These stats suggest that LeBron James is the greatest basketball player ever:
In terms of total rebounds, LeBron ranks sixth, behind only Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, Duncan, Shaquille O'Neal and Kareem.James took home his fourth NBA championship on Sunday night and was named NBA Finals MVP for the fourth time . LeBron is the first player ever to win NBA Finals MVP honors as a member of three different franchises .
In the clinching Game 6, LeBron tallied 28 points, 14 points and ten assists. Incredibly, it was his 11th triple-double in the NBA Finals, which means James has more trip-dubs in the Finals than all other active NBA players combined. It was also LeBron's 12th NBA Finals game with more than 25 points, more than ten rebounds and more than five assists. Nobody in league history has more than four such games .
He’s never missed a single postseason game , while averaging over 42 minutes a night. According to Basketball-Reference, James has been his team’s outright leader in points, rebounds and assists in the NBA Finals seven times. Only three other players in league history have accomplished this feat even once . Other than LeBron, no player has done so more than once.
Of course, LeBron's regular-season numbers are incredible as well. In 2019-20, he was named to the All-NBA First Team for a league-record 13th time after averaging 25.3 points, 7.8 rebounds and a league-leading 10.2 assists. He is just the sixth player with both a scoring title and assist title on his resume. He is only the second player 35 or older to average at least ten assists per game.
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