Kobe Bryant vs. Jordan Poole Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jordan Poole 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 Jordan Poole, who played 6. Kobe Bryant had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, while Jordan Poole had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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	Jordan Poole
Season	1996-97	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Golden State Warriors
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:	+14	+6.9	+1.2	+0.5	+0.7	+0.2	+1.1	+0.1	+0.1	-0.3	-0.2	+0.4	+2.9	+.084	+0.6	+2.7	+.096	+0.2	+0.2	+.021
Jordan Poole	57	22.4	8.8	0.2	1.9	2.1	2.4	0.6	0.2	1.3	1.6	2.9	8.8	.333	1.3	4.6	.279	1.7	2.1	.798
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
Jordan Poole	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Kobe Bryant	Jordan Poole
Season	1997-98	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Golden State Warriors
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:	+28	+6.6	+3.4	+0.7	+0.6	+1.3	+0.6	+0.4	+0.3	-1.0	-0.6	+0.9	+2.3	+.004	+1.0	+2.6	+.010	+2.5	+3.5	+.088
Jordan Poole	51	19.4	12.0	0.3	1.5	1.8	1.9	0.5	0.2	1.0	1.7	4.0	9.3	.432	1.9	5.4	.351	2.1	2.3	.882
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
Jordan Poole	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Kobe Bryant	Jordan Poole
Season	1998-99	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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	+7.9	+1.4	+0.7	+1.2	+1.9	+0.2	+0.6	+0.7	-0.6	-0.4	+1.0	+1.7	+.017	+2.3	+5.6	+.097	+1.7	+2.3	+.086
Jordan Poole	76	30.0	18.5	0.4	3.0	3.4	4.0	0.8	0.3	2.5	2.7	6.2	13.9	.448	2.8	7.6	.364	3.2	3.5	.925
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:	+14	+12.1	+2.8	+1.1	+2.9	+4.1	+0.8	+1.1	+0.9	-1.5	-0.2	+1.7	+6.3	+.078	+1.3	+2.9	+.043	+0.5	+1.2	+.115
Jordan Poole	22	27.5	17.0	0.5	2.4	2.8	3.8	0.8	0.4	2.4	2.8	5.9	11.5	.508	2.3	5.8	.391	3.0	3.2	.915

Season 4
	Kobe Bryant	Jordan Poole
Season	1999-00	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Warriors Lost West 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:	+16	+8.2	+2.1	+1.2	+2.3	+3.6	+0.4	+0.8	+0.6	-0.3	-0.7	+1.7	+2.3	+.038	+1.9	+5.6	+.017	+0.6	+1.0	+.049
Jordan Poole	82	30.0	20.4	0.4	2.4	2.7	4.5	0.8	0.3	3.1	2.6	6.7	15.6	.430	2.6	7.8	.336	4.4	5.1	.870
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:	+9	+17.2	+10.8	+0.9	+1.5	+2.3	+0.9	+0.7	+1.3	-1.3	-1.5	+4.4	+7.5	+.101	+0.2	+1.9	+.090	+2.3	+3.1	+.011
Jordan Poole	13	21.8	10.3	0.3	1.8	2.2	3.5	0.8	0.2	1.2	2.5	3.5	10.4	.341	1.2	4.8	.254	2.0	2.6	.765

Season 5
	Kobe Bryant	Jordan Poole
Season	2000-01	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Wizards
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:	+10	+10.8	+11.1	+1.1	+2.0	+3.2	+0.6	+0.6	+0.3	-0.8	-0.2	+4.0	+7.0	+.051	+1.5	+4.3	+.021	+4.5	+5.4	+.024
Jordan Poole	78	30.1	17.4	0.4	2.3	2.7	4.4	1.1	0.3	2.4	3.1	6.3	15.2	.413	2.4	7.2	.326	2.5	2.8	.877
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
Jordan Poole	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Kobe Bryant	Jordan Poole
Season	2001-02	2024-25
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Wizards
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:	+12	+8.9	+4.7	+0.9	+1.6	+2.5	+1.0	+0.2		-0.2	-0.1	+2.7	+4.5	+.037	+3.1	+7.4	+.128	+2.5	+3.4	+.054
Jordan Poole	68	29.4	20.5	0.5	2.5	3.0	4.5	1.3	0.4	3.0	3.0	6.7	15.5	.432	3.5	9.1	.378	3.6	4.0	.883
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
Jordan Poole	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Kobe Bryant played 14 seasons more than Jordan Poole 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 Jordan Poole, 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