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Pulling revision metadata, checking activity spikes, and preparing the charts.
Last edited Jul 1, 2026
18,608
Total Edits
5,711
Unique Editors
10/10
Controversy Score
2003
Created
1,508
Watchers
27%
Minor Edits
595K
Monthly Views
20
Edits (90d)
The Wikipedia article on LeBron James has been edited 18,608 times by 5,711 different editors since it was created roughly 23 years ago in 2003. That works out to an average of about 809 edits per year, though activity is rarely spread evenly — most articles see long quiet stretches punctuated by short bursts of intense editing.
With a controversy score of 10/10, this is one of the more contested articles on English Wikipedia. A score this high means edits are frequently reverted — editors are undoing each other's work rather than building on it, which is the classic signature of an active dispute over how the subject should be described. Readers should treat sections of this article as potentially unstable, and check the talk page to understand what the disagreements are about.
Within the 500 most recent revisions we analysed, the single most active contributor is OrdinaryOtter, responsible for about 32% of the changes in that window. That is a notably high concentration — when one account makes a large share of the edits, the article’s framing can lean heavily on a single person’s perspective, which is worth keeping in mind when you read it. The busiest year in our data was 2026, when editing activity peaked — spikes like this usually line up with real-world news events involving the subject.
The sections that show up most often in edit summaries are 2025–2026: Delayed start to historic season, 2025–2026: 23rd NBA season, 2016–2018: End of second stint in Cleveland, Early life, Professional career. These are the parts of the article that editors revisit most — a useful shortcut to where the action, and any disagreement, is concentrated.
All figures above are computed live from Wikipedia's public revision data. For a deeper explanation of what these numbers mean, see our guides on edit wars, article quality ratings, and how to read an edit history.
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Showing last 500 edits — 2025 to 2026
Last 24 months from Wikimedia Analytics
Sections appearing most in edit summaries.
| # | Editor | Edits | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OrdinaryOtter | 160 | |
| 2 | ScarletViolet | 39 | |
| 3 | Bagumba | 19 | |
| 4 | WikiOriginal-9 | 14 | |
| 5 | Muboshgu | 12 | |
| 6 | WiKeDiToRthEgReat | 10 | |
| 7 | Tpbradbury | 9 | |
| 8 | DaHuzyBru | 8 | |
| 9 | Giants7 | 8 | |
| 10 | MhcL947 | 8 |