Listing LeBron James' head-to-head record against his top 5 teammates in the NBA

LeBron James has been a teammate with plenty of All-Stars during his illustrious NBA career. The likes of Russell Westbrook and Carmelo Anthony will be the latest to join that list this season.

James, despite being close off the court with almost all of his current and former teammates, has always played with great intensity on the court against them. Interestingly, he holds the head-to-head advantage against almost all the players he has been teammates with over the years.

On that note, here's a look at his head-to-head record against the top five players he has been teammates with over the years:

#5 LeBron James vs Kyrie Irving

Kyrie Irving and LeBron James (right) face off against each other during an NBA game.

LeBron James and Kyrie Irving formed a formidable partnership during their time with the Cleveland Cavaliers from 2014 to 2017. They made the NBA Finals in all their three seasons together, winning the championship in 2016 after overturning a 1-3 deficit against the mighty Golden State Warriors.

James has mentioned in the past that the two players could never align, and had their fair share of differences. That led to Kyrie Irving leaving the Cavs for the Boston Celtics in 2017, as he wanted to be the leader on his own team. That wouldn't have been the case had he stayed on with Cleveland playing alongside LeBron James.

The two squared off six times before they were teammates and seven times after they went their different ways post 2017. LeBron James has a 10-3 head-to-head advantage in the 13 contests between the two so far. They are yet to face each other in the playoffs, though.

James has been a better individual performer than Irving as well. He scored 26.2 points per game, while Irving managed 18.7 across the 13 games they played against each other.

#4 LeBron James vs Anthony Davis

LeBron James and Anthony Davis (right) led the LA Lakers to a championship win in the 2019-20 season.

LeBron James and Anthony Davis are arguably the best duo in the NBA right now. The two did not take long to make their partnership work, as they managed to win a championship in their very first season together.

They dominated the 2020-21 NBA season at the start, leading the LA Lakers to a 21-7 record, but injuries disrupted their campaign, which led the Lakers to crash out in the first round of the playoffs.

Before Anthony Davis joined the LA Lakers in 2019, he had faced off against LeBron James in 12 games, playing for the New Orleans Pelicans. During that period, James played thrice against Davis as a Miami Heat player, seven times as a Cleveland Cavaliers player and twice as an LA Lakers player.

LeBron James got the better of Anthony Davis' New Orleans Pelicans on eight occasions. James averaged 29.7 points per game, while Davis produced 22.7 across their 12 meetings.

#3 LeBron James vs Russell Westbrook

LeBron James and Russell Westbrook (left) playing against each other during a playoff game in 2020.

LeBron James and Russell Westbrook will be pairing up for the first time with each other in the NBA. They have been teammates for the national team and in All-Star games before, though, and have shown signs of being a dominant force together.

James and Westbrook are two very intense competitors who leave it all out on the floor. They have faced off a whopping 31 times against each other in the NBA. James has been on the winning side more often than Westbrook, winning on 23 occasions.

Ten of their meetings have happened in the playoffs, with James losing only twice.

The biggest matchup between the two was during the 2012 NBA Finals when LeBron James' Miami Heat took on Russell Westbrook's OKC Thunder. James' Heat emerged the winners of that series by a 4-1 margin.

LeBron James also holds the advantage in their individual battle, as he has produced 27.8 points per contest compared to Russell Westbrook's tally of 23.1.

#2 LeBron James vs Carmelo Anthony

LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony (left) are the only two players active from the 2003 NBA draft class.

LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony are the only players active from the elite 2003 NBA draft class. It's the perfect time for the two future Hall of Famers to team up and try to win a chip together with the LA Lakers.

James and Anthony have been involved in fierce battles during their 15 seasons in the NBA. The two received the most votes in the 2004 Rookie of the Year award, which James eventually won.

LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony have played a staggering 46 games against each other, with ten of these meetings happening in the playoffs. James holds a huge 22-14 head-to-head advantage against Anthony, including 8-2 in the playoffs.

James' individual performances have also been better than Anthony's in these games, as he has scored 26.2 points per game, while Anthony has managed only 21.2. Anthony's numbers took a hit post the 2015-16 season. Before that, he was averaging 23.2 points per game against LeBron James' teams, while James averaged 26 points per outing during that stretch.

#1 LeBron James vs Dwyane Wade

LeBron James congratulates Dwyane Wade (left) with a momento in his last NBA All-Star game appearance.

LeBron James and Dwyane Wade have always been very close friends. They formed a super-team of sorts when the former joined Wade at the Miami Heat. They went on to play in four consecutive NBA Finals series between 2011 and 2014, winning back-to-back titles in 2012 and 2013.

The two also played together for the Cleveland Cavaliers during the 2017-18 NBA season. Wade's stint with the franchise lasted 46 games before he went on to re-join the Miami Heat in the same season.

Dwyane Wade's teams were closest to having a superior record over LeBron James' among all of the latter's top teammates so far. James has had a 16-15 advantage over Wade's teams in the NBA. The two, surprisingly, have never met in the playoffs, despite James playing in the Eastern Conference for most of his NBA career.

LeBron James and Dwyane Wade's individual productions during their matchups has been quite high as well. The former averaged 28.5 points per game, while Wade scored 25.4 points per contest.