There’s an old saying which surely some of you may have heard before: “the shoes make the man.” Well, that maybe so, but in LeBron James’ case, if there wasn’t a man, there would be no shoe.

Nike first gave King James a signature sneaker back in 2003. A decade later, the Nike LeBron series is still going stronger than ever with the current

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LeBron Ambassador V "Inline"

Games played: 1

Dates worn: 11/29/2012

W-L: 1-0

Points: 23/game

Rebounds: 9/game

Assists: 7/game

Steals: 4/game

Turnovers: 4/game

Special notes: LeBron played only one complete game in a shoe that wasn't the LeBron X this season, and it's the Ambassador V "Inline," his Chinese market release.

LeBron X "Lava"

Games played: 1

Dates worn: 12/6/2012

W-L: 0-1

Points: 31/game

Rebounds: 10/game

Assists: 9/game

Steals: 3/game

Turnovers: 2/game

Special notes: "Deep within the earth’s core, intense heat and pressure actively change the structure of carbon. Billions of its atoms are bonded together, producing pure diamonds." —Nike Basketball

LeBron X "Home" PE

Games played: 2

Dates worn: 11/3/2013, 11/5/2013

W-L: 2-0

Points: 21.5/game

Rebounds: 10/game

Assists: 6/game

Steals: 0/game

Turnovers: 1.5/game

LeBron X "Home" PE

Games played: 1

Dates worn: 12/10/2012

W-L: 1-0

Points: 27/game

Rebounds: 7/game

Assists: 6/game

Steals: 2/game

Turnovers: 3/game

LeBron X "Home" PE

Games played: 5

Dates worn: 1/6/2013, 1/23/2013, 2/10/2013, 3/12/2013, 3/24/2013

W-L: 5-0

Points: 26.8/game

Rebounds: 6.8/game

Assists: 8/game

Steals: 1.2/game

Turnovers: 3/game

LeBron X "Home" PE

Games played: 9

Dates worn: 1/4/2013, 1/25/2013, 2/4/2013, 2/6/2013, 2/8/2013, 2/12/2013, 2/24/2013, 3/22/2013, 4/9/2013

W-L: 8-1

Points: 27.4/game

Rebounds: 6.1/game

Assists: 7.7/game

Steals: 1.3/game

Turnovers: 3.1/game

LeBron X "Home" PE

Games played: 9

Dates worn: 11/7/2012, 11/21/2012, 11/24/2012, 12/8/2012, 12/12/2012, 12/15/2012, 12/18/2012, 12/22/2012, 1/2/2013

W-L: 8-1

Points: 26.7/game

Rebounds: 8.1/game

Assists: 7.2/game

Steals: 1.1/game

Turnovers: 3.1/game

LeBron X "Christmas"

Games played: 1

Dates worn: 12/25/2012

W-L: 1-0

Points: 29/game

Rebounds: 8/game

Assists: 9/game

Steals: 2/game

Turnovers: 3/game

Special notes: A special colorway for a special day. Nike rolled out the "Christmas" colorway of the LeBron X exclusively for the holiday season.

LeBron X "Pressure"

Games played: 5

Dates worn: 11/9/2012, 11/12/2012, 11/17/2012, 12/26/2012, 12/28/2012

W-L: 4-1

Points: 28.4/game

Rebounds: 9.2/game

Assists: 6.2/game

Steals: 4.3/game

Turnovers: 3/game

LeBron X "Bright Red" PE

Games played: 1

Dates worn: 1/30/2013

W-L: 1-0

Points: 24/game

Rebounds: 9/game

Assists: 7/game

Steals: 2/game

Turnovers: 4/game

LeBron X "Red Suede" PE

Games played: 1

Dates worn: 2/14/2013

W-L: 1-0

Points: 39/game

Rebounds: 12/game

Assists: 7/game

Steals: 2/game

Turnovers: 4/game

LeBron X "20k 5k" PE

Games played: 1

Dates worn: 1/16/2013

W-L: 1-0

Points: 25/game

Rebounds: 7/game

Assists: 10/game

Steals: 1/game

Turnovers: 1/game



LeBron X "All-Star"

Games played: 1

Dates worn: 2/17/2013

W-L: 1-0

Points: 19/game

Rebounds: 3/game

Assists: 5/game

Steals: 1/game

Turnovers: 4/game

Special notes: No All-Star MVP Award for LeBron this year, but he did receive a blinged out "All-Star" version of the LeBron X.

LeBron X "Portland" PE

Games played: 2

Dates worn: 1/10/2013, 2/1/2013

W-L: 0-2

Points: 21.5/game

Rebounds: 8/game

Assists: 6/game

Steals: 1.5/game

Turnovers: 3.5/game

Special notes: Nike hooked LeBron up right on his trip west to Oregon with the player exclusive LeBron X "Portland" colorway, though Miami actually lost the game, and LeBron's 54-game with at least 20 points dating back to last season even came to a close.

LeBron X "Carbon"

Games played: 4

Dates worn: 11/15/1012, 12/1/2012, 12/29/2012, 2/23/2013

W-L: 3-1

Points: 22.5/game

Rebounds: 8/game

Assists: 9/game

Steals: 1.5/game

Turnovers: 3.5/game

LeBron X "Away Black/University Red" PE

Games played: 9

Dates worn: 11/2/2012, 11/14/2012, 12/4/2012, 12/20/2012, 12/31/2012, 1/8/2013, 1/14/2013, 2/21/2013, 2/26/2013

W-L: 4-5

Points: 28.8/game

Rebounds: 8.4/game

Assists: 8/game

Steals: 1.6/game

Turnovers: 4/game

LeBron X "Prism"

Games played: 1

Dates worn: 3/1/2013

W-L: 1-0

Points: 18/game

Rebounds: 8/game

Assists: 10/game

Steals: 2/game

Turnovers: 1/game

LeBron X "Carmex ID"

Games played: 1/2

Dates worn: 3/3/2013

W-L: 1-0

Points: 10

Rebounds: 3

Assists: 2

Steals: 0

Turnovers: 2

Special notes: Worn during first half of a March 3rd game against the New York Knicks. The bright yellow silhouette was designed by King James himself.

LeBron X "Silver/Red" PE

Games played: 1

Dates worn: 3/10/2013

W-L: 1-0

Points: 13/game

Rebounds: 6/game

Assists: 7/game

Steals: 1/game

Turnovers: 4/game

LeBron X "Black Suede" PE

Games played: 2

Dates worn: 1/27/2013, 3/27/2013

W-L: 0-2

Points: 33/game

Rebounds: 11.5/game

Assists: 5/game

Steals: 2.5/game

Turnovers: 3.5/game



LeBron X "Grey/Red" PE

Games played: 1 1/2

Dates worn: 3/3/2013, 3/18/2013

W-L: 2-0

Points: 37.3/game

Rebounds: 10/game

Assists: 11.3/game

Steals: 3.3/game

Turnovers: 3.3/game

Special notes: Along with wearing the "Grey/Red" colorway in a March 18th win against Boston, LeBron switched to the shoe from the Carmex iD colorway for the second half on March 3rd.

LeBron X "Jade"

Games played: 1/2

Dates worn: 4/12/2013

W-L: 1-0

Points: 8

Rebounds: 2

Assists: 0

Steals: 0

Turnovers: 1

Special notes: Worn during first half of April 12 game against Boston

LeBron VI "Fairfax Away" PE

Games played: 1/2

Dates worn: 3/20/2013

W-L: 1-0

Points: 19

Rebounds: 10

Assists: 7

Steals: 3

Turnovers: 0

Special notes: Along with the LeBron Ambassador V "Inline," the LeBron VI "Fairfax Away" is the only other shoe worn by James this season that wasn't the LeBron X. The shoe hit the court for the second half of a March 20th matchup against Cleveland.

LeBron X "Matte" PE

Games played: 10

Dates worn: 1/17/2013, 2/3/2013, 2/20/2013, 3/4/2013, 3/6/2013, 3/8/2013, 3/13/2013, 3/15/2013, 3/17/2013, 3/25/2013

W-L: 10-0

Points: 26.5/game

Rebounds: 8.2/game

Assists: 7.1/game

Steals: 1.8/game

Turnovers: 3.1/game

Special notes: LeBron was a perfect 10-0 in the LeBron X "Matte" PE this season.

LeBron X "Silver/Red" PE

Games played: 1

Dates worn: 3/29/2013

W-L: 1-0

Points: 36/game

Rebounds: 4/game

Assists: 6/game

Steals: 2/game

Turnovers: 3/game

LeBron X "White/Grey" PE

Games played: 1

Dates worn: 4/6/2013

W-L: 1-0

Points: 27/game

Rebounds: 4/game

Assists: 5/game

Steals: 1/game

Turnovers: 1/game

LeBron X PS Elite "Turqoiuse" PE

Games played: 1/2

Dates worn: 4/12/2013

W-L: 1-0

Points: 12

Rebounds: 4

Assists: 9

Steals: 0

Turnovers: 1

Special notes: Worn during second half of April 12 game against Boston.

LeBron X "Pewter" PE

Games played: 1 1/2

Dates worn: 3/20/2013, 4/14/2013

W-L: 2-0

Points: 20/game

Rebounds: 6/game

Assists: 6/game

Steals: .7/game

Turnovers: 4.7/game

Special notes: Worn during first half of March 30 game against Cleveland. Also worn during April 12 game against Chicago.

LeBron X "MVP"

Games played: 1/2

Dates worn: 5/6/2013

W-L: 0-1

Points: 2

Rebounds: 4

Assists: 3

Steals: 0

Turnovers: 2

Special notes: In honor of LeBron's fourth career MVP award, Nike released the limited edition "MVP" colorway of the LeBron X. James wore the shoe for the first half of Game 1 of the Heat's playoff series against Chicago.

LeBron X PS Elite "White/Black" PE

Games played: 1

Dates worn: 5/22/2013

W-L: 1-0

Points: 30/game

Rebounds: 11/game

Assists: 5/game

Steals: 0/game

Turnovers: 4/game

LeBron X PS Elite "Grey/Red" PE

Games played: 2

Dates worn: 5/13/2013, 5/24/2013

W-L: 1-1

Points: 31.5/game

Rebounds: 7.5/game

Assists: 5.5/game

Steals: 2.5/game

Turnovers: 5/game

LeBron X PS Elite "Matte Grey" PE

Games played: 2

Dates worn: 4/23/2013, 5/26/2013

W-L: 2-0

Points: 20.5/game

Rebounds: 6/game

Assists: 4.5/game

Steals: 0.5/game

Turnovers: 2/game

LeBron X PS Elite "Away" PE

Games played: 5 1/2*

Dates worn: 4/25/2013, 5/10/2013, 5/28/2013, 5/30/2013*, 6/13/2013, 6/16/2013,

W-L: 4-2

Points: 25.5/game

Rebounds: 6.9/game

Assists: 5.6/game

Steals: 1.6/game

Turnovers: 2.7/game

LeBron X PS Elite "Home" PE

Games played: 4 full, 2 half

Dates worn: 4/21/2013, 5/6/2013*, 5/8/2013, 5/30/2013*, 6/3/2013, 6/9/2/2013

W-L: 5-1

Points: 27.2/game

Rebounds: 8.2/game

Assists: 7.4/game

Steals: 2.4/game

Turnovers: 3/game

LeBron X "Championship"

Games played: 1

Dates worn: 10/30/2102

W-L: 1-0

Points: 26/game

Rebounds: 10/game

Assists: 3/game

Steals: 2/game

Turnovers: 0

Special notes: Worn by LeBron for season opener against Boston. Special "Championship" colorway to commemorate Miami's title run in 2012.

LeBron X "Veteran's Day" PE

Games played: 1

Dates worn: 11/11/2012

W-L: 0-1

Points: 20/game

Rebounds: 10/game

Assists: 6/game

Steals: 2/game

Turnovers: 2/game

Special notes: Special Veteran's Day colorway.

LeBron X PS Elite "Alternate" PE

Games played: 4

Dates worn: 4/28/2013, 5/15/2013, 6/1/2013, 6/11/2013

W-L: 2-2

Points: 24.3/game

Rebounds: 8.3/game

Assists: 6.5/game

Steals: 2.3/game

Turnovers: 3.3/game

LeBron X PS Elite "Finals" PE

Games played: 3

Dates worn: 6/6/2013, 6/18/2013, 6/20/2013

W-L: 2-1

Points: 29/game

Rebounds: 13.4/game

Assists: 8.3/game

Steals: 1.7/game

Turnovers: 2/game

Gurvinder Singh Gandu is a New York City-based writer and wear-tester for Sneaker Report, and contributor to Complex Media. Follow him @GurvinderSG for the latest in performance footwear and gear.

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