Player Comparison: Ben Simmons vs. Magic Johnson vs. LeBron James

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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	From	To	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	LeBron James	2004	2022	1366	1365	38.2	9.9	19.6	.505	1.6	4.5	.346	8.3	15.1	.552	.545	5.7	7.8	.734	1.2	6.3	7.5	7.4	1.6	0.8	3.5	1.8	27.1
2	Magic Johnson*	1980	1996	906	763	36.7	6.9	13.2	.520	0.4	1.2	.303	6.5	12.0	.541	.533	5.5	6.5	.848	1.8	5.5	7.2	11.2	1.9	0.4	3.9	2.3	19.5
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Totals Table
Rk	Player	From	To	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	LeBron James	2004	2022	1366	1365	52139	13543	26825	.505	2140	6186	.346	11403	20639	.552	.545	7836	10673	.734	1601	8609	10210	10045	2136	1041	4788	2516	37062
2	Magic Johnson*	1980	1996	906	763	33245	6211	11951	.520	325	1074	.303	5886	10877	.541	.533	4960	5850	.848	1601	4958	6559	10141	1724	374	3506	2050	17707
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Per 36 Minutes

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	From	To	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	LeBron James	2004	2022	1366	1365	52139	9.4	18.5	.505	1.5	4.3	.346	7.9	14.3	.552	5.4	7.4	.734	1.1	5.9	7.0	6.9	1.5	0.7	3.3	1.7	25.6
2	Magic Johnson*	1980	1996	906	763	33245	6.7	12.9	.520	0.4	1.2	.303	6.4	11.8	.541	5.4	6.3	.848	1.7	5.4	7.1	11.0	1.9	0.4	3.8	2.2	19.2
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Per 100 Poss

Per 100 Poss Table
Rk	Player	From	To	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS		ORtg	DRtg
1	LeBron James	2004	2022	1366	1365	52139	13.4	26.6	.505	2.1	6.1	.346	11.3	20.4	.552	7.8	10.6	.734	1.6	8.5	10.1	9.9	2.1	1.0	4.7	2.5	36.7		116	104
2	Magic Johnson*	1980	1996	906	763	33245	8.9	17.1	.520	0.5	1.5	.303	8.4	15.6	.541	7.1	8.4	.848	2.3	7.1	9.4	14.5	2.5	0.5	5.0	2.9	25.4		121	104
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Rk	Player	From	To	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	LeBron James	2004	2022	1366	52139	27.3	.588	.231	.398	3.6	18.7	11.3	36.4	2.1	1.6	13.2	31.6		173.9	75.6	249.5	.230		7.1	1.8	8.9	142.6
2	Magic Johnson*	1980	1996	906	33245	24.1	.610	.090	.489	5.7	15.8	11.1	40.9	2.5	0.6	19.4	22.3		110.6	45.2	155.8	.225		5.9	1.6	7.5	80.0
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Adjusted Shooting

Adjusted Shooting Table
							Player Shooting %									League Shooting %									League-Adjusted
Rk	Player	From	To	G	MP		FG	2P	3P	eFG	FT	TS	FTr	3PAr		FG	2P	3P	eFG	FT	TS	FTr	3PAr		FG+	2P+	3P+	eFG+	FT+	TS+	FTr+	3PAr+		FG Add	TS Add
1	LeBron James	2004	2022	1366	52139		.505	.552	.346	.545	.734	.588	.398	.231		.455	.491	.358	.502	.759	.543	.289	.264		111	113	97	108	97	108	138	88		2275.2	2833.7
2	Magic Johnson	1980	1996	906	33245		.520	.541	.303	.533	.848	.610	.490	.090		.483	.492	.315	.490	.759	.537	.327	.051		108	110	95	109	112	113	150	153		1024.0	2098.5
3	Ben Simmons	2018	2021	275	9326		.560	.564	.147	.560	.597	.579	.425	.011		.461	.519	.361	.527	.770	.562	.255	.363		121	109	41	106	78	103	167	3		214.7	129.9

Playoffs Totals

Playoffs Totals Table
Rk	Player	From	To	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG	3P	3PA	3P	2P	2PA	2P	eFG	FT	FTA	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	LeBron James	2006	2021	266	266	11035	2725	5502	.495	432	1283	.337	2293	4219	.543	.535	1749	2364	.740	401	1990	2391	1919	454	252	975	616	7631
2	Magic Johnson*	1980	1996	190	117	7538	1291	2552	.506	51	212	.241	1240	2340	.530	.516	1068	1274	.838	349	1116	1465	2346	358	64	696	524	3701
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Playoffs Per Game

Playoffs Per Game Table
Rk	Player	From	To	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG	3P	3PA	3P	2P	2PA	2P	eFG	FT	FTA	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	LeBron James	2006	2021	266	266	41.5	10.2	20.7	.495	1.6	4.8	.337	8.6	15.9	.543	.535	6.6	8.9	.740	1.5	7.5	9.0	7.2	1.7	0.9	3.7	2.3	28.7
2	Magic Johnson*	1980	1996	190	117	39.7	6.8	13.4	.506	0.3	1.1	.241	6.5	12.3	.530	.516	5.6	6.7	.838	1.8	5.9	7.7	12.3	1.9	0.3	3.7	2.8	19.5
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Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	From	To	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG	3P	3PA	3P	2P	2PA	2P	FT	FTA	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	LeBron James	2006	2021	266	266	11035	8.9	17.9	.495	1.4	4.2	.337	7.5	13.8	.543	5.7	7.7	.740	1.3	6.5	7.8	6.3	1.5	0.8	3.2	2.0	24.9
2	Magic Johnson*	1980	1996	190	117	7538	6.2	12.2	.506	0.2	1.0	.241	5.9	11.2	.530	5.1	6.1	.838	1.7	5.3	7.0	11.2	1.7	0.3	3.3	2.5	17.7
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Playoffs Per 100 Poss

Playoffs Per 100 Poss Table
Rk	Player	From	To	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG	3P	3PA	3P	2P	2PA	2P	FT	FTA	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS		ORtg	DRtg
1	LeBron James	2006	2021	266	266	11035	13.3	26.8	.495	2.1	6.2	.337	11.2	20.5	.543	8.5	11.5	.740	2.0	9.7	11.6	9.3	2.2	1.2	4.7	3.0	37.1		116	103
2	Magic Johnson*	1980	1996	190	117	7538	8.3	16.5	.506	0.3	1.4	.241	8.0	15.1	.530	6.9	8.2	.838	2.3	7.2	9.5	15.1	2.3	0.4	4.5	3.4	23.9		122	107
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Playoffs Advanced

Playoffs Advanced Table
Rk	Player	From	To	G	MP	PER	TS	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	LeBron James	2006	2021	266	11035	28.2	.583	.233	.430	4.4	21.3	13.0	35.6	2.2	2.0	13.0	32.0		38.2	17.5	55.7	.242		7.6	2.6	10.2	33.9
2	Magic Johnson*	1980	1996	190	7538	23.0	.595	.083	.499	5.4	15.9	10.9	42.2	2.3	0.5	18.3	21.2		23.1	9.5	32.6	.208		6.1	1.5	7.6	18.3
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