Player Comparison: Michael Jordan vs. LeBron James

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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	LeBron James	2004	2023	1405	1404	38.1	10.0	19.7	.505	1.6	4.6	.344	8.4	15.1	.554	.545	5.7	7.8	.735	1.2	6.3	7.5	7.3	1.5	0.8	3.5	1.8	27.2
2	Michael Jordan*	1985	2003	1072	1039	38.3	11.4	22.9	.497	0.5	1.7	.327	10.8	21.2	.510	.509	6.8	8.2	.835	1.6	4.7	6.2	5.3	2.3	0.8	2.7	2.6	30.1

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	LeBron James	2004	2023	1405	1404	53548	13993	27713	.505	2222	6456	.344	11771	21257	.554	.545	8022	10915	.735	1648	8893	10541	10319	2175	1065	4910	2578	38230
2	Michael Jordan*	1985	2003	1072	1039	41011	12192	24537	.497	581	1778	.327	11611	22759	.510	.509	7327	8772	.835	1668	5004	6672	5633	2514	893	2924	2783	32292

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	2023	1405	1404	53548	9.4	18.6	.505	1.5	4.3	.344	7.9	14.3	.554	5.4	7.3	.735	1.1	6.0	7.1	6.9	1.5	0.7	3.3	1.7	25.7
2	Michael Jordan*	1985	2003	1072	1039	41011	10.7	21.5	.497	0.5	1.6	.327	10.2	20.0	.510	6.4	7.7	.835	1.5	4.4	5.9	4.9	2.2	0.8	2.6	2.4	28.3

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	2023	1405	1404	53548	13.5	26.6	.505	2.1	6.2	.344	11.3	20.4	.554	7.7	10.5	.735	1.6	8.6	10.1	9.9	2.1	1.0	4.7	2.5	36.8		116	104
2	Michael Jordan*	1985	2003	1072	1039	41011	15.3	30.7	.497	0.7	2.2	.327	14.5	28.5	.510	9.2	11.0	.835	2.1	6.3	8.3	7.0	3.1	1.1	3.7	3.5	40.4		118	103

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	LeBron James	2004	2023	1405	53548	27.3	.588	.233	.394	3.6	18.8	11.3	36.3	2.1	1.6	13.1	31.6		176.8	77.1	253.9	.228		7.0	1.8	8.8	145.7
2	Michael Jordan*	1985	2003	1072	41011	27.9	.569	.072	.358	4.7	14.1	9.4	24.9	3.1	1.4	9.3	33.3		149.9	64.1	214.0	.250		7.2	2.0	9.2	116.1

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	2023	1405	53548		.505	.554	.344	.545	.735	.588	.394	.233		.456	.492	.358	.504	.760	.544	.288	.267		111	112	96	108	97	108	137	88		2293.7	2850.1
2	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

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	Michael Jordan*	1985	1998	179	179	7474	2188	4497	.487	148	446	.332	2040	4051	.504	.503	1463	1766	.828	305	847	1152	1022	376	158	546	541	5987

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	Michael Jordan*	1985	1998	179	179	41.8	12.2	25.1	.487	0.8	2.5	.332	11.4	22.6	.504	.503	8.2	9.9	.828	1.7	4.7	6.4	5.7	2.1	0.9	3.1	3.0	33.4

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	Michael Jordan*	1985	1998	179	179	7474	10.5	21.7	.487	0.7	2.1	.332	9.8	19.5	.504	7.0	8.5	.828	1.5	4.1	5.5	4.9	1.8	0.8	2.6	2.6	28.8

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	Michael Jordan*	1985	1998	179	179	7474	15.8	32.5	.487	1.1	3.2	.332	14.8	29.3	.504	10.6	12.8	.828	2.2	6.1	8.3	7.4	2.7	1.1	4.0	3.9	43.3		118	104

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	Michael Jordan*	1985	1998	179	7474	28.6	.568	.099	.393	4.8	13.8	9.3	28.2	2.7	1.6	9.4	35.6		27.3	12.4	39.8	.255		8.8	2.3	11.1	24.7

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