Kobe Bryant vs. Michael Jordan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Michael Jordan 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, 5 more than Michael Jordan, who played 15. Kobe Bryant had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, while Michael Jordan had his rookie season in 1984-85. 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	Michael Jordan
Season	1996-97	1984-85
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Bulls Lost East 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:	+11	+22.8	+20.6	+1.3	+3.3	+4.6	+4.6	+1.7	+0.5	-1.9	-2.1	+7.7	+13.9	+.098	+0.6	+1.3	+.202	+5.8	+6.8	+.026
Michael Jordan	82	38.3	28.2	2.0	4.5	6.5	5.9	2.4	0.8	3.5	3.5	10.2	19.8	.515	0.1	0.6	.173	7.7	9.1	.845
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:	+5	+28.0	+21.1	+1.7	+2.9	+4.6	+7.3	+2.5	+0.8	-2.2	-1.2	+6.2	+13.4	+.054	+0.4	+0.6	+.136	+9.1	+11.2	+.039
Michael Jordan	4	42.8	29.3	1.8	4.0	5.8	8.5	2.8	1.0	3.8	3.8	8.5	19.5	.436	0.3	2.0	.125	12.0	14.5	.828

Season 2
	Kobe Bryant	Michael Jordan
Season	1997-98	1985-86
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+61	+0.9	+7.3	+0.3	+0.2	+0.5	+0.4	+1.2	+0.7	-0.5	-0.3	+3.4	+6.6	+.029	+0.7	+1.8	+.174	+1.2	+1.1	+.046
Michael Jordan	18	25.1	22.7	1.3	2.3	3.6	2.9	2.1	1.2	2.5	2.6	8.3	18.2	.457	0.2	1.0	.167	5.8	6.9	.840
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:	+8	+24.8	+35.0	+1.1	+3.4	+4.4	+4.2	+2.0	+0.6	-3.7	-1.8	+13.2	+24.8	+.097		+1.0	+.786	+8.5	+8.9	+.183
Michael Jordan	3	45.0	43.7	1.7	4.7	6.3	5.7	2.3	1.3	4.7	4.3	16.0	31.7	.505	0.3	0.3	1.000	11.3	13.0	.872

Season 3
	Kobe Bryant	Michael Jordan
Season	1998-99	1986-87
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Bulls Lost East 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	+2.1	+17.2	+0.9	+1.0	+0.1	+0.8	+1.5	+0.5	-0.2	-0.2	+6.2	+12.2	+.017	+0.4	+1.2	+.085	+5.3	+6.1	+.018
Michael Jordan	82	40.0	37.1	2.0	3.2	5.2	4.6	2.9	1.5	3.3	2.9	13.4	27.8	.482	0.1	0.8	.182	10.2	11.9	.857
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:	+5	+3.1	+15.9	+0.7	+0.6	+0.1	+1.4	+0.1	+1.0	-1.2	-0.7	+4.1	+10.2	+.013	+0.3	+1.2	+.052	+8.2	+8.6	+.097
Michael Jordan	3	42.7	35.7	2.3	4.7	7.0	6.0	2.0	2.3	2.7	3.7	11.7	28.0	.417	0.7	1.7	.400	11.7	13.0	.897

Season 4
	Kobe Bryant	Michael Jordan
Season	1999-00	1987-88
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bulls Lost East 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	+2.2	+12.5	+0.1	+0.9	+0.8	+1.0	+1.6	+0.7	-0.3		+4.6	+6.5	+.067	+0.6	+1.6	+.187	+3.8	+4.4	+.020
Michael Jordan	82	40.4	35.0	1.7	3.8	5.5	5.9	3.2	1.6	3.1	3.3	13.0	24.4	.535	0.1	0.6	.132	8.8	10.5	.841
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:	+12	+3.7	+15.2	+1.1	+1.5	+2.6	+0.3	+0.9	+0.4	-1.4	-0.2	+5.9	+8.1	+.089	+0.9	+2.6	+.011	+4.3	+4.2	+.115
Michael Jordan	10	42.7	36.3	2.3	4.8	7.1	4.7	2.4	1.1	3.9	3.8	13.8	26.0	.531	0.1	0.3	.333	8.6	9.9	.869

Season 5
	Kobe Bryant	Michael Jordan
Season	2000-01	1988-89
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bulls Lost East Conf 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:	+13	+0.7	+4.0	+0.3	+1.9	+2.1	+3.0	+1.2	+0.2	-0.4	-0.3	+1.6		+.074	+0.6	+1.7	+.029	+1.3	+1.6	+.003
Michael Jordan	81	40.2	32.5	1.8	6.2	8.0	8.0	2.9	0.8	3.6	3.0	11.9	22.2	.538	0.3	1.2	.276	8.3	9.8	.850
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:	+1	+1.2	+5.4	+0.3	+0.1	+0.3	+1.5	+0.9		-0.8	-0.5	+1.2	+0.5	+.041	+0.1		+.038	+3.0	+4.1	+.022
Michael Jordan	17	42.2	34.8	1.5	5.5	7.0	7.6	2.5	0.8	4.0	3.8	11.7	22.9	.510	0.6	2.1	.286	10.8	13.5	.799

Season 6
	Kobe Bryant	Michael Jordan
Season	2001-02	1989-90
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bulls Lost East 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:	+2	+0.7	+8.4	+0.3	+1.0	+1.4	+0.8	+1.3	+0.3	-0.2		+3.2	+4.0	+.057	+0.7	+1.3	+.126	+1.1	+1.1	+.019
Michael Jordan	82	39.0	33.6	1.7	5.1	6.9	6.3	2.8	0.7	3.0	2.9	12.6	24.0	.526	1.1	3.0	.376	7.2	8.5	.848
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:	+3	+1.7	+10.1		+1.3	+1.4	+2.2	+1.4		-0.7		+3.9	+3.9	+.080	+0.2		+.059	+2.5	+2.3	+.077
Michael Jordan	16	42.1	36.7	1.5	5.7	7.2	6.8	2.8	0.9	3.5	3.4	13.7	26.6	.514	1.0	3.1	.320	8.3	9.9	.836

Season 7
	Kobe Bryant	Michael Jordan
Season	2002-03	1990-91
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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:		+4.5	+1.5	+0.1	+1.0	+0.9	+0.4	+0.5	+0.2	-1.0	-0.1	+1.5	+1.1	+.088	+1.1	+2.9	+.071	+0.3	+0.5	+.008
Michael Jordan	82	37.0	31.5	1.4	4.6	6.0	5.5	2.7	1.0	2.5	2.8	12.1	22.4	.539	0.4	1.1	.312	7.0	8.2	.851
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:	+5	+3.8	+1.0	+0.2	+1.5	+1.3	+3.2	+1.2	+1.3	-1.0	-0.2	+0.2	+4.3	+.092	+1.5	+3.7	+.018	+0.2		+.018
Michael Jordan	17	40.5	31.1	1.1	5.3	6.4	8.4	2.4	1.4	2.5	3.1	11.6	22.1	.524	0.6	1.5	.385	7.4	8.7	.845

Season 8
	Kobe Bryant	Michael Jordan
Season	2003-04	1991-92
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	NBA Champion

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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:	+15	+1.2	+6.1	+0.5	+1.4	+0.9	+1.0	+0.6	+0.5	-0.1	-0.2	+3.9	+4.6	+.081	+0.8	+2.0	+.057	+0.9	+0.8	+.020
Michael Jordan	80	38.8	30.1	1.1	5.3	6.4	6.1	2.3	0.9	2.5	2.5	11.8	22.7	.519	0.3	1.3	.270	6.1	7.4	.832
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:		+2.4	+10.0	+0.9	+0.6	+1.5	+0.3	+0.1	+0.4	-0.9	-0.1	+4.6	+5.5	+.086	+0.3	+2.4	+.139	+1.3	+1.1	+.044
Michael Jordan	22	41.8	34.5	1.7	4.5	6.2	5.8	2.0	0.7	3.7	2.8	13.2	26.4	.499	0.8	2.0	.386	7.4	8.6	.857

Season 9
	Kobe Bryant	Michael Jordan
Season	2004-05	1992-93
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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:	+12	+1.4	+5.0	+0.3	+0.5	+0.8	+0.5	+1.5		-1.4	-0.2	+4.0	+5.6	+.062	+1.0	+3.0	+.013	+2.1	+2.8	+.021
Michael Jordan	78	39.3	32.6	1.7	5.0	6.7	5.5	2.8	0.8	2.7	2.4	12.7	25.7	.495	1.0	2.9	.352	6.1	7.3	.837
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kobe Bryant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Jordan	19	41.2	35.1	1.7	5.1	6.7	6.0	2.1	0.9	2.4	3.1	13.2	27.8	.475	1.5	3.8	.389	7.2	8.9	.805

Note: Michael Jordan didn't play in 1993-94.

Season 10
	Kobe Bryant	Michael Jordan
Season	2005-06	1994-95
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bulls Lost East 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:	+63	+1.7	+8.5	+0.6	+1.0	+1.6	+0.8		+0.4	-1.0	-0.1	+2.4	+3.4	+.039	+1.4	+4.6	+.153	+2.3	+2.2	+.049
Michael Jordan	17	39.3	26.9	1.5	5.4	6.9	5.3	1.8	0.8	2.1	2.8	9.8	23.8	.411	0.9	1.9	.500	6.4	8.0	.801
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:	+3	+2.9	+3.6	+1.4	+1.2	+0.2	+0.6	+1.2	+1.0	-0.6	-0.6	+1.7	+4.1	+.013	+0.9	+2.0	+.033	+1.1	+1.0	+.039
Michael Jordan	10	42.0	31.5	2.0	4.5	6.5	4.5	2.3	1.4	4.1	3.0	12.0	24.8	.484	1.1	3.0	.367	6.4	7.9	.810

Season 11
	Kobe Bryant	Michael Jordan
Season	2006-07	1995-96
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	Scoring Leader	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game MVP	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:	+5	+3.1	+1.2	+0.8	+0.1	+0.9	+1.1	+0.8		-0.9	-0.3	+0.6	+0.2	+.032	+0.4	+2.0	+.083	+2.0	+2.0	+.034
Michael Jordan	82	37.7	30.4	1.8	4.8	6.6	4.3	2.2	0.5	2.4	2.4	11.2	22.6	.495	1.4	3.2	.427	6.7	8.0	.834
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:	+13	+2.3	+2.1	+1.5	+1.8	+0.3	+0.3	+0.8	+0.1	-2.1	-0.7	+1.6	+3.4	+.003	+0.6	+2.2	+.046	+1.7	+3.0	+.101
Michael Jordan	18	40.7	30.7	1.7	3.2	4.9	4.1	1.8	0.3	2.3	2.7	10.4	22.6	.459	1.4	3.4	.403	8.5	10.4	.818

Season 12
	Kobe Bryant	Michael Jordan
Season	2007-08	1996-97
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	NBA Champion

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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:		+1.0	+1.3	+0.3	+0.7	+0.4	+1.1	+0.1		-1.1	-0.9	+1.7	+2.5	+.027	+0.4	+1.5	+.013	+1.7	+2.0	+.007
Michael Jordan	82	37.9	29.6	1.4	4.5	5.9	4.3	1.7	0.5	2.0	1.9	11.2	23.1	.486	1.4	3.6	.374	5.9	7.0	.833
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:	+2	+1.2	+1.0	+1.3	+0.9	+2.2	+0.8	+0.1	+0.5	-0.7	-0.4	+1.3	+4.2	+.023	+0.8	+1.5	+.108	+1.0	+1.4	+.022
Michael Jordan	19	42.3	31.1	2.2	5.7	7.9	4.8	1.6	0.9	2.6	2.4	11.9	26.2	.456	0.7	3.5	.194	6.5	7.8	.831

Season 13
	Kobe Bryant	Michael Jordan
Season	2008-09	1997-98
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game MVP	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	NBA Champion	NBA Champion

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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:		+2.7	+1.9	+0.5	+0.1	+0.6	+1.4	+0.2		-0.3	-0.5	+0.9	+2.2	+.002	+1.0	+2.6	+.113	+1.0	+1.9	+.072
Michael Jordan	82	38.8	28.7	1.6	4.2	5.8	3.5	1.7	0.5	2.3	1.8	10.7	23.1	.465	0.4	1.5	.238	6.9	8.8	.784
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:	+2	+0.6	+2.2	+0.8	+1.0	+0.2	+2.0	+0.2	+0.3	-0.5	-0.4	+1.1	+2.0	+.005	+1.0	+2.6	+.047	+1.0	+2.0	+.071
Michael Jordan	21	41.5	32.4	1.6	3.5	5.1	3.5	1.5	0.6	2.1	2.2	11.6	25.0	.462	0.6	2.0	.302	8.6	10.6	.812

Note: Michael Jordan didn't play in 1998-99, 1999-00 and 2000-01.

Season 14
	Kobe Bryant	Michael Jordan
Season	2009-10	2001-02
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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:	+13	+3.9	+4.1	+0.3	+0.5	+0.3	+0.2	+0.1	+0.1	-0.5	-0.6	+0.6	+0.6	+.040	+1.2	+3.2	+.140	+1.6	+1.8	+.021
Michael Jordan	60	34.9	22.9	0.8	4.8	5.7	5.2	1.4	0.4	2.7	2.0	9.2	22.1	.416	0.2	0.9	.189	4.4	5.6	.790
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
Michael Jordan	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 15
	Kobe Bryant	Michael Jordan
Season	2010-11	2002-03
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Wizards
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	Did Not Play

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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:		+3.1	+5.3	+0.1	+1.1	+1.0	+0.9	+0.3	+0.4	-0.9		+0.7	+1.4	+.006	+1.2	+3.6	+.032	+2.7	+3.1	+.007
Michael Jordan	82	37.0	20.0	0.9	5.2	6.1	3.8	1.5	0.5	2.1	2.1	8.3	18.6	.445	0.2	0.7	.291	3.2	4.0	.821
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
Michael Jordan	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Kobe Bryant played 5 seasons more than Michael Jordan in the NBA. In that period —his seasons 16 to 20, from 2012 to 2016— Kobe Bryant played in one postseason. In those 5 extra years over Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 5 All-Star Game