Who Is Greater All Time Lebron James vs Michael Jordan

​Let's set aside the all time greatest debate and look at another topic widely debated. 
Lebron James vs Michael Jordan let's look at their age 29 season to provide the most fair statistical comparison.

Who Is Greater All Time Lebron James VS Michael Jordan

We will take an in depth look at offense, defense and analytics and let you know what the numbers tell us and our interpretation. This is our comparison of Lebron James and Michael Jordan.

Offense

Scoring

As scoring goes Lebron and Jordan are both elite scorers however Lebron is the better 3 point shooter. Jordan has significantly more scoring titles and a higher scoring average as well as a bigger career high. We will call this edge Jordan. 

Playmaking
Lebron has a higher career assist average and more games with a large number of assists. This one goes to Lebron.

Rebounding
Jordan and Lebron are also pretty close here but I give a slight edge to Lebron.

Defense
Jordan averages nearly one more steal and slightly more blocks per 36 min. 
Defensive metrics show that both have been above defenders most of their careers , however starting at age 29 Lebron's defensive performance has begun to wane.

Also of note at the height of their prime's or age 29 Jordan posted a 9.5 BPM to Lebron's 9.0 and a 9 to 8 advantage in VORP.

By his age 33 season Jordan was still posting a defensive rating of 102 while Lebron's has dropped to 109 or close to league average.

Looking at this overall comparison here is my conclusion. 

Lebron James and Michael Jordan are all time greats and legends to the game. However I give a slight edge to Michael Jordan based on near identical scoring ability but overall being a better defender.

Do you agree or disagree? Let me know your thoughts in comments.