Historic LeBron James Detail Emerges Before 23rd NBA Season

In all, James has won four NBA titles, four final MVPs and been the regular-season MVP four times as well. James was also named the Olympics MVP in 2024. Earlier this week, James was inducted, along with the rest of the "Redeem Team," into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

The longevity of his career and his ability to play this long at an elite level amaze basketball fans the most. Here is the remainder of the top 10, with James and Paul leading the list.

• Vince Carter
• Dirk Nowitzki
• Carmelo Anthony
• Jeff Green
• Dwight Howard
• Russell Westbrook
• Jamal Crawford
• Andre Iguodala

When the 2025-26 season gets underway, the Lakers will look to make a further march into the postseason than the last two years. The Lakers have been eliminated in the first round each season. Last year, the Minnesota Timberwolves took Los Angeles down in five games.

Los Angeles will start the season with Luka Doncic, along with James, running the offense. The two joined forces with the Lakers in February, and it appeared they would mesh well together, but the short postseason stay was concerning.

The 6-foot-9, 40-year-old has played in 1,562 regular-season games and started all but two of them. James has played 45 games or more in each of his NBA seasons. The last time he did not start a game was during the 2022-23 season.

James has also played in 292 postseason games, starting every one of them. In fact, James is averaging 41.3 minutes per game in the postseason, averaging 28.4 points per game.

The first preseason game for Los Angeles will be Friday, Oct. 3, when the Lakers will take on the Phoenix Suns. In all, they play six preseason games before Oct. 21, when they start the regular season at home against the Golden State Warriors.