Kobe Bryant vs. James Harden Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Harden 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, 3 more than James Harden, who played 17. Kobe Bryant had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, while James Harden had his rookie season in 2009-10. 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	James Harden
Season	1996-97	2009-10
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Thunder Lost West 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:	+5	+7.4	+2.3	+0.1	+1.4	+1.3	+0.5	+0.4		-0.2	-1.2	+0.6	+1.7	+.014	+0.5	+1.4		+0.7	+0.9	+.011
James Harden	76	22.9	9.9	0.6	2.6	3.2	1.8	1.1	0.3	1.4	2.6	3.1	7.6	.403	1.2	3.3	.375	2.6	3.2	.808
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:	+3	+5.2	+0.5	+0.1	+1.2	+1.3	+0.6	+0.7		-1.1	-0.3	+0.3	+0.9	+.005	+0.3	+0.1	+.114	+0.2	+0.1	+.025
James Harden	6	20.0	7.7	0.2	2.3	2.5	1.8	1.0	0.2	0.5	2.3	2.0	5.2	.387	1.0	2.7	.375	2.7	3.2	.842

Season 2
	Kobe Bryant	James Harden
Season	1997-98	2010-11
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Thunder 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		%
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:	+3	+0.7	+3.2	+0.5	+0.5		+0.4	+0.2	+0.2	-0.7	-0.2	+1.3	+3.3	+.008	+0.5	+1.2	+.008	+1.1	+1.6	+.049
James Harden	82	26.7	12.2	0.5	2.6	3.1	2.1	1.1	0.3	1.3	2.5	3.6	8.3	.436	1.4	4.0	.349	3.5	4.2	.843
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
difference:	+6	+11.4	+4.3		+3.5	+3.5	+2.1	+0.9	+0.1	-0.6	-0.3	+1.1	+1.3	+.067	+1.1	+3.2	+.089	+1.1	+0.6	+.136
James Harden	17	31.6	13.0	0.6	4.8	5.4	3.6	1.2	0.8	1.6	2.8	3.9	8.2	.475	1.4	4.5	.303	3.9	4.7	.825

Season 3
	Kobe Bryant	James Harden
Season	1998-99	2011-12
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Thunder Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+12	+6.5	+3.1	+0.6	+0.6	+1.2	+0.1	+0.4	+0.8	-0.9	-0.7	+2.2	+5.5	+.026	+1.3	+2.7	+.123	+0.1	+0.2	+.007
James Harden	62	31.4	16.8	0.5	3.6	4.1	3.7	1.0	0.2	2.2	2.4	5.0	10.1	.491	1.8	4.7	.390	5.0	6.0	.846
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:	+12	+8.1	+3.5	+0.9	+0.8	+1.8	+1.2	+0.3	+1.2	-1.8	-0.4	+2.9	+7.1	+.005	+0.6	+1.0	+.062	+1.9	+1.9	+.057
James Harden	20	31.5	16.3	0.7	4.5	5.1	3.4	1.6	0.1	2.1	3.4	4.7	10.7	.435	1.6	3.9	.410	5.4	6.3	.857

Season 4
	Kobe Bryant	James Harden
Season	1999-00	2012-13
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+12	+0.1	+3.4	+0.8	+0.6	+1.4	+0.9	+0.2	+0.4	-1.0	-1.0	+0.9	+0.8	+.030	+1.6	+4.0	+.049	+3.6	+4.1	+.030
James Harden	78	38.3	25.9	0.8	4.1	4.9	5.8	1.8	0.5	3.8	2.3	7.5	17.1	.438	2.3	6.2	.368	8.6	10.2	.851
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:	+16	+1.5	+5.2	+0.4	+2.5	+2.2	+0.1	+0.5	+0.5	-2.0	-1.0	+0.4	+1.3	+.051	+1.5	+4.4	+.003	+4.5	+5.3	+.049
James Harden	6	40.5	26.3	0.8	5.8	6.7	4.5	2.0	1.0	4.5	3.0	7.5	19.2	.391	2.5	7.3	.341	8.8	11.0	.803

Season 5
	Kobe Bryant	James Harden
Season	2000-01	2013-14
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+5	+2.9	+3.1	+0.7	+0.4	+1.2	+1.1	+0.1	+0.2	-0.4	-0.9	+2.8	+5.7	+.008	+1.5	+3.7	+.061	+0.9	+0.9	+.013
James Harden	73	38.0	25.4	0.8	3.9	4.7	6.1	1.6	0.4	3.6	2.4	7.5	16.5	.456	2.4	6.6	.366	7.9	9.1	.866
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:	+10	+0.4	+2.6	+1.0	+1.6	+2.6	+0.3	+0.4	+0.6	-0.3	-0.2	+2.2	+0.2	+.093	+2.0	+6.9	+.028	+0.3	+1.1	+.079
James Harden	6	43.8	26.8	0.8	3.8	4.7	5.8	2.0	0.2	3.5	3.5	8.3	22.2	.376	2.7	9.0	.296	7.5	8.3	.900

Season 6
	Kobe Bryant	James Harden
Season	2001-02	2014-15
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+1	+1.5	+2.2	+0.5	+0.6	+0.2	+1.5	+0.4	+0.3	-1.2	-0.3	+1.4	+1.9	+.029	+2.2	+5.2	+.125	+2.7	+2.8	+.039
James Harden	81	36.8	27.4	0.9	4.7	5.7	7.0	1.9	0.7	4.0	2.6	8.0	18.1	.440	2.6	6.9	.375	8.8	10.2	.868
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
difference:	+2	+6.4	+0.6	+0.8	+0.6	+0.1	+2.9	+0.2	+0.5	-1.7	-0.5	+2.2	+5.4	+.005	+1.2	+3.2	+.004	+3.8	+2.9	+.157
James Harden	17	37.4	27.2	0.7	5.0	5.7	7.5	1.6	0.4	4.5	2.9	7.6	17.3	.439	2.4	6.3	.383	9.6	10.5	.916

Season 7
	Kobe Bryant	James Harden
Season	2002-03	2015-16
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:		+3.4	+1.0	+0.5	+0.3	+0.8	+1.6	+0.5	+0.2	-1.1	-0.1	+1.9	+3.8	+.012	+1.4	+4.0	+.024	+1.5	+1.5	+.017
James Harden	82	38.1	29.0	0.8	5.3	6.1	7.5	1.7	0.6	4.6	2.8	8.7	19.7	.439	2.9	8.0	.359	8.8	10.2	.860
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+7	+5.7	+5.5	+0.1		+0.1	+2.4	+1.2	+0.1	-1.7	-0.3	+3.2	+6.4	+.022	+0.5	+3.2	+.093	+0.4	+0.3	+.017
James Harden	5	38.6	26.6	1.4	3.8	5.2	7.6	2.4	0.2	5.2	2.6	8.2	20.0	.410	2.6	8.4	.310	7.6	9.0	.844

Season 8
	Kobe Bryant	James Harden
Season	2003-04	2016-17
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
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
difference:	+16	+1.2	+5.1	+0.4	+3.1	+2.6	+6.1	+0.2	+0.1	-3.1		+0.4	+0.8	+.002	+2.1	+6.0	+.020	+2.2	+2.7	+.005
James Harden	81	36.4	29.1	1.2	7.0	8.1	11.2	1.5	0.5	5.7	2.7	8.3	18.9	.440	3.2	9.3	.347	9.2	10.9	.847
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+11	+7.2	+4.0	+0.2	+0.9	+0.8	+3.0		+0.2	-2.6	-1.2	+0.4	+1.1		+1.8	+6.1	+.031	+3.1	+3.0	+.065
James Harden	11	37.0	28.5	0.6	4.8	5.5	8.5	1.9	0.5	5.4	3.9	8.2	19.8	.413	2.9	10.5	.278	9.2	10.5	.878

Season 9
	Kobe Bryant	James Harden
Season	2004-05	2017-18
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
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
difference:	+6	+5.3	+2.8	+0.8	+0.3	+0.5	+2.8	+0.5	+0.1	-0.3	-0.3	+0.3		+.016	+1.7	+4.1	+.028	+0.5		+.042
James Harden	72	35.4	30.4	0.6	4.8	5.4	8.8	1.8	0.7	4.4	2.3	9.0	20.1	.449	3.7	10.0	.367	8.7	10.1	.858
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kobe Bryant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Harden	17	36.5	28.6	0.8	4.4	5.2	6.8	2.2	0.6	3.8	2.7	9.3	22.6	.410	3.1	10.2	.299	6.9	7.8	.887

Season 10
	Kobe Bryant	James Harden
Season	2005-06	2018-19
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
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
difference:	+2	+4.2	+0.7	+0.1	+1.4	+1.3	+3.0	+0.2	+0.3	-1.9	-0.2	+1.4	+2.7	+.008	+2.5	+6.7	+.021	+1.0	+0.8	+.029
James Harden	78	36.8	36.1	0.8	5.8	6.6	7.5	2.0	0.7	5.0	3.1	10.8	24.5	.442	4.8	13.2	.368	9.7	11.0	.879
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+4	+6.4	+3.7	+0.2	+0.3	+0.5	+1.5	+1.1	+0.5	-0.1	-0.1	+0.4	+3.3	+.084	+2.4	+7.5	+.050	+2.2	+2.0	+.066
James Harden	11	38.5	31.6	0.8	6.0	6.8	6.6	2.2	0.9	4.6	3.7	9.9	24.0	.413	4.4	12.5	.350	7.5	8.9	.837

Season 11
	Kobe Bryant	James Harden
Season	2006-07	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
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
difference:	+9	+4.3	+2.7		+0.8	+0.9	+2.1	+0.4	+0.4	-1.2	-0.6	+0.7	+0.5	+.019	+2.6	+7.2	+.011	+1.5	+1.8	+.003
James Harden	68	36.5	34.3	1.0	5.5	6.6	7.5	1.8	0.9	4.5	3.3	9.9	22.3	.444	4.4	12.4	.355	10.2	11.8	.865
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+7	+5.7	+3.2	+0.8	+0.4	+0.4	+3.3	+0.5	+0.4	-0.6	-1.6	+2.9	+7.0	+.016	+1.3	+4.2	+.024	+1.4	+2.3	+.074
James Harden	12	37.3	29.6	1.0	4.6	5.6	7.7	1.5	0.8	3.8	3.6	9.1	19.0	.478	3.3	9.8	.333	8.2	9.7	.845

Season 12
	Kobe Bryant	James Harden
Season	2007-08	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets, Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Nets Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
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
difference:	+38	+2.3	+3.7	+0.3	+1.9	+1.6	+5.4	+0.6	+0.3	-0.9	-0.5	+1.7	+3.9	+.007	+1.0	+2.5	+.001	+1.3	+1.7	+.021
James Harden	44	36.6	24.6	0.8	7.1	7.9	10.8	1.2	0.8	4.0	2.3	7.8	16.7	.466	2.8	7.6	.362	6.3	7.3	.861
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+12	+5.3	+9.9	+0.1	+0.8	+0.6	+3.0		+0.3	-0.4	-0.2	+4.9	+10.0	+.007	+1.2	+2.3	+.062	+1.3	+2.3	+.094
James Harden	9	35.8	20.2	0.8	5.6	6.3	8.6	1.7	0.7	2.9	2.6	5.7	12.0	.472	2.7	7.3	.364	6.2	6.9	.903

Season 13
	Kobe Bryant	James Harden
Season	2008-09	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Brooklyn Nets, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
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
difference:	+17	+1.1	+4.8	+0.3	+2.7	+2.5	+5.4	+0.2	+0.1	-1.8	-0.1	+3.5	+5.6	+.057	+0.9	+2.8	+.021	+1.3	+1.3	+.021
James Harden	65	37.2	22.0	0.8	6.8	7.7	10.3	1.3	0.6	4.4	2.4	6.3	15.3	.410	2.3	6.9	.330	7.2	8.2	.877
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+11	+1.0	+11.6	+0.1	+0.3	+0.4	+3.1	+0.9	+0.2	-1.6	-0.2	+5.2	+9.8	+.052	+0.7	+1.7	+.019	+2.0	+2.3	+.010
James Harden	12	39.9	18.6	0.9	4.8	5.7	8.6	0.8	0.7	4.2	2.4	5.3	13.2	.405	2.3	6.3	.368	5.6	6.3	.893

Season 14
	Kobe Bryant	James Harden
Season	2009-10	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
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
difference:	+15	+2.0	+6.0	+0.4	+1.1	+0.7	+5.7	+0.3	+0.2	-0.2	-0.7	+3.4	+7.0	+.015	+1.4	+3.1	+.056	+0.6	+1.2	+.056
James Harden	58	36.8	21.0	0.7	5.4	6.1	10.7	1.2	0.5	3.4	1.9	6.4	14.5	.441	2.8	7.2	.385	5.4	6.2	.867
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+12	+1.3	+8.9	+0.6	+0.7	+0.2	+2.8	+0.5	+0.3	-0.2	-0.8	+3.7	+5.6	+.065	+0.7	+1.8	+.004	+2.3	+3.0	+.031
James Harden	11	38.8	20.3	0.5	5.6	6.2	8.3	1.8	0.4	3.2	2.5	6.5	16.6	.393	2.8	7.5	.378	4.4	5.0	.873

Season 15
	Kobe Bryant	James Harden
Season	2010-11	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+10	+0.4	+8.7	+0.5	+0.6		+3.8	+0.1	+0.7	-0.4	-0.3	+4.1	+8.6	+.023	+1.2	+2.5	+.058	+1.7	+2.3	+.050
James Harden	72	34.3	16.6	0.5	4.7	5.1	8.5	1.1	0.8	2.6	1.8	4.9	11.4	.428	2.6	6.8	.381	4.2	4.8	.878
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+4	+4.9	+1.6	+0.3	+1.4	+1.1	+4.7	+0.6	+0.7	-0.8	-0.1	+1.6	+3.8	+.003	+1.8	+3.7	+.090	+0.2	+0.8	+.086
James Harden	6	40.3	21.2	0.5	4.0	4.5	8.0	1.0	1.0	2.3	2.2	6.7	14.8	.449	3.0	7.8	.383	4.8	5.3	.906

Season 16
	Kobe Bryant	James Harden
Season	2011-12	2024-25
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+21	+3.2	+5.1	+0.4	+0.8	+0.4	+4.1	+0.3	+0.4	-0.8	-0.3	+3.2	+6.6	+.020	+1.5	+3.6	+.049	+0.2	+0.5	+.029
James Harden	79	35.3	22.8	0.7	5.1	5.8	8.7	1.5	0.7	4.3	2.1	6.7	16.4	.410	3.0	8.5	.352	6.4	7.3	.874
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+5	+0.3	+11.3	+0.7	+1.4	+0.6	+4.8		+0.8	-0.2	-0.5	+4.7	+10.7	+.003	+0.9	+1.3	+.081	+2.7	+3.2	+.014
James Harden	7	39.4	18.7	0.6	4.9	5.4	9.1	1.3	1.0	3.0	2.3	6.3	14.4	.436	2.3	6.3	.364	3.9	4.7	.818

Season 17
	Kobe Bryant	James Harden
Season	2012-13	2025-26
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	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		%
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
difference:	+58	+3.5	+0.4	+0.2	+0.4	+0.1	+2.4	+0.4	+0.1	-0.4	-0.2	+1.9	+3.0	+.028	+1.9	+4.6	+.045	+1.5	+1.0	+.067
James Harden	20	35.1	26.9	0.6	5.1	5.7	8.4	1.0	0.4	4.1	2.0	7.6	17.4	.435	3.6	9.8	.369	8.2	9.0	.906
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kobe Bryant nor James Harden played in the postseason in their season 17

Additional Years
* Kobe Bryant played 3 seasons more than James Harden 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 James Harden, Kobe Bryant got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-Star Game