Kobe Bryant vs. Jerami Grant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jerami Grant 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.

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.

Kobe Bryant played 20 years in the NBA, 8 more than Jerami Grant, who played 12. Kobe Bryant had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, while Jerami Grant had his rookie season in 2014-15. 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
Kobe Bryant	20	15	1996-97 to 2015-16
Jerami Grant	12	4	2014-15 to 2025-26

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


Rookie Season
	Kobe Bryant	Jerami Grant
Season	1996-97	2014-15
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	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:	+6	+5.7	+1.3	+0.1	+1.1	+1.1	+0.1	+0.1	+0.7	-0.3	-0.8	+0.6	+0.5	+.065	+0.1	+0.5	+.061	+0.1	+0.7	+.228
Jerami Grant	65	21.2	6.3	0.8	2.3	3.0	1.2	0.6	1.0	1.3	2.2	1.9	5.4	.352	0.8	2.4	.314	1.8	3.0	.591

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
Jerami Grant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Kobe Bryant	Jerami Grant
Season	1997-98	2015-16
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
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:	+2	+0.8	+5.7	+0.3	+1.3	+1.6	+0.7	+0.2	+1.1	-0.6	-0.5	+1.6	+3.8	+.009	+0.4	+0.9	+.101	+1.8	+1.6	+.136
Jerami Grant	77	26.8	9.7	1.3	3.4	4.7	1.8	0.7	1.6	1.4	2.8	3.3	7.8	.419	0.5	1.9	.240	2.8	4.2	.658

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
Jerami Grant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Kobe Bryant	Jerami Grant
Season	1998-99	2016-17
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers, Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Thunder Lost West 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:	+30	+18.8	+14.4	+0.6	+2.1	+2.7	+3.2	+1.0		-2.5	-1.2	+5.3	+11.5	+.002		+0.5	+.104	+3.8	+4.0	+.227
Jerami Grant	80	19.1	5.5	0.5	2.1	2.6	0.6	0.4	1.0	0.6	1.9	1.9	4.1	.463	0.5	1.5	.371	1.1	1.8	.612

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	+17.4	+10.6	+0.2	+2.9	+3.1	+3.8	+1.7	+0.9	-3.3	-1.6	+3.8	+11.6	+.183	+0.6	+1.7	+.015	+2.3	+3.0	+.057
Jerami Grant	5	22.2	9.2	1.4	2.4	3.8	0.8	0.2	0.4	0.6	1.4	3.8	6.2	.613	0.4	1.2	.333	1.2	1.4	.857


Season 4
	Kobe Bryant	Jerami Grant
Season	1999-00	2017-18
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Thunder 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:	+15	+17.9	+14.1	+0.5	+1.8	+2.4	+4.2	+1.2	+0.1	-2.1	-1.4	+5.4	+12.3	+.067	+0.3	+0.8	+.028	+3.0	+3.1	+.146
Jerami Grant	81	20.3	8.4	1.1	2.9	3.9	0.7	0.4	1.0	0.7	1.9	3.0	5.6	.535	0.4	1.4	.291	2.0	3.0	.675

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	+16.8	+13.9	+0.1	+1.3	+1.2	+3.4	+0.8	+1.0	-1.5	-1.5	+4.9	+12.1	+.072	+0.7	+1.6	+.094	+3.5	+3.9	+.299
Jerami Grant	6	22.2	7.2	1.3	2.0	3.3	1.0	0.7	0.5	1.0	2.5	3.0	5.8	.514	0.3	1.3	.250	0.8	1.8	.455


Season 5
	Kobe Bryant	Jerami Grant
Season	2000-01	2018-19
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Thunder 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:	+12	+8.2	+14.9	+0.3	+0.3	+0.7	+4.0	+0.9	+0.7	-2.4	-0.6	+5.2	+11.9	+.033	+0.5	+0.8	+.087	+5.0	+5.4	+.143
Jerami Grant	80	32.7	13.6	1.2	4.0	5.2	1.0	0.8	1.3	0.8	2.7	5.1	10.3	.497	1.4	3.7	.392	2.0	2.8	.710

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:	+11	+8.2	+17.8	+0.6	+1.2	+1.9	+5.3	+1.0	+1.2	-2.4	-0.7	+6.5	+14.4	+.031	+1.1	+1.9	+.126	+6.0	+6.8	+.129
Jerami Grant	5	35.2	11.6	1.2	4.2	5.4	0.8	0.6	2.0	0.8	2.6	4.0	8.0	.500	1.8	4.0	.450	1.8	2.6	.692


Season 6
	Kobe Bryant	Jerami Grant
Season	2001-02	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nuggets 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:	+9	+11.7	+13.2	+0.6	+1.4	+2.0	+4.3	+0.8	+0.4	-1.9	-0.7	+5.1	+11.1	+.009	+1.0	+1.8	+.139	+4.0	+4.6	+.079
Jerami Grant	71	26.6	12.0	0.8	2.7	3.5	1.2	0.7	0.8	0.9	2.2	4.3	8.9	.478	1.4	3.5	.389	2.1	2.8	.750

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:		+9.4	+15.0	+1.1	+1.5	+2.5	+3.3	+0.8	+0.1	-1.5	-0.3	+6.1	+13.5	+.028	+0.4	+1.9	+.053	+3.3	+4.8	+.130
Jerami Grant	19	34.4	11.6	0.4	2.9	3.3	1.3	0.6	0.8	1.3	3.1	3.7	9.2	.406	1.6	5.0	.326	2.5	2.8	.889


Season 7
	Kobe Bryant	Jerami Grant
Season	2002-03	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+28	+7.6	+7.7	+0.7	+1.6	+2.3	+3.1	+1.6	+0.3	-1.5	-0.4	+3.2	+6.2	+.022	+0.6	+2.1	+.033	+1.9	+2.3	+.002
Jerami Grant	54	33.9	22.3	0.6	4.0	4.6	2.8	0.6	1.1	2.0	2.3	7.4	17.3	.429	2.1	6.1	.350	5.4	6.4	.845

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
Jerami Grant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Kobe Bryant	Jerami Grant
Season	2003-04	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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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:	+18	+5.7	+4.8	+1.0	+0.4	+1.4	+2.7	+0.8	+0.6	-0.8	-0.4	+1.6	+3.2	+.012	+0.8	+2.1	+.031	+2.4	+2.7	+.014
Jerami Grant	47	31.9	19.2	0.6	3.5	4.1	2.4	0.9	1.0	1.8	2.3	6.3	14.9	.426	1.9	5.4	.358	4.6	5.5	.838

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
Jerami Grant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Kobe Bryant	Jerami Grant
Season	2004-05	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Portland Trail Blazers
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		%
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:	+3	+5.0	+7.1	+0.6	+0.8	+1.4	+3.6	+0.5		-2.3	-0.2	+1.8	+5.6	+.042	+0.3	+0.2	+.062	+3.8	+4.7	+.003
Jerami Grant	63	35.7	20.5	0.8	3.7	4.5	2.4	0.8	0.8	1.8	2.4	6.9	14.5	.475	2.3	5.7	.401	4.4	5.4	.813

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kobe Bryant nor Jerami Grant played in the postseason in their season 9


Season 10
	Kobe Bryant	Jerami Grant
Season	2005-06	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+26	+7.1	+14.4	+0.2	+1.5	+1.8	+1.7	+1.0	+0.2	-1.0	-0.7	+5.1	+11.5	+.001	+0.2	+1.4	+.055	+4.0	+4.4	+.033
Jerami Grant	54	33.9	21.0	0.7	2.9	3.5	2.8	0.8	0.6	2.1	2.2	7.1	15.7	.451	2.1	5.1	.402	4.7	5.8	.817

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
Jerami Grant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Kobe Bryant	Jerami Grant
Season	2006-07	2024-25
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+30	+8.4	+17.2	+0.4	+1.8	+2.2	+3.3	+0.5	+0.5	-1.9	-0.4	+6.0	+10.6	+.090	+0.5	+1.1	+.021	+5.7	+6.5	+.019
Jerami Grant	47	32.4	14.4	0.6	2.9	3.5	2.1	0.9	1.0	1.4	2.3	4.6	12.2	.373	2.3	6.3	.365	3.0	3.5	.849

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
Jerami Grant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Kobe Bryant	Jerami Grant
Season	2007-08	2025-26
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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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:	+75	+10.3	+8.0	+0.2	+3.1	+3.3	+3.8	+0.2	+0.1	-1.2	-0.2	+3.6	+9.2	+.054	+0.6	+0.5	+.075	+1.5	+1.7	+.003
Jerami Grant	7	28.6	20.3	0.9	2.1	3.0	1.6	1.6	0.6	1.9	3.0	5.9	11.4	.513	2.4	5.6	.436	6.1	7.3	.843

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
Jerami Grant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Additional Years
* Kobe Bryant played 8 seasons more than Jerami Grant in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 13 to 20, from 2009 to 2016—Kobe Bryant played in 4 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 8 extra years over Jerami Grant, Kobe Bryant got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 Finals MVP 5 All-NBA First Team 3 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 8 All-Star Game 2 All-Star Game MVP

Kobe Bryant vs. Jerami Grant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jerami Grant 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years