Who has shot more free throws LeBron or Jordan?
NBA Free Throws Record
The NBA player who has scored the most free throws in his career is Karl Malone, with 9.787 free throws made. Malone also holds the record for attempts, with 13.188 free throws attempted and a success rate of 74.20%.
NBA Free Throws Record
The NBA player who has scored the most free throws in his career is Karl Malone, with 9.787 free throws made. Malone also holds the record for attempts, with 13.188 free throws attempted and a success rate of 74.20%.
Individual statistics
Jordan is the better career scorer, averaging three more points per game than James (Jordan 30, James 27) and also won 10 scoring titles, with James only winning one.
Here's a startling statistic: Jordan made only 581 3-pointers in his career. James has made 621 during his time as a Laker alone. James was the more accurate 3-point shooter, making 34.4 percent of his career attempts to Jordan's 32.7 percent, but that gap is relatively meager.
Michael Jordan hit 7,327 free throws in his career.
LeBron James has shot 11,066 free throws in his career.
LeBron James has hit 73.5 percent from the free-throw line in his career.
On a per-game basis, Jordan is superior in the scoring department, but James grabs rebounds and dishes out assists at a higher rate. While both players are known for tenacious defense on the wing, Jordan finished first in the league in steals three times in his career. James has not yet claimed a steals title.
Its very close between the two obviously, but LeBron has the edge athletic wise. But tbh, physically they were extremely similar if you consider than Jordan was more of a guard while LeBron is more of a forward. LeBron is not faster. MJ ran a 4.3 40 LeBron self proclaimed ran a 40 in 4.6 seconds.
Championships and Playoff Success
Jordan won six NBA championships, while James has won four. Jordan also won all six of his championships with the same team, the Chicago Bulls, and was the Finals MVP in each of those championships.
Are LeBron and Jordan friends?
CLEVELAND — Despite the two having been linked for the better part of the past 20 years, LeBron James and Michael Jordan admittedly don't have much of a personal relationship. So with the rare opportunity to be under the same roof as his childhood idol, James made sure not to let the moment slip away.
“You can't really quantify it. What LeBron has done is in its own category, what Kobe did, what Jordan, Kareem, Bill… People get very selective, 'well he only did…'… these are feats that never will be… nobody will be 6-0 in the finals, it just ain't gonna happen, that's crazy.
According to an anonymous player poll done by The Athletic, 58.3 percent of the 103 players polled believe Michael Jordan is the greatest player of all time. His vote count supersedes that of LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Bill Russell and Tracy McGrady.
To commemorate the NBA's 75th Anniversary The Athletic ranked their top 75 players of all time, and named Bird as the 7th greatest player in NBA history. Bird scored 24.3 points per game in his career on a .496 field goal percentage, an .886 free throw percentage, and a .376 percentage on three-point shots.
Kobe Bryant had a free-throw percentage of 83.7 in his career.
Shaquille O'Neal attempted 11,252 free throws in his career.
The list only includes regular season games and only includes players with at least 1,200 free throws made. Stephen Curry has the highest free throw percentage in the NBA.
Abdul-Jabbar played 20 seasons — his last 14 for the Lakers — and used 1,560 games to score 38,387 points (James passed him in 1,410 games). For the first 773 games of his career, there was no 3-point shot in the NBA, and over his final 787 contests, he attempted 18 3s and made one, on Feb.
The league's eldest statesman will be knocking on the door of several historic milestones in 2023-24. At 38 years old, LeBron James is entering his 21st NBA season. LeBron James was the youngest player on the floor when he made his NBA debut 20 years ago.
How many points did MJ average?
He holds the NBA records for career regular season scoring average (30.1 points per game) and career playoff scoring average (33.4 points per game).
LeBron James has made 2,305 three-pointers in his career.
How many 3 pointers has LeBron James three point made in his career?
Michael Jordan is considered the greatest basketball player ever by many and Kobe Bryant came the closest to dominating in the same way that MJ did. Both players played for Phil Jackson during their best years, Jordan won six championships with the legendary Head Coach and Bryant won five.
Kobe had much better footwork, a much deeper bag (probably the deepest bag in history), much more skilled as a jumpshooter from mid range and 3 (while LeBron somewhat struggled with his shooting from both of those areas for the first half of his career, he did get better in Miami.
Assist leaders
This is a list of National Basketball Association players by total career regular season assists recorded. Statistics accurate as of November 30, 2023. John Stockton has the most assists in NBA history. He is the first to surpass 10,000 career assists and the only player to reach 15,000.
