Top 5 Biggest Rivals of LeBron James

Here are the five biggest rivals of Lebron’s storied career.
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[@littleprince8164]

Very accurate, Paul Pierce vs LeBron was one of the very best rivalry I've watched during the late 2000s. Cavs and Celtics was always a treat to watch back then whenever they matchup in the playoffs.

[@justinyan7938]

i dont think paul pierce was a rival of lebron's. It more like the entire celtics cuz pierce wasn't touching lebron till the big 3 got tgt

[@AkumaTVz]

@@justinyan7938 thats cap, i watched pierce solo teams in his prime. Back when there was high speed internet and dsl. On comcast nesn sports network. Watched almost every game for almost 8 years. The big 3 elevated Pierce to the finals. But lets not act like he didnt win playoff series alone with a cast of Tony Battie, Ricky Davis and the likes of Mark Blount.

[@TheGuyPaddylongname]

@@justinyan7938 nah man they hated each other and always balled out.

[@matthewfloyd9524]

LeBron vs Celtics in this years playoffs would be the appropriate climax to the entire 20-year narrative. We'll see if it gets there

[@GOODMuzikBoi]

Dirk was more D-Wade’s rival than LeBron.

[@SolaceMcfly]

Precisely

[@calmtree6521]

That’s why he is number 5

[@GOODMuzikBoi]

@@calmtree6521 still don’t makes since. LeBron and Dirk have no significant rivalry games or moments other than 2011. If he said Jason Terry then I would say yeah

[@LilsAF1]

THAT’S A FACT

[@nero1007]

@@GOODMuzikBoi dont make what

[@infiniteghoulz9534]

Almost everybody hates Lebron but when he retires everybody will love him

[@LoneWolf-ic1xg]

Yeah like kobe

[@ybro2371]

I don’t hate him

[@luisfeliciano5343]

Like tom brady

[@TheStreetAnalyst]

Even Paul Pierce?

[@nevadadowns211]

I hate the lakers not lebron

[@kuyaleyam8080]

You can make a starting 5 with all of his rivals. It is like Kagami vs the generation of miracles

[@thisismychannel4174]

Lol

[@musabelsadig7836]

And yet the show was called kuroku

[@mrbrowniegod2580]

Yo I’m weak

[@JayJay-wf2oe]

The starting 5 tho would probably win 5 championships in a row if they were all at their prime.

[@saeedbaig4249]

Not really tho? Dirk & Duncan are both PFs and KD & Pierce were both SFs

[@upnorth9718]

As a Raptors fan, lebron dominated us 3 straight playoffs, he was nicknamed LeBronto.

[@Scurvybubble242]

Well in 2016 the series went to 6 games

[@suppafly2150]

@@Scurvybubble242 well in 2018 LeGoat dismantled Lebronto ALONE without any help in 4 games

[@Scurvybubble242]

Bruh they blew out lebron and the Lakers mega without kawhi in 2020

[@suppafly2150]

@@Scurvybubble242 i hope you're joking bro. 2020 playoffs: Toronto - 3rd round exit. Lakers - NBA champions.

[@Scurvybubble242]

@@suppafly2150 raps got unlucky in the Boston series. Raps could have made it the finals in 2020 against Bron and then win in 6

[@macoycollo]

This should include Lebron trashing the Celtics during Pierce's jersey retirement in Boston lol 😂

[@delloffthewall]

That is MJ level of pettiness

[@darrenbalanay7698]

Kawhi should be a honorable mention

[@apoorvsingh3395]

I don't care about anyone's opinions LeBron James is one of the greatest basketball players of all time and when he retires he will be one of the most beloved players in the NBA history

[@jahimuddin2306]

It is just like Kobe.

[@oluwarotimi_98]

He's the best player ever no one can do what he has done

[@arvinspider]

@@oluwarotimi_98 MJ is better

[@bbzvxb3929]

@@arvinspider he already passed mj y’all need to let that go already

[@priyankandatta5644]

even people who hate him knows he is one of the greatest. the debate is whether he is number 1 or 2. I personally believe he is no. 2.

[@thatomadisakwane6384]

2017 Warriors are his most difficult opponents

[@weloveyouuaj]

2018*

[@kmena05]

the 2007 Spurs.

[@myboyfriendgonnagetyou97]

@@weloveyouuaj *2012

[@myboyfriendgonnagetyou97]

@@weloveyouuaj 1997 Warrior's

[@scoot5642]

@@kmena05 2018 lebron was insane. he was like MJ and magic in 1. unfortunately his team was absolutely dog doodoo while the warriors had 4 star players

[@vanz1872]

Lebrons biggest rival is skip bayless

[@paidway3239]

LeBron hasn’t even talked about him

[@thegoat170]

thats not rival, thats just a random hater. I think lebron barely knows who skip is

[@vanz1872]

@@thegoat170 bruh he literally wrote during the 2011 finals the first person he wanted to shut up was skip Bayless

[@Smoothy_boy]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@theycallmedom4157]

IMO LeBron isn’t really rivals with modern players it’s either Legends or Franchises. I would say 1. MJ 2. Celtics 3. Warriors 4. Spurs 5. Time I know some of those seem abstract but look back at the major talking points in his career.

[@eyonana3948]

Time 😂 ur right my man is really beefing father time

[@alexandermiralles71]

@@eyonana3948 yea, he is kicking father time's ass

[@djgames571]

I agree

[@justsomedudewithnoneck8329]

Nah warriors did him worse then the Celtics 😭

[@lukahj]

@@justsomedudewithnoneck8329 I'm pretty sure the order is irrelevant

[@DharManClips906]

LOVE YOUR CONTENT AND IM SOOOOOO HAPPY YOU JUST POSTED!!!!!!

[@SolaceMcfly]

I wouldn't consider Dirk a rival at all

[@nonstop]

Dirk single handedly caused the biggest stain on LeBron's legacy, and they've had a history of beef after the fact. To us that's enough to make the #5 spot.

[@MrSlashblade]

@@nonstop Lebron singlehandedly stained Lebron legacy. No offense to Dirk but that could have been anybody on the other side because it Lebron didn’t show up. Kobe seems like more of a rival then to Lebron then Dirk was.

[@syncroh2310]

@@nonstop i feel like kawhi would be a better rival especially now that there both on LA teams.

[@geaty788]

I would personally take Dirk off the list because he wasn’t really rival of LeBrons! Dirk was more so a rival of wade, I feel like at the fifth spot should’ve been Iguodala since they played in 5 finals (when the Heat met the Lakers in 2020 finals!) and cavs vs warriors 15-18!

[@OKC_THUNDER_NUMBER1]

@@MrSlashbladebut if the heat won that series people wouldn’t talk about it

[@junior-convert3]

Hey man been watching for 2 years love the videos

[@masoncougill1241]

Love your stuff bro

[@BankShotEdits]

fun fact, lebron james is a basketball player

[@abdihakimyusuf7148]

are u ok

[@htemp6397]

Well duh

[@stevenrigby9177]

Nah a soccer player

[@jdamico9]

nice!

[@SolaceMcfly]

Barry bonds is clearly the best soccer play idk what you talking about

[@capt.leonardburns7345]

You deserve atleast 5 million subs. Keep it up👏👏👏👏

[@blazeforprez]

Lebron vs melo was a rivalry most their lives then lebron just took off in the nba they first few years were pretty good tho melo used to get best of him some nights

[@Cashmoneez]

Lebron so good the only guy that can really be his rival is MJ

[@Garnachogoat]

You should have mentioned when Lebron absolutely destroyed the celtics on Paul Pierce’s jersey retirement day and Pierce was looking angry af😂😂😂

[@XavierHarrigan1]

Your vids are great to watch and I live then even though my opinion doesn’t mean anything keep up the good work

[@Eddieavina123]

Love your video

[@jontybalio416]

I wasn't expecting Paul Pierce to be LeBron James' number 1 rival.

[@sibusisovilakazi2825]

Now this, is a GREAT video.

[@guy1v136]

Nice Vid Keep It up

[@Hunter-nh3yy]

Your voice was made for countdowns bro. No joke.

[@xTheDescendantx]

If only Drose won a series with lebron and the heats back in early 2010s, he defs gonna be making this list

[@psycho479]

Tbh the only finals lose you can blame on LB is the one vs the mavs all the others he played vs amazing teams and he won vs the best NBA of all time sooo I don’t get the hate

[@AnaMostafamahmoud]

Honorable mentions: lance Stephenson

[@MadaraUchiha-ry9ce]

I’m a Celtics fan but LeBron is still probably my favorite player of all time. Pretty odd I know.

[@qnason2185]

smh

[@zeebebored]

As a huge Steph fan, I'm just glad to see that now Steph and LBJ are quite close friends. Lol

[@aaanawaleh]

LBJ sort of admired steph in his early nba years and when steph was a college player, LBJ was the established superstar and Steph was an up and coming youngster. LBJ probably respects him now for his nba career and talent but I doubt feelings are super warm.

[@sqquy]

0:52 that's hurts man

[@LukaTheDon77]

One could make the argument that MJ is one of his biggest rivals too

[@notslxsher]

1. Cleveland Cavaliers

[@TykirChilln]

As the biggest lebron fan i think Lebron vs Dirk isn’t a rivalry they only played in 1 finals series

[@A10R10]

What makes it a rivalry is that they were the best players on their teams on the biggest stage in 2011

[@jahleelx9270]

@@A10R10 not a rivalry. U can't be rivals if u only face off vs each other once.

[@SolaceMcfly]

@@jahleelx9270 they actually responded to my comment when i said i dont consider dirk a rival

[@poly_g6068]

That was literally the only time they met in the playoffs too.

[@A10R10]

Yeah idk, I’d say the Mavs and heat are rivals tho. Not too sure about Lebron and Dirk

[@stringfalafel7692]

9:22 wtf lmaooooooo

[@ANONYM0US410]

I thought kawahi was going to be on here

[@GojeeraULTIMA]

kobe should be on this list he took Ls but he gave lebron some work even in his retiring year he gave a challenge to bron

[@user-oc8xt1ry6l]

No Kawhi? Really?

[@grantparker3128]

"If you could even call it that" lol

[@eddelapena22]

6:32 Hi there Brad Miller

[@domg6251]

Curry vs Bron and Duncan vs Kobe best 2 rivalries of last 30 years

[@FutureRainn]

That Spurs team was stacked

[@jasonpham3698]

yall remember when pierce said lebron was his greatest rival?

[@haerin106]

9:21 what is this 😂

[@dim1281]

MJ is a pretty good rival also, not like they played against each other, but because of the G.O.A.T debate. Probably the biggest rivalry in sports other than Ronaldo vs Messi (football) or Federer vs Nadal vs Djokovic (tennis)

[@rileykhodadadi7631]

I remember watching that lebron game when he made it me and my dad stood up oh my god

[@sarc4sm68]

You gotta do Kobe

[@sacred5997]

bro kevin needed steph and klay who are the best shooters in league, I know Lebron needed Wade and Bosh to win but those two don't shoot like crazy and Lebron mostly carried them to the finals but steph, klay, and kd was shooting like crazy. Let's not forget that kd had a good team in okc before he left to the warriors but Lebron carried the cavs to the finals and almost defeated the celtics by himself because he didn't have a good supporting cast unlike durant's westbrook, ibaka, sefolosha and many others.

[@jiggafromstatefarm9997]

Mann Shut Up

[@idkjaknazwa3807]

@@jiggafromstatefarm9997 LeBron hater

[@theinktician]

Klay never played well against the Cavs in the Finals. The narrative is that Steph doesn't show up - but Klay never shot over 40% from the field against them, let alone from 3. It was always Steph and whoever feels like showing up. Except 2016. The bench carried the entire GSW while the starters played like garbage (outside of Draymond)

[@corey2232]

Lebron carried them? Dude Wade is an all time top 50 NBA player & outplayed Lebron in many post season & finals games, especially that first series. Hell, Wade would've been the MVP had the Heat won that finals. Don't sleep on Bosh either, dude was huge for them (as was Ray Allen).

[@scoot5642]

@@corey2232 they were clutch af but lebron was #1 in pts and assist for the entire playoff and scored back to back to keep them in the game. he unfortunately miss the game winning shot but luckily bosh and allen sent them into OT

[@nefejefia7475]

Bro called Ray Allen's shit a miracle from Jesus 😭😭😭

[@festhends4832]

I love how he calls Ray Allen Jesus

[@jaysouthmusic8230]

Because of the movie he got game ray allens character was Jesus shuttlesworth with Denzel Washington

[@cassjr17]

Still waiting on “ Lebron James goes sneaker shopping”

[@rovivanric2741]

Yeahhh...

[@danikaboquist5887]

Please do the rise and fall of Christian yelitch

[@rashaudreece383]

well duncan has a winning record vs lebron too

[@richardtrevino5516]

Dirk made him look like kid that he was back then!

[@alexgillespie9603]

Steph and lebron should be #1 just because they were born in the same hospital

[@coj9183]

Rivalry that started at birth.

[@cyrilguanzon7241]

Fun fact: The King called Steph the greatest shooter when Steph was in college.

[@reidb6327]

Where’s kawhi 🤖

[@Jayy21]

LeBrons kryptonite: Kawhi Leonard

[@Wix1306]

Miracle from Jesus🤣 I see what u did there

[@Jake-im8eq]

Honestly id throw Kobe on the list as an honorable mention. Every time they matched up they would go all out. They liked each other off the court but they were wildly competitive against one another. And the media always compared them

[@JayStrozier]

5:18 exaggerated swagger of a black teenager type beat

[@Chazzyfield]

We all know that LeBron's biggest rival is himself.

[@Cash3600]

This is true Paul Pierce and lebron were rivals even before the big 3 . Pierce is so underrated

[@qnason2185]

if ray allen didn't jump ship on Boston, we would have a more even matchup vs Maimi

[@4EvurPosters]

Never knew kd outscored Lebron in those finals

[@NicolasAlcalde]

Let's me fix this for you. 1) Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen, Rajon Rondo and Doc Rivers. 2) TIm Duncan, Kawhi Leonard, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili, and Greg Popovich. 3) Kevin Durant, Steph Curry Klay Thompson, Draymond Green, Andre Iguodala, Jerry West and Steve Kerr. Dirk isn't a rival for winning one series. If that's a rivalry then you should also include Jimmy Butler, Devin Booker, Dwight Howard, Chauncey Billups, etc since they all did the same thing.

[@TheOfficialMassakre]

So we're forgetting Bosh, Wade, and Spo existed? Beating up on a bunch of washed players out of their prime? Yea ok dude.

[@31olegna]

@@TheOfficialMassakre Didn't know Erik laced up the shoes and got buckets. You can't call them washed up when they made it to the conference finals 🤣

[@nbapbaupdate8338]

Jaylen Brown next video Nonstop Sports 💪💪💪

[@willocashh]

love how all his biggest rivals on this list have a winning finals record vs lbj 😂

[@ezelop19]

If LeBron James had a Sinister Six, the lineup would probably look like this. PG Stephen Curry SG Kawhi Leonard SF Kevin Durant PF Kevin Garnett C Tim Duncan SM Paul Pierce

[@softorange608]

1. Jr Smith

[@vivekiyer9062]

Lebron didn't proclaim to be the chosen one. He was dubbed that by the media

[@beatrisola2425]

How about drose when on Chicago

[@DPumm360]

IMO it’s Pierce, Curry, KD, KG, and Duncan

[@Joypyf]

You’re right Jesus DOES provide miracles! 🙌🏼

[@ronthealmightyratking8206]

I'm Lebron's greatest rival... -Ron, The Almighty Rat King

[@ceufrscio707]

6:09 4th ring sure

[@LoneWolf-ic1xg]

We’ll it’s not really a rivalry with Timmy but more with Kawhi Leonard

[@theinktician]

He played against Tim before Kawhi was known. In the finals too

[@LoneWolf-ic1xg]

@@theinktician ok but he had more of a rivalry with Kawaii

[@odagoat1548]

💯

[@doctor_elefant]

1) pattern baldness

[@coopercook216]

Warriors entire super team stand up

[@TheStreetAnalyst]

07 Celtics were to Lebron like the 80s Pistons were to MJ

[@TheOfficialMassakre]

Love that comparison, but the only difference is the Cavs management wasn't competent enough to improve the team so he had to leave, whereas MJ was cultivating a team chemistry, and turning Scottie into an all star

[@caleblopez3535]

Loveyou ns

[@evanxiong670]

Rip Hamilton R.I.P Hamilton

[@calvinmcintosh145]

"And a miracle from Jesus" if u know u know 🤣

[@reedshaffer4017]

How is their no Kobe ?

[@freemusic5844]

Bro Steph is #1, Pierce stuff sound just like playing rivalary, Steph put Lebrons legacy upside down, is more meanginful than just maching up against each other over and over

[@DonkeyKong5479]

Yet won 0 FMVPs in those matchups 😂 Iguodala was more of a rival than Steph ever was

[@geaty788]

@@DonkeyKong5479 true, and they also met in the 2020 finals when Iggy was on the heat and LeBron on LA!

[@zachxavierpatatag8393]

Honorable mention: Skip bayless

[@lukamitrovic5927]

5:34 When did Luka Doncic become camerman ?

[@Alex-nu4iu]

Honorable mention: Michael jordan

[@miguelpascual824]

Yup 👍

[@cardiblack101]

A Lebron hater says Lebron was the self proclaimed chosen one but a magazine he was on at 16 did that for him 😂😂

[@nobongbang]

굿

[@scissor_713exe4]

Thw fact that lebrons biggest op is CURRY is craz lmao

[@jkl-cm9le]

Ngl paul Pierce face and eyes always look like he is sick with the cold or something

[@chaostrocio1156]

This is what MJ lacks. OP rivalry

[@GONZUdAce11]

Cause he crashed them all, Magic, Isiah, Barkley, Malone, Ewing.

[@thisismychannel4174]

@@GONZUdAce11 jordan probably our classed isiah individually, but because of his team, he was a large losing record to him

[@nplrubii2618]

@@GONZUdAce11 he beat them with his superteam?

[@TheOfficialMassakre]

@@nplrubii2618 Oh wait, didn't LeBron not win without a superteam? So D Wade and Bosh are nobodies? Kyrie and Kevin Love? The only LA title wasn't also a really good team?

[@UrKneeguh]

Nigga the dude was the black jesus, he's basically the GOD of the game. Who do you expect to rival him? A High School teacher and a child molester?

[@QQn1ne]

Fun fact, lebron drafted by Cleveland

[@natisasleep]

we know

[@Frosty4326]

trevor ariza...

[@yungxtsunamiyt8996]

before watching the vid im saying its curry,kd,kawhi,duncan nd pierce.

[@KmoneyB12]

I wouldnt consider dirk to be his rival tbh. Wade on the other hand tho