Kobe Bryant vs. Trey Murphy III Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Trey Murphy III 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, 15 more than Trey Murphy III, who played 5. Kobe Bryant had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, while Trey Murphy III had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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	Trey Murphy III
Season	1996-97	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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	+1.6	+2.2	+0.1	+0.4	+0.5	+0.7	+0.3	+0.2	-1.3	-0.4	+0.7	+1.4	+.023	+0.4	+1.1	+.007	+1.2	+1.5	+.063
Trey Murphy III	62	13.9	5.4	0.8	1.6	2.4	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.3	1.0	1.8	4.5	.394	1.1	3.0	.382	0.7	0.8	.882
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:	+3	+5.2	+3.0	+0.4	+0.9	+1.3	+0.7	+0.2		-1.4	-1.1	+0.8	+2.4	+.027	+0.8	+0.6	+.213	+2.2	+2.5	+.067
Trey Murphy III	6	20.0	5.2	0.5	2.0	2.5	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.2	1.5	1.5	3.7	.409	1.5	3.2	.474	0.7	0.8	.800

Season 2
	Kobe Bryant	Trey Murphy III
Season	1997-98	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New Orleans Pelicans
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:		+5.0	+0.9	+0.3	+0.7	+0.5	+1.1	+0.2		-1.2	-0.3		+1.5	+.056	+1.7	+3.5	+.065	+2.4	+3.4	+.111
Trey Murphy III	79	31.0	14.5	0.7	2.8	3.6	1.4	1.1	0.5	0.8	2.0	4.9	10.1	.484	2.6	6.3	.406	2.2	2.4	.905
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
Trey Murphy III	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Kobe Bryant	Trey Murphy III
Season	1998-99	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+7	+8.3	+5.1	+0.4		+0.4	+1.6	+0.5	+0.5	-2.5	-1.9	+2.4	+4.7	+.022	+2.5	+5.8	+.113	+2.7	+3.2	+.024
Trey Murphy III	57	29.6	14.8	0.7	4.2	4.9	2.2	0.9	0.5	0.6	1.2	4.8	10.9	.443	3.0	7.8	.380	2.2	2.6	.815
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:	+4	+2.4	+8.3	+0.8	+0.5	+0.4	+2.3	+0.6	+0.2	-1.9		+3.1	+5.8	+.055	+1.5	+4.6	+.015	+3.5	+4.4
Trey Murphy III	4	42.0	11.5	0.8	5.8	6.5	2.3	1.3	1.5	2.0	3.0	4.5	12.0	.375	2.5	7.5	.333	0.0	0.0	-

Season 4
	Kobe Bryant	Trey Murphy III
Season	1999-00	2024-25
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New Orleans Pelicans
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:	+13	+3.2	+1.3	+0.7	+0.5	+1.2	+1.4	+0.5	+0.2	-0.9	-1.2	+1.2	+2.1	+.014	+2.3	+6.1	+.042	+1.2	+1.8	+.066
Trey Murphy III	53	35.0	21.2	0.9	4.2	5.1	3.5	1.1	0.7	1.9	2.1	7.2	15.8	.454	3.0	8.3	.361	3.8	4.3	.887
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
Trey Murphy III	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Kobe Bryant	Trey Murphy III
Season	2000-01	2025-26
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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:	+51	+5.6	+8.3		+0.6	+0.5	+2.0		+0.4	-1.0	-1.1	+3.5	+7.6		+2.0	+5.0	+.065	+3.3	+4.3	+.087
Trey Murphy III	17	35.3	20.2	1.5	4.9	6.4	3.0	1.7	0.2	2.2	2.2	6.8	14.6	.464	2.9	7.9	.370	3.7	3.9	.940
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
Trey Murphy III	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Kobe Bryant played 15 seasons more than Trey Murphy III in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 20, from 2002 to 2016—Kobe Bryant played in 10 Playoffs and won 3 NBA Championships. In those 15 extra years over Trey Murphy III, Kobe Bryant got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 Finals MVP 1 Season MVP 11 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 8 All-Defensive First Team 2 All-Defensive Second Team 2 Scoring Leader 15 All-Star Game 4 All-Star Game MVP