Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Kobe Bryant and Anderson Varejao

This is the detail of NBA games in which Kobe Bryant and Anderson Varejao played against each other, including head-to-head record, stats average, game highs and game-by-game data both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Games against each other

They faced each other a total of 15 times in NBA games. Anderson Varejao has a 9-6 winning record over Kobe Bryant. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Kobe Bryant:
1996-97 to 2015-16
Anderson Varejao:
2004-05 to 2020-21
15 Games played
15 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Kobe Bryant
6
6
0
Anderson Varejao
9
9
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kobe Bryant 27.3 5.1 4.6 1.10.3
Anderson Varejao 8.1 7.3 1.00.70.8
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kobe Bryant 42 12 12 31
Anderson Varejao 20 15 5 43
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kobe Bryant 15

games
5

games
14

games
7

games
1

game
Anderson Varejao 0

games
8

games
1

game
3

games
5

games
Both had same stat 0

games
2

games
0

games
5

games
9

games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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2004-05 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 13, 2005
1. Lakers 98   Kobe Bryant 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 06 1-2 .500 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Cavaliers 94   Anderson Varejao 0 3 1 1 1 0 2 17 0-1 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
2005-06 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 12, 2006
2. Lakers 99   Kobe Bryant 27 2 2 2 0 5 4 37 9-21 .429 1-5 .200 8-8 1.000
Cavaliers 98   Anderson Varejao 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mar. 19, 2006
3. Lakers 95   Kobe Bryant 38 6 5 3 1 3 4 45 15-33 .455 1-4 .250 7-7 1.000
Cavaliers 96   Anderson Varejao 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 11 0-1 .000 0-0 - 0-2 .000
2006-07 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 11, 2007
4. Lakers 90   Kobe Bryant 36 7 6 1 0 4 5 44 12-24 .500 1-5 .200 11-11 1.000
Cavaliers 99   Anderson Varejao 12 6 0 0 3 1 2 26 3-4 .750 0-0 - 6-9 .667
Feb. 15, 2007
5. Lakers 108   Kobe Bryant 34 6 5 2 0 6 3 41 9-22 .409 2-7 .286 14-15 .933
Cavaliers 114   Anderson Varejao 15 11 1 2 1 1 4 37 5-8 .625 0-0 - 5-7 .714
2007-08 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 20, 2007
6. Lakers 90   Kobe Bryant 21 5 5 1 0 2 2 40 8-22 .364 0-3 .000 5-8 .625
Cavaliers 94   Anderson Varejao 11 15 0 4 0 1 3 35 4-8 .500 0-0 - 3-5 .600
Jan. 27, 2008
7. Lakers 95   Kobe Bryant 33 12 6 0 1 3 3 43 10-21 .476 0-1 .000 13-18 .722
Cavaliers 98   Anderson Varejao 2 4 0 0 1 1 0 16 1-4 .250 0-0 - 0-0 -
2008-09 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 19, 2009
8. Lakers 105   Kobe Bryant 20 6 12 1 1 5 1 41 9-22 .409 1-5 .200 1-3 .333
Cavaliers 88   Anderson Varejao 10 12 2 1 3 1 3 34 5-10 .500 0-0 - 0-2 .000
Feb. 08, 2009
9. Lakers 101   Kobe Bryant 19 3 2 1 0 2 2 35 8-17 .471 0-2 .000 3-3 1.000
Cavaliers 91   Anderson Varejao 6 9 1 0 0 1 4 26 2-6 .333 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
2009-10 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 25, 2009
10. Lakers 87   Kobe Bryant 35 10 8 1 1 4 3 45 11-33 .333 1-3 .333 12-12 1.000
Cavaliers 102   Anderson Varejao 9 9 0 0 2 0 4 33 4-5 .800 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Jan. 21, 2010
11. Lakers 87   Kobe Bryant 31 2 4 0 0 3 2 40 12-31 .387 2-6 .333 5-8 .625
Cavaliers 93   Anderson Varejao 11 8 1 0 0 0 3 24 4-6 .667 0-0 - 3-4 .750
2011-12 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 13, 2012
12. Lakers 97   Kobe Bryant 42 5 3 3 0 6 3 41 15-31 .484 4-7 .571 8-10 .800
Cavaliers 92   Anderson Varejao 11 14 2 0 0 2 3 29 3-7 .429 0-0 - 5-6 .833
2012-13 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 11, 2012
13. Lakers 94   Kobe Bryant 42 5 2 1 1 5 1 41 16-28 .571 3-9 .333 7-10 .700
Cavaliers 100   Anderson Varejao 20 9 5 3 1 1 4 35 8-13 .615 0-1 .000 4-7 .571
2015-16 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 10, 2016
14. Lakers 111   Kobe Bryant 17 6 3 1 0 3 2 33 5-16 .313 3-7 .429 4-4 1.000
Cavaliers 120   Anderson Varejao 8 6 0 0 0 2 4 19 3-8 .375 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Mar. 06, 2016
15. Lakers 112   Kobe Bryant 12 2 3 0 0 3 2 24 4-14 .286 0-5 .000 4-4 1.000
Warriors 95   Anderson Varejao 6 2 2 0 0 0 2 11 3-3 1.000 0-0 - 0-2 .000