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LeBron JamesvsKevin Garnett

Regular-season careers from the StatVault encyclopedia — the same tables as each player's profile.

LeBron James

2004–2027 · 24 seasons

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PF · VAL group F

Kevin Garnett

1996–2016 · 21 seasons

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At a glance

LeBron James and Kevin Garnett: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
LeBron James	Stat	Kevin Garnett
24	Seasons	21
404.0	Career VAL	238.5
29.4 (2009)	Peak-season VAL	22.4 (2004)
—	Hall of Fame	Inducted 2020
2	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	3
34	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	10

VAL is Value Above League — regular-season production measured against the league at the same position group (NBA VAL board). Black and gray ink count seasons from 2002 on.

Career regular season

Career regular-season statistics both LeBron James and Kevin Garnett have
LeBron James	Stat	Kevin Garnett
Career
1,625	Games	1,462

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Points, Rebounds, Assists, Steals, Blocks, 3-pointers made, Points / game, Rebounds / game, Assists / game, FG %, 3P %, FT %, True shooting %, PER, Win shares — Kevin Garnett's career line covers 2002–2016 only (the table behind it does not cover 6 early-career seasons).

VAL by ageEach season plotted at the player's age that season, so careers line up by age rather than by calendar.

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Age	LeBron James	Kevin Garnett
19	6.8	4.8
20	21.8	10.2
21	22.7	12.3
22	20	6.7
23	22.1	15.9
24	29.4	14.8
25	27.3	14.4
26	23.2	20.2
27	20.7	22.4
28	26.1	20.7
29	22.9	18.7
30	14.9	12.3
31	16.8	17.6
32	18	9.2
33	19	8.9
34	12.4	11.6
35	16.4	9.2
36	9.8	6.7
37	11.7	0.4
38	8.6	1.1
39	15	0.4
40	11.4	—
41	6.8	—
42	0.2	—