Kobe Bryant vs. Isaac Okoro Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isaac Okoro 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, 14 more than Isaac Okoro, who played 6. Kobe Bryant had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, while Isaac Okoro 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	Isaac Okoro
Season	1996-97	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+4	+16.9	+2.0	+0.3	+0.9	+1.2	+0.6	+0.2	+0.1	-0.3	-1.4	+1.0	+2.4	+.003	+0.2	+1.3	+.085	+0.2		+.093
Isaac Okoro	67	32.4	9.6	1.0	2.1	3.1	1.9	0.9	0.4	1.3	2.8	3.5	8.3	.420	0.9	3.2	.290	1.7	2.3	.726
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
Isaac Okoro	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Kobe Bryant	Isaac Okoro
Season	1997-98	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
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:	+12	+3.6	+6.6	+0.1	+0.2	+0.1	+0.7	+0.1	+0.2	-1.1	-0.1	+1.8	+5.2	+.052	+0.1	+0.5	+.009	+2.8	+3.5	+.026
Isaac Okoro	67	29.6	8.8	1.1	1.9	3.0	1.8	0.8	0.3	0.9	2.4	3.1	6.4	.480	0.8	2.3	.350	1.8	2.3	.768
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
Isaac Okoro	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Kobe Bryant	Isaac Okoro
Season	1998-99	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+26	+16.2	+13.5	+0.4	+2.4	+2.8	+2.7	+0.7	+0.6	-2.5	-1.0	+4.9	+10.9	+.029	+0.3	+0.3	+.096	+3.9	+4.4	+.082
Isaac Okoro	76	21.7	6.4	0.7	1.8	2.5	1.1	0.7	0.4	0.6	2.1	2.3	4.7	.494	0.8	2.3	.363	1.0	1.4	.757
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:	+3	+24.6	+13.4	+1.0	+4.5	+5.5	+3.8	+1.5	+0.9	-3.1	-1.0	+5.4	+13.2	+.048	+0.2	+0.3	+.040	+2.3	+3.2	+.200
Isaac Okoro	5	15.0	6.4	0.6	0.8	1.4	0.8	0.4	0.4	0.8	2.0	2.2	4.6	.478	0.8	2.6	.308	1.2	1.2	1.000

Season 4
	Kobe Bryant	Isaac Okoro
Season	1999-00	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+3	+10.9	+13.1	+0.6	+2.7	+3.3	+3.0	+0.8	+0.4	-2.0	-1.3	+5.0	+10.9	+.022	+0.5	+0.9	+.072	+3.7	+4.1	+.142
Isaac Okoro	69	27.3	9.4	1.0	2.0	3.0	1.9	0.8	0.5	0.8	2.0	3.4	7.0	.490	1.2	3.1	.391	1.3	2.0	.679
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
difference:	+10	+17.1	+15.6	+0.8	+2.0	+2.7	+3.3	+0.6	+1.2	-1.6	-1.5	+5.8	+12.1	+.085	+0.2		+.087	+3.7	+4.9	+.024
Isaac Okoro	12	21.9	5.5	0.4	1.3	1.8	1.1	0.9	0.3	0.9	2.5	2.1	5.8	.357	0.8	2.9	.257	0.6	0.8	.778

Season 5
	Kobe Bryant	Isaac Okoro
Season	2000-01	2024-25
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+13	+21.8	+22.4	+0.6	+2.8	+3.5	+3.8	+1.1	+0.3	-2.8	-1.4	+8.0	+17.3		+0.1	+0.2	+.066	+6.4	+7.4	+.136
Isaac Okoro	55	19.1	6.1	0.9	1.5	2.4	1.2	0.6	0.3	0.4	1.9	2.3	4.9	.464	1.0	2.7	.371	0.6	0.8	.717
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
difference:	+7	+29.2	+24.8	+1.4	+4.6	+6.1	+5.5	+0.9	+0.7	-2.8	-1.9	+8.8	+19.1	+.031		+0.3	+.051	+7.2	+8.5	+.196
Isaac Okoro	9	14.2	4.6	0.4	0.8	1.2	0.6	0.7	0.1	0.4	1.4	1.7	3.3	.500	0.7	1.8	.375	0.6	0.9	.625

Season 6
	Kobe Bryant	Isaac Okoro
Season	2001-02	2025-26
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+75	+15.7	+20.8	+0.6	+2.3	+2.9	+4.1	+1.1		-1.6	-0.3	+7.6	+14.4	+.148	+0.2	+0.9	+.019	+5.9	+7.2	+.171
Isaac Okoro	5	22.6	4.4	0.8	1.8	2.6	1.4	0.4	0.4	1.2	3.2	1.8	5.6	.321	0.6	2.6	.231	0.2	0.2	1.000
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Isaac Okoro	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Kobe Bryant played 14 seasons more than Isaac Okoro in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 20, from 2003 to 2016—Kobe Bryant played in 9 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 14 extra years over Isaac Okoro, Kobe Bryant got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 Finals MVP 1 Season MVP 10 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 8 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 2 Scoring Leader 14 All-Star Game 3 All-Star Game MVP