Kobe Bryant vs. Tyler Herro Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tyler Herro 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, 14 more than Tyler Herro, who played 6. Kobe Bryant had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, while Tyler Herro had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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	Tyler Herro
Season	1996-97	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Heat Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+16	+11.9	+5.9	+0.4	+2.6	+2.2	+0.9	+0.1	+0.1			+2.4	+5.6	+.011	+1.4	+3.5	+.014	+0.3	+0.5	+.051
Tyler Herro	55	27.4	13.5	0.3	3.8	4.1	2.2	0.6	0.2	1.6	1.4	4.9	11.5	.428	2.1	5.4	.389	1.6	1.8	.870
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:	+12	+18.9	+7.8	+0.2	+3.7	+3.9	+2.5	+0.1	+0.1	-0.4	-1.1	+3.4	+7.1	+.051	+1.6	+3.5	+.114	+0.7	+0.7	+.003
Tyler Herro	21	33.7	16.0	0.3	4.8	5.1	3.7	0.4	0.1	2.0	1.5	5.7	13.2	.433	2.3	6.1	.375	2.2	2.6	.870

Season 2
	Kobe Bryant	Tyler Herro
Season	1997-98	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Heat 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:	+25	+4.3	+0.3	+0.5	+2.4	+1.9	+0.9	+0.3	+0.2	-0.1	-1.0	+0.8	+1.3	+.011	+1.1	+2.7	+.019	+2.9	+3.6	+.009
Tyler Herro	54	30.3	15.1	0.5	4.5	5.0	3.4	0.6	0.3	1.9	1.3	5.7	12.9	.439	2.0	5.5	.360	1.7	2.2	.803
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:	+7	+3.1	+0.6	+0.3	+1.7	+1.4	+0.3		+0.4	-0.2	-2.0	+0.2	+2.6	+.092	+1.2	+3.5	+.102	+1.0	+2.3	+.311
Tyler Herro	4	23.3	9.3	0.3	3.0	3.3	1.8	0.3	0.3	0.8	0.5	3.0	9.5	.316	1.5	4.8	.316	1.8	1.8	1.000

Season 3
	Kobe Bryant	Tyler Herro
Season	1998-99	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Heat Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+16	+5.3	+0.8	+0.6	+0.3	+0.3	+0.2	+0.7	+0.9	-0.5	-1.7	+0.4	+1.4	+.018	+2.2	+4.7	+.132	+2.0	+2.5	+.029
Tyler Herro	66	32.6	20.7	0.5	4.5	5.0	4.0	0.7	0.1	2.6	1.4	7.6	17.0	.447	2.7	6.7	.399	2.9	3.3	.868
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:	+7	+14.2	+7.2	+1.1	+1.9	+3.0	+1.8	+1.3	+0.9	-2.1	-1.6	+2.7	+5.7	+.021	+0.1	+1.8	+.119	+1.8	+2.6	+.126
Tyler Herro	15	25.4	12.6	0.5	3.4	3.9	2.8	0.6	0.4	1.8	1.4	4.9	12.1	.409	1.1	4.7	.229	1.7	1.8	.926

Season 4
	Kobe Bryant	Tyler Herro
Season	1999-00	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Heat Lost NBA 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:	+1	+3.3	+2.4	+1.2	+0.3	+0.9	+0.7	+0.8	+0.7	-0.4	-1.8	+1.1	+1.3	+.029	+2.3	+5.8	+.059	+2.5	+3.4	+.113
Tyler Herro	67	34.9	20.1	0.4	5.0	5.4	4.2	0.8	0.2	2.4	1.5	7.3	16.6	.439	3.0	8.0	.378	2.5	2.7	.934
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:	+21	+20.0	+9.1	+1.2	+1.3	+2.5	+2.4	+1.5	+0.5	-1.5	-3.0	+2.9	+8.9	+.114	+1.0	+1.1	+.156	+4.3	+5.7
Tyler Herro	1	19.0	12.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	5.0	9.0	.556	2.0	4.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-

Season 5
	Kobe Bryant	Tyler Herro
Season	2000-01	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Heat 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:	+26	+7.4	+7.7	+1.0	+0.5	+0.6	+0.5	+1.0	+0.5	-1.0	-1.8	+2.6	+4.7	+.023	+2.2	+5.0	+.091	+4.7	+5.6	+.003
Tyler Herro	42	33.5	20.8	0.5	4.8	5.3	4.5	0.7	0.1	2.2	1.5	7.7	17.5	.441	3.1	7.9	.396	2.3	2.6	.856
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	+6.4	+12.6	+1.8	+1.8	+3.7	+0.7	+1.2	+0.8	-0.4	-1.3	+4.5	+6.8	+.084	+2.3	+6.5	+.025	+6.0	+7.4	+.079
Tyler Herro	5	37.0	16.8	0.0	3.6	3.6	5.4	0.4	0.0	2.8	2.0	6.0	15.6	.385	3.0	8.6	.349	1.8	2.0	.900

Season 6
	Kobe Bryant	Tyler Herro
Season	2001-02	2024-25
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Heat 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:	+3	+2.9	+1.3	+0.9	+0.6	+0.3		+0.6	+0.2	-0.2	-1.8	+0.9	+2.1	+.003	+2.9	+7.0	+.125	+2.4	+3.2	+.049
Tyler Herro	77	35.4	23.9	0.5	4.7	5.2	5.5	0.9	0.2	2.6	1.1	8.5	17.9	.472	3.3	8.7	.375	3.7	4.2	.878
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:	+15	+7.8	+8.8	+1.5	+0.9	+2.3	+1.8	+0.9	+0.9	-0.5	-0.4	+3.0	+6.4	+.019	+1.1	+4.2	+.069	+3.8	+5.1	+.041
Tyler Herro	4	36.0	17.8	0.0	3.5	3.5	2.8	0.5	0.0	2.3	3.0	6.8	16.3	.415	2.3	7.3	.310	2.0	2.5	.800

Additional Years
* Kobe Bryant played 14 seasons more than Tyler Herro in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 20, from 2003 to 2016—Kobe Bryant played in 9 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 14 extra years over Tyler Herro, Kobe Bryant got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 Finals MVP 1 Season MVP 10 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 8 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 2 Scoring Leader 14 All-Star Game 3 All-Star Game MVP