74.8 score · 100% MPG role factor
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Player profile · CLE / LAL / MIA
LeBron James
LeBron James advanced stats and career rankings
RoleSF · Age 41
Availability60 games · 60 starts
Workload33.1 MPG · 1,989 minutes
Relative impactLAL #3 of 11 · SF #10 of 68
UpdatedJul 21, 2026
51.8 total value · 395 qualified players
1.2 all-time composite · 23 seasons
Low ranking precision · Likely rank #19–#305
Bottom line · 2025–26
LeBron James delivered a strong 2025–26 campaign, ranking 73rd 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.
2025–26 NBA percentile rankings: What drives LeBron James's impact
395 qualified NBA playersEvery player in the comparison logged at least 450 minutes.
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Overall value
Impact Rate
82
74.8Season Value
85
51.8Scoring role
Usage
91
27.2%True shooting
64
59.4%3-point attempt rate
19
26.4%Free-throw rate
79
34.4%Creation and control
Assist rate
96
34.1%Turnover avoidance
22
14.5%Possession stats
Rebound rate
66
10.7%Steal rate
64
1.8%Block rate
58
1.6%Lineup signal
Offensive lineup impact387-player lineup pool
36
−0.24Defensive lineup impact387-player lineup pool
60
+0.43Workload
Minutes per game
91
33.1Games played
45
60Total minutes
80
1,989Farther right means more of the named trait, not automatically better basketball. Turnover avoidance reverses turnover rate. Lineup rows exclude players below the 1,000-possession lineup-sample floor.
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.
| Season | Team | Age | GP | MP | Era-centered box impact | Impact Rate | Rate rank | Season Value | Value percentile | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26live model | LAL | 41 | 60 | 1,989 | +2.90 | 74.8 | #73 | 51.8 | 85th | Strong |
| 2024–25 | LAL | 40 | 70 | 2,444 | +5.38 | 97.7 | #10 | 366.6 | 99th | Strong |
| 2023–24 | LAL | 39 | 71 | 2,504 | +6.04 | 97.8 | #9 | 423.2 | 99th | Strong |
| 2022–23 | LAL | 38 | 55 | 1,954 | +6.04 | 97.4 | #11 | 331.7 | 97th | Strong |
| 2021–22 | LAL | 37 | 56 | 2,084 | +8.42 | 99.2 | #4 | 452.9 | 99th | Strong |
| 2020–21 | LAL | 36 | 45 | 1,504 | +7.14 | 98.6 | #6 | 282.7 | 96th | Strong |
| 2019–20Historical Defense Estimate | LAL | 35 | 67 | 2,316 | +7.99 | 98.9 | #5 | 486.4 | 99th | Strong |
| 2018–19Historical Defense Estimate | LAL | 34 | 55 | 1,937 | +8.51 | 98.9 | #5 | 437.8 | 98th | Strong |
| 2017–18Historical Defense Estimate | CLE | 33 | 82 | 3,026 | +8.71 | 99.4 | #3 | 661.5 | 100th | Strong |
| 2016–17Historical Defense Estimate | CLE | 32 | 74 | 2,794 | +7.34 | 98.1 | #8 | 522.9 | 99th | Strong |
| 2015–16Historical Defense Estimate | CLE | 31 | 76 | 2,709 | +8.18 | 99.4 | #3 | 535.9 | 99th | Strong |
| 2014–15Historical Defense Estimate | CLE | 30 | 69 | 2,493 | +6.93 | 98.4 | #7 | 428.1 | 99th | Strong |
| 2013–14Historical Defense Estimate | MIA | 29 | 77 | 2,902 | +8.25 | 99.4 | #3 | 565.4 | 99th | Strong |
| 2012–13Historical Defense Estimate | MIA | 28 | 76 | 2,877 | +10.99 | 100.0 | #1 | 706.2 | 100th | Strong |
| 2011–12Historical Defense Estimate | MIA | 27 | 62 | 2,326 | +10.53 | 100.0 | #1 | 553.6 | 100th | Strong |
| 2010–11Historical Defense Estimate | MIA | 26 | 79 | 3,063 | +7.15 | 100.0 | #1 | 530.8 | 100th | Strong |
| 2009–10Historical Defense Estimate | CLE | 25 | 76 | 2,966 | +11.35 | 100.0 | #1 | 754.1 | 100th | Strong |
| 2008–09Historical Defense Estimate | CLE | 24 | 81 | 3,054 | +12.52 | 100.0 | #1 | 819.4 | 100th | Strong |
| 2007–08Historical Defense Estimate | CLE | 23 | 75 | 3,027 | +11.82 | 100.0 | #1 | 786.1 | 100th | Strong |
| 2006–07Historical Defense Estimate | CLE | 22 | 78 | 3,190 | +8.09 | 99.7 | #2 | 608.8 | 100th | Strong |
| 2005–06Historical Defense Estimate | CLE | 21 | 79 | 3,361 | +8.82 | 99.7 | #2 | 680.7 | 100th | Strong |
| 2004–05Historical Defense Estimate | CLE | 20 | 80 | 3,388 | +9.16 | 99.7 | #2 | 706.3 | 100th | Strong |
| 2003–04Historical Defense Estimate | CLE | 19 | 79 | 3,122 | +3.12 | 92.7 | #25 | 302.2 | 96th | Strong |
Career movement
LeBron James's career impact by season
Peak +12.52 in 2008–09 · 23 seasons · 61,030 minutes
The same historical box-score model is used for every season, making the career shape comparable through time. This is separate from the current lineup-context ranking.
Era-centered box impactMinutes
Across-era box estimateWorkload
Career comparison
Compare the shape, not the calendar
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NBA season number · fixed impact axis −5 to +15
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The score compares era-centered box impact, peak, prime, workload, career length, position, and trajectory aligned by NBA experience. It describes career shape, not playing style or equal ability.
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74%career match
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72%career match
85% season match · 2008–09 ↔ 2013–14Why this rank?
Why LeBron James ranks #73
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.
Prior rank #37
Current total +0.60 ±1.0
Split model · O -0.24 · D +0.43 = +0.19
Maximum ±0.75
Before the within-season scale
74.8 unadjusted · 100% role factor · rank #73
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.
What the point estimate meansLow precision
The model's 80% impact interval is -1.01 to +3.61. Exact ordering is difficult when many players have overlapping estimates.
- Top 25 chance
- 14%
- Top 50 chance
- 24%
- Top 100 chance
- 42%
- 80% rank range
- #19–#305
Impact Rate shows how strong a player was compared with everyone else that season. Season Value adds how much he played. The career ranking 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 →