Titles: Jordan won his fifth title by 33, LeBron has won three. LeBron:Īt age 33, James has averaged 27.8 points per game, 9.3 assists, 8.2 rebounds and 56 percent field goal accuracy.īy the same age, Jordan averaged 29 points per match, 4.3 assists, 5.9 rebounds whilst posting 49.6 percent field goal accuracy. His career has always followed the same pattern as that of Jordan it's no coincidence that both enjoyed one of their best seasons at the age of 33. James has been the NBA's flagship star for the past decade, a genuine all-rounder in the way Stephen Curry and Anthony Davis perhaps aren't. The Cleveland Cavaliers forward has turned 33 and it's worth asking the question: who was better at the same age? Overall, the question will forever be of much debate, but students at Allderdice tend to believe that Michael Jordan has accomplished more, and is the better of the two.Michael Jordan is widely considered as the greatest basketball player of all time, however in LeBron James there is an individual who can claim to challenge him for that honour. Even with that, Michael Jordan holds his own and still bests James in some categories. They have almost identical career averages, but LeBron James played 4 more seasons under his belt. If you compare their career averages, Michael Jordan has 3 more points per game and 1 more steal per game, but 1 less assist per game and 2 less rebounds per game, and both have the same amount of blocks per game. You could make the argument that LeBron James beats Michael Jordan in most statistical categories, but Lebron James holds the advantage of playing four more seasons in the NBA. Michael Jordan is also the only one of the two to win Defensive Player of the Year (winning it in 1988). Michael Jordan has 5 MVPs, while LeBron has 4. MJ has 10 scoring titles to Lebron’s 1 scoring title. Jordan has 6 final MVPs while LeBron has 4. Michael Jordan has 6 championships as opposed to Lebron James’ 4 championships. Possibly, the best way to compare these two careers is to take a look at their accolades and accomplishments and to compare them. This is most likely due to something called “recency bias,” since the younger generation is more familiar with LeBron James, they tend to favor him more. Meanwhile students who only got to watch LeBron play more commonly answered LeBron James. 61 percent of people claimed that Michael Jordan was the G.O.A.T (greatest of all time) while 39 percent claimed LeBron was the G.O.A.T.Īn interesting occurrence about the replies was that the teachers who got to witness both LeBron James and Michael Jordan play, typically replied that M.J was the greater player. I interviewed 36 people at Taylor Allderdice (including both staff and students) asking who is the greater player. Michael Jordan has a better win percentage, however LeBron James has won more games. He has played 1,072 games and has a career record of 706-366. Meanwhile Michael Jordan has won 65.9 percent of his games. Out of the 1,371 regular season games that LeBron James has played he won 65.4 percent of them. To find out who did the most in their career, we must take a look at some career statistics. Being the best is about your pure skill and talent of the game, but being the greatest is about winning, and accomplishing the most-the whole objective of the game.
Many people mix up being the best and being the greatest. While everyone may have their little differences in what being the greatest really is, I believe that being the greatest means winning and accomplishing the most. To find who the greatest basketball player is, we must define what being the greatest is. These comparisons have led to one of the biggest debated and controversial questions in all of sports: Who is the greatest of all time, LeBron James or Michael Jordan? Ever since LeBron James was just a kid in high school, he has been compared to Michael Jordan.
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