Durant vs. LeBron 5 years into career

[lilgodfather1]

Regular Season Stats

Durant - 380 games played
LeBron - 391 games played

Durant - 96% of possible games played
LeBron - 95% of possible games played

Durant - 38.1 mpg
LeBron - 41.1 mpg

Durant - 14,476 minutes played
LeBron - 16,088 minutes played

Durant - 7259 FGA
LeBron - 8272 FGA

Durant - 3396 FGM
LeBron - 3858 FGM

Durant - .468 FG %
LeBron - .466 FG %

Durant - 1544 3PA
LeBron - 1573 3PA

Durant - 562 3PM
LeBron - 510 3PM

Durant - .364 3PT%
LeBron - .324

Durant - 2988 FTA
LeBron - 3382 FTA

Durant - 2624 FTM
LeBron - 2463 FTM

Durant - .878 FT%
LeBron - .728 FT%

Durant - 349 ORB
LeBron - 501 ORB

Durant - .9 ORPG
LeBron - 1.3 ORPG

Durant - 2164 DRB
LeBron - 2193 DRB

Durant - 5.7 DRPG
LeBron - 5.6 DRPG

Durant - 2513 TRB
LeBron - 2694 TRB

Durant - 6.6 rpg
LeBron - 6.9 rpg

Durant - 1073 assists
LeBron - 2572 assists

Durant - 2.8 apg
LeBron - 6.6 apg

Durant - 462 steals
LeBron - 693 steals

Durant - 1.2 spg
LeBron - 1.8 spg

Durant - 365 blocks
LeBron - 312 blocks

Durant - 1 bpg
LeBron - .8 bpg

Durant - 1194 turnovers
LeBron - 1300 turnovers

Durant - 3.1 TOPG
LeBron - 3.3 TOPG

Durant - 9978 points
LeBron - 10689 points

Durant - 26.3 ppg
LeBron - 27.4 ppg

Playoff Stats

Durant - 43 games played
LeBron - 46 games played

Durant - 1790 minutes played
LeBron - 2049 minutes played

Durant - 41.6 MPG
LeBron - 44.6 MPG

Durant - 851 FGA
LeBron - 981 FGA

Durant - 396 FGM
LeBron - 425 FGM

Durant - .465 FG%
LeBron - .433 FG%

Durant - 254 3PA
LeBron - 208 3PA

Durant - 88 3PM
LeBron - 60 3PM

Durant - .346 3PT%
LeBron - .289 3PT%

Durant - 383 FTA
LeBron - 481 FTA

Durant - 327 FTM
LeBron - 357 FTM

Durant - .854 FT%
LeBron - .742 FT%

Durant - 39 ORB
LeBron - 64 ORB

Durant - 294 DRB
LeBron - 304 DRB

Durant - 333 TRB
LeBron - 368 TRB

Durant - .9 ORPG
LeBron - 1.4 ORPG

Durant - 6.8 DRPG
LeBron - 6.6 DRPG

Durant - 7.7 RPG
LeBron - 8 RPG

Durant - 136 assists
LeBron - 334 assists

Durant - 3.2 apg
LeBron - 7.1 apg

Durant - 48 steals
LeBron - 75 steals

Durant - 1.1 spg
LeBron - 1.6 spg

Durant - 51 blocks
LeBron - 36 blocks

Durant - 1.2 bpg
LeBron - .8 bpg

Durant - 127 turnovers
LeBron - 185 turnovers

Durant - 3 topg
LeBron - 4 topg

Durant - 1207 points
LeBron - 1267 points

Durant -28.1 ppg
LeBron - 27.5 ppg


Accomplishments

Durant - 3 x playoff appearances
LeBron - 3 x playoff appearances

Durant - 1 x finals appearance
LeBron - 1 x finals appearance

Durant - 3 x scoring title
LeBron - 1 x scoring title

Durant - 3 x all star
LeBron - 4 x all star


Durant - ROY
LeBron - ROY

Durant - 1 x ASG MVP
LeBron - 2 x ASG MVP

Durant - 5 x POTM
LeBron - 8 x POTM

Durant - 3 x All NBA 1st team
LeBron - 2 x All NBA 1st team

Durant - 0 x All NBA 2nd team
LeBron - 2 x All NBA 2nd team



To me it is insane how close these two have been in the early parts of their careers. Everyone knew coming in LeBron was better in the first 5 years, but it's incredibly close. The only huge advantages that either one possesses over the other is passing for LeBron, and shooting for Durant.

I will say that Durant kind of got screwed by the lockout in terms of his raw totals through the first 5, and I suspect a lot of things would be much closer if it wasn't for him getting screwed out of 16 games, but never the less the totals "wins" for each player is 43 for LeBron, and 20 for Durant with 3 ties for a total of 66 categories.

I'm not going to tell you anything you don't know here, but we are watching two of the best players in NBA history here.

As a side note LeBron has 3 2000/500/500 seasons in his first 5 years, where as Durant has none, which should show you just how rare a season like that is considering Durant is an all time great talent. The only two players I can think of off hand that have 2000/500/500 seasons other than LeBron are Robertson, and Jordan, although I am not sure how many either has. Maybe someone can enlighten me on this, and also tell me who else has some (I assume Bird, but don't want to check).

LeBron's current total is 6 such seasons not sure what the record is.

[Jax]

Remember Bron entered the league as a teenager and Durant played 20 something games less because of the lockout.

[maybeshewill13]

Wow very close.. Thanks OP, interesting.

[28renyoy]

Remember Bron entered the league as a teenager and Durant played 20 something games less because of the lockout.

Lebron turned 19 in December of his rookie year. Durant turned 19 in September during the preseason.

Also a major reason Lebron is ahead in several raw stats is more minutes played. And durant edge in efficiency, referenced by a massive edge in TS%, needs to be noted

[plowking]

That's fantastic and all but watching Bron over the five years and watching Durant over the five years, you can tell there is a clear gap between the two. Durant wasn't close to being the player Lebron was the first 5 years of his career.

[secund2nun]

Durant is amazing, but Lebron is a level above him. He lifts the play of everyone around him because of his passing. Durant dominates as individual player and does help out others assist totals, but it's not the same.

[28renyoy]

Amazing that Lebron has 1000 more fga and 400 more fta yet durant is only behind in scoring by 700 points. Just shows how much better of a scorer durant is

[Ikill]

That's fantastic and all but watching Bron over the five years and watching Durant over the five years, you can tell there is a clear gap between the two. Durant wasn't close to being the player Lebron was the first 5 years of his career.

How was he not close the only advantage Lebron had was passing Durant was clearly a better scorer and was much better in the playoffs.

[avonbarksdale]

stats don't tell everything

[pauk]

The only huge advantages that either one possesses over the other is passing for LeBron, and shooting for Durant.

Lebron over Durant: Passing, Court Vision (no its not the same thing as passing), Ballhandling, Defense, Versatility, Athleticism, Leadership/IQ/Intangibles

Durant over Lebron: Shooting

Its basically a scoring shooter vs all-round/overall player...

[Kyle_korver]

lets not forget lebron was drafted before the rule changed..

[plowking]

How was he not close the only advantage Lebron had was passing Durant was clearly a better scorer and was much better in the playoffs.

Hes a better rebounder, passer, defender, etc. Everything except for scoring. And when it comes to scoring, for all the praise Durant gets for being better, hes not really scoring more.

[28renyoy]

Lebron over Durant: Passing, Court Vision (no its not the same thing as passing), Ballhandling, Defense, Versatility, Athleticism, Leadership/IQ/Intangibles

Durant over Lebron: Shooting

Its basically a scoring shooter vs all-round/overall player...

You're literally the most ignorant poster on this site. The "laker fans" you insult make posts in jest, you actually believe the stupidity that you post and then use sock accounts for agreement. It's just pathetic

[b0bab0i]

This thread

[Suckafree]

Goddamit.... I knew this would turn into a bunch of you guys arguing over whos better.

I saw this thread as basically an appreciation post of what we are currently witnessing. It isn't out of the question that these two could both end up top 10 players.

Amazing stuff from both these guys regardless.