Kobe Bryant vs. Drazen Petrovic: Career Scoring Comparison

We break down the scoring legacies of Drazen Petrovic and Kobe Bryant to determine who has the better numbers. Here you can compare their career totals, points per game, games of 40+ points, 50+, etc. and their year-by-year scoring averages side by side, both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

Kobe Bryant is among the NBA's all-time leaders in points and also has one of the highest career averages in league history, and here we compare his scoring stats with those recorded by Drazen Petrovic.

By taking a look at their career numbers for points, the first conclusion one can arrive at is that Kobe Bryant has better scoring stats than Drazen Petrovic in averages and totals, both in the regular season and Playoffs. However, we won't stop there and we'll go into detail to analyze what these statistics are made up of, from how many games they had in each threshold (30+ points, 40+, 50+, etc.) to their season-by-season scoring averages.

Career Numbers
Who has the better scoring stats?

Points in the Regular Season

In his 20 NBA regular seasons played, Kobe Bryant averages 9.6 points more than Drazen Petrovic in his 4 seasons (25.0 points against 15.4), and he also scored a total of 29,182 points more (33,643 vs. 4,461).

Points Per Game			Seasons
Kobe Bryant	25.0	+9.6	20
Drazen Petrovic	15.4		4

Total Points			Seasons
Kobe Bryant	33,643	+29,182	20
Drazen Petrovic	4,461		4

Scoring Titles
Kobe Bryant	2	+2
Drazen Petrovic	0

Points by Thresholds

Career Shooting Stats Comparison

Year by Year Points Average Comparison

= NBA Scoring Leader

= NBA Champion

Regular Season

Rookie Season	Points per game		Year	Games
Kobe Bryant	7.6		1997	71
Drazen Petrovic	7.6		1990	77

Season 2	Points per game		Year	Games
Kobe Bryant	15.4	+5.2	1998	79
Drazen Petrovic	10.2		1991	61

Season 3	Points per game		Year	Games
Kobe Bryant	19.9	+9.7	1999	50
Drazen Petrovic	10.2		1991	61

Season 4	Points per game		Year	Games
Kobe Bryant	22.5	+1.9	2000	66
Drazen Petrovic	20.6		1992	82

Season 5	Points per game		Year	Games
Kobe Bryant	28.5	+6.2	2001	68
Drazen Petrovic	22.3		1993	70

Kobe Bryant's additional seasons:

* Kobe Bryant played 15 seasons more than Drazen Petrovic in the NBA. In those years—his seasons 6 to 20, from 2002 to 2016—he averaged 27.1 points in a total of 1,012 regular season games. During that period, his highest average was 35.4 ppg and his lowest 13.8. In those 15 extra years over Drazen Petrovic, Kobe Bryant won 2 scoring titles.

Playoffs

Rookie Season	Points per game		Year	Games
Kobe Bryant	8.2	+2.1	1997	9
Drazen Petrovic	6.1		1990	20

Season 2	Points per game		Year	Games
Kobe Bryant	8.7	+8.7	1998	11
Drazen Petrovic	-	DNP	1991	0

Season 3	Points per game		Year	Games
Kobe Bryant	19.8	+19.8	1999	8
Drazen Petrovic	-	DNP	1991	0

Season 4	Points per game		Year	Games
Kobe Bryant	21.1		2000	22
Drazen Petrovic	24.3	+3.2	1992	4

Season 5	Points per game		Year	Games
Kobe Bryant	29.4	+13.8	2001	16
Drazen Petrovic	15.6		1993	5

Kobe Bryant's additional Playoffs:

* During his 15 additional NBA seasons, Kobe Bryant played in 10 Playoffs and won 3 NBA Championships. In those postseasons he averaged 28.4 points in a total of 154 games. His highest playoff average during that period was 32.8 ppg and his lowest 22.8.