Kobe Bryant vs. Tim Duncan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tim Duncan 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, 1 more than Tim Duncan, who played 19. Kobe Bryant had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, while Tim Duncan had his rookie season in 1997-98. 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
Tim Duncan	19	18	1997-98 to 2015-16

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Kobe Bryant	Tim Duncan
Season	1996-97	1997-98
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis

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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	+23.6	+13.5	+2.6	+7.4	+10.0	+1.4		+2.2	-1.8	-1.7	+6.1	+9.8	+.132	+0.7	+1.8	+.375	+2.0	+3.6	+.157
Tim Duncan	82	39.1	21.1	3.3	8.6	11.9	2.7	0.7	2.5	3.4	3.1	8.6	15.7	.549	0.0	0.1	.000	3.9	5.9	.662

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:		+26.8	+12.5	+2.1	+5.7	+7.8	+0.7	+0.3	+2.4	-1.2	-0.1	+5.8	+9.5	+.139	+0.7	+2.5	+.261	+1.5	+3.4	+.200
Tim Duncan	9	41.6	20.7	2.2	6.8	9.0	1.9	0.6	2.6	2.8	2.7	8.1	15.6	.521	0.0	0.1	.000	4.4	6.7	.667


Season 2
	Kobe Bryant	Tim Duncan
Season	1997-98	1998-99
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	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:	+29	+13.3	+6.3	+2.2	+6.1	+8.3	+0.1		+2.0	-0.9	-0.6	+3.5	+5.3	+.067	+0.9	+2.7	+.198	+0.3	+1.4	+.104
Tim Duncan	50	39.3	21.7	3.2	8.2	11.4	2.4	0.9	2.5	2.9	2.9	8.4	16.9	.495	0.0	0.1	.143	4.9	7.2	.690

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:	+6	+22.9	+14.5	+2.6	+6.9	+9.6	+1.3	+0.5	+1.9	-2.1	-0.4	+5.7	+9.7	+.103	+0.3	+1.1	+.214	+3.5	+4.3	+.059
Tim Duncan	17	43.1	23.2	3.2	8.2	11.5	2.8	0.8	2.6	3.1	2.9	8.5	16.6	.511	0.0	0.2	.000	6.3	8.4	.748


Season 3
	Kobe Bryant	Tim Duncan
Season	1998-99	1999-00
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
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:	+24	+1.0	+3.3	+2.4	+4.7	+7.1	+0.6	+0.5	+1.2	-0.2	-0.3	+1.3	+1.7	+.025	+0.5	+1.9	+.176	+1.3	+2.3	+.078
Tim Duncan	74	38.9	23.2	3.5	8.9	12.4	3.2	0.9	2.2	3.3	2.8	8.5	17.3	.490	0.0	0.1	.091	6.2	8.1	.761

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
Tim Duncan	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Kobe Bryant	Tim Duncan
Season	1999-00	2000-01
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Spurs Lost West Conf 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:	+16	+0.5	+0.3	+1.6	+4.3	+5.9	+1.9	+0.7	+1.4	-0.2	-0.3	+0.2	+0.8	+.031	+0.6	+1.9	+.060		+2.0	+.203
Tim Duncan	82	38.7	22.2	3.2	9.0	12.2	3.0	0.9	2.3	3.0	3.0	8.6	17.1	.499	0.1	0.3	.259	5.0	8.1	.618

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:	+9	+1.5	+3.3	+3.0	+7.0	+10.0	+0.6	+0.4	+1.2	-1.3	-0.7	+1.3	+1.0	+.046	+0.9	+2.8	+.656	+1.5	+3.5	+.115
Tim Duncan	13	40.5	24.4	4.2	10.3	14.5	3.8	1.1	2.7	3.8	3.3	9.2	18.9	.488	0.1	0.1	1.000	5.8	9.2	.639


Season 5
	Kobe Bryant	Tim Duncan
Season	2000-01	2001-02
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Spurs 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	+0.3	+3.0	+1.8	+5.1	+6.8	+1.3	+1.0	+1.9		-0.7	+1.0	+3.9	+.044	+0.9	+2.8	+.205	+0.2	+0.3	+.054
Tim Duncan	82	40.6	25.5	3.3	9.4	12.7	3.7	0.7	2.5	3.2	2.6	9.3	18.3	.508	0.0	0.1	.100	6.8	8.5	.799

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:	+7	+1.2	+1.8	+1.3	+5.9	+7.1	+1.1	+0.9	+3.5	-0.9	-0.9	+1.4	+2.3	+.016	+0.6	+1.8	+.009	+1.4	+1.8	+.001
Tim Duncan	9	42.2	27.6	3.1	11.3	14.4	5.0	0.7	4.3	4.1	2.4	9.1	20.1	.453	0.1	0.3	.333	9.2	11.2	.822


Season 6
	Kobe Bryant	Tim Duncan
Season	2001-02	2002-03
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	NBA Champion

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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:	+1	+1.0	+1.9	+1.8	+5.6	+7.4	+1.6	+0.8	+2.5	-0.3		+0.6	+2.8	+.044	+0.3	+1.4	+.023	+0.5	+0.4	+.119
Tim Duncan	81	39.3	23.3	3.2	9.7	12.9	3.9	0.7	2.9	3.1	2.9	8.8	17.2	.513	0.1	0.3	.273	5.6	7.8	.710

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	+1.3	+1.9	+2.5	+7.0	+9.6	+0.7	+0.8	+2.4	-0.4	-0.1	+0.7	+5.5	+.095	+1.2	+2.8	+.379	+0.7	+2.1	+.082
Tim Duncan	24	42.5	24.7	4.0	11.4	15.4	5.3	0.6	3.3	3.2	3.3	9.1	17.2	.529	0.0	0.3	.000	6.5	9.7	.677


Season 7
	Kobe Bryant	Tim Duncan
Season	2002-03	2003-04
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+13	+4.9	+7.7	+2.0	+3.6	+5.5	+2.8	+1.3	+1.9	-0.8	-0.3	+2.0	+6.4	+.050	+1.5	+3.8	+.216	+2.2	+0.2	+.244
Tim Duncan	69	36.6	22.3	3.3	9.2	12.4	3.1	0.9	2.7	2.7	2.4	8.6	17.1	.501	0.0	0.2	.167	5.1	8.5	.599

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:	+2	+3.9	+10.0	+2.0	+4.2	+6.2	+2.0	+0.4	+1.9	-0.7	-0.5	+3.1	+10.5	+.090	+2.1	+5.1	+.403	+1.7		+.195
Tim Duncan	10	40.4	22.1	3.3	8.0	11.3	3.2	0.8	2.0	4.2	3.4	8.3	15.9	.522	0.0	0.1	.000	5.5	8.7	.632


Season 8
	Kobe Bryant	Tim Duncan
Season	2003-04	2004-05
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	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:	+1	+4.2	+3.7	+1.5	+4.1	+5.6	+2.4	+1.0	+2.2	-0.7	-0.5	+0.1	+2.3	+.058	+1.1	+3.2	+.006	+2.4	+1.3	+.182
Tim Duncan	66	33.4	20.3	3.1	8.0	11.1	2.7	0.7	2.6	1.9	2.2	7.8	15.8	.496	0.0	0.1	.333	4.6	6.9	.670

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:	+1	+6.5	+0.9	+3.0	+4.8	+7.7	+2.8	+1.6	+2.0	-0.1	-0.2		+2.4	+.051	+1.1	+4.2	+.047	+0.3	+1.4	+.096
Tim Duncan	23	37.7	23.6	3.8	8.7	12.4	2.7	0.3	2.3	2.7	2.9	8.6	18.5	.464	0.0	0.2	.200	6.4	8.9	.717


Season 9
	Kobe Bryant	Tim Duncan
Season	2004-05	2005-06
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+14	+5.9	+9.0	+1.5	+3.6	+5.1	+2.8	+0.4	+1.2	-1.6	-0.1	+1.5	+5.3	+.051	+2.0	+5.8	+.061	+4.0	+3.4	+.187
Tim Duncan	80	34.8	18.6	2.9	8.1	11.0	3.2	0.9	2.0	2.5	2.7	7.2	14.8	.484	0.0	0.1	.400	4.2	6.7	.629

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kobe Bryant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Duncan	13	37.9	25.8	2.5	8.0	10.5	3.3	0.8	1.9	2.6	3.8	9.3	16.2	.573	0.0	0.2	.000	7.2	10.1	.718


Season 10
	Kobe Bryant	Tim Duncan
Season	2005-06	2006-07
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	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 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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:		+6.9	+15.4	+1.8	+3.5	+5.3	+1.1	+1.0	+2.0	-0.3	-0.4	+4.5	+13.1	+.096	+2.3	+6.4	+.236	+4.2	+3.1	+.213
Tim Duncan	80	34.1	20.0	2.7	7.9	10.6	3.4	0.8	2.4	2.8	2.5	7.7	14.1	.546	0.0	0.1	.111	4.5	7.1	.637

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:	+13	+8.1	+5.7	+3.1	+2.1	+5.2	+1.8	+0.4	+2.7	-1.7	-0.6	+1.6	+4.0	+.024	+2.0	+5.0		+0.5	+0.6	+.127
Tim Duncan	20	36.8	22.2	3.7	7.8	11.5	3.3	0.7	3.1	3.0	3.0	8.7	16.7	.521	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	7.5	.644


Season 11
	Kobe Bryant	Tim Duncan
Season	2006-07	2007-08
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Spurs 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:	+1	+6.8	+12.3	+2.0	+3.6	+5.6	+2.6	+0.7	+1.4	-1.0	-0.3	+3.1	+7.7	+.034	+1.8	+5.1	+.344	+4.4	+4.1	+.138
Tim Duncan	78	34.0	19.3	3.0	8.3	11.3	2.8	0.7	1.9	2.3	2.4	7.5	15.1	.497	0.0	0.1	.000	4.3	5.9	.730

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:	+12	+3.8	+12.6	+3.4	+5.9	+9.3	+1.1	+0.1	+1.7	-2.0	-0.4	+4.1	+8.3	+.013	+1.9	+5.3	+.157	+2.6	+0.6	+.293
Tim Duncan	17	39.2	20.2	3.6	10.9	14.5	3.3	0.9	2.1	2.4	2.4	7.9	17.7	.449	0.1	0.3	.200	4.2	6.8	.626


Season 12
	Kobe Bryant	Tim Duncan
Season	2007-08	2008-09
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+7	+5.2	+9.0	+1.6	+2.8	+4.4	+1.9	+1.3	+1.2	-0.9	-0.5	+2.1	+5.8	+.045	+1.8	+5.1		+3.1	+2.6	+.148
Tim Duncan	75	33.7	19.3	2.7	8.0	10.7	3.5	0.5	1.7	2.2	2.3	7.4	14.8	.504	0.0	0.0	-	4.5	6.4	.692

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:	+16	+8.3	+10.3	+1.5	+0.8	+2.3	+2.4	+1.1	+0.8	-1.9	-0.6	+2.4	+6.6	+.053	+1.5	+5.0		+4.1	+3.6	+.202
Tim Duncan	5	32.8	19.8	2.4	5.6	8.0	3.2	0.6	1.2	1.4	2.2	8.2	15.4	.532	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	5.6	.607


Season 13
	Kobe Bryant	Tim Duncan
Season	2008-09	2009-10
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Spurs 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	+4.8	+8.9	+1.7	+3.2	+4.9	+1.7	+0.9	+1.0	-0.8	-0.4	+2.6	+7.0	+.051	+1.4	+4.0	+.169	+2.4	+2.1	+.131
Tim Duncan	78	31.3	17.9	2.8	7.3	10.1	3.2	0.6	1.5	1.8	1.9	7.2	13.9	.518	0.0	0.1	.182	3.5	4.8	.725

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:	+13	+3.6	+11.2	+2.2	+2.4	+4.6	+2.9	+0.9	+0.8	-0.2	-0.1	+2.7	+8.0	+.063	+1.5	+4.4	+.151	+4.3	+1.7	+.405
Tim Duncan	10	37.3	19.0	3.0	6.9	9.9	2.6	0.8	1.7	2.4	2.7	7.8	15.0	.520	0.1	0.2	.500	3.3	6.9	.478


Season 14
	Kobe Bryant	Tim Duncan
Season	2009-10	2010-11
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+3	+10.4	+13.6	+1.1	+2.4	+3.5	+2.3	+0.8	+1.6	-1.6	-1.0	+4.3	+10.5	+.044	+1.4	+4.0	+.329	+3.6	+4.0	+.095
Tim Duncan	76	28.4	13.4	2.2	6.7	8.9	2.7	0.7	1.9	1.6	1.6	5.5	11.0	.500	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.4	.716

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
difference:	+17	+4.8	+16.5	+1.6	+2.9	+4.5	+2.8	+0.8	+1.8	-0.4	-0.5	+4.7	+10.7	+.020	+2.1	+5.7		+5.0	+5.3	+.217
Tim Duncan	6	35.3	12.7	2.7	7.8	10.5	2.7	0.5	2.5	3.0	2.8	5.5	11.5	.478	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.7	.625


Season 15
	Kobe Bryant	Tim Duncan
Season	2010-11	2011-12
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+24	+5.7	+9.9	+0.9	+3.0	+3.9	+2.4	+0.5	+1.4	-1.3	-0.4	+2.8	+7.4	+.041	+1.4	+4.2	+.323	+2.9	+2.8	+.133
Tim Duncan	58	28.2	15.4	1.9	7.1	9.0	2.3	0.7	1.5	1.7	1.7	6.2	12.6	.492	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	4.3	.695

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:	+4	+2.3	+5.4	+1.5	+4.5	+6.0	+0.5	+0.9	+1.8	-1.6	-0.2	+1.1	+4.0	+.049	+1.2	+4.0	+.293	+2.1	+2.0	+.113
Tim Duncan	14	33.1	17.4	2.3	7.1	9.4	2.8	0.7	2.1	1.5	2.1	7.2	14.6	.495	0.0	0.1	.000	2.9	4.1	.707


Season 16
	Kobe Bryant	Tim Duncan
Season	2011-12	2012-13
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Spurs Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+11	+8.4	+10.1	+0.7	+3.8	+4.5	+1.9	+0.5	+2.4	-1.4	-0.1	+2.8	+8.9	+.072	+1.5	+4.8	+.017	+3.0	+3.5	+.028
Tim Duncan	69	30.1	17.8	1.8	8.1	9.9	2.7	0.7	2.7	2.1	1.7	7.1	14.1	.502	0.0	0.1	.286	3.6	4.3	.817

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:	+9	+4.7	+11.9	+1.3	+4.1	+5.4	+2.4	+0.4	+1.4	-0.8	-0.3	+3.8	+9.8	+.031	+1.4	+5.0		+2.8	+3.2	+.026
Tim Duncan	21	35.0	18.1	2.6	7.6	10.2	1.9	0.9	1.6	2.0	2.5	7.2	15.3	.470	0.0	0.0	-	3.8	4.7	.806


Season 17
	Kobe Bryant	Tim Duncan
Season	2012-13	2013-14
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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:	+4	+9.4	+12.2	+1.3	+2.9	+4.1	+3.0	+0.8	+1.6	-1.6	-0.4	+3.5	+8.2	+.027	+1.7	+5.1	+.324	+3.6	+3.7	+.108
Tim Duncan	74	29.2	15.1	2.1	7.6	9.7	3.0	0.6	1.9	2.1	1.8	6.0	12.2	.490	0.0	0.1	.000	3.1	4.3	.731

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kobe Bryant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Duncan	23	32.7	16.3	2.8	6.3	9.2	2.0	0.3	1.3	1.1	2.3	6.5	12.4	.523	0.0	0.1	.000	3.3	4.3	.760


Season 18
	Kobe Bryant	Tim Duncan
Season	2013-14	2014-15
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+71	+0.6	+0.1	+1.9	+2.9	+4.8	+3.3	+0.4	+1.8	-4.0	-0.6	+0.2	+1.6	+.087	+0.5	+2.6	+.098		+0.5	+.117
Tim Duncan	77	28.9	13.9	2.2	6.9	9.1	3.0	0.8	2.0	1.7	2.1	5.4	10.6	.512	0.0	0.1	.286	3.0	4.0	.740

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kobe Bryant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Duncan	7	35.7	17.9	2.7	8.4	11.1	3.3	1.3	1.4	1.0	3.7	7.6	12.9	.589	0.0	0.1	.000	2.7	4.9	.559


Season 19
	Kobe Bryant	Tim Duncan
Season	2014-15	2015-16
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis

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19th 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	35	34.5	22.3	0.7	4.9	5.7	5.6	1.3	0.2	3.7	1.9	7.6	20.4	.373	1.5	5.3	.293	5.6	6.9	.813
difference:	+26	+9.3	+13.7	+1.2	+0.5	+1.6	+2.9	+0.5	+1.1	-2.2	-0.1	+4.1	+13.2	+.115	+1.5	+5.3		+4.1	+4.8	+.111
Tim Duncan	61	25.2	8.6	1.9	5.4	7.3	2.7	0.8	1.3	1.5	2.0	3.5	7.2	.488	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.1	.702

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kobe Bryant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Duncan	10	21.8	5.9	1.0	3.8	4.8	1.4	0.2	1.3	1.0	1.8	2.2	5.2	.423	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.1	.714


Additional Years
* Kobe Bryant played 1 season more than Tim Duncan in the NBA. In that period—his season 20 in 2016—Kobe Bryant didn't play in the postseason. In that extra year over Tim Duncan, Kobe Bryant got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game

Kobe Bryant vs. Tim Duncan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tim Duncan 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

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Season 2

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Season 4

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Season 5

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Season 6

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Season 7

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Season 8

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Season 9

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Season 10

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Season 11

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Season 12

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Season 13

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Season 14

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Season 15

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Season 16

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Season 17

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Season 18

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Season 19

19th Season Stats Comparison

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