Kobe Bryant vs. Sam Cassell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Sam Cassell 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 / 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, 5 more than Sam Cassell, who played 15. Kobe Bryant had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, while Sam Cassell had his rookie season in 1993-94. 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
Sam Cassell	15	11	1993-94 to 2007-08

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


Rookie Season
	Kobe Bryant	Sam Cassell
Season	1996-97	1993-94
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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:	+5	+1.5	+0.9	+0.3	+0.5	+0.1	+1.6	+0.2	+0.2	-0.2	-0.7			+.001	+0.3	+0.6	+.080	+0.5	+0.7	+.022
Sam Cassell	66	17.0	6.7	0.4	1.7	2.0	2.9	0.9	0.1	1.4	2.1	2.5	5.9	.418	0.4	1.3	.295	1.4	1.6	.841

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:	+13	+6.9	+1.2	+0.8	+0.7	+1.5	+3.0	+0.7		-0.5	-0.2	+0.6	+1.2	+.012	+0.1	+0.6	+.117		+0.1	+.002
Sam Cassell	22	21.7	9.4	0.9	1.8	2.7	4.2	1.0	0.2	2.1	2.8	2.9	7.3	.394	0.8	2.0	.378	2.9	3.4	.865


Season 2
	Kobe Bryant	Sam Cassell
Season	1997-98	1994-95
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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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	+3.0	+5.9	+0.5		+0.5	+2.4	+0.2	+0.3		-0.2	+1.8	+4.4	+.001	+0.1	+0.5	+.011	+2.0	+2.7	+.049
Sam Cassell	82	23.0	9.5	0.5	2.1	2.6	4.9	1.1	0.2	2.0	2.5	3.1	7.2	.427	0.8	2.3	.330	2.6	3.1	.843

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:	+11	+1.8	+2.3	+0.2	+0.2		+2.5	+0.7	+0.6	-0.5	-0.5	+0.6	+0.8	+.030	+0.8	+1.4	+.186	+0.4	+0.2	+.146
Sam Cassell	22	22.0	11.0	0.4	1.5	1.9	4.0	1.0	0.1	1.5	3.0	3.4	7.7	.438	1.1	2.7	.400	3.2	3.9	.835


Season 3
	Kobe Bryant	Sam Cassell
Season	1998-99	1995-96
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+11	+10.3	+5.4	+0.3	+2.0	+2.2	+0.8	+0.5	+0.9	-0.5	-0.4	+2.5	+4.8	+.026	+0.7	+1.4	+.081	+1.0	+1.1	+.014
Sam Cassell	61	27.6	14.5	0.8	2.2	3.1	4.6	0.9	0.1	2.6	2.7	4.7	10.8	.439	1.2	3.4	.348	3.9	4.7	.825

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:		+13.8	+9.4	+1.5	+3.3	+4.8	+0.3	+1.1	+1.2	-1.6	-0.5	+4.3	+7.7	+.109		+0.7	+.072	+0.6	+0.8	+.007
Sam Cassell	8	25.8	10.4	0.1	2.0	2.1	4.3	0.8	0.1	2.3	2.5	3.3	10.1	.321	1.0	3.6	.276	2.9	3.6	.793


Season 4
	Kobe Bryant	Sam Cassell
Season	1999-00	1996-97
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks, New Jersey Nets
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:	+5	+10.1	+6.6	+0.8	+2.5	+3.3	+0.1	+0.3	+0.6			+2.9	+5.1	+.038	+0.6	+1.6	+.032	+1.5	+2.0	+.024
Sam Cassell	61	28.1	15.9	0.8	2.2	3.0	5.0	1.3	0.3	2.8	3.3	5.5	12.8	.430	1.3	3.8	.351	3.5	4.1	.845

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
Sam Cassell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Kobe Bryant	Sam Cassell
Season	2000-01	1997-98
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+7	+6.2	+8.9	+0.5	+2.2	+2.9	+3.0	+0.1	+0.3	-0.4	-0.2	+3.5	+6.8	+.023	+0.7	+1.8	+.117	+1.2	+1.4	+.007
Sam Cassell	75	34.7	19.6	1.0	2.1	3.0	8.0	1.6	0.3	3.6	3.5	6.8	15.4	.441	0.2	1.1	.188	5.8	6.8	.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:	+13	+34.4	+27.4	+1.5	+4.7	+6.3	+4.4	+1.6	+0.5	-2.5	-1.0	+9.5	+19.4	+.136	+0.7	+2.1		+7.8	+9.4
Sam Cassell	3	9.0	2.0	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.0	0.3	0.7	2.3	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 6
	Kobe Bryant	Sam Cassell
Season	2001-02	1998-99
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New Jersey Nets, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+72	+13.4	+9.3	+0.8	+2.8	+3.6	+1.0	+0.4	+0.4	-0.3	-0.1	+4.5	+8.4	+.050	+0.1	+0.4	+.050	+0.2	+1.1	+.111
Sam Cassell	8	24.9	15.9	0.6	1.3	1.9	4.5	1.1	0.0	2.5	2.8	4.9	11.6	.419	0.3	1.3	.200	5.9	6.3	.940

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:	+16	+9.5	+11.3	+1.5	+2.4	+3.8	+4.1	+0.4	+0.9	-0.5	-1.3	+4.5	+12.0	+.066	+1.2	+2.8	+.379	+1.1	+2.3	+.116
Sam Cassell	3	34.3	15.3	0.0	2.0	2.0	8.7	1.0	0.0	2.3	4.7	5.3	10.7	.500	0.0	0.3	.000	4.7	5.3	.875


Season 7
	Kobe Bryant	Sam Cassell
Season	2002-03	1999-00
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Bucks 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:	+1	+5.7	+11.4	+0.4	+2.7	+3.2	+3.1	+0.9	+0.7	-0.2	-0.4	+3.9	+9.1	+.015	+1.2	+2.9	+.094	+2.5	+3.2	+.033
Sam Cassell	81	35.8	18.6	0.9	2.9	3.7	9.0	1.3	0.1	3.3	3.1	6.7	14.4	.466	0.3	1.1	.289	4.8	5.5	.876

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	+8.7	+16.3	+1.3	+0.4	+1.7	+3.8	+0.4	+0.1	-1.7	-0.9	+5.4	+12.0	+.015	+1.9	+4.2	+.203	+3.6	+4.5	+.030
Sam Cassell	5	35.6	15.8	0.0	3.4	3.4	9.0	0.8	0.0	1.8	3.8	6.0	14.4	.417	0.2	1.0	.200	3.6	4.2	.857


Season 8
	Kobe Bryant	Sam Cassell
Season	2003-04	2000-01
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Bucks Lost East 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:	+11	+2.0	+5.8	+1.0	+0.7	+1.7	+2.5	+0.5	+0.3	-0.3	-0.1	+0.8	+3.2	+.036	+0.7	+2.0	+.021	+3.4	+3.9	+.006
Sam Cassell	76	35.6	18.2	0.6	3.2	3.8	7.6	1.2	0.1	2.9	2.8	7.1	14.9	.474	0.4	1.3	.306	3.6	4.3	.858

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	+6.3	+7.1	+0.1		+0.1	+1.2	+0.8	+0.1	-0.1	-1.5	+2.5	+5.5	+.017	+0.5	+2.7	+.086	+1.4	+2.1	+.053
Sam Cassell	18	37.9	17.4	0.7	3.9	4.6	6.7	1.1	0.2	2.9	4.2	6.1	15.4	.396	0.6	1.7	.333	4.7	5.4	.866


Season 9
	Kobe Bryant	Sam Cassell
Season	2004-05	2001-02
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+8	+5.5	+7.9	+0.7	+1.0	+1.7	+0.7	+0.1	+0.6	-1.7	-0.2	+1.2	+3.9	+.030	+1.0	+3.1	+.009	+4.4	+5.7	+.044
Sam Cassell	74	35.2	19.7	0.7	3.5	4.2	6.7	1.2	0.2	2.4	2.8	7.5	16.2	.463	1.0	2.8	.348	3.8	4.4	.860

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kobe Bryant nor Sam Cassell played in the postseason in their season 9


Season 10
	Kobe Bryant	Sam Cassell
Season	2005-06	2002-03
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bucks Lost East 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:	+2	+6.4	+15.7	+0.2	+0.7	+0.9	+1.3	+0.7	+0.2	-0.8	-0.1	+5.2	+12.3	+.020	+1.5	+4.4	+.015	+3.8	+4.5	+.011
Sam Cassell	78	34.6	19.7	0.7	3.7	4.4	5.8	1.1	0.2	2.3	2.8	7.0	14.9	.470	0.8	2.1	.362	4.9	5.7	.861

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	+8.7	+10.7	+0.1	+3.0	+3.1	+2.4	+0.6	+0.2	-1.9	-0.3	+3.8	+6.9	+.027	+0.2	+1.5	+.124	+3.0	+4.4	+.162
Sam Cassell	6	36.2	17.2	0.5	2.7	3.2	2.7	0.5	0.2	2.8	3.3	6.5	13.8	.470	1.8	3.5	.524	2.3	2.5	.933


Season 11
	Kobe Bryant	Sam Cassell
Season	2006-07	2003-04
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Minnesota Timberwolves
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 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:	+4	+5.8	+11.8	+0.5	+1.9	+2.4	+1.9	+0.1	+0.3	-0.6	-0.3	+2.9	+7.1	+.025	+0.9	+2.9	+.054	+5.1	+5.9	+.005
Sam Cassell	81	35.0	19.8	0.5	2.8	3.3	7.3	1.3	0.2	2.7	3.0	7.7	15.7	.488	0.9	2.3	.398	3.6	4.1	.873

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:	+11	+11.9	+16.2		+2.7	+2.7		+0.2	+0.2	-1.7	-1.3	+6.1	+13.4	+.003	+0.4	+1.8	+.060	+3.5	+3.6	+.067
Sam Cassell	16	31.1	16.6	0.2	2.3	2.5	4.4	0.8	0.2	2.7	3.3	5.9	12.6	.465	1.6	3.8	.417	3.3	3.8	.852


Season 12
	Kobe Bryant	Sam Cassell
Season	2007-08	2004-05
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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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:	+23	+13.1	+14.8	+0.7	+3.0	+3.6	+0.3	+1.2	+0.3	-1.3	-0.1	+4.1	+9.0	+.005	+1.3	+3.4	+.099	+5.3	+6.4	+.025
Sam Cassell	59	25.8	13.5	0.4	2.2	2.7	5.1	0.6	0.2	1.8	2.7	5.4	11.6	.464	0.5	1.7	.262	2.3	2.6	.865

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
Sam Cassell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Kobe Bryant	Sam Cassell
Season	2008-09	2005-06
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Clippers Lost West 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:	+4	+2.1	+9.6	+0.6	+0.9	+1.5	+1.4	+0.6	+0.4	-0.4	-0.6	+3.5	+6.6	+.024	+0.5	+1.7	+.017	+2.2	+2.6	+.007
Sam Cassell	78	34.0	17.2	0.5	3.2	3.7	6.3	0.9	0.1	2.2	2.9	6.3	14.3	.443	0.9	2.4	.368	3.7	4.3	.863

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	+7.2	+12.2		+1.2	+1.3	+0.3	+1.0	+0.7	-0.3	-0.3	+4.4	+9.1	+.020	+0.3	+1.0		+3.0	+2.9	+.074
Sam Cassell	12	33.7	18.0	0.8	3.3	4.0	5.8	0.7	0.2	2.3	2.9	6.1	13.9	.437	1.3	3.6	.349	4.6	5.7	.809


Season 14
	Kobe Bryant	Sam Cassell
Season	2009-10	2006-07
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Clippers
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:	+15	+14.5	+14.7	+0.6	+1.9	+2.5	+0.3	+1.0	+0.2	-1.5	-0.4	+5.3	+10.7	+.038	+0.8	+2.2	+.035	+3.2	+4.3	+.068
Sam Cassell	58	24.3	12.3	0.5	2.4	2.9	4.7	0.5	0.1	1.7	2.2	4.5	10.8	.418	0.6	1.9	.294	2.8	3.1	.879

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
Sam Cassell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Kobe Bryant	Sam Cassell
Season	2010-11	2007-08
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Clippers, Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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:	+27	+10.7	+14.1	+0.7	+1.9	+2.6	+0.8	+0.5		-1.2	-0.3	+4.8	+10.3	+.013	+1.0	+2.9	+.020	+3.6	+4.5	+.054
Sam Cassell	55	23.2	11.2	0.3	2.2	2.5	3.9	0.7	0.1	1.8	1.8	4.2	9.7	.438	0.4	1.4	.303	2.3	2.6	.882

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:	+11	+22.8	+18.3	+0.7	+2.0	+2.7	+2.1	+1.2	+0.3	-2.5	-0.9	+6.5	+13.3	+.113	+0.9	+2.8	+.079	+4.3	+5.3	+.004
Sam Cassell	21	12.6	4.5	0.1	0.6	0.7	1.2	0.4	0.0	0.6	1.4	1.8	5.3	.333	0.3	1.3	.214	0.7	0.8	.824


Additional Years
* Kobe Bryant played 5 seasons more than Sam Cassell 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 Sam Cassell, Kobe Bryant got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 5 All-Star Game

Kobe Bryant vs. Sam Cassell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Sam Cassell 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.

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Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

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

Additional Years