Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Kobe Bryant and Wesley Person

This is the detail of NBA games in which Kobe Bryant and Wesley Person 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 17 times in NBA games. Kobe Bryant has a 12-5 winning record over Wesley Person. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Kobe Bryant:
1996-97 to 2015-16
Wesley Person:
1994-95 to 2004-05
17 Games played
17 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Kobe Bryant
12
12
0
Wesley Person
5
5
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kobe Bryant 21.3 4.9 4.6 1.40.6
Wesley Person 11.0 3.2 2.00.80.1
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kobe Bryant 45 13 11 63
Wesley Person 22 8 6 31
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kobe Bryant 13

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10

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13

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9

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6

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Wesley Person 4

games
5

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3

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5

games
1

game
Both had same stat 0

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2

games
1

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3

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10

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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
%
Nov. 17, 1996
1. Lakers 102   Kobe Bryant 16 2 2 0 0 4 2 14 5-8 .625 4-6 .667 2-2 1.000
Suns 88   Wesley Person 13 5 1 2 0 2 0 38 6-11 .545 0-1 .000 1-1 1.000
Dec. 25, 1996
2. Lakers 108   Kobe Bryant 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 05 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Suns 87   Wesley Person 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 20 1-6 .167 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000
Apr. 11, 1997
3. Lakers 114   Kobe Bryant 7 1 1 1 0 1 2 28 3-7 .429 1-2 .500 0-0 -
Suns 98   Wesley Person 0 4 1 0 0 1 3 21 0-3 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 -
1997-98 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 07, 1997
4. Lakers 84   Kobe Bryant 21 4 2 0 0 1 5 29 5-15 .333 2-4 .500 9-10 .900
Cavaliers 94   Wesley Person 22 8 4 2 0 1 1 43 8-14 .571 3-6 .500 3-3 1.000
Apr. 03, 1998
5. Lakers 105   Kobe Bryant 7 1 5 1 0 3 4 23 3-8 .375 1-2 .500 0-0 -
Cavaliers 93   Wesley Person 10 4 1 1 1 0 1 42 3-7 .429 2-4 .500 2-2 1.000
1998-99 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Mar. 18, 1999
6. Lakers 93   Kobe Bryant 14 4 5 0 0 2 5 37 4-12 .333 0-1 .000 6-6 1.000
Cavaliers 100   Wesley Person 18 2 6 2 0 0 1 35 6-10 .600 3-7 .429 3-4 .750
1999-00 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 19, 2000
7. Lakers 95   Kobe Bryant 25 13 4 0 2 6 4 41 6-15 .400 0-2 .000 13-14 .929
Cavaliers 86   Wesley Person 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 1-6 .167 0-2 .000 4-4 1.000
Feb. 23, 2000
8. Lakers 116   Kobe Bryant 21 7 6 2 1 0 2 39 9-22 .409 1-3 .333 2-3 .667
Cavaliers 98   Wesley Person 19 7 3 0 0 0 0 45 7-14 .500 4-9 .444 1-2 .500
2001-02 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 21, 2002
9. Lakers 104   Kobe Bryant 32 6 6 2 0 2 3 40 13-24 .542 0-1 .000 6-11 .545
Cavaliers 97   Wesley Person 8 2 2 0 0 1 3 33 3-8 .375 2-3 .667 0-0 -
2002-03 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 29, 2002
10. Lakers 112   Kobe Bryant 45 6 5 2 0 5 0 48 18-35 .514 2-4 .500 7-9 .778
OT Grizzlies 106   Wesley Person 11 4 1 0 0 1 1 27 4-7 .571 2-4 .500 1-1 1.000
Dec. 03, 2002
11. Lakers 101   Kobe Bryant 24 10 11 1 3 3 1 41 11-16 .688 1-2 .500 1-1 1.000
Grizzlies 91   Wesley Person 13 2 2 3 0 0 0 28 5-11 .455 2-4 .500 1-1 1.000
Mar. 31, 2003
12. Lakers 110   Kobe Bryant 29 5 8 6 1 4 3 41 10-23 .435 3-5 .600 6-6 1.000
Grizzlies 94   Wesley Person 20 1 4 0 0 2 2 40 9-16 .563 2-2 1.000 0-0 -
Apr. 04, 2003
13. Lakers 102   Kobe Bryant 21 7 6 1 0 5 3 40 7-15 .467 3-5 .600 4-4 1.000
Grizzlies 101   Wesley Person 17 3 3 0 0 1 1 34 7-13 .538 3-4 .750 0-0 -
2003-04 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 10, 2003
14. Lakers 95   Kobe Bryant 19 4 5 2 0 6 4 33 5-15 .333 0-2 .000 9-10 .900
Grizzlies 105   Wesley Person 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 18 0-3 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Nov. 23, 2003
15. Lakers 121   Kobe Bryant 28 3 3 4 0 1 2 32 8-16 .500 1-2 .500 11-12 .917
Grizzlies 89   Wesley Person 12 0 1 1 0 0 0 21 5-10 .500 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Dec. 13, 2003
16. Lakers 108   Kobe Bryant 35 5 6 0 1 2 2 42 10-18 .556 1-3 .333 14-15 .933
Trail Blazers 112   Wesley Person 6 1 0 1 0 0 1 18 2-4 .500 2-4 .500 0-0 -
2004-05 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Mar. 24, 2005
17. Lakers 96   Kobe Bryant 18 4 4 1 2 6 1 39 5-13 .385 0-4 .000 8-8 1.000
Nuggets 117   Wesley Person 8 3 2 0 0 0 0 21 4-11 .364 0-5 .000 0-0 -