LeBron James is in his 23rd season of dominance during his legendary NBA career, but the King believes one campaign stands out above the rest when talking about when he was the “most complete” as a basketball player.

“My peak? I don’t know. If you ask me what I feel like was my best season that I had, where I felt the most complete as a basketball player? I would say, the 2017-18 season I felt like I could do no wrong out there on the basketball floor,” he said on his Mind the Game podcast with Steve Nash (1:30 mark). 

“Offensively, defensively, I felt no flaws in my game. I felt like every time I stepped on the floor, I really could do everything I wanted to do.”

James was a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers that season and appeared in all 82 games while averaging 27.5 points, 9.1 assists, 8.6 rebounds and 1.4 steals. He also shot 54.2 percent from the field and 36.7 percent from deep as an efficient playmaker.

Yet he finished second in MVP voting behind James Harden and also fell just short of what would have been the fourth championship of his career at that point. Cleveland advanced to the NBA Finals but was swept by the Golden State Warriors once it arrived.

That Golden State team was one of the best in league history and featured Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green along with a solid supporting cast. There was only so much any team or player could do, although James certainly put up an impressive individual fight.

He averaged 34.0 points, 10.0 assists, 8.5 rebounds, 1.3 steals and 1.0 blocks while shooting 52.7 percent from the field during the series.

That season ended up being the future Hall of Famer’s final one in Cleveland, as he joined the Los Angeles Lakers ahead of the 2018-19 campaign. He also won that fourth championship of his career in his second year with the Purple and Gold, further cementing his legacy as an all-time great.

James has a long list of incredible seasons and was perhaps at his most dominant at an individual level when he was collecting MVPs and winning titles on the Miami Heat, but that last year in Cleveland stands out in his eyes.