Elton Brand vs. Kobe Bryant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kobe Bryant and Elton Brand, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Games against each other

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Elton Brand played 17 years in the NBA, 3 less than Kobe Bryant, who played 20. Elton Brand had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, while Kobe Bryant had his rookie season in 1996-97. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Elton Brand	17	5	1999-00 to 2015-16
Kobe Bryant	20	15	1996-97 to 2015-16

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Elton Brand	Kobe Bryant
Season	1999-00	1996-97
Team	Chicago Bulls	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	81	37.0	20.1	4.3	5.7	10.0	1.9	0.8	1.6	2.8	3.2	7.8	16.1	.482	0.0	0.0	-	4.5	6.6	.685
difference:	+10	+21.5	+12.5	+3.6	+4.5	+8.1	+0.6	+0.1	+1.3	-1.2	-1.8	+5.3	+10.2	+.065	+0.7	+1.9		+2.6	+4.3	+.134
Kobe Bryant	71	15.5	7.6	0.7	1.2	1.9	1.3	0.7	0.3	1.6	1.4	2.5	5.9	.417	0.7	1.9	.375	1.9	2.3	.819

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kobe Bryant	9	14.8	8.2	0.1	1.1	1.2	1.2	0.3	0.2	1.6	2.6	2.3	6.1	.382	0.7	2.6	.261	2.9	3.3	.867


Season 2
	Elton Brand	Kobe Bryant
Season	2000-01	1997-98
Team	Chicago Bulls	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	74	39.3	20.1	3.9	6.2	10.1	3.2	1.0	1.6	3.0	3.3	7.8	16.4	.476	0.0	0.0	-	4.5	6.4	.708
difference:	+5	+13.3	+4.7	+2.9	+4.1	+7.0	+0.7	+0.1	+1.1	-1.0	-1.0	+2.9	+4.8	+.048	+0.9	+2.8		+0.1	+0.6	+.086
Kobe Bryant	79	26.0	15.4	1.0	2.1	3.1	2.5	0.9	0.5	2.0	2.3	4.9	11.6	.428	0.9	2.8	.341	4.6	5.8	.794

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kobe Bryant	11	20.2	8.7	0.6	1.3	1.9	1.5	0.3	0.7	1.0	2.5	2.8	6.9	.408	0.3	1.3	.214	2.8	4.1	.689


Season 3
	Elton Brand	Kobe Bryant
Season	2001-02	1998-99
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	80	37.8	18.2	5.0	6.6	11.6	2.4	1.0	2.0	2.2	3.2	6.7	12.6	.527	0.0	0.0	-	4.9	6.6	.742
difference:	+30	+0.1	+1.7	+3.9	+2.4	+6.3	+1.4	+0.4	+1.0	-0.9	-0.1	+0.5	+3.0	+.062	+0.5	+2.0			+0.8	+.097
Kobe Bryant	50	37.9	19.9	1.1	4.2	5.3	3.8	1.4	1.0	3.1	3.1	7.2	15.6	.465	0.5	2.0	.267	4.9	5.8	.839

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kobe Bryant	8	39.6	19.8	1.6	5.3	6.9	4.6	1.9	1.3	3.9	3.0	7.6	17.8	.430	1.0	2.9	.348	3.5	4.4	.800


Season 4
	Elton Brand	Kobe Bryant
Season	2002-03	1999-00
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	Blocks Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	62	39.6	18.5	4.6	6.8	11.3	2.5	1.1	2.5	2.6	3.3	7.3	14.5	.502	0.0	0.0	-	3.9	5.7	.685
difference:	+4	+1.4	+4.0	+3.0	+2.1	+5.0	+2.4	+0.5	+1.6	-0.2		+1.1	+3.4	+.034	+0.7	+2.2		+1.1	+0.4	+.136
Kobe Bryant	66	38.2	22.5	1.6	4.7	6.3	4.9	1.6	0.9	2.8	3.3	8.4	17.9	.468	0.7	2.2	.319	5.0	6.1	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kobe Bryant	22	39.0	21.1	1.2	3.3	4.5	4.4	1.5	1.5	2.5	4.0	7.9	17.9	.442	1.0	2.9	.344	4.3	5.7	.754


Season 5
	Elton Brand	Kobe Bryant
Season	2003-04	2000-01
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	69	38.7	20.0	3.9	6.4	10.3	3.3	0.9	2.2	2.8	3.3	7.0	14.2	.493	0.0	0.0	-	6.0	7.7	.773
difference:	+1	+2.2	+8.5	+2.4	+2.1	+4.4	+1.7	+0.8	+1.6	-0.4		+3.3	+8.0	+.029	+0.9	+2.9		+1.0	+0.5	+.080
Kobe Bryant	68	40.9	28.5	1.5	4.3	5.9	5.0	1.7	0.6	3.2	3.3	10.3	22.2	.464	0.9	2.9	.305	7.0	8.2	.853

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kobe Bryant	16	43.4	29.4	1.8	5.4	7.3	6.1	1.6	0.8	3.2	3.3	10.5	22.4	.469	0.7	2.1	.324	7.8	9.4	.821


Season 6
	Elton Brand	Kobe Bryant
Season	2004-05	2001-02
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	81	37.0	20.0	3.7	5.9	9.5	2.6	0.8	2.1	2.3	3.0	7.8	15.4	.503	0.0	0.0	-	4.5	6.0	.752
difference:	+1	+1.3	+5.2	+2.3	+1.8	+4.0	+2.9	+0.7	+1.7	-0.5	-0.1	+1.6	+4.6	+.034	+0.4	+1.7		+1.6	+1.4	+.077
Kobe Bryant	80	38.3	25.2	1.4	4.1	5.5	5.5	1.5	0.4	2.8	2.9	9.4	20.0	.469	0.4	1.7	.250	6.1	7.4	.829

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kobe Bryant	19	43.8	26.6	1.5	4.4	5.8	4.6	1.4	0.9	2.8	3.4	9.8	22.7	.434	1.2	3.1	.379	5.8	7.6	.759


Season 7
	Elton Brand	Kobe Bryant
Season	2005-06	2002-03
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	79	39.2	24.7	3.0	7.0	10.0	2.6	1.0	2.5	2.2	2.9	9.6	18.2	.527	0.0	0.0	-	5.6	7.2	.775
difference:	+3	+2.3	+5.3	+1.7	+1.4	+3.1	+3.3	+1.2	+1.7	-1.3	-0.2	+1.0	+5.3	+.076	+1.5	+4.0		+1.7	+1.5	+.068
Kobe Bryant	82	41.5	30.0	1.3	5.6	6.9	5.9	2.2	0.8	3.5	2.7	10.6	23.5	.451	1.5	4.0	.383	7.3	8.7	.843

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	12	43.1	25.4	4.3	6.0	10.3	4.0	0.9	2.6	2.4	2.8	10.3	18.8	.551	0.0	0.1	.000	4.8	6.3	.750
difference:		+1.2	+6.7	+3.0	+2.2	+5.2	+1.2	+0.3	+2.5	-1.1	-0.1	+1.1	+7.6	+.119	+2.1	+5.1	+.403	+2.4	+2.4	+.077
Kobe Bryant	12	44.3	32.1	1.3	3.8	5.1	5.2	1.2	0.1	3.5	2.9	11.4	26.4	.432	2.1	5.2	.403	7.2	8.7	.827


Season 8
	Elton Brand	Kobe Bryant
Season	2006-07	2003-04
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	80	38.5	20.5	3.4	6.0	9.3	2.9	1.0	2.2	2.5	3.0	8.1	15.1	.533	0.0	0.0	-	4.4	5.8	.761
difference:	+15	+0.9	+3.5	+1.8	+2.1	+3.8	+2.2	+0.7	+1.8	-0.1	-0.3	+0.2	+3.0	+.095	+1.1	+3.3		+2.6	+2.4	+.091
Kobe Bryant	65	37.6	24.0	1.6	3.9	5.5	5.1	1.7	0.4	2.6	2.7	7.9	18.1	.438	1.1	3.3	.327	7.0	8.2	.852

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kobe Bryant	22	44.2	24.5	0.8	3.9	4.7	5.5	1.9	0.3	2.8	2.7	8.6	20.9	.413	1.1	4.4	.247	6.1	7.5	.813


Season 9
	Elton Brand	Kobe Bryant
Season	2007-08	2004-05
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	8	34.3	17.6	2.6	5.4	8.0	2.0	0.4	1.9	2.1	2.6	6.5	14.3	.456	0.0	0.0	-	4.6	5.9	.787
difference:	+58	+6.4	+10.0	+1.2	+0.9	+2.1	+4.0	+0.9	+1.1	-2.0		+2.2	+5.8	+.023	+2.0	+5.9		+3.6	+4.2	+.029
Kobe Bryant	66	40.7	27.6	1.4	4.5	5.9	6.0	1.3	0.8	4.1	2.6	8.7	20.1	.433	2.0	5.9	.339	8.2	10.1	.816

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Elton Brand nor Kobe Bryant played in the postseason in their season 9


Season 10
	Elton Brand	Kobe Bryant
Season	2008-09	2005-06
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	29	31.7	13.8	2.7	6.1	8.8	1.3	0.6	1.6	2.3	2.7	5.6	12.6	.447	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.7	.676
difference:	+51	+9.3	+21.6	+1.8	+1.7	+3.5	+3.2	+1.2	+1.2	-0.8	-0.2	+6.6	+14.6	+.003	+2.3	+6.5		+6.2	+6.5	+.174
Kobe Bryant	80	41.0	35.4	0.9	4.4	5.3	4.5	1.8	0.4	3.1	2.9	12.2	27.2	.450	2.3	6.5	.347	8.7	10.2	.850

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kobe Bryant	7	44.9	27.9	0.6	5.7	6.3	5.1	1.1	0.4	4.7	3.6	10.3	20.7	.497	2.0	5.0	.400	5.3	6.9	.771


Season 11
	Elton Brand	Kobe Bryant
Season	2009-10	2006-07
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	76	30.2	13.1	2.4	3.7	6.1	1.4	1.1	1.1	1.7	3.1	5.4	11.3	.480	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.1	.738
difference:	+1	+10.6	+18.5	+1.4	+1.0	+0.4	+4.0	+0.3	+0.6	-1.6	-0.4	+5.2	+11.5	+.017	+1.8	+5.2		+6.4	+6.9	+.130
Kobe Bryant	77	40.8	31.6	1.0	4.7	5.7	5.4	1.4	0.5	3.3	2.7	10.6	22.8	.463	1.8	5.2	.344	8.7	10.0	.868

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kobe Bryant	5	43.0	32.8	0.2	5.0	5.2	4.4	1.0	0.4	4.4	2.0	12.0	26.0	.462	2.0	5.6	.357	6.8	7.4	.919


Season 12
	Elton Brand	Kobe Bryant
Season	2010-11	2007-08
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	81	34.7	15.0	2.9	5.4	8.3	1.5	1.1	1.3	1.2	3.0	6.2	12.1	.512	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	3.4	.780
difference:	+1	+4.2	+13.3	+1.8	+0.2	+2.0	+3.9	+0.7	+0.8	-1.9	-0.2	+3.3	+8.5	+.053	+1.8	+5.1		+5.0	+5.6	+.060
Kobe Bryant	82	38.9	28.3	1.1	5.2	6.3	5.4	1.8	0.5	3.1	2.8	9.5	20.6	.459	1.8	5.1	.361	7.6	9.0	.840

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	5	37.0	15.6	2.4	6.0	8.4	0.6	0.4	1.2	0.8	4.2	6.8	12.4	.548	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.6	.769
difference:	+16	+4.1	+14.5	+1.5	+1.2	+2.7	+5.0	+1.3	+0.8	-2.5	-1.4	+3.8	+9.6	+.069	+1.5	+5.0		+5.5	+6.6	+.040
Kobe Bryant	21	41.1	30.1	0.9	4.8	5.7	5.6	1.7	0.4	3.3	2.8	10.6	22.0	.479	1.5	5.0	.302	7.5	9.2	.809


Season 13
	Elton Brand	Kobe Bryant
Season	2011-12	2008-09
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	60	28.9	11.0	2.4	4.7	7.2	1.6	1.0	1.6	1.1	2.9	4.8	9.7	.494	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.9	.733
difference:	+22	+7.2	+15.8	+1.3	+0.6	+2.0	+3.3	+0.5	+1.1	-1.5	-0.6	+5.0	+11.2	+.027	+1.4	+4.1		+4.5	+5.0	+.123
Kobe Bryant	82	36.1	26.8	1.1	4.1	5.2	4.9	1.5	0.5	2.6	2.3	9.8	20.9	.467	1.4	4.1	.351	5.9	6.9	.856

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	13	27.4	8.6	1.7	3.2	4.8	0.5	0.8	1.5	0.5	2.8	3.5	7.6	.465	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.5	.625
difference:	+10	+13.5	+21.6	+0.9	+1.3	+0.5	+5.0	+0.9	+0.6	-2.1	-0.2	+7.0	+15.4	+.008	+1.6	+4.6		+6.1	+6.1	+.258
Kobe Bryant	23	40.9	30.2	0.8	4.5	5.3	5.5	1.7	0.9	2.6	2.6	10.5	23.0	.457	1.6	4.6	.349	7.6	8.6	.883


Season 14
	Elton Brand	Kobe Bryant
Season	2012-13	2009-10
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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14th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	72	21.2	7.2	1.8	4.2	6.0	1.0	0.7	1.3	0.8	2.7	3.1	6.6	.473	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.3	.710
difference:	+1	+17.6	+19.8	+0.7	+0.1	+0.6	+4.0	+0.8	+1.0	-2.4	-0.1	+6.7	+14.9	+.017	+1.4	+4.1		+5.1	+6.1	+.101
Kobe Bryant	73	38.8	27.0	1.1	4.3	5.4	5.0	1.5	0.3	3.2	2.6	9.8	21.5	.456	1.4	4.1	.329	6.0	7.4	.811

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kobe Bryant	23	40.1	29.2	1.1	4.9	6.0	5.5	1.3	0.7	3.4	3.3	10.2	22.2	.458	2.1	5.7	.374	6.7	8.0	.842


Season 15
	Elton Brand	Kobe Bryant
Season	2013-14	2010-11
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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15th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	73	19.4	5.7	1.3	3.6	4.9	1.0	0.5	1.2	0.8	2.6	2.5	4.5	.539	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.3	.649
difference:	+9	+14.5	+19.6	+0.3	+0.5	+0.2	+3.7	+0.7	+1.1	-2.2	-0.5	+6.5	+15.5	+.088	+1.4	+4.3		+5.1	+5.8	+.179
Kobe Bryant	82	33.9	25.3	1.0	4.1	5.1	4.7	1.2	0.1	3.0	2.1	9.0	20.0	.451	1.4	4.3	.323	5.9	7.1	.828

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	7	11.6	1.1	1.0	2.3	3.3	0.9	0.1	0.9	0.0	1.4	0.3	1.7	.167	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.7	.800
difference:	+3	+23.8	+21.7	+0.2	+0.3	+0.1	+2.4	+1.5	+0.6	-3.1	-0.9	+8.0	+16.9	+.279	+1.2	+4.1		+4.4	+5.4	+.020
Kobe Bryant	10	35.4	22.8	0.8	2.6	3.4	3.3	1.6	0.3	3.1	2.3	8.3	18.6	.446	1.2	4.1	.293	5.0	6.1	.820


Season 16
	Elton Brand	Kobe Bryant
Season	2014-15	2011-12
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Finals	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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16th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	36	13.5	2.7	0.8	2.0	2.8	0.6	0.5	0.7	0.5	1.5	1.2	2.6	.442	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.6	.522
difference:	+22	+25.0	+25.2	+0.3	+2.3	+2.6	+4.0	+0.7	+0.4	-3.0	-0.3	+8.7	+20.4	+.012	+1.5	+4.9		+6.3	+7.2	+.323
Kobe Bryant	58	38.5	27.9	1.1	4.3	5.4	4.6	1.2	0.3	3.5	1.8	9.9	23.0	.430	1.5	4.9	.303	6.6	7.8	.845

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	3	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.500
difference:	+9	+38.4	+29.7	+1.3	+3.2	+4.5	+4.3	+1.3	+0.2	-2.8	-1.8	+11.0	+24.8	+.439	+1.4	+5.0		+6.3	+7.2	+.332
Kobe Bryant	12	39.7	30.0	1.3	3.5	4.8	4.3	1.3	0.2	2.8	2.8	11.0	25.1	.439	1.4	5.0	.283	6.6	7.9	.832


Season 17
	Elton Brand	Kobe Bryant
Season	2015-16	2012-13
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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17th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	17	13.2	4.1	0.5	3.2	3.7	1.1	0.5	0.5	0.6	1.9	1.8	4.2	.431	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	0.5	.889
difference:	+61	+25.4	+23.2	+0.3	+1.5	+1.9	+4.9	+0.9	+0.2	-3.1	-0.3	+7.7	+16.2	+.032	+1.7	+5.1	+.324	+6.2	+7.5	+.050
Kobe Bryant	78	38.6	27.3	0.8	4.7	5.6	6.0	1.4	0.3	3.7	2.2	9.5	20.4	.463	1.7	5.2	.324	6.7	8.0	.839

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Elton Brand nor Kobe Bryant played in the postseason in their season 17


Additional Years
* Kobe Bryant played 3 seasons more than Elton Brand in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 18 to 20, from 2014 to 2016—Kobe Bryant didn't play in the postseason. In those 3 extra years over Elton Brand, Kobe Bryant got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-Star Game

Elton Brand vs. Kobe Bryant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kobe Bryant and Elton Brand, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

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Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

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Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

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Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

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Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Season 13

13th Season Stats Comparison

Season 14

14th Season Stats Comparison

Season 15

15th Season Stats Comparison

Season 16

16th Season Stats Comparison

Season 17

17th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years