LeBron James vs Michael Jordan: A Statistical Comparison

#6 Shooting Percentages

LeBron James

The King enjoys slightly higher percentages in field goal percentage and 3-point percentage over the course of regular campaigns. His Airness is a much better free throw shooter than LeBron, however, effectively missing only 1 attempt out of 6 (LeBron misses more than 1 out of every 4).

Jumpman has slightly better numbers than the Chosen One in both shot attempt percentage categories during the postseason and he maintains his advantage in free throw shooting percentage.

The reason why LeBron's field goal percentage undergoes a nearly 2% fall in the postseason is that his average playoff opponents are better-equipped to deal with his driving game, which leads to LeBron reducing his field goal attempts inside the paint and forces him to take more jump shots, which have a lower conversion rate.