Michael Jordan's World

Michael Jordan Comparison With His "Heirs" and Current NBA Stars.

This is a comparison of Michael Jordan's numbers with those achieved by the players signaled as his heirs and other current stars.

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All the Air Jordans:
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VII - VIII - IX - X - XI
XII - XIII - XIV - XV
XVI - XVII - XVIII
XIX - XX - XXI - XX2
XX3

As soon as MJ put a step off the court after his second retirement, everybody started to look for the "next Jordan". Kobe Bryant, Vince Carter, Tracy McGrady, Allen Iverson, Kevin Garnett and more recently Lebron James and Dwyane Wade are some of his "heirs".

Most of these players have already shown that although they are great they will never be at Jordan's level.

The hyper-advertised James looks better every season and his numbers are amazing but also has a long way to go to prove he has the attitude. And talking about attitude, Kobe Bryant will never have Jordan's numbers but he is on the same page when we talk about competitiveness and the desire to show he is the best. It is almost impossible for Bryant to match MJ's awards and career point averages but he is the only one on this list (and in NBA history) who has matched Jordan and Chamberlain in scoring streaks (40+ points, 50+ points, etc) and he even scored 81 points in one game. He also has 3 championships and many years ahead, but on the other side he still has to prove he's capable to lead a team to the title (read: without Shaquille O'Neal).

Note: current players stats include 2007-2008 NBA season (not the playoffs yet).

  Michael Jordan Kobe Bryant Lebron James Dwyane Wade Vince Carter Tracy McGrady Allen Iverson Kevin Garnett
Nickname His
Airness
KB24 King James Flash Vinsanity T-Mac The Answer The Big Ticket
Seasons 15 12 5 5 10 11 12 13
Championships 6 3 - 1 - - - -
Season MVP 5 - - - - - 1 1
Finals MVP 6 - - 1 - - - -
Points P/G Season
30.1 25.0 27.3 23.9 23.8 22.4 27.7 20.4
Rebounds per Game 6.2 5.3 6.9 4.8 5.5 6.2 3.8 11.2
Assists per Game 5.3 4.6 6.6 6.5 4.2 4.7 6.3 4.4
Field Goal
.497 .453 .467 .481 .447 .437 .426 .494
Points P/G Playoffs 33.4 23.3 27.3 25.3 25.9 28.8 30.0 22.3
All-NBA 1st Team 10 5 1 - - 2 3 3
All-Defensive 1st Team 9 5 - - - - - 6
Def. Player of the Year 1 - - - - - - 1
Scoring Titles 10 2 1 - - 2 4 -
Rebounding leader - - - - - - - 4
Assists leader - - - - - - - -
Steals leader 3 - - - - - 2 -
Blocks leader - - - - - - - -
Total Points Season 32,292 21,619 10,689 7,536 16,592 16,744 22,988 20,378
Total rebounds 6,672 4,590 2,694 1,527 3,833 4,623 3,142 11,197
Total Assist 5,633 4,002 2,572 2,036 2,939 3,525 5,228 4,390
Total Steals 2,514 1,321 693 547 887 997 1,876 1,382
Total Points Playoffs 5,987 3,053 901 1,366 1,086 922 2,013 1,049
Rookie of the Year yes no yes no yes no yes no
Total Games Season 1,072 866 391 315 697 749 829 998
Total Games Playoffs 179 131 33 54 42 32 67 47
All-Star Games 14 10 4 4 8 7 9 11
All-Star Game MVP 3 2 2 - - - 2 1
Triple Doubles 27 * 14 17 3 4 3 1 16

* Michael Jordan's triple doubles detail: 27 triple doubles in Regular Season, 2 triple doubles in Playoffs and 1 triple double in All-Star game (the only one in All-Star Game history) / The other players data only show triple doubles in regular season

Related Links:
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Profile at Los Angeles Lakers Universe
Magic Johnson Profile at Los Angeles Lakers Universe
Magic Johnson Profile at Authentic Basketball
Wilt Chamberlain Profile at NBA Universe
NBAUniverse.com has all the details about the NBA scoring leaders, assists leaders, rebounds leaders and all the other stats and awards compared here.

 

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