Kobe Bryant vs. Immanuel Quickley Season by Season Comparison

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

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.

Kobe Bryant played 20 years in the NBA, 15 more than Immanuel Quickley, who played 5. Kobe Bryant had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, while Immanuel Quickley had his rookie season in 2020-21. 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.

Rookie Season
	Kobe Bryant	Immanuel Quickley
Season	1996-97	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+7	+3.9	+3.8	+0.3	+0.6	+0.2	+0.7	+0.2	+0.1	-0.7	-0.4	+1.1	+3.2	+.022	+1.1	+2.8	+.014	+0.5	+0.4	+.072
Immanuel Quickley	64	19.4	11.4	0.4	1.8	2.1	2.0	0.5	0.2	0.9	1.8	3.6	9.1	.395	1.8	4.7	.389	2.4	2.7	.891
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+4	+0.6	+2.4	+0.1	+0.3	+0.2	+0.2	+0.3	+0.2	-0.4	-1.0	+0.3	+0.5	+.079	+0.1	+0.4	+.103	+1.9	+1.9	+.153
Immanuel Quickley	5	15.4	5.8	0.0	1.4	1.4	1.0	0.6	0.0	1.2	1.6	2.0	6.6	.303	0.8	2.2	.364	1.0	1.4	.714

Season 2
	Kobe Bryant	Immanuel Quickley
Season	1997-98	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+1	+2.9	+4.1	+0.6	+0.7	+0.1	+1.0	+0.2	+0.5	-0.7	-0.2	+1.3	+2.3	+.036	+0.9	+2.3	+.005	+2.3	+3.2	+.087
Immanuel Quickley	78	23.1	11.3	0.4	2.8	3.2	3.5	0.7	0.0	1.3	2.1	3.6	9.3	.392	1.8	5.1	.346	2.3	2.6	.881
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Immanuel Quickley	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Kobe Bryant	Immanuel Quickley
Season	1998-99	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Knicks Lost East 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		%
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
difference:	+31	+9.0	+5.0	+0.4	+0.8	+1.1	+0.4	+0.4	+0.8	-1.9	-1.1	+2.0	+4.0	+.017	+1.6	+3.6	+.103	+2.4	+2.7	+.020
Immanuel Quickley	81	28.9	14.9	0.7	3.4	4.2	3.4	1.0	0.2	1.2	2.0	5.2	11.6	.448	2.1	5.6	.370	2.5	3.1	.819
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:		+17.7	+10.8	+1.3	+3.9	+5.3	+3.6	+1.4	+1.3	-2.8	-1.6	+4.7	+9.5	+.082	+0.1	+1.7	+.105	+1.4	+1.9	+.050
Immanuel Quickley	8	21.9	9.0	0.3	1.4	1.6	1.0	0.5	0.0	1.1	1.4	2.9	8.3	.348	1.1	4.6	.243	2.1	2.5	.850

Season 4
	Kobe Bryant	Immanuel Quickley
Season	1999-00	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks, Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+2	+9.0	+5.5	+1.3	+1.1	+2.5		+0.9	+0.8	-1.3	-1.5	+2.7	+4.8	+.034	+1.8	+4.2	+.076	+1.9	+2.5	+.032
Immanuel Quickley	68	29.2	17.0	0.3	3.6	3.8	4.9	0.7	0.1	1.5	1.8	5.7	13.1	.434	2.5	6.4	.395	3.1	3.6	.853
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Immanuel Quickley	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Kobe Bryant	Immanuel Quickley
Season	2000-01	2024-25
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+35	+13.1	+11.4	+1.0	+1.2	+2.4	+0.8	+1.0	+0.5	-1.4	-1.5	+4.7	+8.9	+.044	+1.7	+3.9	+.073	+3.6	+4.3	+.014
Immanuel Quickley	33	27.8	17.1	0.5	3.1	3.5	5.8	0.7	0.1	1.8	1.8	5.6	13.3	.420	2.6	6.8	.378	3.4	3.9	.867
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Immanuel Quickley	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Kobe Bryant played 15 seasons more than Immanuel Quickley in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 20, from 2002 to 2016—Kobe Bryant played in 10 Playoffs and won 3 NBA Championships. In those 15 extra years over Immanuel Quickley, Kobe Bryant got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 Finals MVP 1 Season MVP 11 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 8 All-Defensive First Team 2 All-Defensive Second Team 2 Scoring Leader 15 All-Star Game 4 All-Star Game MVP