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Player Comparison: Luka Dončić vs. LeBron James vs. Michael Jordan vs. Larry Bird vs. Magic Johnson vs. Jerry West

Data coverage: all-time (since 1946-47) unless otherwise noted. TRB since 1950-51. MP and PER since 1951-52. AST% since 1964-65. TRB% since 1970-71. ORB, DRB, STL, BLK, DRtg, BPM, VORP, and per 100 Poss stats since 1973-74. TOV and ORtg since 1977-78. Some stats were available earlier in the ABA. GS since 1981-82. WNBA all-time (since 1997) unless otherwise noted. BPM, VORP, handedness not available for WNBA. Please see our data coverage page for details.

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Per Game

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	Larry Bird*	1980	1992	897	870	38.4	9.6	19.3	.496	0.7	1.9	.376	8.9	17.4	.509	.514	4.4	5.0	.886	2.0	8.0	10.0	6.3	1.7	0.8	3.1	2.5	24.3
2	Luka Dončić	2019	2023	285	285	34.1	9.2	19.9	.461	2.8	8.2	.337	6.4	11.7	.549	.531	5.8	7.8	.735	1.0	7.5	8.6	8.0	1.1	0.4	4.1	2.3	26.9
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Totals

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	Larry Bird*	1980	1992	897	870	34443	8591	17334	.496	649	1727	.376	7942	15607	.509	.514	3960	4471	.886	1757	7217	8974	5695	1556	755	2816	2279	21791
2	Luka Dončić	2019	2023	285	285	9708	2617	5673	.461	789	2341	.337	1828	3332	.549	.531	1640	2230	.735	292	2145	2437	2282	317	124	1156	648	7663
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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	Larry Bird*	1980	1992	897	870	34443	9.0	18.1	.496	0.7	1.8	.376	8.3	16.3	.509	4.1	4.7	.886	1.8	7.5	9.4	6.0	1.6	0.8	2.9	2.4	22.8
2	Luka Dončić	2019	2023	285	285	9708	9.7	21.0	.461	2.9	8.7	.337	6.8	12.4	.549	6.1	8.3	.735	1.1	8.0	9.0	8.5	1.2	0.5	4.3	2.4	28.4
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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	Larry Bird*	1980	1992	897	870	34443	11.9	24.1	.496	0.9	2.4	.376	11.0	21.7	.509	5.5	6.2	.886	2.4	10.0	12.5	7.9	2.2	1.0	3.9	3.2	30.3		115	101
2	Luka Dončić	2019	2023	285	285	9708	13.3	28.8	.461	4.0	11.9	.337	9.3	16.9	.549	8.3	11.3	.735	1.5	10.9	12.4	11.6	1.6	0.6	5.9	3.3	38.8		113	109
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Advanced

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	Larry Bird*	1980	1992	897	34443	23.5	.564	.100	.258	5.9	22.4	14.5	24.7	2.2	1.2	12.7	26.5		86.8	59.0	145.8	.203		5.1	1.8	6.9	77.2
2	Luka Dončić	2019	2023	285	9708	24.8	.576	.413	.393	3.3	24.0	13.7	42.1	1.6	1.1	14.8	35.3		20.4	12.8	33.3	.165		6.0	1.1	7.1	22.4
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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	Larry Bird	1980	1992	897	34443		.496	.509	.376	.514	.886	.565	.258	.100		.484	.493	.297	.491	.758	.537	.327	.044		102	103	127	105	117	105	79	227		826.1	1054.5
2	Luka Dončić	2019	2023	285	9708		.461	.549	.337	.531	.735	.576	.393	.413		.463	.528	.358	.532	.774	.566	.254	.385		100	104	94	100	95	102	154	108		-7.6	124.3
3	LeBron James	2004	2023	1381	52671		.504	.552	.346	.544	.734	.587	.396	.232		.455	.491	.357	.503	.759	.543	.288	.265		111	112	97	108	97	108	137	88		2265.5	2815.0
4	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
5	Michael Jordan	1985	2003	1072	41011		.497	.510	.327	.509	.835	.569	.357	.072		.469	.484	.340	.488	.756	.534	.323	.113		106	105	95	104	110	106	110	71		1009.9	1943.8
6	Jerry West	1961	1974	932	36571		.474	.474		.474	.814	.550	.462			.440	.440		.440	.733	.491	.340			108	108		108	111	112	136			1277.2	2686.5

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	Larry Bird*	1980	1992	164	95	6886	1458	3090	.472	80	249	.321	1378	2841	.485	.485	901	1012	.890	360	1323	1683	1062	296	145	506	466	3897
2	Luka Dončić	2020	2022	28	28	1048	320	676	.473	98	268	.366	222	408	.544	.546	173	250	.692	18	243	261	220	43	15	122	78	911
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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	Larry Bird*	1980	1992	164	95	42.0	8.9	18.8	.472	0.5	1.5	.321	8.4	17.3	.485	.485	5.5	6.2	.890	2.2	8.1	10.3	6.5	1.8	0.9	3.1	2.8	23.8
2	Luka Dončić	2020	2022	28	28	37.4	11.4	24.1	.473	3.5	9.6	.366	7.9	14.6	.544	.546	6.2	8.9	.692	0.6	8.7	9.3	7.9	1.5	0.5	4.4	2.8	32.5
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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	Larry Bird*	1980	1992	164	95	6886	7.6	16.2	.472	0.4	1.3	.321	7.2	14.9	.485	4.7	5.3	.890	1.9	6.9	8.8	5.6	1.5	0.8	2.6	2.4	20.4
2	Luka Dončić	2020	2022	28	28	1048	11.0	23.2	.473	3.4	9.2	.366	7.6	14.0	.544	5.9	8.6	.692	0.6	8.3	9.0	7.6	1.5	0.5	4.2	2.7	31.3
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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	Larry Bird*	1980	1992	164	95	6886	10.5	22.2	.472	0.6	1.8	.321	9.9	20.4	.485	6.5	7.3	.890	2.6	9.5	12.1	7.6	2.1	1.0	3.6	3.3	28.0		114	104
2	Luka Dončić	2020	2022	28	28	1048	15.5	32.8	.473	4.8	13.0	.366	10.8	19.8	.544	8.4	12.1	.692	0.9	11.8	12.7	10.7	2.1	0.7	5.9	3.8	44.2		112	113
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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	Larry Bird*	1980	1992	164	6886	21.4	.551	.081	.328	6.0	21.4	13.9	23.7	2.1	1.2	12.5	24.8		13.8	11.1	24.8	.173		5.4	1.5	6.9	15.4
2	Luka Dončić	2020	2022	28	1048	27.9	.580	.396	.370	1.9	27.4	14.4	42.9	2.1	1.3	13.4	39.8		2.1	1.0	3.1	.141		7.7	2.0	9.7	3.1
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