LeBron James has dominated the NBA playoffs as few men have ever done before him. James has reached the NBA Finals on 10 occasions and has come out triumphant 4 times, with the latest triumph coming in 2020 when he led the Lakers past the Heat. He has put up ridiculous numbers in almost all of his postseason runs, with his greatest hour coming in the 2016 Finals against the Warriors, when he led both teams in points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks.
While that is a phenomenal achievement in itself, it gets even better if we have a look at the playoff leaders since 2010 in some major categories. James ends up crushing the competition by some margin in almost all of them, in what is yet another indicator of his greatness.
NBA Playoff Leaders Since 2010:
Total Points
1. LeBron James – 5,870 Points
2. Kevin Durant – 4,559 Points
3. Stephen Curry – 3,570 Points
Total Rebounds
1. LeBron James – 1,895 Rebounds
2. Draymond Green – 1,308 Rebounds
3. Kevin Durant – 1,205 Rebounds
Total Assists
1. LeBron James – 1,483 Assists
2. Chris Paul – 994 Assists
3. James Harden – 922 Assists
Total Steals
1. LeBron James – 356 Steals
2. James Harden – 247 Steals
3. Kawhi Leonard – 240 Steals
Total Blocks
1. Serge Ibaka – 292 Blocks
2. LeBron James – 204 Blocks
3. Draymond Green – 202 Blocks
Total Wins
1. LeBron James – 138 Wins
2. Danny Green – 104 Wins
3. Draymond Green, Klay Thompson, and Andre Iguodala – 102 Wins
It’s ridiculous how far ahead he is from the pack in some of these and it once again goes to show why is regarded as the most complete player of all time. Kevin Durant is considered by many to be the best scorer of this generation and LeBron is over 1,000 points clear of him in the scoring department.
He is over 500 rebounds clear at the top and while Chris Paul may be the “Point God”, LeBron has him beat by nearly 500 assists here. He also has an advantage of over 100 steals over second-placed James Harden and the run of dominance only comes to an end when we get to blocks. Ibaka grabs the top spot with nearly 300 blocks here and he blows away the competition, but James still finds himself at 2nd.
LeBron unsurprisingly comes out on top for wins as well thanks to all the success he has had and that gap is quite significant. For context, the maximum amount of games you can win in one single postseason run is 16, so Danny Green or any of the trio of Draymond Green, Klay Thompson, and Andre Iguodala could win the next two championships and LeBron would still be on top even if he doesn’t play a single postseason game from here on out. It’s just mind-boggling how good this guy has been for so long and he isn’t finished quite yet. He recently declared on his return to the Drew League that he is 100% healthy and the rest of the league has a problem on their hands, if that is the case.
