Awards And Honors

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James (center) celebrates during the Heat's 2012 championship parade.

James has won numerous awards and set many records during his career. The following are some of his achievements:

NBA

Cited from Basketball Reference's LeBron James page unless noted otherwise.[73]2× NBA champion: 2012, 20132× NBA Finals MVP: 2012, 20134× NBA Most Valuable Player: 2009, 2010, 2012, 201311× NBA All-Star: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 20152× NBA All-Star Game MVP: 2006, 200810× All-NBA:First Team: 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014Second Team: 2005, 20076× NBA All-Defensive:First Team: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013Second Team: 2014NBA Rookie of the Year: 2004NBA All-Rookie First Team: 2004NBA scoring champion: 2008

United States national teamCited from USA Basketball's

LeBron James page unless noted otherwise.[273]3× Olympic medalist:Gold: 2008, 2012Bronze: 20042× FIBA Americas Championship medalist:Gold: 2007Bronze: 2006USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year: 2012

High school

Cited from the NBA's

LeBron James prospect profile page unless noted otherwise.[6]National champion: 20033× State champion: 2000, 2001, 20032× Gatorade National Player of the Year: 2002, 20032× USA Today High School Player of the Year: 2002, 20033× Ohio Mr. Basketball: 2001, 2002, 20033× USA Today All-USA First Team: 2001, 2002, 20032× PARADE High School Player of the Year: 2002, 2003Naismith Prep Player of the Year: 2003[274]McDonald's National Player of the Year: 2003[275]McDonald's High School All-American: 2003[276]McDonald's All-American Game MVP: 2003EA Sports Roundball Classic MVP: 2003[277]Jordan Capital Classic MVP: 2003[277]

Other

Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year: 2012[278]Sporting News Athlete of the Year: 2012[279]AP Athlete of the Year: 2013Sporting News NBA MVP: 2006[280]Sporting News Rookie of the Year: 2004[281]Sports Illustrated NBA All-Decade First Team: 2000–2009[282]

See Olso

List of National Basketball Association career scoring leadersList of National Basketball Association career assists leadersList of National Basketball Association career steals leadersList of National Basketball Association career turnovers leadersList of National Basketball Association career free throw scoring leadersList of National Basketball Association career playoff scoring leadersList of National Basketball Association career playoff rebounding leadersList of National Basketball Association career playoff assists leadersList of National Basketball Association career playoff steals leadersList of National Basketball Association career playoff turnovers leadersList of National Basketball Association career playoff 3-point scoring leadersList of National Basketball Association career playoff free throw scoring leadersList of National Basketball Association players with most points in a gameList of National Basketball Association season minutes leadersList of Olympic medalists in basketballHistory of the Miami HeatCleveland Cavaliers draft history

Notes

Assists were recorded as an official Olympic statistic starting in 1976.[185]ESPN.[196][197][198][199][200]Sports Illustrated.[201][202][203]

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