Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Kobe Bryant and Penny Hardaway

This is the detail of NBA games in which Kobe Bryant and Penny Hardaway 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.

They faced each other a total of 18 times in NBA games. Kobe Bryant has a 12-6 winning record over Penny Hardaway, including a 4-1 record in Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Kobe Bryant
vs.
Penny Hardaway
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Kobe Bryant:
1996-97 to 2015-16
Penny Hardaway:
1993-94 to 2007-08
18 Games played
13 in Regular Season
5 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Kobe Bryant
12
8
4
Penny Hardaway
6
5
1

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kobe Bryant 23.6 5.0 5.1 1.51.0
Penny Hardaway 16.3 4.1 4.91.40.5
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kobe Bryant 38 12 9 43
Penny Hardaway 31 8 13 42
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kobe Bryant 11

games		 9

games		 8

games		 6

games		11

games
Penny Hardaway 5

games 		7

games		 9

games		 8

games		3

games
Both had same stat 2

games		 2

games		 1

game		 4

games		4

games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1996-97 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Mar. 23, 1997
1. Lakers 84   Kobe Bryant 8 2 4 0 0 4 1 19 3-6 .500 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000
Magic 110   Penny Hardaway 21 5 5 1 0 1 3 34 9-19 .474 1-5 .200 2-2 1.000
1998-99 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Mar. 21, 1999
2. Lakers 115   Kobe Bryant 38 3 4 2 1 4 3 45 15-24 .625 2-2 1.000 6-7 .857
Magic 104   Penny Hardaway 22 5 13 1 0 2 3 44 9-14 .643 0-2 .000 4-4 1.000
1999-00 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Mar. 24, 2000
3. Lakers 109   Kobe Bryant 28 6 7 2 0 1 5 33 9-15 .600 1-2 .500 9-11 .818
Suns 101   Penny Hardaway 25 8 7 1 0 2 5 43 9-17 .529 0-0 - 7-10 .700
2000 Playoffs - Western Conference Semifinals
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
May. 07, 2000
4. Lakers 105   Kobe Bryant 25 6 1 3 3 3 4 34 8-17 .471 1-2 .500 8-10 .800
Suns 77   Penny Hardaway 25 4 4 0 2 4 3 39 9-18 .500 2-4 .500 5-7 .714
May. 10, 2000
5. Lakers 97   Kobe Bryant 15 4 6 2 2 5 4 34 6-11 .545 0-1 .000 3-4 .750
Suns 96   Penny Hardaway 27 4 8 2 1 0 4 45 9-17 .529 0-1 .000 9-11 .818
May. 12, 2000
6. Lakers 105   Kobe Bryant 25 5 2 2 2 3 4 48 8-20 .400 0-2 .000 9-13 .692
Suns 99   Penny Hardaway 31 4 8 2 0 3 4 46 11-15 .733 0-1 .000 9-11 .818
May. 14, 2000
7. Lakers 98   Kobe Bryant 23 3 5 2 0 2 4 37 10-20 .500 0-5 .000 3-6 .500
Suns 117   Penny Hardaway 16 3 6 3 1 1 2 36 7-17 .412 0-1 .000 2-5 .400
May. 16, 2000
8. Lakers 87   Kobe Bryant 17 1 3 1 0 2 3 34 6-16 .375 1-3 .333 4-4 1.000
Suns 65   Penny Hardaway 8 3 2 0 1 3 5 39 1-9 .111 0-0 - 6-8 .750
2001-02 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 02, 2001
9. Lakers 117   Kobe Bryant 24 6 9 2 1 7 4 38 9-14 .643 0-0 - 6-7 .857
Suns 94   Penny Hardaway 25 2 2 3 0 2 3 38 7-16 .438 2-3 .667 9-10 .900
Nov. 16, 2001
10. Lakers 83   Kobe Bryant 18 3 5 2 0 2 2 42 5-15 .333 1-3 .333 7-8 .875
Suns 95   Penny Hardaway 20 5 6 4 0 5 4 40 7-14 .500 0-1 .000 6-7 .857
Jan. 04, 2002
11. Lakers 118   Kobe Bryant 18 3 6 0 1 3 3 30 7-15 .467 0-1 .000 4-5 .800
Suns 86   Penny Hardaway 6 6 3 0 0 0 3 31 3-11 .273 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Mar. 27, 2002
12. Lakers 106   Kobe Bryant 36 4 3 0 0 5 1 40 9-20 .450 0-1 .000 18-20 .900
Suns 118   Penny Hardaway 11 2 2 2 1 2 4 23 4-4 1.000 0-0 - 3-4 .750
2002-03 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 04, 2003
13. Lakers 93   Kobe Bryant 37 7 7 4 2 2 3 42 15-32 .469 0-8 .000 7-9 .778
Suns 107   Penny Hardaway 11 3 3 0 1 3 3 37 4-10 .400 0-1 .000 3-3 1.000
Jan. 05, 2003
14. Lakers 109   Kobe Bryant 31 12 7 2 1 1 1 46 13-29 .448 1-5 .200 4-6 .667
Suns 97   Penny Hardaway 10 3 2 0 0 0 2 23 5-9 .556 0-2 .000 0-0 -
Apr. 06, 2003
15. Lakers 115   Kobe Bryant 26 8 7 2 2 7 2 49 10-25 .400 1-6 .167 5-5 1.000
OT Suns 113   Penny Hardaway 15 6 4 2 1 3 2 41 7-13 .538 0-0 - 1-2 .500
2003-04 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 01, 2003
16. Lakers 103   Kobe Bryant 15 6 4 0 1 2 4 37 4-12 .333 0-1 .000 7-10 .700
Suns 99   Penny Hardaway 15 2 5 1 0 0 6 28 6-8 .750 2-2 1.000 1-1 1.000
Dec. 21, 2003
17. Lakers 107   Kobe Bryant 10 6 4 0 0 4 0 40 4-12 .333 0-2 .000 2-3 .667
Suns 101   Penny Hardaway 0 7 6 1 0 2 1 30 0-7 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 -
2004-05 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 28, 2005
18. Lakers 115   Kobe Bryant 30 5 8 1 2 7 4 46 7-17 .412 2-5 .400 14-17 .824
OT Knicks 117   Penny Hardaway 6 2 2 2 1 0 3 32 3-5 .600 0-0 - 0-0 -
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