{"id":4193,"date":"2025-05-22T21:10:36","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T21:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/05\/22\/lebron-james-defeated-michael-jordans-23-year-old-mvp-record-and-he-now-holds-unique-achievements\/"},"modified":"2025-05-22T21:10:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T21:10:36","slug":"lebron-james-defeated-michael-jordans-23-year-old-mvp-record-and-he-now-holds-unique-achievements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/05\/22\/lebron-james-defeated-michael-jordans-23-year-old-mvp-record-and-he-now-holds-unique-achievements\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron James defeated Michael Jordan&#8217;s 23-year-old MVP record, and he now holds unique achievements"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-161714\">\n<p><strong>LeBron James broke Michael Jordan&#8217;s unique record after finishing sixth in the 2024-25 NBA MVP race.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James, despite being the oldest player in the league, refuses to show any major signs of decline.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-grvmedia-grv-video GRVMultiVideo\"><\/figure>\n<p>In fact, in his 22nd year, LBJ averaged 24.4 points, 7.8 rebounds and 8.2 assists per game over 70 matchups in the regular season.<\/p>\n<p>The King helped the Lakers win the third seed in the Western Conference. James&#8217; excellence was not noticed as the 40-year-old won the spot in the 2024-25 NBA MVP race.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-getty-images-media\">\n<div><\/div><figcaption title=\"LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 30: LeBron James #23 of the Los Angeles Lakers tosses the ball back during a 103-96 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game Five of the Western Conference First Round NBA Playoffs at Crypto.com Arena on April 30, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.  NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Harry How\/Getty Images)\">Photo by Harry Howie\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>NBA legend Michael Jordan has retired for over 20 years, but he still remains part of many major debates about the league.<\/p>\n<p>Most obvious is LeBron&#8217;s place in the goat discussion. Every time someone tries to claim that the LBJ is a goat, they are immediately fired back at the Jordanian point.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this, James continues to break NBA records. Speaking of which, James finished sixth in the 2024-25 NBA MVP poll.<\/p>\n<p>At 40, he is now the oldest player in league history and has earned regular season MVP votes. Previously, this record was held by Jordan. Jordan finished 13th in the 2001-2002 MVP race.<\/p>\n<p>James currently holds a unique record as he has both MVP votes at the oldest (40) and youngest (19).<\/p>\n<p>James and the Lakers were sensational in the regular season, but the same cannot be said for the 2025 postseason.<\/p>\n<p>As the third seed, they took on the sixth seed Minnesota Timber Wolves, but ended up losing the 4-1 series in the first round.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"446\" height=\"627\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 991px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.nbaanalysis.net\/uploads\/16\/2025\/05\/Lebron-446x627.jpg\" alt=\"Graphic showing LeBron James' 2025 NBA playoff statistics for the Los Angeles Lakers.\" class=\"wp-image-156676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn1.nbaanalysis.net\/uploads\/16\/2025\/05\/Lebron-446x627.jpg 446w, https:\/\/cdn1.nbaanalysis.net\/uploads\/16\/2025\/05\/Lebron-768x1080.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn1.nbaanalysis.net\/uploads\/16\/2025\/05\/Lebron-1092x1536.jpg 1092w, https:\/\/cdn1.nbaanalysis.net\/uploads\/16\/2025\/05\/Lebron-1456x2048.jpg 1456w, https:\/\/cdn1.nbaanalysis.net\/uploads\/16\/2025\/05\/Lebron-811x1140.jpg 811w, https:\/\/cdn1.nbaanalysis.net\/uploads\/16\/2025\/05\/Lebron-scaled.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn1.nbaanalysis.net\/uploads\/16\/2025\/05\/Lebron-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/cdn1.nbaanalysis.net\/uploads\/16\/2025\/05\/Lebron-533x750.jpg 533w\"><\/div><figcaption title=\".\">.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to data provided by Sofa Core, James increased 25.4 points, 9.0 rebounds and 5.6 assists per game against the Timberwolves.<\/p>\n<p>These are elite numbers, particularly considering James was 40 years old and played 70 games during the regular season.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/nbaanalysis.net\/subscribe\/\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>if(!\/callback=in\/.test(window.location.search)){setTimeout(function(){!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=();t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)(0);s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');fbq('init','960196512820060');fbq('track','PageView');fbq('track','ViewContent',{content_name:'LeBron James breaks Michael Jordan&#8217;s 23-year-old MVP record, he now holds unique achievement',content_category:'NBA News',content_ids:(161714,\"lebron-james\",\"los-angeles-lakers\",\"michael-jordan\",\"western-conference\"),content_type:'post',});},3000);}<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LeBron James broke Michael Jordan&#8217;s unique record after finishing sixth in the 2024-25 NBA MVP race. Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James, despite being the oldest player in the league, refuses to show any major signs of decline. In fact, in his 22nd year, LBJ averaged 24.4 points, 7.8 rebounds and 8.2 assists per game [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4194,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[39],"class_list":{"0":"post-4193","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-basketball"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}