Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Kobe Bryant and Marcus Thornton

This is the detail of NBA games in which Kobe Bryant and Marcus Thornton 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. Kobe Bryant has an 8-7 winning record over Marcus Thornton. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Kobe Bryant:
1996-97 to 2015-16
Marcus Thornton:
2009-10 to 2016-17
15 Games played
15 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Kobe Bryant
8
8
0
Marcus Thornton
7
7
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kobe Bryant 25.2 5.0 5.2 1.40.2
Marcus Thornton 13.9 3.1 1.50.60.0
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kobe Bryant 38 9 14 31
Marcus Thornton 33 7 4 30
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kobe Bryant 14

games
11

games
15

games
10

games
3

games
Marcus Thornton 1

game
3

games
0

games
2

games
0

games
Both had same stat 0

games
1

game
0

games
3

games
12

games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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2009-10 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 08, 2009
1. Lakers 104   Kobe Bryant 28 2 1 1 0 5 3 34 11-21 .524 0-2 .000 6-6 1.000
Hornets 88   Marcus Thornton 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 2-4 .500 2-3 .667 2-2 1.000
Dec. 01, 2009
2. Lakers 110   Kobe Bryant 18 3 4 2 0 1 3 33 5-11 .455 2-5 .400 6-6 1.000
Hornets 99   Marcus Thornton 9 0 1 0 0 2 3 25 4-10 .400 1-5 .200 0-0 -
Mar. 29, 2010
3. Lakers 100   Kobe Bryant 31 5 6 1 0 3 5 41 10-18 .556 2-5 .400 9-11 .818
Hornets 108   Marcus Thornton 18 3 2 0 0 0 1 39 5-13 .385 3-9 .333 5-6 .833
2010-11 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 29, 2010
4. Lakers 103   Kobe Bryant 20 3 4 2 0 7 5 28 8-14 .571 0-3 .000 4-7 .571
Hornets 88   Marcus Thornton 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 17 2-11 .182 0-4 .000 1-2 .500
Feb. 05, 2011
5. Lakers 101   Kobe Bryant 32 9 5 0 1 1 3 43 10-22 .455 4-5 .800 8-8 1.000
Hornets 95   Marcus Thornton 14 4 0 0 0 0 5 21 6-12 .500 2-4 .500 0-0 -
Apr. 13, 2011
6. Lakers 116   Kobe Bryant 36 9 6 1 1 2 1 38 13-24 .542 1-2 .500 9-10 .900
OT Kings 108   Marcus Thornton 33 6 4 2 0 1 2 46 14-26 .538 4-9 .444 1-3 .333
2011-12 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 26, 2011
7. Lakers 91   Kobe Bryant 29 5 6 2 0 2 4 38 10-24 .417 0-4 .000 9-10 .900
Kings 100   Marcus Thornton 27 5 3 1 0 3 2 36 9-13 .692 4-7 .571 5-5 1.000
Mar. 02, 2012
8. Lakers 115   Kobe Bryant 38 8 3 1 1 3 0 37 13-24 .542 1-2 .500 11-14 .786
Kings 107   Marcus Thornton 15 3 2 1 0 0 3 25 5-11 .455 2-4 .500 3-3 1.000
2012-13 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 11, 2012
9. Lakers 103   Kobe Bryant 20 6 6 1 0 2 2 34 6-15 .400 2-5 .400 6-6 1.000
Kings 90   Marcus Thornton 2 3 3 1 0 1 2 22 1-10 .100 0-2 .000 0-0 -
Nov. 21, 2012
10. Lakers 97   Kobe Bryant 38 3 3 2 0 7 3 39 11-20 .550 5-9 .556 11-13 .846
Kings 113   Marcus Thornton 23 4 1 1 0 1 3 28 8-13 .615 3-5 .600 4-4 1.000
Mar. 30, 2013
11. Lakers 103   Kobe Bryant 19 9 14 2 0 1 2 48 5-18 .278 0-4 .000 9-11 .818
Kings 98   Marcus Thornton 18 7 0 0 0 0 0 26 6-15 .400 2-7 .286 4-5 .800
2014-15 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 05, 2014
12. Lakers 96   Kobe Bryant 22 3 3 1 0 3 1 33 9-21 .429 1-3 .333 3-3 1.000
Celtics 113   Marcus Thornton 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 8 2-5 .400 1-1 1.000 0-0 -
2015-16 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 12, 2015
13. Lakers 97   Kobe Bryant 25 7 6 3 0 0 0 31 9-16 .563 4-9 .444 3-3 1.000
Rockets 126   Marcus Thornton 18 3 3 0 0 0 0 16 7-13 .538 4-8 .500 0-0 -
Jan. 17, 2016
14. Lakers 95   Kobe Bryant 5 2 9 1 0 4 0 24 2-5 .400 1-2 .500 0-0 -
Rockets 112   Marcus Thornton 10 1 2 0 0 1 1 21 4-11 .364 0-3 .000 2-2 1.000
Mar. 27, 2016
15. Lakers 88   Kobe Bryant 17 1 2 1 0 2 0 23 6-15 .400 3-7 .429 2-2 1.000
Wizards 101   Marcus Thornton 4 2 1 3 0 2 1 10 1-6 .167 1-3 .333 1-2 .500