Kobe Bryant vs. Russell Westbrook Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Russell Westbrook 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 / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings / 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, 2 more than Russell Westbrook, who played 18. Kobe Bryant had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, while Russell Westbrook had his rookie season in 2008-09. 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
Russell Westbrook	18	14	2008-09 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18


Rookie Season
	Kobe Bryant	Russell Westbrook
Season	1996-97	2008-09
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
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:	+11	+17.0	+7.7	+1.5	+1.5	+3.0	+4.0	+0.6	+0.1	-1.7	-0.9	+2.8	+7.5	+.019	+0.3	+0.3	+.104	+2.4	+2.9	+.004
Russell Westbrook	82	32.5	15.3	2.2	2.7	4.9	5.3	1.3	0.2	3.3	2.3	5.3	13.4	.398	0.4	1.6	.271	4.3	5.2	.815

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
Russell Westbrook	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Kobe Bryant	Russell Westbrook
Season	1997-98	2009-10
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Thunder Lost West 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:	+3	+8.3	+0.7	+0.7	+1.0	+1.8	+5.5	+0.4	+0.1	-1.3	-0.2	+1.0	+2.5	+.010	+0.6	+1.5	+.120	+0.6	+0.7	+.014
Russell Westbrook	82	34.3	16.1	1.7	3.1	4.9	8.0	1.3	0.4	3.3	2.5	5.9	14.1	.418	0.3	1.3	.221	4.0	5.1	.780

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:	+5	+15.1	+11.8	+1.1	+3.0	+4.1	+4.5	+1.4	+0.5	-1.3	-0.3	+4.4	+8.3	+.065	+0.5	+0.7	+.203	+2.5	+2.2	+.153
Russell Westbrook	6	35.3	20.5	1.7	4.3	6.0	6.0	1.7	0.2	2.3	2.2	7.2	15.2	.473	0.8	2.0	.417	5.3	6.3	.842


Season 3
	Kobe Bryant	Russell Westbrook
Season	1998-99	2010-11
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals

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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	+3.2	+2.0	+0.4	+1.1	+0.7	+4.4	+0.5	+0.6	-0.8	-0.6	+0.3	+1.4	+.023	+0.1	+0.7	+.063	+1.6	+1.9	+.003
Russell Westbrook	82	34.7	21.9	1.5	3.1	4.6	8.2	1.9	0.4	3.9	2.5	7.5	17.0	.442	0.4	1.3	.330	6.5	7.7	.842

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:	+9	+2.1	+4.0	+0.5	+2.1	+1.5	+1.8	+0.5	+0.9	-0.7	-0.3	+0.3	+2.4	+.036	+0.2	+0.1	+.056	+3.6	+4.0	+.052
Russell Westbrook	17	37.5	23.8	2.1	3.2	5.4	6.4	1.4	0.4	4.6	3.3	7.9	20.2	.394	0.8	2.8	.292	7.1	8.4	.852


Season 4
	Kobe Bryant	Russell Westbrook
Season	1999-00	2011-12
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Thunder Lost NBA 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:		+2.9	+1.1	+0.1	+1.6	+1.7	+0.6	+0.1	+0.6	-0.8	-1.1	+0.4	+1.3	+.011	+0.2	+0.8	+.003	+0.2	+0.2	+.002
Russell Westbrook	66	35.3	23.6	1.5	3.1	4.6	5.5	1.7	0.3	3.6	2.2	8.8	19.2	.457	0.9	3.0	.316	5.2	6.3	.823

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:	+2	+0.6	+2.0	+0.1	+1.1	+1.0	+1.5	+0.1	+1.1	-0.2	-1.5	+1.0	+2.5	+.007	+0.1	+0.4	+.067	+0.2	+0.1	+.048
Russell Westbrook	20	38.4	23.1	1.1	4.4	5.5	5.9	1.6	0.4	2.3	2.5	8.9	20.4	.435	0.9	3.3	.277	4.5	5.6	.802


Season 5
	Kobe Bryant	Russell Westbrook
Season	2000-01	2012-13
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+14	+6.0	+5.3	+0.1	+0.4	+0.7	+2.4	+0.1	+0.3	-0.1	-1.0	+2.1	+3.5	+.026	+0.3	+0.8	+.018	+1.4	+1.2	+.053
Russell Westbrook	82	34.9	23.2	1.4	3.9	5.2	7.4	1.8	0.3	3.3	2.3	8.2	18.7	.438	1.2	3.7	.323	5.6	7.0	.800

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:	+14	+9.4	+5.4	+1.3	+0.6	+0.8	+0.9	+1.4	+0.8	-0.8	-0.8	+2.0	+1.9	+.054	+0.3	+2.4	+.102	+1.8	+2.4	+.036
Russell Westbrook	2	34.0	24.0	0.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	3.0	0.0	4.0	2.5	8.5	20.5	.415	1.0	4.5	.222	6.0	7.0	.857


Season 6
	Kobe Bryant	Russell Westbrook
Season	2001-02	2013-14
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Thunder 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:	+34	+7.6	+3.4	+0.2	+0.4	+0.2	+1.4	+0.4	+0.2	-1.0	-0.6	+1.9	+2.8	+.032	+1.1	+3.0	+.068	+0.8	+1.0	+.003
Russell Westbrook	46	30.7	21.8	1.2	4.5	5.7	6.9	1.9	0.2	3.8	2.3	7.5	17.2	.437	1.5	4.7	.318	5.3	6.4	.826

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:		+5.1	+0.1	+0.9	+0.5	+1.5	+3.5	+0.8	+0.6	-1.6	-0.1	+1.0	+1.8	+.014	+0.3	+2.2	+.099	+1.8	+1.0	+.125
Russell Westbrook	19	38.7	26.7	2.4	4.9	7.3	8.1	2.2	0.3	4.4	3.3	8.8	20.9	.420	1.5	5.3	.280	7.6	8.6	.884


Season 7
	Kobe Bryant	Russell Westbrook
Season	2002-03	2014-15
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
	-	All-Star Game MVP
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:	+15	+7.1	+1.9	+0.6	+0.2	+0.4	+2.7	+0.1	+0.6	-0.9		+1.2	+1.5	+.025	+0.2	+0.3	+.084	+0.8	+1.1	+.008
Russell Westbrook	67	34.4	28.1	1.9	5.4	7.3	8.6	2.1	0.2	4.4	2.7	9.4	22.0	.426	1.3	4.3	.299	8.1	9.8	.835

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
Russell Westbrook	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Kobe Bryant	Russell Westbrook
Season	2003-04	2015-16
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals

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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	+3.2	+0.5	+0.2	+2.1	+2.3	+5.3	+0.3	+0.1	-1.7	-0.2	+0.3		+.016	+0.2	+1.0	+.031	+1.2	+1.0	+.040
Russell Westbrook	80	34.4	23.5	1.8	6.0	7.8	10.4	2.0	0.3	4.3	2.5	8.2	18.1	.454	1.3	4.3	.296	5.8	7.2	.812

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:	+4	+6.8	+1.5	+1.5	+0.7	+2.2	+5.5	+0.7	+0.2	-1.5	-0.3	+0.2	+0.9	+.008	+0.8	+1.4	+.077	+0.3	+0.3	+.016
Russell Westbrook	18	37.4	26.0	2.3	4.6	6.9	11.0	2.6	0.1	4.3	2.4	8.8	21.8	.405	1.9	5.8	.324	6.4	7.8	.829


Season 9
	Kobe Bryant	Russell Westbrook
Season	2004-05	2016-17
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+15	+6.1	+4.0	+0.3	+4.5	+4.8	+4.4	+0.3	+0.4	-1.3	-0.3	+1.5	+3.9	+.008	+0.5	+1.3	+.004	+0.6	+0.3	+.029
Russell Westbrook	81	34.6	31.6	1.7	9.0	10.7	10.4	1.6	0.4	5.4	2.3	10.2	24.0	.425	2.5	7.2	.343	8.8	10.4	.845

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kobe Bryant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Russell Westbrook	5	38.8	37.4	1.8	9.8	11.6	10.8	2.4	0.4	6.0	3.2	11.8	30.4	.388	2.6	9.8	.265	11.2	14.0	.800


Season 10
	Kobe Bryant	Russell Westbrook
Season	2005-06	2017-18
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:		+4.6	+10.0	+1.0	+3.8	+4.8	+5.8		+0.1	-1.7	-0.4	+2.7	+6.1	+.001	+1.1	+2.4	+.049	+3.5	+3.1	+.113
Russell Westbrook	80	36.4	25.4	1.9	8.2	10.1	10.3	1.8	0.3	4.8	2.5	9.5	21.1	.449	1.2	4.1	.298	5.2	7.1	.737

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:	+1	+5.7	+1.4	+1.2	+4.5	+5.7	+2.4	+0.4	+0.4	-0.5	-0.1	+0.4	+6.1	+.099	+0.5	+2.0	+.043	+0.2	+0.2	+.054
Russell Westbrook	6	39.2	29.3	1.8	10.2	12.0	7.5	1.5	0.0	5.2	3.5	10.7	26.8	.398	2.5	7.0	.357	5.5	6.7	.825


Season 11
	Kobe Bryant	Russell Westbrook
Season	2006-07	2018-19
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+4	+4.8	+8.7	+0.5	+4.9	+5.4	+5.3	+0.5		-1.2	-0.7	+2.0	+2.6	+.035	+0.2	+0.4	+.054	+4.6	+3.8	+.212
Russell Westbrook	73	36.0	22.9	1.5	9.6	11.1	10.7	1.9	0.5	4.5	3.4	8.6	20.2	.428	1.6	5.6	.290	4.1	6.2	.656

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:		+3.6	+10.0	+1.2	+2.6	+3.8	+6.2		+0.2	-0.2	-1.8	+4.0	+3.8	+.102	+0.2	+1.2	+.033	+2.2	+2.2	+.034
Russell Westbrook	5	39.4	22.8	1.4	7.6	9.0	10.6	1.0	0.6	4.6	3.8	8.0	22.2	.360	2.2	6.8	.324	4.6	5.2	.885


Season 12
	Kobe Bryant	Russell Westbrook
Season	2007-08	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+25	+3.0	+1.1	+0.7	+1.0	+1.6	+1.6	+0.2	+0.1	-1.4	-0.7	+1.1	+1.9	+.013	+0.8	+1.4	+.103	+2.5	+2.3	+.077
Russell Westbrook	57	35.9	27.2	1.8	6.2	7.9	7.0	1.6	0.4	4.5	3.5	10.6	22.5	.472	1.0	3.7	.258	5.1	6.7	.763

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:	+13	+8.3	+12.2	+0.5	+0.8	+1.3	+1.0	+0.2	+0.1	-0.5	-0.1	+3.2	+4.5	+.058	+0.5	+0.9	+.060	+5.4	+5.2	+.278
Russell Westbrook	8	32.8	17.9	1.4	5.6	7.0	4.6	1.5	0.3	3.8	2.9	7.4	17.5	.421	1.0	4.1	.242	2.1	4.0	.531


Season 13
	Kobe Bryant	Russell Westbrook
Season	2008-09	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+17	+0.3	+4.6	+0.6	+5.8	+6.3	+6.8	+0.1	+0.1	-2.2	-0.6	+1.4	+1.9	+.028	+0.1	+0.1	+.036	+1.7	+0.5	+.200
Russell Westbrook	65	36.4	22.2	1.7	9.9	11.5	11.7	1.4	0.4	4.8	2.9	8.4	19.0	.439	1.3	4.2	.315	4.2	6.4	.656

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:	+18	+3.7	+11.2	+2.0	+3.1	+5.1	+6.3	+1.3	+0.7	-1.6	-0.8	+4.9	+6.2	+.124	+0.6	+0.6	+.099	+0.8		+.092
Russell Westbrook	5	37.2	19.0	2.8	7.6	10.4	11.8	0.4	0.2	4.2	3.4	5.6	16.8	.333	1.0	4.0	.250	6.8	8.6	.791


Season 14
	Kobe Bryant	Russell Westbrook
Season	2009-10	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	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:	+5	+4.5	+8.5	+0.3	+1.7	+2.0	+2.1	+0.5		-0.6	-0.4	+2.8	+5.7	+.012	+0.4	+0.7	+.031	+2.6	+2.3	+.144
Russell Westbrook	78	34.3	18.5	1.4	6.0	7.4	7.1	1.0	0.3	3.8	3.0	7.0	15.8	.444	1.0	3.4	.298	3.4	5.1	.667

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
Russell Westbrook	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Kobe Bryant	Russell Westbrook
Season	2010-11	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+9	+4.8	+9.4	+0.2	+0.5	+0.7	+2.8	+0.2	+0.4	-0.5	-0.1	+3.1	+6.4	+.015	+0.2	+0.4	+.012	+3.1	+2.8	+.172
Russell Westbrook	73	29.1	15.9	1.2	4.6	5.8	7.5	1.0	0.5	3.5	2.2	5.9	13.6	.436	1.2	3.9	.311	2.8	4.3	.656

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:	+5	+3.0	+0.8	+1.0	+3.2	+4.2	+4.1	+0.4	+1.1	-0.9	-0.7	+0.3	+2.4	+.036	+0.8	+1.5	+.064	+0.6	+1.1	+.060
Russell Westbrook	5	38.4	23.6	1.8	5.8	7.6	7.4	1.2	1.4	4.0	3.0	8.6	21.0	.410	2.0	5.6	.357	4.4	5.0	.880


Season 16
	Kobe Bryant	Russell Westbrook
Season	2011-12	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Clippers 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:	+10	+16.0	+16.8	+0.3	+0.6	+0.4	+0.1	+0.1		-1.4		+5.5	+13.2	+.024	+0.9	+2.6	+.030	+5.0	+5.4	+.157
Russell Westbrook	68	22.5	11.1	1.4	3.7	5.0	4.5	1.1	0.3	2.1	1.8	4.4	9.8	.454	0.6	2.3	.273	1.6	2.4	.688

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:	+6	+20.7	+23.7	+0.3	+0.3	+0.6	+2.6	+0.1	+0.3	-1.1	-1.0	+8.8	+16.8	+.179	+0.7	+2.2	+.048	+5.3	+5.7	+.217
Russell Westbrook	6	19.0	6.3	1.0	3.2	4.2	1.7	1.2	0.5	1.7	1.8	2.2	8.3	.260	0.7	2.8	.235	1.3	2.2	.615


Season 17
	Kobe Bryant	Russell Westbrook
Season	2012-13	2024-25
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+3	+10.7	+14.0	+0.6	+1.1	+0.7	+0.1		+0.2	-0.5	-0.3	+4.5	+9.3	+.014	+0.4	+1.3	+.001	+4.6	+4.9	+.178
Russell Westbrook	75	27.9	13.3	1.4	3.6	4.9	6.1	1.4	0.5	3.2	2.5	5.0	11.1	.449	1.3	3.9	.323	2.1	3.1	.661

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kobe Bryant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Russell Westbrook	13	24.1	11.7	1.5	2.2	3.7	2.6	0.9	0.1	2.3	3.2	4.0	10.2	.391	1.5	4.8	.317	2.2	3.1	.700


Season 18
	Kobe Bryant	Russell Westbrook
Season	2013-14	2025-26
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Sacramento Kings
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:	+12	+1.3	+0.1	+1.3	+1.3	+2.6	+0.3	+0.1		-2.6	-0.9	+0.2	+0.7	+.010	+1.5	+2.6	+.191	+1.3	+0.8	+.224
Russell Westbrook	18	28.2	13.7	1.6	5.3	6.9	6.6	1.1	0.2	3.1	2.4	5.0	11.5	.435	2.0	5.3	.379	1.7	2.7	.633

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kobe Bryant nor Russell Westbrook played in the postseason in their season 18


Additional Years
* Kobe Bryant played 2 seasons more than Russell Westbrook 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 Russell Westbrook, Kobe Bryant got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Star Game

Kobe Bryant vs. Russell Westbrook Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Russell Westbrook 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

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Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

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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

Season 13

13th Season Stats Comparison

Season 14

14th Season Stats Comparison

Season 15

15th Season Stats Comparison

Season 16

16th Season Stats Comparison

Season 17

17th Season Stats Comparison

Season 18

18th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years