Kobe Bryant vs. Spencer Dinwiddie Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Spencer Dinwiddie 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, 9 more than Spencer Dinwiddie, who played 11. Kobe Bryant had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, while Spencer Dinwiddie had his rookie season in 2014-15. 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	Spencer Dinwiddie
Season	1996-97	2014-15
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons
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:	+37	+2.1	+3.3	+0.6	+0.1	+0.5	+1.8	+0.1	+0.1	-0.6	-0.2	+1.0	+0.9	+.115	+0.3		+.190	+1.0	+1.3	+.093
Spencer Dinwiddie	34	13.4	4.3	0.1	1.3	1.4	3.1	0.6	0.2	1.0	1.6	1.5	5.0	.302	0.4	1.9	.185	0.9	1.0	.912
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
Spencer Dinwiddie	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Kobe Bryant	Spencer Dinwiddie
Season	1997-98	2015-16
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Pistons 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:	+67	+12.7	+10.6	+0.7	+1.0	+1.7	+0.7	+0.6	+0.5	-1.4	-0.6	+3.3	+7.1	+.076	+0.8	+2.0	+.241	+3.0	+3.0	+.218
Spencer Dinwiddie	12	13.3	4.8	0.3	1.1	1.4	1.8	0.3	0.0	0.6	1.7	1.6	4.5	.352	0.1	0.8	.100	1.6	2.8	.576
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:	+10	+18.2	+6.7	+0.6	+1.3	+1.9	+0.5	+0.3	+0.7	-1.0	-2.5	+1.8	+5.9	+.592	+0.3	+1.3		+2.8	+4.1
Spencer Dinwiddie	1	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 3
	Kobe Bryant	Spencer Dinwiddie
Season	1998-99	2016-17
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+9	+15.3	+12.6	+0.6	+1.9	+2.5	+0.7	+0.7	+0.6	-2.0	-1.1	+4.9	+10.5	+.021	+0.1	+0.3	+.109	+2.8	+3.1	+.047
Spencer Dinwiddie	59	22.6	7.3	0.5	2.3	2.8	3.1	0.7	0.4	1.1	2.0	2.3	5.1	.444	0.6	1.7	.376	2.1	2.7	.792
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
Spencer Dinwiddie	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Kobe Bryant	Spencer Dinwiddie
Season	1999-00	2017-18
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Brooklyn 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:	+14	+9.4	+9.9	+1.1	+2.0	+3.1	+1.7	+0.7	+0.6	-1.2	-1.0	+4.3	+7.4	+.081	+1.1	+3.2	+.007	+2.3	+2.7	+.008
Spencer Dinwiddie	80	28.8	12.6	0.5	2.7	3.2	6.6	0.9	0.3	1.6	2.3	4.1	10.5	.387	1.8	5.4	.326	2.7	3.4	.813
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
Spencer Dinwiddie	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Kobe Bryant	Spencer Dinwiddie
Season	2000-01	2018-19
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Brooklyn 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:		+12.8	+11.7	+1.1	+2.2	+3.5	+0.4	+1.1	+0.3	-1.0	-0.5	+4.9	+10.0	+.022	+0.9	+2.5	+.030	+2.8	+3.0	+.047
Spencer Dinwiddie	68	28.1	16.8	0.4	2.1	2.4	4.6	0.6	0.3	2.2	2.8	5.4	12.2	.442	1.8	5.4	.335	4.2	5.2	.806
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:	+11	+17.2	+14.8	+1.0	+3.6	+4.7	+4.5	+1.2	+0.8	-1.6	-1.3	+5.1	+10.0	+.034	+1.1	+2.7	+.051	+5.8	+6.6	+.107
Spencer Dinwiddie	5	26.2	14.6	0.8	1.8	2.6	1.6	0.4	0.0	1.6	2.0	5.4	12.4	.435	1.8	4.8	.375	2.0	2.8	.714

Season 6
	Kobe Bryant	Spencer Dinwiddie
Season	2001-02	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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:	+16	+7.1	+4.6	+0.9	+1.1	+2.0	+1.3	+0.9	+0.1	-0.1	-0.1	+2.8	+4.0	+.054	+1.5	+4.6	+.058	+0.7	+0.4	+.051
Spencer Dinwiddie	64	31.2	20.6	0.5	3.0	3.5	6.8	0.6	0.3	2.7	2.8	6.6	16.0	.415	1.9	6.3	.308	5.4	7.0	.778
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
Spencer Dinwiddie	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Kobe Bryant	Spencer Dinwiddie
Season	2002-03	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
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:	+79	+20.2	+23.3	+1.3	+1.3	+2.6	+2.9	+1.5	+0.5	-1.8	-1.4	+8.6	+18.2	+.076	+0.8	+1.7	+.097	+5.3	+6.7	+.157
Spencer Dinwiddie	3	21.3	6.7	0.0	4.3	4.3	3.0	0.7	0.3	1.7	1.3	2.0	5.3	.375	0.7	2.3	.286	2.0	2.0	1.000
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
Spencer Dinwiddie	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Kobe Bryant	Spencer Dinwiddie
Season	2003-04	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Wizards, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Mavericks 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:	+2	+8.0	+10.3	+0.9	+0.4	+1.3	+0.1	+1.0	+0.2	-1.0	-0.5	+3.3	+7.1	+.022	+0.6	+1.6	+.012	+4.1	+4.4	+.078
Spencer Dinwiddie	67	29.6	13.7	0.7	3.5	4.2	5.2	0.7	0.2	1.6	2.2	4.6	11.0	.416	1.7	4.9	.339	2.9	3.8	.774
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	+16.4	+10.3	+0.4	+1.9	+2.3	+1.9	+1.1		-1.2	-0.4	+4.2	+10.2	+.004	+1.1	+0.9	+.170	+3.0	+3.8	+.008
Spencer Dinwiddie	18	27.8	14.2	0.4	2.0	2.4	3.6	0.8	0.3	1.6	2.3	4.4	10.7	.417	2.2	5.3	.417	3.1	3.7	.821

Season 9
	Kobe Bryant	Spencer Dinwiddie
Season	2004-05	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas Mavericks, Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets Lost East 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:	+13	+6.2	+10.3	+1.0	+1.4	+2.5	+0.5	+0.5	+0.5	-2.3	-0.2	+2.9	+6.8	+.005	+0.3	+0.3	+.030	+4.8	+5.9	+.004
Spencer Dinwiddie	79	34.5	17.3	0.4	3.1	3.4	6.5	0.8	0.3	1.8	2.4	5.8	13.3	.438	2.3	6.2	.369	3.4	4.2	.812
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kobe Bryant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spencer Dinwiddie	4	39.8	16.5	0.3	3.0	3.3	6.5	1.3	0.3	3.0	1.8	5.5	12.8	.431	1.8	4.5	.389	3.8	5.5	.682

Season 10
	Kobe Bryant	Spencer Dinwiddie
Season	2005-06	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Brooklyn Nets, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers 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	+12.7	+24.9	+0.5	+2.1	+2.6	+0.2	+1.1	+0.1	-1.9	-1.1	+8.9	+18.8	+.058	+0.7	+1.7	+.010	+6.5	+7.4	+.045
Spencer Dinwiddie	76	28.3	10.5	0.4	2.3	2.7	4.7	0.7	0.3	1.2	1.8	3.3	8.4	.392	1.6	4.8	.337	2.2	2.8	.805
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:	+2	+30.3	+24.9	+0.4	+4.5	+4.9	+3.5	+0.7	+0.2	-4.5	-2.2	+9.3	+17.9	+.140	+1.6	+3.4	+.150	+4.7	+5.7	+.271
Spencer Dinwiddie	5	14.6	3.0	0.2	1.2	1.4	1.6	0.4	0.2	0.2	1.4	1.0	2.8	.357	0.4	1.6	.250	0.6	1.2	.500

Season 11
	Kobe Bryant	Spencer Dinwiddie
Season	2006-07	2024-25
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+2	+13.8	+20.6	+0.8	+2.3	+3.1	+1.0	+0.5	+0.3	-2.0	-1.2	+7.0	+14.2	+.047	+0.4	+1.1	+.010	+6.2	+6.9	+.066
Spencer Dinwiddie	79	27.0	11.0	0.2	2.4	2.6	4.4	0.9	0.2	1.3	1.5	3.6	8.6	.416	1.4	4.1	.334	2.5	3.1	.802
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
Spencer Dinwiddie	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Kobe Bryant played 9 seasons more than Spencer Dinwiddie in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 12 to 20, from 2008 to 2016—Kobe Bryant played in 5 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 9 extra years over Spencer Dinwiddie, Kobe Bryant got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 Finals MVP 1 Season MVP 6 All-NBA First Team 4 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 9 All-Star Game 2 All-Star Game MVP