LeBron James vs top defenses
LeBron James has averaged 17.3 points and 6.9 assists per game in 8 games against top-5 defenses, vs 21.2 points and 7.2 assists in 56 games against everyone else (2025-26 to 2026-27, regular season).
- Vs top-5 defenses
- 17.3
- points per game · 8 games
- Vs everyone else
- 21.2
- points per game · 56 games
- Difference
- −3.9
- per game, top 5 minus everyone else
Career and by season
| Period | Opponents | Games | PTS | REB | AST | 3PM | STL | BLK | MIN | FG% | FT% | TS% | eFG% | PTS diff vs others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | Top 5 | 8 | 17.3 | 6.4 | 6.9 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 33.8 | 48.1% | 61.0% | 54.7% | 52.3% | −3.9 |
| Everyone else | 56 | 21.2 | 6.2 | 7.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 33.2 | 51.4% | 75.2% | 59.4% | 55.5% | ||
| 2026-27 | Top 5 | 1 | 18.0 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 33.2 | 53.3% | 33.3% | 51.0% | 53.3% | +2.2 |
| Everyone else | 5 | 15.8 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 33.1 | 43.3% | 69.6% | 51.2% | 47.0% | ||
| 2025-26 | Top 5 | 7 | 17.1 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 33.9 | 47.3% | 65.7% | 55.4% | 52.2% | −4.6 |
| Everyone else | 51 | 21.7 | 6.0 | 7.1 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 33.2 | 52.1% | 75.6% | 60.1% | 56.2% |
Every game against top-5 defenses
- Oct 25, 2026vs DET · No. 2 defense (prior season's final)18 pts, 2 reb, 5 ast · 0 3PM · 2 stl, 0 blk · 33 min
- Apr 2, 2026at OKC · No. 1 defense (that season, games so far)13 pts, 6 reb, 2 ast · 1 3PM · 1 stl, 1 blk · 26 min
- Mar 23, 2026at DET · No. 2 defense (that season, games so far)12 pts, 9 reb, 10 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 1 blk · 39 min
- Mar 19, 2026at MIA · No. 5 defense (that season, games so far)19 pts, 15 reb, 10 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 38 min
- Feb 9, 2026vs OKC · No. 1 defense (that season, games so far)22 pts, 6 reb, 10 ast · 0 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 36 min
- Jan 18, 2026vs TOR · No. 5 defense (that season, games so far)24 pts, 4 reb, 7 ast · 2 3PM · 0 stl, 2 blk · 32 min
- Dec 30, 2025vs DET · No. 2 defense (that season, games so far)17 pts, 4 reb, 4 ast · 3 3PM · 1 stl, 1 blk · 32 min
- Nov 28, 2025vs DAL · No. 3 defense (that season, games so far)13 pts, 5 reb, 7 ast · 2 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 34 min
What counts: a team's defensive rating is 100 × the points its opponents scored ÷ possessions, with possessions = FGA + 0.44*FTA - OREB + TOV, mean of both teams. A game's rank uses only games played before that date. Until every team has 15 games, the prior season's final ranks are used (6 games here, 58 games ranked on that season's games so far). Games are regular season; games he did not play are not counted. 2 games where the opponent's rank could not be determined are left out of both columns. TS% = PTS ÷ (2 × (FGA + 0.44 × FTA)); eFG% = (FGM + 0.5 × 3PM) ÷ FGA; both from totals for each row. Past results, not a projection.