Michael Jordan vs LeBron James: The 15-Year Comparison That Could End The GOAT Debate

#6 Individual Accolades

Michael Jordan named the 1992 NBA Most Valuable Player

LeBron James is currently playing in possibly the most stacked league the game has ever seen, in terms of the number of superstar talents currently playing. He is up against the likes of Kevin Durant, Steph Curry and Russell Westbrook, who've all got scoring titles. Anthony Davis, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Joel Embiid, Kristaps Porzingis and DeMarcus Cousins are among the most talented big men to ever play the game.

Kyrie Irving, Paul George, Kawhi Leonard, Jimmy Butler and Klay Thompson are some other transcendent perimeter players who would be dominant in any generation. Which is why it has been tougher for him to rack up individual accolades in the manner that Jordan did.

LeBron has the edge in terms of First-Team All-NBA selections with 12, overtaking Michael Jordan who had 10. But he is behind in terms of scoring titles (10 to 1), steals titles (3 to 0), Defensive Player of the Year awards (1 to 0), All-Defensive team selections (10 to 6), regular season MVP awards (5 to 4) and Finals MVP awards (6 to 3).

He does have time to overtake MJ in these categories with the passage of time, but since we are only debating how much each player achieved, Jordan has the clear edge here.

Edge: Michael Jordan