Kobe Bryant vs. Scoot Henderson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Scoot Henderson 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, 18 more than Scoot Henderson, who played 2. Kobe Bryant had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, while Scoot Henderson had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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	Scoot Henderson
Season	1996-97	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Portland Trail Blazers
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:	+9	+13.0	+6.4	+0.2	+1.1	+1.2	+4.1	+0.1	+0.1	-1.8	-1.7	+2.5	+7.0	+.032	+0.7	+2.4	+.050	+0.8	+1.0
Scoot Henderson	62	28.5	14.0	0.9	2.3	3.1	5.4	0.8	0.2	3.4	3.1	5.0	12.9	.385	1.4	4.3	.325	2.7	3.3	.819
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
Scoot Henderson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Kobe Bryant	Scoot Henderson
Season	1997-98	2024-25
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Portland Trail Blazers
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:	+13	+0.7	+2.7	+0.2	+0.1	+0.1	+2.6	+0.1	+0.3	-0.7	-0.4	+0.6	+1.2	+.009	+0.7	+1.7	+.013	+2.2	+2.7	+.027
Scoot Henderson	66	26.7	12.7	0.8	2.2	3.0	5.1	1.0	0.2	2.7	2.7	4.3	10.4	.419	1.6	4.5	.354	2.4	3.1	.767
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
Scoot Henderson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Kobe Bryant played 18 seasons more than Scoot Henderson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 20, from 1999 to 2016—Kobe Bryant played in 13 Playoffs and won 5 NBA Championships. In those 18 extra years over Scoot Henderson, Kobe Bryant got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 Finals MVP 1 Season MVP 11 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 9 All-Defensive First Team 3 All-Defensive Second Team 2 Scoring Leader 17 All-Star Game 4 All-Star Game MVP