Kobe Bryant vs. Kevin Durant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Durant 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, 2 more than Kevin Durant, who played 18. Kobe Bryant had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, while Kevin Durant had his rookie season in 2007-08. 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	Kevin Durant
Season	1996-97	2007-08
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First 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:	+9	+19.1	+12.7	+0.2	+2.3	+2.5	+1.1	+0.3	+0.6	-1.3	-0.1	+4.8	+11.2	+.013		+0.7	+.087	+3.0	+3.3	+.054
Kevin Durant	80	34.6	20.3	0.9	3.5	4.4	2.4	1.0	0.9	2.9	1.5	7.3	17.1	.430	0.7	2.6	.288	4.9	5.6	.873
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
Kevin Durant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Kobe Bryant	Kevin Durant
Season	1997-98	2008-09
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Oklahoma City Thunder
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:	+5	+13.0	+9.9		+3.4	+3.4	+0.3	+0.4	+0.2	-1.0	-0.5	+4.0	+7.2	+.048	+0.4	+0.3	+.081	+1.5	+1.3	+.069
Kevin Durant	74	39.0	25.3	1.0	5.5	6.5	2.8	1.3	0.7	3.0	1.8	8.9	18.8	.476	1.3	3.1	.422	6.1	7.1	.863
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
Kevin Durant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Kobe Bryant	Kevin Durant
Season	1998-99	2009-10
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
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:	+32	+1.6	+10.2	+0.2	+2.1	+2.3	+1.0			-0.2	-1.0	+2.5	+4.7	+.011	+1.1	+2.3	+.098	+4.3	+4.4	+.061
Kevin Durant	82	39.5	30.1	1.3	6.3	7.6	2.8	1.4	1.0	3.3	2.1	9.7	20.3	.476	1.6	4.3	.365	9.2	10.2	.900
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:	+2	+1.1	+5.2	+0.3	+1.0	+0.8	+2.3	+1.4		-0.2	-0.2	+0.4	+2.7	+.080	+0.7	+2.9	+.062	+5.5	+5.9	+.071
Kevin Durant	6	38.5	25.0	1.3	6.3	7.7	2.3	0.5	1.3	3.7	2.8	7.2	20.5	.350	1.7	5.8	.286	9.0	10.3	.871

Season 4
	Kobe Bryant	Kevin Durant
Season	1999-00	2010-11
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals

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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	+0.7	+5.2	+0.9	+1.4	+0.5	+2.2	+0.5	+0.1		-1.3	+0.7	+1.8	+.006	+1.2	+3.1	+.031	+2.6	+2.6	+.059
Kevin Durant	78	38.9	27.7	0.7	6.1	6.8	2.7	1.1	1.0	2.8	2.0	9.1	19.7	.462	1.9	5.3	.350	7.6	8.7	.880
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:	+5	+3.5	+7.5	+0.1	+3.8	+3.7	+1.6	+0.6	+0.4		-0.9	+1.2	+2.4	+.007	+1.2	+3.5	+.005	+3.9	+4.1	+.084
Kevin Durant	17	42.5	28.6	1.1	7.1	8.2	2.8	0.9	1.1	2.5	3.1	9.1	20.3	.449	2.2	6.4	.339	8.2	9.8	.838

Season 5
	Kobe Bryant	Kevin Durant
Season	2000-01	2011-12
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Thunder Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+2	+2.3	+0.5	+0.9	+3.1	+2.1	+1.5	+0.4	+0.6	-0.6	-1.3	+0.6	+2.5	+.032	+1.1	+2.3	+.082	+0.5	+0.6	+.007
Kevin Durant	66	38.6	28.0	0.6	7.4	8.0	3.5	1.3	1.2	3.8	2.0	9.7	19.7	.496	2.0	5.2	.387	6.5	7.6	.860
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:	+4	+1.5	+0.9	+1.1	+1.4	+0.1	+2.4	+0.1	+0.4		-0.7	+0.6	+3.2	+.048	+1.4	+3.4	+.049	+1.1	+1.7	+.043
Kevin Durant	20	41.9	28.5	0.7	6.8	7.4	3.7	1.5	1.2	3.2	2.6	9.9	19.2	.517	2.1	5.5	.373	6.7	7.7	.864

Season 6
	Kobe Bryant	Kevin Durant
Season	2001-02	2012-13
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Oklahoma City Thunder
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	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis

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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	+0.2	+2.9	+0.8	+3.2	+2.4	+0.9	+0.1	+0.9	-0.7	-1.1	+0.4	+2.3	+.041	+1.3	+2.4	+.166	+2.3	+1.9	+.076
Kevin Durant	81	38.5	28.1	0.6	7.3	7.9	4.6	1.4	1.3	3.5	1.8	9.0	17.7	.510	1.7	4.1	.416	8.4	9.3	.905
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:	+8	+0.3	+4.2	+0.9	+4.0	+3.2	+1.7	+0.1	+0.2	-1.1	-1.0	+0.4	+0.3	+.021	+0.8	+3.3	+.065	+2.7	+2.6	+.071
Kevin Durant	11	44.1	30.8	0.6	8.4	9.0	6.3	1.3	1.1	3.9	2.4	10.2	22.4	.455	2.0	6.4	.314	8.5	10.2	.830

Season 7
	Kobe Bryant	Kevin Durant
Season	2002-03	2013-14
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+1	+3.0	+2.0	+0.6	+1.1	+0.5	+0.4	+0.9	+0.1		-0.6	+0.1	+2.7	+.052	+0.9	+2.1	+.008	+1.4	+1.2	+.030
Kevin Durant	81	38.5	32.0	0.7	6.7	7.4	5.5	1.3	0.7	3.5	2.1	10.5	20.8	.503	2.4	6.1	.391	8.7	9.9	.873
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	+1.4	+2.5		+3.8	+3.8	+1.3	+0.2	+1.2	-0.3	-0.7	+1.2	+4.2	+.028	+0.2	+1.4	+.059	+0.3	+0.1	+.017
Kevin Durant	19	42.9	29.6	1.3	7.6	8.9	3.9	1.0	1.3	3.8	2.2	10.2	22.2	.460	2.3	6.6	.344	6.9	8.6	.810

Season 8
	Kobe Bryant	Kevin Durant
Season	2003-04	2014-15
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	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:	+38	+3.8	+1.4	+1.0	+2.1	+1.1	+1.0	+0.8	+0.5	-0.1	-1.2	+0.9	+0.8	+.072	+1.3	+2.6	+.076	+1.6	+1.9	+.002
Kevin Durant	27	33.8	25.4	0.6	6.0	6.6	4.1	0.9	0.9	2.7	1.5	8.8	17.3	.510	2.4	5.9	.403	5.4	6.3	.854
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
Kevin Durant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Kobe Bryant	Kevin Durant
Season	2004-05	2015-16
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder 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	+4.9	+0.6	+0.8	+3.1	+2.3	+1.0	+0.3	+0.4	-0.6	-0.7	+1.0	+0.9	+.072	+0.6	+0.8	+.048	+2.0	+3.2	+.082
Kevin Durant	72	35.8	28.2	0.6	7.6	8.2	5.0	1.0	1.2	3.5	1.9	9.7	19.2	.505	2.6	6.7	.387	6.2	6.9	.898
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kobe Bryant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Durant	18	40.3	28.4	0.7	6.4	7.1	3.3	1.0	1.0	3.6	2.1	9.7	22.6	.430	1.7	6.1	.282	7.2	8.1	.890

Season 10
	Kobe Bryant	Kevin Durant
Season	2005-06	2016-17
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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:	+18	+7.6	+10.3	+0.3	+3.2	+3.0	+0.3	+0.7	+1.2	-0.9	-1.0	+3.3	+10.7	+.087	+0.4	+1.5	+.028	+3.3	+4.0	+.025
Kevin Durant	62	33.4	25.1	0.6	7.6	8.3	4.8	1.1	1.6	2.2	1.9	8.9	16.5	.537	1.9	5.0	.375	5.4	6.2	.875
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:	+8	+9.4	+0.6	+0.5	+1.2	+1.6	+0.8	+0.3	+0.9	-2.2	-1.0	+0.4	+2.8	+.059	+0.5	+0.7	+.042	+0.8		+.122
Kevin Durant	15	35.5	28.5	1.1	6.9	7.9	4.3	0.8	1.3	2.5	2.6	9.9	17.9	.556	2.5	5.7	.442	6.1	6.9	.893

Season 11
	Kobe Bryant	Kevin Durant
Season	2006-07	2017-18
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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	+6.6	+5.2	+0.5	+1.7	+1.1		+0.7	+1.3	-0.3	-0.7	+1.3	+4.8	+.053	+0.7	+0.9	+.075	+3.4	+4.1	+.021
Kevin Durant	68	34.2	26.4	0.5	6.4	6.8	5.4	0.7	1.8	3.0	2.0	9.3	18.0	.516	2.5	6.1	.419	5.3	5.9	.889
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:	+16	+4.6	+3.8	+0.4	+2.1	+2.6	+0.3	+0.3	+0.8	-2.0		+1.9	+5.3	+.025	+0.2	+1.0	+.016	+0.3	+0.2	+.018
Kevin Durant	21	38.4	29.0	0.6	7.1	7.8	4.7	0.7	1.2	2.4	2.0	10.1	20.7	.487	2.2	6.6	.341	6.5	7.2	.901

Season 12
	Kobe Bryant	Kevin Durant
Season	2007-08	2018-19
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Warriors Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+4	+4.3	+2.3	+0.7	+0.7	+0.1	+0.5	+1.1	+0.6	-0.2	-0.8	+0.3	+2.9	+.062		+0.1	+.008	+1.9	+2.5	+.045
Kevin Durant	78	34.6	26.0	0.4	5.9	6.4	5.9	0.7	1.1	2.9	2.0	9.2	17.7	.521	1.8	5.0	.353	5.7	6.5	.885
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:	+9	+4.3	+2.2	+0.8		+0.8	+1.1	+0.6	+0.6	-0.3	-0.4	+0.2	+1.7	+.035	+1.4	+1.7	+.136	+1.0	+0.2	+.094
Kevin Durant	12	36.8	32.3	0.1	4.8	4.9	4.5	1.1	1.0	3.6	3.2	10.4	20.3	.514	2.9	6.7	.438	8.5	9.4	.903

Note: Kevin Durant didn't play in 2019-20.

Season 13
	Kobe Bryant	Kevin Durant
Season	2008-09	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Brooklyn Nets
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	Nets 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:	+47	+3.0	+0.1	+0.7	+2.6	+1.9	+0.7	+0.8	+0.8	-0.8	-0.3	+0.5	+3.7	+.070	+1.0	+1.3	+.099	+0.1	+0.1	+.026
Kevin Durant	35	33.1	26.9	0.4	6.7	7.1	5.6	0.7	1.3	3.4	2.0	9.3	17.2	.537	2.4	5.4	.450	6.0	6.8	.882
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	+0.5	+4.1	+0.4	+4.3	+4.0	+1.1	+0.2	+0.7	-0.9		+1.6	+0.5	+.057	+1.2	+2.2	+.053	+0.3	+0.2	+.012
Kevin Durant	12	40.4	34.3	0.4	8.8	9.3	4.4	1.5	1.6	3.5	2.6	12.1	23.5	.514	2.8	6.8	.402	7.3	8.4	.871

Season 14
	Kobe Bryant	Kevin Durant
Season	2009-10	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+18	+1.6	+2.9	+0.6	+2.6	+2.0	+1.4	+0.6	+0.6	-0.3	-0.5	+0.7	+1.2	+.062	+0.7	+1.4	+.054	+0.8		+.099
Kevin Durant	55	37.2	29.9	0.5	6.9	7.4	6.4	0.9	0.9	3.5	2.1	10.5	20.3	.518	2.1	5.5	.383	6.8	7.4	.910
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:	+19	+3.9	+2.9	+0.6	+0.4	+0.2	+0.8	+0.3	+0.4	-1.9	-0.5	+2.2	+1.4	+.072	+0.3	+0.4	+.041	+1.8	+1.5	+.053
Kevin Durant	4	44.0	26.3	0.5	5.3	5.8	6.3	1.0	0.3	5.3	3.8	8.0	20.8	.386	1.8	5.3	.333	8.5	9.5	.895

Season 15
	Kobe Bryant	Kevin Durant
Season	2010-11	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Brooklyn Nets, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Suns Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+35	+1.7	+3.8	+0.6	+2.2	+1.6	+0.3	+0.5	+1.3	-0.3		+1.3	+1.7	+.109	+0.6	+0.6	+.081	+0.6		+.091
Kevin Durant	47	35.6	29.1	0.4	6.3	6.7	5.0	0.7	1.4	3.3	2.1	10.3	18.3	.560	2.0	4.9	.404	6.5	7.1	.919
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:	+1	+7.0	+6.2	+0.2	+5.5	+5.3	+2.2	+0.8	+1.1	-0.4	-0.3	+1.4	+1.8	+.032	+0.3	+0.5	+.040	+3.0	+2.6	+.097
Kevin Durant	11	42.4	29.0	0.6	8.1	8.7	5.5	0.8	1.4	3.5	2.6	9.7	20.4	.478	1.5	4.6	.333	8.0	8.7	.917

Season 16
	Kobe Bryant	Kevin Durant
Season	2011-12	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Cup All-Tournament Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Suns 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:	+17	+1.3	+0.8	+0.6	+1.8	+1.2	+0.4	+0.3	+0.9	-0.2		+0.1	+3.9	+.093	+0.7	+0.5	+.110	+1.8	+2.2	+.011
Kevin Durant	75	37.2	27.1	0.5	6.1	6.6	5.0	0.9	1.2	3.3	1.8	10.0	19.1	.523	2.2	5.4	.413	4.8	5.6	.856
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:	+8	+2.3	+3.2	+1.0	+2.8	+1.7	+1.0	+0.8	+1.3	-0.3	-0.8	+1.7	+8.3	+.113	+0.1	+2.0	+.134	+0.4	+0.6	+.008
Kevin Durant	4	42.0	26.8	0.3	6.3	6.5	3.3	0.5	1.5	2.5	2.0	9.3	16.8	.552	1.3	3.0	.417	7.0	8.5	.824

Season 17
	Kobe Bryant	Kevin Durant
Season	2012-13	2024-25
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	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:	+16	+2.1	+0.7	+0.4	+1.0	+0.4	+1.8	+0.6	+0.9	-0.6	-0.5		+2.3	+.064	+0.9	+0.8	+.106	+1.8	+2.2
Kevin Durant	62	36.5	26.6	0.4	5.7	6.0	4.2	0.8	1.2	3.1	1.7	9.5	18.1	.527	2.6	6.0	.430	4.9	5.8	.839
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kobe Bryant nor Kevin Durant played in the postseason in their season 17

Season 18
	Kobe Bryant	Kevin Durant
Season	2013-14	2025-26
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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18th 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	6	29.5	13.8	0.3	4.0	4.3	6.3	1.2	0.2	5.7	1.5	5.2	12.2	.425	0.5	2.7	.188	3.0	3.5	.857
difference:	+1	+5.9	+10.2	+0.1	+0.9	+1.0	+3.6	+0.1	+0.8	-3.4	-1.4	+2.5	+4.1	+.049	+1.2	+1.9	+.187	+3.9	+4.4	+.016
Kevin Durant	7	35.4	24.0	0.4	4.9	5.3	2.7	1.1	1.0	2.3	2.9	7.7	16.3	.474	1.7	4.6	.375	6.9	7.9	.873
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kobe Bryant nor Kevin Durant played in the postseason in their season 18

Additional Years
* Kobe Bryant played 2 seasons more than Kevin Durant in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 19 to 20, from 2015 to 2016—Kobe Bryant didn't play in the postseason. In those 2 extra years over Kevin Durant, Kobe Bryant got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Star Game