–100 Impact Rate score. Zero is league average; higher is better. Rate rank is a league place: No. 1 is best.

Swipe for PPG · RPG · APG · Box impact · Team · G · GS · MPG →

				pts/100 · higher is better
2025–26	20.9	6.1	7.2	+2.90	LAL	60	60	33.1	51.5%	31.7%	73.7%	#72	51.8
2024–25	24.4	7.8	8.2	+5.38	LAL	70	70	34.9	51.3%	37.6%	78.2%	#10	366.6
2023–24	25.7	7.3	8.3	+6.04	LAL	71	71	35.3	54.0%	41.0%	75.0%	#9	423.2
2022–23	28.9	8.3	6.8	+6.04	LAL	55	54	35.5	50.0%	32.1%	76.8%	#11	331.7
2021–22	30.3	8.2	6.2	+8.42	LAL	56	56	37.2	52.4%	35.9%	75.6%	#4	452.9
2020–21	25.0	7.7	7.8	+7.14	LAL	45	45	33.4	51.3%	36.5%	69.8%	#6	282.7
2019–20	25.3	7.8	10.2	+7.99	LAL	67	67	34.6	49.3%	34.8%	69.3%	#5	486.4
2018–19	27.4	8.5	8.3	+8.51	LAL	55	55	35.2	51.0%	33.9%	66.5%	#5	437.8
2017–18	27.5	8.6	9.1	+8.71	CLE	82	82	36.9	54.2%	36.7%	73.1%	#3	661.5
2016–17	26.4	8.6	8.7	+7.34	CLE	74	74	37.8	54.8%	36.3%	67.4%	#8	522.9
2015–16	25.3	7.4	6.8	+8.18	CLE	76	76	35.6	52.0%	30.9%	73.1%	#3	535.9
2014–15	25.3	6.0	7.4	+6.93	CLE	69	69	36.1	48.8%	35.4%	71.0%	#7	428.1
2013–14	27.1	6.9	6.3	+8.25	MIA	77	77	37.7	56.7%	37.9%	75.0%	#3	565.4
2012–13	26.8	8.0	7.3	+10.99	MIA	76	76	37.9	56.5%	40.6%	75.3%	#1	706.2
2011–12	27.1	7.9	6.2	+10.53	MIA	62	62	37.5	53.1%	36.2%	77.1%	#1	553.6
2010–11	26.7	7.5	7.0	+7.15	MIA	79	79	38.8	51.0%	33.0%	75.9%	#1	530.8
2009–10	29.7	7.3	8.6	+11.35	CLE	76	76	39.0	50.3%	33.3%	76.7%	#1	754.1
2008–09	28.4	7.6	7.2	+12.52	CLE	81	81	37.7	48.9%	34.4%	78.0%	#1	819.4
2007–08	30.0	7.9	7.2	+11.82	CLE	75	74	40.4	48.4%	31.5%	71.2%	#1	786.1
2006–07	27.3	6.7	6.0	+8.09	CLE	78	78	40.9	47.6%	31.9%	69.8%	#2	608.8
2005–06	31.4	7.0	6.6	+8.82	CLE	79	79	42.5	48.0%	33.5%	73.8%	#2	680.7
2004–05	27.2	7.3	7.2	+9.16	CLE	80	80	42.4	47.2%	35.1%	75.0%	#2	706.3
2003–04	20.9	5.5	5.9	+3.12	CLE	79	79	39.5	41.7%	29.0%	75.4%	#25	302.2
Career	26.8	7.5	7.4	—	CLE/LAL/MIA	1622	—	37.6	50.7%	34.8%	73.7%	—	—

Source: Basketball Reference regular-season totals, accessed Sep 13, 2026.

Film evidence

LeBron James highlights

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Career highlights

LeBron James's top 35 career plays

A compact visual record of the power, passing and transition creation that made James an elite-impact player across multiple eras.

RoleSF · Age 41

Availability60 games · 60 starts

Workload33.1 MPG · 1,989 minutes

Relative impactLAL #3 of 11 · SF #10 of 68

UpdatedOct 6, 2026

What these measures mean

Box impact: Estimated points per 100 possessions above that season's league average, from the historical box-score model. Zero is league average; higher is better. Historical defense estimates are included where labeled. This is not the live model's lineup-adjusted estimate.
Impact Rate: A 0–100 score comparing performance within one season. Higher is better. This is a score, not points per possession.
Impact estimate: The season model's final estimated points per 100 possessions above league average, before conversion to the 0–100 Impact Rate score. It includes lineup evidence where available. Zero is league average; higher is better.
Impact Rate rank: The player's place among qualified players in that season's Impact Rate ranking. No. 1 is best. This is a rank, not an impact score.
Value contribution / Season Value: Completed seasons use a fixed-baseline contribution to Career Value. The live season instead uses Season Value, combining that season's impact with workload.
Career Impact Rank: An all-time rank weighted toward the player's best three, five, and ten seasons.

Impact Rate Rank#72 of 395

60 games · 1,989 minutes · 75.2 / 100 · higher score is better · No. 1 is the best rank

Season Value Percentile85th

51.8 total value · 395 qualified players

Career Impact Rank#4

Career Composite 1.1 · lower is better · 23 seasons

Data coverageBroad

Ranking certainty: Wide, likely #19–#299

Impact Rate: 0–100 score within one season. Higher is better.
Box impact: Estimated points per 100 possessions above league average, from the historical model. Zero is average; higher is better.
Impact estimate: The live model's final estimate in points per 100 possessions, including lineup evidence. It can differ from box impact. Higher is better.

Bottom line · 2025–26

LeBron James delivered a strong 2025–26 campaign, ranking 72nd in per-minute impact. His box-score profile ranked 37th, led by elite passing despite costly turnovers. After adjusting for teammates and opponents, his on-court impact was weaker than the box score indicated, lowering his overall rating. At age 41, he still played nearly 2,000 minutes and finished in the 85th percentile for total season value.

395 qualified NBA playersEvery player in the comparison logged at least 450 minutes.

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Overall value

Impact Rate

0–100 score · higher is better

75.2 / 100

Season Value

51.8

Scoring role

Usage

27.2%

True shooting

59.4%

3-point attempt rate

26.4%

Free-throw rate

34.4%

Creation and control

Assist rate

34.1%

Turnover avoidance

14.5%

Possession stats

Rebound rate

10.7%

Steal rate

1.8%

Block rate

1.6%

Lineup signal

Offensive lineup impact387-player lineup pool

−0.24 pts/100

Defensive lineup impact387-player lineup pool

+0.43 pts/100

Workload

Minutes per game

33.1

Games played

Total minutes

1,989

A 0–100 score comparing performance within one season. Higher is better. This is a score, not points per possession. The other bars show percentiles in the selected comparison group. Farther right means more of the named trait, not automatically better basketball. Turnover avoidance reverses turnover rate. Lineup figures are points per 100 possessions; higher is better. Lineup rows exclude players below the 1,000-possession lineup-sample floor.

Ranking editions

How the ranking changed

Both editions use the source snapshot dated Jul 14, 2026. These are model-version changes, not results from new games. Each edition keeps its original published numbers.

Full season · original model (v1.0)#73

74.8 Impact Rate · 1,989 MP

Ranking edition: Jul 21, 2026

First snapshot

Full season · hussEyquation v1.1#72

75.2 Impact Rate · 1,989 MP

Ranking edition: Oct 6, 2026

↑1 since prior

Every season

LeBron James advanced stats by season

Era-centered box impact supports comparisons through time. Impact Rate and its rank compare players only within that season.

More advanced statsAge, minutes, impact, rank, value and data coverage

					pts/100 · higher is better	0–100 · higher is better
2025–26live model	LAL	41	60	1,989	+2.90	75.2	#72	51.8	85th	Broad
2024–25	LAL	40	70	2,444	+5.38	97.7	#10	366.6	99th	Broad
2023–24	LAL	39	71	2,504	+6.04	97.8	#9	423.2	99th	Broad
2022–23	LAL	38	55	1,954	+6.04	97.4	#11	331.7	97th	Broad
2021–22	LAL	37	56	2,084	+8.42	99.2	#4	452.9	99th	Broad
2020–21	LAL	36	45	1,504	+7.14	98.6	#6	282.7	96th	Broad
2019–20Historical Defense Estimate	LAL	35	67	2,316	+7.99	98.9	#5	486.4	99th	Broad
2018–19Historical Defense Estimate	LAL	34	55	1,937	+8.51	98.9	#5	437.8	98th	Broad
2017–18Historical Defense Estimate	CLE	33	82	3,026	+8.71	99.4	#3	661.5	100th	Broad
2016–17Historical Defense Estimate	CLE	32	74	2,794	+7.34	98.1	#8	522.9	99th	Broad
2015–16Historical Defense Estimate	CLE	31	76	2,709	+8.18	99.4	#3	535.9	99th	Broad
2014–15Historical Defense Estimate	CLE	30	69	2,493	+6.93	98.4	#7	428.1	99th	Broad
2013–14Historical Defense Estimate	MIA	29	77	2,902	+8.25	99.4	#3	565.4	99th	Broad
2012–13Historical Defense Estimate	MIA	28	76	2,877	+10.99	100.0	#1	706.2	100th	Broad
2011–12Historical Defense Estimate	MIA	27	62	2,326	+10.53	100.0	#1	553.6	100th	Broad
2010–11Historical Defense Estimate	MIA	26	79	3,063	+7.15	100.0	#1	530.8	100th	Broad
2009–10Historical Defense Estimate	CLE	25	76	2,966	+11.35	100.0	#1	754.1	100th	Broad
2008–09Historical Defense Estimate	CLE	24	81	3,054	+12.52	100.0	#1	819.4	100th	Broad
2007–08Historical Defense Estimate	CLE	23	75	3,027	+11.82	100.0	#1	786.1	100th	Broad
2006–07Historical Defense Estimate	CLE	22	78	3,190	+8.09	99.7	#2	608.8	100th	Broad
2005–06Historical Defense Estimate	CLE	21	79	3,361	+8.82	99.7	#2	680.7	100th	Broad
2004–05Historical Defense Estimate	CLE	20	80	3,388	+9.16	99.7	#2	706.3	100th	Broad
2003–04Historical Defense Estimate	CLE	19	79	3,122	+3.12	92.7	#25	302.2	96th	Broad

Career movement

LeBron James's box impact by season

Peak box impact +12.52 points per 100 possessions in 2008–09 · 23 seasons · 61,030 minutes

Box impact estimates points per 100 possessions above each season's league average. Zero is average; higher is better. Rank labels show Impact Rate league places, not ranks on this chart's box-impact scale.

Box impact · points per 100 possessionsMinutes

Player-specific impact scaleWorkload

Career comparison

Compare the shape, not the calendar

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LeBron JamesKevin Garnett

Box impactEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is better · dashed marker means the player did not play

LeBron James and Kevin Garnett era-centered impact values by NBA season number
NBA season	LeBron James	Kevin Garnett
1	3.1	2.0
2	9.2	3.3
3	8.8	4.9
4	8.1	7.3
5	11.8	7.0
6	12.5	6.8
7	11.4	6.7
8	7.2	8.9
9	10.5	10.4
10	11.0	10.2
11	8.3	9.0
12	6.9	6.5
13	8.2	6.7
14	7.3	3.9
15	8.7	3.3
16	8.5	4.1
17	8.0	4.3
18	7.1	2.6
19	8.4	-1.0
20	6.0	1.2
21	6.0	1.0
22	5.4	Did not play
23	2.9	Did not play

NBA season number

Similar career arcs

Players with careers similar to LeBron James

The career-similarity score compares era-centered box impact, peak, prime, workload, career length, position, and experience-aligned trajectory. It describes career shape, not playing style, equal ability, or probability.

PF · All-Time Career #5

Kevin Garnett

career similarity score

85/100 closest-season score · 2008–09 ↔ 2003–04 PG · All-Time Career #16

Chris Paul

career similarity score

85/100 closest-season score · 2008–09 ↔ 2008–09 C · All-Time Career #1

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career similarity score

80/100 closest-season score · 2008–09 ↔ 1976–77

Why this rank?

Why LeBron James ranks #72

The current model starts with box production, checks it against multi-season lineup evidence, caps that correction, then accounts for how many minutes the player was trusted to play each game.

Steps 1–4 use points per 100 possessions. Step 5 converts the final estimate to the 0–100 Impact Rate score. Higher is better on both scales; they are not the same number.

01 · Box-score prior+1.70

Prior rank #37

02 · Multi-season RAPM+0.12

Current total +0.60 ±1.0
Split model · O -0.24 · D +0.43 = +0.19

03 · Bounded correction-0.40

Maximum ±1.25

04 · Impact estimate+1.30

Points per 100 possessions · higher is better

05 · Impact Rate · 0–10075.2

Higher is better · 75.2 before the MPG adjustment · rank #72

RAPM estimates lineup impact while controlling for the other nine players on the floor. The multi-season blend, current total model, and current offensive/defensive split are separate estimates, so they need not equal one another. hussEyquation uses the multi-season signal as a bounded correction, not as a standalone verdict.

Ranking certaintyWide

The model's 80% impact interval is -0.92 to +3.55. Exact ordering is difficult when many players have overlapping estimates.

Top 25 chance: 13%
Top 50 chance: 25%
Top 100 chance: 43%
80% rank range: #19–#299

How to read this page

Impact Rate shows how strong a player was compared with everyone else that season. Season Value adds how much he played; completed player-profile rows instead show each season's fixed-baseline contribution to Career Value. Career Impact Rank rewards a high peak, a long prime, and repeated seasons near the top. Older seasons use clearly labeled estimates where the NBA did not record today's full set of statistics. Read how every ranking works →

LeBron James

Full team history

Career shooting

LeBron James stats by season

LeBron James highlights

LeBron James's top 35 career plays

2025–26 NBA percentile rankings: What drives LeBron James's impact

Overall value

Scoring role

Creation and control

Possession stats

Lineup signal

Workload

How the ranking changed

LeBron James advanced stats by season

LeBron James's box impact by season

Compare the shape, not the calendar

Players with careers similar to LeBron James

Kevin Garnett

Chris Paul

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Why LeBron James ranks #72