LeBron JamesPhiladelphia 76ers · #23
LeBron James is the NBA's all-time leading scorer and one of the greatest players in basketball history — a four-time champion, four-time MVP, and four-time Finals MVP. Drafted 1st overall in 2003 straight out of high school, he has played a record 23 NBA seasons across Cleveland, Miami, and the Lakers, rewriting the record books and, in 2024, sharing the floor with his son Bronny.
LeBron James — the report card
Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.
Where LeBron James stands
Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.
LeBron James — every number, three levels deep
Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.
How the model sees LeBron James
Projection = per-minute rate × projected minutes. Rates are recency- and health-weighted, aged along a per-stat curve, and adjusted for live usage/role. No black box — every number shows its work.
LeBron James career stats, season by season
| Season | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG% | 3P% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-04 | 79 | 39.5 | 20.9 | 5.5 | 5.9 | .417 | .290 |
| 2004-05 | 80 | 42.4 | 27.2 | 7.4 | 7.2 | .472 | .351 |
| 2005-06 | 79 | 42.5 | 31.4 | 7.0 | 6.6 | .480 | .335 |
| 2006-07 | 78 | 40.9 | 27.3 | 6.7 | 6.0 | .476 | .319 |
| 2007-08 | 75 | 40.4 | 30.0 | 7.9 | 7.2 | .484 | .315 |
| 2008-09 | 81 | 37.7 | 28.4 | 7.6 | 7.2 | .489 | .344 |
| 2009-10 | 76 | 39.0 | 29.7 | 7.3 | 8.6 | .503 | .333 |
| 2010-11 | 79 | 38.8 | 26.7 | 7.5 | 7.0 | .510 | .330 |
| 2011-12 | 62 | 37.5 | 27.1 | 7.9 | 6.2 | .531 | .362 |
| 2012-13 | 76 | 37.9 | 26.8 | 8.0 | 7.3 | .565 | .406 |
| 2013-14 | 77 | 37.7 | 27.1 | 6.9 | 6.3 | .567 | .379 |
| 2014-15 | 69 | 36.1 | 25.3 | 6.0 | 7.4 | .488 | .354 |
| 2015-16 | 76 | 35.6 | 25.3 | 7.4 | 6.8 | .520 | .309 |
| 2016-17 | 74 | 37.8 | 26.4 | 8.6 | 8.7 | .548 | .363 |
| 2017-18 | 82 | 36.9 | 27.5 | 8.6 | 9.1 | .542 | .367 |
| 2018-19 | 55 | 35.2 | 27.4 | 8.5 | 8.3 | .510 | .339 |
| 2019-20 | 67 | 34.6 | 25.3 | 7.8 | 10.2 | .493 | .348 |
| 2020-21 | 45 | 33.4 | 25.0 | 7.7 | 7.8 | .513 | .365 |
| 2021-22 | 56 | 37.2 | 30.3 | 8.2 | 6.2 | .524 | .359 |
| 2022-23 | 55 | 35.5 | 28.9 | 8.3 | 6.8 | .500 | .321 |
| 2023-24 | 71 | 35.3 | 25.7 | 7.3 | 8.3 | .540 | .410 |
| 2024-25 | 70 | 34.9 | 24.4 | 7.8 | 8.2 | .513 | .376 |
| 2025-26 LAL | 60 | 33.2 | 20.9 | 6.1 | 7.2 | .515 | .317 |
| Career | 1622 | 37.6 | 26.8 | 7.5 | 7.4 |
The Lab
Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.
Are the Philadelphia 76ers built to win?
Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.
The Ballad of LeBron James
Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.
A son of Akron
Born to sixteen-year-old Gloria James in a struggling corner of Akron, he moved from apartment to apartment before high school. A basketball, handed to him as a boy, became the one fixed thing in a moving world.
The Chosen One
At seventeen he was on the cover of Sports Illustrated — "The Chosen One." His high-school games were moved to arenas and sold on pay-per-view. A phenom the sport had never seen arrive so young, so certain.
First overall, going home
Straight from high school, the hometown team called his name first. A teenager asked to carry a franchise — and a region that hadn't won a title in decades. He was Rookie of the Year and had them in the Finals by 2007.
South Beach & the reckoning
"I'm taking my talents to South Beach." The Decision made him the most scrutinized athlete alive. He answered the noise the only way that silences it — back-to-back championships in 2012 and 2013, and his first two Finals MVPs.
The promise kept
He went home to finish the story. Down 3–1 in the 2016 Finals against a 73-win Warriors team, he willed Cleveland back and ended a 52-year championship drought for an entire city. The block. The shot. The parade.
Off the court
- Height
- 6' 9"
- Weight
- 250 lbs
- Experience
- 23rd Season
- NBA debut
- 2003
- Draft
- 1st overall, 2003
- Born
- Akron, Ohio
- Age
- 42
- Jersey
- #23
James is as influential off the court as on it — a media and business mogul who founded the SpringHill Company, starred in 'Space Jam: A New Legacy,' and became widely reported as the first active NBA player to reach a billion dollars in career earnings. His LeBron James Family Foundation opened the I PROMISE School in his native Akron, supporting at-risk children, and he has long been a prominent voice on social and community issues.
His on-court identity is complete, position-less greatness — a 6-foot-9 point-forward with all-time passing vision, transition dominance, and efficient scoring, able to defend and orchestrate at once. His extraordinary longevity, built on a famously meticulous fitness regimen, has let him rewrite records into his 40s while chasing another title alongside Luka Dončić.
A complete, position-less superstar — all-time passing, scoring, and basketball IQ.
LeBron James — frequently asked
The questions people ask most about LeBron James, answered.
