LeBron James’s role as the Cavaliers’ leading man is no surprise. But never before in the playoffs has a player’s supporting cast depended so much on its star to carry them. During this season’s playoffs, James has accounted for nearly a third of his team’s box-score statistics: points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocked shots. These five statistics have been kept consistently since 1974, and no player since has contributed a higher share of his team’s playoff output.

James 2018 Total Percent of Team Total Points 725 34% Rebounds 193 22 Assists 190 47 Steals 30 24 Blocks 22 24

Over all, James has contributed 32 percent of the Cavaliers’ stats. In contrast, Golden State’s roster is filled with many more All-Stars who can share the burden. The Warriors’ stats leader is Kevin Durant, at only 22 percent.

The players’ share, game by game

No one has come close to this share of a team’s production for over 40 years

Of the teams in the finals each season, here are the players who had the largest percentage of their team’s stats throughout the playoffs. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the only other player to have had more than 30 percent of his team’s stats.

The players who led their team to the finals

Six players have led their teams five or more times

LeBron James is playing in his ninth final. In each of those playoff runs, he contributed the most to his team’s combined statistics. In 2016, he led in all five categories. No other player in this chart can claim that. In six of the other eight years he led in four of the five. Only Tim Duncan (once) and Larry Bird (once) led in four categories.

Tim Duncan consistently led his team in rebounds and blocked shots. In 2003, he led the Spurs in all categories but steals. Despite being 38 in 2014, he led a balanced Spurs team to a championship.

Shaquille O’Neal averaged 48 blocked shots per playoff over these five runs to the finals.

Michael Jordan had 35 percent of the Bulls’ points in the 1998 playoffs, surpassing James’s 34 percent from this season. But James has nearly half of his team’s assists in these playoffs compared to Jordan’s 17 percent in 1998.

Magic Johnson had 55 percent of his team’s playoff assists in 1995 — the most of anyone on the chart above. The closest to come to this mark is James, who has 47 percent this season and had 47 percent in 2015.