NBA championships
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Four titles each, with different teams, timing and supporting casts.
Stephen Curry & LeBron James
Two routes.
One defining era.
Different beginnings. Shared stages. Change the clock and explore how two extraordinary careers took shape.
STEPHEN CURRY30
Golden State arrival 2009
LEBRON JAMES23
Cleveland arrival 2003
Signature jersey numbers
01 / Change the clock
When did
the breakthrough come?
Age, experience and calendar year tell different stories. Choose a clock, then a milestone to see both journeys together.
Milestone map
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Age in completed years on the milestone date.
Select a row to explore its story. The two lines use the same scale.
05 / 06
First title
The connection
Both were 27 when their first NBA championship arrived, despite entering the league three years apart in age.
Read all milestone dates
Dates mark NBA or All-Star game debuts, the first Finals game, MVP award announcements and championship-clinching games. “NBA season” counts from each player’s rookie year, including injury-shortened seasons.
| Milestone | Stephen Curry | LeBron James |
|---|---|---|
| NBA debut | 2009-10-28 · NBA season 1 | 2003-10-29 · NBA season 1 |
| All-Star debut | 2014-02-16 · NBA season 5 | 2005-02-20 · NBA season 2 |
| First Finals | 2015-06-04 · NBA season 6 | 2007-06-07 · NBA season 4 |
| First MVP | 2015-05-04 · NBA season 6 | 2009-05-04 · NBA season 6 |
| First title | 2015-06-16 · NBA season 6 | 2012-06-21 · NBA season 9 |
| First Finals MVP | 2022-06-16 · NBA season 13 | 2012-06-21 · NBA season 9 |
The teams along the way
One franchise.
Three title cities.
Curry’s four titles in this window came with Golden State. James’s four came across Miami, Cleveland and Los Angeles.
NBA team journeys through the end of 2023–24.
Stephen Curry
- 2009–2024Golden StateDrafted in 2009 · Still with the Warriors at this cutoff
Titles 2015201720182022
LeBron James
- 2003–2010Cleveland
- 2010–2014MiamiTitles: 2012, 2013
- 2014–2018ClevelandTitle: 2016
- 2018–2024Los Angeles LakersTitle: 2020 · Still a Laker at this cutoff
02 / Seasons in focus
Same stage.
Different stat lines.
Match a career stage or compare one shared season. These are regular-season averages per game.
Points per game
Regular seasonAverages rounded to one decimal. Each metric uses its own labeled scale.
View the season data together
| Career stage | Stephen Curry | LeBron James |
|---|---|---|
| Rookie seasons | 2009–10 17.5 / 4.5 / 5.9 | 2003–04 20.9 / 5.5 / 5.9 |
| First MVP seasons | 2014–15 23.8 / 4.3 / 7.7 | 2008–09 28.4 / 7.6 / 7.2 |
| First title seasons | 2014–15 23.8 / 4.3 / 7.7 | 2011–12 27.1 / 7.9 / 6.2 |
| Same season: 2023–24 | 2023–24 26.4 / 4.5 / 5.1 | 2023–24 25.7 / 7.3 / 8.3 |
03 / The shared stage
Four years.
The same two teams.
Golden State and Cleveland met in every Finals from 2015 through 2018. Explore the results one series at a time.
2016 NBA FINALS
4–3
Cleveland
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Finals MVP
04 / The long view
The hardware.
And what it leaves out.
Awards through the 2023–24 NBA season. A shared total can hide very different journeys.
Regular-season MVPs
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Curry: 2015, 2016
James: 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013
Finals MVPs
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Curry: 2022
James: 2012, 2013, 2016, 2020
Epilogue / Paris · August 10, 2024
From rivals to teammates.
In Paris, Curry and James won Olympic gold together. Curry scored 36 points in the semifinal and 24 in the final. James was named MVP of the men’s tournament.
The same players who had spent four straight Finals on opposite sides finished this chapter on one team.
Keep the whole story in view
A comparison opens a question.
It doesn’t have to close an argument.
Change the clock. Look at the teammates. Separate an individual award from a team result. The most interesting part is how each career became its own.