Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Kobe Bryant and Vitaly Potapenko

This is the detail of NBA games in which Kobe Bryant and Vitaly Potapenko 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 18 times in NBA games. Kobe Bryant has a 11-7 winning record over Vitaly Potapenko. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Kobe Bryant
vs.
Vitaly Potapenko
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Kobe Bryant:
1996-97 to 2015-16
Vitaly Potapenko:
1996-97 to 2006-07
18 Games played
18 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Kobe Bryant
11
11
0
Vitaly Potapenko
7
7
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kobe Bryant 25.2 3.7 3.5 1.40.4
Vitaly Potapenko 6.3 2.9 0.30.40.1
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kobe Bryant 45 9 9 42
Vitaly Potapenko 14 7 1 21
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kobe Bryant 16

games		 11

games		 16

games		 8

games		5

games
Vitaly Potapenko 2

games 		6

games		 1

game		 2

games		1

game
Both had same stat 0

games		 1

game		 1

game		 8

games		12

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
%
Feb. 19, 1997
1. Lakers 84   Kobe Bryant 10 2 0 0 2 1 3 23 3-7 .429 2-4 .500 2-2 1.000
Cavaliers 103   Vitaly Potapenko 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 05 0-1 .000 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Mar. 20, 1997
2. Lakers 89   Kobe Bryant 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 0-1 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Cavaliers 76   Vitaly Potapenko 8 5 0 1 0 2 3 23 4-6 .667 0-0 - 0-2 .000
1997-98 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 07, 1997
3. Lakers 84   Kobe Bryant 21 4 2 0 0 1 5 29 5-15 .333 2-4 .500 9-10 .900
Cavaliers 94   Vitaly Potapenko 10 3 0 0 0 1 3 15 4-7 .571 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
1999-00 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 20, 1999
4. Lakers 99   Kobe Bryant 27 4 4 4 0 3 3 45 9-17 .529 1-1 1.000 8-8 1.000
Celtics 90   Vitaly Potapenko 8 5 1 0 0 1 5 23 3-9 .333 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Feb. 25, 2000
5. Lakers 109   Kobe Bryant 17 6 5 3 2 2 5 31 6-12 .500 0-0 - 5-6 .833
Celtics 96   Vitaly Potapenko 14 5 1 1 1 1 2 18 6-11 .545 0-0 - 2-4 .500
2001-02 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 19, 2002
6. Lakers 108   Kobe Bryant 27 4 9 1 0 2 5 41 11-25 .440 1-2 .500 4-5 .800
Celtics 109   Vitaly Potapenko 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 13 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Apr. 05, 2002
7. Lakers 81   Kobe Bryant 26 6 2 1 1 2 4 38 5-25 .200 0-2 .000 16-18 .889
Celtics 99   Vitaly Potapenko 4 2 0 1 0 2 1 11 2-3 .667 0-0 - 0-0 -
2002-03 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 07, 2003
8. Lakers 119   Kobe Bryant 45 3 3 1 1 2 2 37 16-28 .571 12-18 .667 1-1 1.000
Supersonics 98   Vitaly Potapenko 8 0 0 1 0 0 2 16 3-4 .750 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Feb. 23, 2003
9. Lakers 106   Kobe Bryant 41 5 3 3 0 3 2 42 13-34 .382 1-6 .167 14-16 .875
Supersonics 101   Vitaly Potapenko 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 07 0-2 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
2003-04 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 02, 2004
10. Lakers 109   Kobe Bryant 32 6 6 4 0 3 4 36 11-25 .440 3-4 .750 7-8 .875
Supersonics 111   Vitaly Potapenko 13 1 0 0 0 2 2 23 6-8 .750 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Jan. 28, 2004
11. Lakers 96   Kobe Bryant 14 2 3 0 0 3 0 29 6-15 .400 0-3 .000 2-3 .667
Supersonics 82   Vitaly Potapenko 5 7 0 0 1 2 5 25 2-5 .400 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Mar. 05, 2004
12. Lakers 99   Kobe Bryant 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Supersonics 91   Vitaly Potapenko 14 7 1 1 0 1 4 33 7-12 .583 0-0 - 0-0 -
Apr. 02, 2004
13. Lakers 97   Kobe Bryant 25 1 2 2 0 3 4 39 9-18 .500 3-5 .600 4-6 .667
Supersonics 86   Vitaly Potapenko 12 7 1 2 0 3 4 38 6-10 .600 0-0 - 0-0 -
2004-05 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 14, 2004
14. Lakers 93   Kobe Bryant 35 9 5 1 0 4 2 45 12-23 .522 3-8 .375 8-10 .800
Supersonics 108   Vitaly Potapenko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mar. 20, 2005
15. Lakers 100   Kobe Bryant 30 5 4 1 0 2 3 40 12-23 .522 4-10 .400 2-4 .500
Supersonics 102   Vitaly Potapenko 11 4 0 1 0 1 3 28 2-4 .500 0-0 - 7-7 1.000
Apr. 08, 2005
16. Lakers 117   Kobe Bryant 42 2 5 2 1 3 2 40 15-22 .682 7-11 .636 5-6 .833
Supersonics 94   Vitaly Potapenko 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 04 1-1 1.000 0-0 - 0-0 -
2005-06 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 24, 2005
17. Lakers 108   Kobe Bryant 34 2 5 0 0 2 4 39 12-26 .462 4-5 .800 6-8 .750
Supersonics 96   Vitaly Potapenko 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 12 0-1 .000 0-0 - 1-1 1.000
Mar. 22, 2006
18. Lakers 87   Kobe Bryant 28 5 4 3 0 4 2 41 11-20 .550 2-3 .667 4-6 .667
Kings 80   Vitaly Potapenko 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1-2 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
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