LeBron's Projected Career Statistics

by TheStats on Mar 30, 2009 11:39 PM CDT Comment 5 comments

LeBron James is about to complete his 6th professional season. Let's say he retires at age 36 after 18 NBA seasons. If that's true it's reasonable to triple his current totals to get an idea of where he'll end up. It's a conservative estimate because:

1. He might play beyond age 36. Superstars often go beyond 36. Shaq is 37. MJ went to 40 and Jabbar beyond that. Anyway, assuming 18 seasons is not crazy.

2. His current 6 years are hampered by his first NBA season when his scoring and some other statistical areas were considerably lower than years 2-6.

3. James' next 6 seasons will probably be statistically better than his first six because of 2. above and because most NBA players peak in the 25-30 range which fully encompasses his next 6 years.

Okay so where might James end up in the major statistical categories:

TOTAL POINTS: 1st all time

LeBron will finish this season with 13,000 regular season points for this career. Triple that and you get 39,000 points which would eclipse Kareem's 38,387

TOTAL ASSISTS: Top 6 all-time (possibly 2nd all time)

This is crazy. The list of the top 20 assist leaders is almost entirely point guards. James will end this season with about 3,180 assists. Triple that and you get 9,540 assists which would put James in 6th for his career. If his assists keep coming the way they have this year and last he could finish 2nd on the list. Nuts!

TOTAL STEALS: 2nd all time

Another insane result. LeBron will finish this year with about 838 career steals. He's been very consistent in this category. Triple his total and you get 2,514 which is the exact same career number as Michael Jordan who is 2nd all time. Come on LeBron, you're good for one more steal than that!

TOTAL REBOUNDS: Top 40 all time

This category is dominated by centers. LeBron will finish thsi year with about 3,333 rebounds which projects to about 10,000 even for this career or 37th place overall.

TOTAL BLOCKS: Top 50 all time

He'll end the year with about 415 for his career or 1,245 projected out to 18 seasons. That would put him at 46 on the current list. If he keeps blocking the way he is 2008-09 he could easily crack the top 40 all time.

So there you have it. Quite an impressive collection of career statistics if he pulls it off. No one, including Jordan, has totals like these. Of course Jordan took those seasons off for baseball, but still.

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lebron vs. jordan

Projecting the Kings carreer numbers right now is ridiculous. LeBron has alot of basketball left in him, not to mention that something could happen to him (God forbid).

Let’s just sit back now, and enjoy him now and worry about the stat counting and comparison when he finally does call it a carreer.

by buzz25 on Apr 2, 2009 11:12 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Stop the insanity

Never ever compare the Cavs to even remotely good teams or Lebron to even remotely good players because they haven’t done anything yet. Seriously you guys are just stupid. Get real its not right to even think that Lebron is even that good because he hasn’t won an MVP or won a NBA championship (SARC)

Can’t you guys just enjoy the comparisons and let the chips fall where they may. I like being excited about the future because it is better then looking at the past. (The Shot, The Drive, The Fumble, Edgar Renteria and etc) Enjoy life people it is to hard not to have fun with the good things.

Baseball is God's sport! All Truth Goes Through Three Stages 1.It is ridiculed 2.It is violently opposed 3.Finally, it is accepted as self-evident. kinesiologist

by E5 on Apr 2, 2009 5:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

That doesn’t mean anything for talking about how good Lebron is. It’s completely reasonable to compare him, because he is that good.

And nobody compared the Cavs in this blog. Dur.

by poisontongue on Apr 26, 2009 11:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

On the other hand, you assume that he will be injury-free on the back 2/3 of his career, which is highly unlikely given his agressive, physical style of play...

Let’s say he retires at age 36 after 18 NBA seasons. If that’s true it’s reasonable to triple his current totals to get an idea of where he’ll end up. It’s a conservative estimate because…

Pontiff of the Pryz for Prez Posse...

by timbo on Apr 5, 2009 12:22 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I agree with that but it will also depend on what position and style he plays.

If the Cavs gets another big scorer he may get less points but more rebounds or assists. Whatever the case, he will do what is necessary to win because he won’t give a rats ass about the numbers.

So I told her," I'll be nicer if you try to be smarter!'..That was a mistake.

by Juannieboy on Apr 27, 2009 2:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs