Kobe Bryant vs. Julius Randle Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Julius Randle 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, 9 more than Julius Randle, who played 11. Kobe Bryant had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, while Julius Randle 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.

Rookie Season
	Kobe Bryant	Julius Randle
Season	1996-97	2014-15
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
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:	+70	+1.5	+5.6	+0.7	+1.2	+1.9	+1.3	+0.7	+0.3	-0.6	-0.4	+1.5	+2.9	+.084	+0.7	+1.9		+1.9	+0.3	+.819
Julius Randle	1	14.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	2.0	.000
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
Julius Randle	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Kobe Bryant	Julius Randle
Season	1997-98	2015-16
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
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	+2.2	+4.1	+1.1	+6.0	+7.1	+0.7	+0.2	+0.1	-0.2	-0.7	+0.5	+1.3	+.001	+0.8	+2.4	+.063	+2.2	+2.5	+.079
Julius Randle	81	28.2	11.3	2.1	8.1	10.2	1.8	0.7	0.4	1.8	3.0	4.4	10.3	.429	0.1	0.4	.278	2.4	3.3	.715
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
Julius Randle	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Kobe Bryant	Julius Randle
Season	1998-99	2016-17
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+24	+9.1	+6.7	+0.9	+2.4	+3.3	+0.2	+0.7	+0.5	-0.8	-0.3	+2.1	+5.2	+.023	+0.3	+1.1	+.003	+2.1	+2.0	+.116
Julius Randle	74	28.8	13.2	2.0	6.6	8.6	3.6	0.7	0.5	2.3	3.4	5.1	10.4	.488	0.2	0.9	.270	2.8	3.8	.723
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
Julius Randle	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Kobe Bryant	Julius Randle
Season	1999-00	2017-18
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
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:	+16	+11.5	+6.4	+0.6	+1.1	+1.7	+2.3	+1.1	+0.4	-0.2		+2.3	+6.9	+.090	+0.6	+1.7	+.097	+1.3	+0.9	+.103
Julius Randle	82	26.7	16.1	2.2	5.8	8.0	2.6	0.5	0.5	2.6	3.3	6.1	11.0	.558	0.1	0.5	.222	3.7	5.2	.718
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
Julius Randle	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Kobe Bryant	Julius Randle
Season	2000-01	2018-19
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New Orleans Pelicans
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:	+5	+10.3	+7.1	+0.7	+2.2	+2.8	+1.9	+1.0		-0.4	-0.1	+2.5	+7.3	+.060		+0.2	+.039	+2.1	+1.5	+.122
Julius Randle	73	30.6	21.4	2.2	6.5	8.7	3.1	0.7	0.6	2.8	3.4	7.8	14.9	.524	0.9	2.7	.344	4.9	6.7	.731
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
Julius Randle	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Kobe Bryant	Julius Randle
Season	2001-02	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks
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:	+16	+5.8	+5.7	+1.0	+3.3	+4.2	+2.4	+0.7	+0.1	-0.2	-0.1	+2.2	+4.3	+.009	+0.6	+1.9	+.027	+2.1	+1.9	+.096
Julius Randle	64	32.5	19.5	2.4	7.4	9.7	3.1	0.8	0.3	3.0	2.8	7.2	15.7	.460	1.0	3.6	.277	4.0	5.5	.733
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
Julius Randle	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Kobe Bryant	Julius Randle
Season	2002-03	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	Most Improved Player
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Knicks Lost East 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:	+11	+3.9	+5.9	+0.1	+3.4	+3.3	+0.1	+1.3	+0.5	-0.1	-0.5	+2.1	+4.9	+.005	+0.8	+1.5	+.028	+2.4	+2.7	+.032
Julius Randle	71	37.6	24.1	1.2	9.0	10.2	6.0	0.9	0.3	3.4	3.2	8.5	18.6	.456	2.3	5.5	.411	4.9	6.0	.811
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	+8.3	+14.1	+0.9	+5.6	+6.5	+1.2	+0.6	+0.1	-1.1	-0.7	+5.8	+7.6	+.134	+0.1	+1.4	+.070	+2.6	+3.3	+.025
Julius Randle	5	36.0	18.0	2.2	9.4	11.6	4.0	0.6	0.0	4.6	3.6	5.6	18.8	.298	2.2	6.6	.333	4.6	5.4	.852

Season 8
	Kobe Bryant	Julius Randle
Season	2003-04	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks
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:	+7	+2.3	+3.9	+0.1	+4.3	+4.4		+1.0	+0.1	-0.8	-0.1	+0.8	+0.8	+.027	+0.6	+2.1	+.019	+2.8	+2.6	+.096
Julius Randle	72	35.3	20.1	1.7	8.2	9.9	5.1	0.7	0.5	3.4	2.8	7.1	17.3	.411	1.7	5.4	.308	4.2	5.6	.756
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
Julius Randle	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Kobe Bryant	Julius Randle
Season	2004-05	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+11	+5.2	+2.5	+0.4	+3.6	+4.1	+1.9	+0.7	+0.5	-1.3	-0.4	+0.2	+1.5	+.026	+0.8	+2.4	+.004	+3.0	+3.2	+.059
Julius Randle	77	35.5	25.1	1.8	8.1	10.0	4.1	0.6	0.3	2.8	3.0	8.5	18.6	.459	2.8	8.3	.343	5.2	6.9	.757
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kobe Bryant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Julius Randle	10	33.0	16.6	1.7	6.6	8.3	3.6	0.5	0.3	3.5	2.4	5.5	14.7	.374	1.7	6.6	.258	3.9	5.5	.709

Season 10
	Kobe Bryant	Julius Randle
Season	2005-06	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	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:	+34	+5.6	+11.4	+1.3	+2.6	+3.9	+0.5	+1.3	+0.1	-0.4	-0.2	+3.6	+9.0	+.022	+0.6	+1.2	+.036	+3.6	+3.6	+.069
Julius Randle	46	35.4	24.0	2.2	7.0	9.2	5.0	0.5	0.3	3.5	2.7	8.6	18.2	.472	1.7	5.3	.311	5.1	6.6	.781
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
Julius Randle	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Kobe Bryant	Julius Randle
Season	2006-07	2024-25
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Minnesota Timberwolves
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	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+8	+8.5	+12.9	+1.1	+0.3	+1.4	+0.7	+0.7	+0.3	-0.5	-0.2	+4.0	+9.2	+.022	+0.2	+0.6		+4.8	+5.1	+.062
Julius Randle	69	32.3	18.7	2.1	5.0	7.1	4.7	0.7	0.2	2.8	2.5	6.6	13.6	.485	1.6	4.6	.344	3.9	4.9	.806
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:	+10	+7.5	+11.1	+1.6	+0.9	+0.7	+0.5	+0.2	+0.3	-1.1	-1.0	+4.3	+10.7	+.040		+0.4	+.028	+2.4	+2.4	+.039
Julius Randle	15	35.5	21.7	1.8	4.1	5.9	4.9	0.8	0.1	3.3	3.0	7.7	15.3	.502	2.0	5.2	.385	4.4	5.0	.880

Additional Years
* Kobe Bryant played 9 seasons more than Julius Randle in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 12 to 20, from 2008 to 2016—Kobe Bryant played in 5 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 9 extra years over Julius Randle, Kobe Bryant got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 Finals MVP 1 Season MVP 6 All-NBA First Team 4 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 9 All-Star Game 2 All-Star Game MVP