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Player Comparison: Kobe Bryant vs. Kyrie Irving

Data coverage: all-time (since 1946-47) unless otherwise noted. TRB since 1950-51. MP and PER since 1951-52. AST% since 1964-65. TRB% since 1970-71. ORB, DRB, STL, BLK, DRtg, BPM, VORP, and per 100 Poss stats since 1973-74. TOV and ORtg since 1977-78. Some stats were available earlier in the ABA. GS since 1981-82. WNBA all-time (since 1997) unless otherwise noted. BPM, VORP, handedness not available for WNBA. Please see our data coverage page for details.

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Per Game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	From	To	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Kobe Bryant*	1997	2016	1346	1198	36.1	8.7	19.5	.447	1.4	4.1	.329	7.3	15.3	.479	.482	6.2	7.4	.837	1.1	4.1	5.2	4.7	1.4	0.5	3.0	2.5	25.0
2	Kyrie Irving	2012	2023	623	623	34.1	8.5	18.1	.470	2.3	5.8	.391	6.2	12.3	.507	.532	3.8	4.3	.883	0.8	3.1	3.8	5.7	1.3	0.4	2.6	2.3	23.1

Totals

Totals Table
Rk	Player	From	To	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Kobe Bryant*	1997	2016	1346	1198	48637	11719	26200	.447	1827	5546	.329	9892	20654	.479	.482	8378	10011	.837	1499	5548	7047	6306	1944	640	4010	3353	33643
2	Kyrie Irving	2012	2023	623	623	21236	5296	11269	.470	1404	3592	.391	3892	7677	.507	.532	2394	2710	.883	481	1911	2392	3553	829	253	1625	1426	14390

Per 36 Minutes

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	From	To	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Kobe Bryant*	1997	2016	1346	1198	48637	8.7	19.4	.447	1.4	4.1	.329	7.3	15.3	.479	6.2	7.4	.837	1.1	4.1	5.2	4.7	1.4	0.5	3.0	2.5	24.9
2	Kyrie Irving	2012	2023	623	623	21236	9.0	19.1	.470	2.4	6.1	.391	6.6	13.0	.507	4.1	4.6	.883	0.8	3.2	4.1	6.0	1.4	0.4	2.8	2.4	24.4

Per 100 Poss

Per 100 Poss Table
Rk	Player	From	To	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS		ORtg	DRtg
1	Kobe Bryant*	1997	2016	1346	1198	48637	12.5	27.9	.447	1.9	5.9	.329	10.5	22.0	.479	8.9	10.7	.837	1.6	5.9	7.5	6.7	2.1	0.7	4.3	3.6	35.8		110	105
2	Kyrie Irving	2012	2023	623	623	21236	12.6	26.7	.470	3.3	8.5	.391	9.2	18.2	.507	5.7	6.4	.883	1.1	4.5	5.7	8.4	2.0	0.6	3.9	3.4	34.1		114	110

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	From	To	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Kobe Bryant*	1997	2016	1346	48637	22.9	.550	.212	.382	3.5	12.7	8.1	24.2	2.1	1.0	11.6	31.8		122.1	50.7	172.7	.170		4.6	-0.1	4.6	80.1
2	Kyrie Irving	2012	2023	623	21236	22.3	.577	.319	.240	2.5	10.0	6.3	30.2	2.0	1.0	11.5	29.4		54.5	18.4	72.9	.165		4.8	-0.3	4.5	34.5

Adjusted Shooting

Adjusted Shooting Table
							Player Shooting %									League Shooting %									League-Adjusted
Rk	Player	From	To	G	MP		FG	2P	3P	eFG	FT	TS	FTr	3PAr		FG	2P	3P	eFG	FT	TS	FTr	3PAr		FG+	2P+	3P+	eFG+	FT+	TS+	FTr+	3PAr+		FG Add	TS Add
1	Kobe Bryant	1997	2016	1346	48637		.447	.479	.329	.482	.837	.550	.382	.212		.451	.476	.355	.488	.753	.531	.305	.208		99	101	93	99	111	103	125	101		-298.7	1122.3
2	Kyrie Irving	2012	2023	623	21236		.470	.507	.391	.532	.883	.577	.240	.319		.457	.502	.357	.512	.762	.549	.266	.312		103	101	109	104	116	105	90	103		449.6	697.6

Playoffs Totals

Playoffs Totals Table
Rk	Player	From	To	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG	3P	3PA	3P	2P	2PA	2P	eFG	FT	FTA	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Kobe Bryant*	1997	2012	220	200	8641	2014	4499	.448	292	882	.331	1722	3617	.476	.480	1320	1617	.816	230	889	1119	1040	310	144	647	660	5640
2	Kyrie Irving	2015	2022	74	74	2716	629	1383	.455	172	438	.393	457	945	.484	.517	294	330	.891	61	212	273	358	104	46	164	171	1724

Playoffs Per Game

Playoffs Per Game Table
Rk	Player	From	To	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG	3P	3PA	3P	2P	2PA	2P	eFG	FT	FTA	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Kobe Bryant*	1997	2012	220	200	39.3	9.2	20.5	.448	1.3	4.0	.331	7.8	16.4	.476	.480	6.0	7.4	.816	1.0	4.0	5.1	4.7	1.4	0.7	2.9	3.0	25.6
2	Kyrie Irving	2015	2022	74	74	36.7	8.5	18.7	.455	2.3	5.9	.393	6.2	12.8	.484	.517	4.0	4.5	.891	0.8	2.9	3.7	4.8	1.4	0.6	2.2	2.3	23.3

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	From	To	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG	3P	3PA	3P	2P	2PA	2P	FT	FTA	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Kobe Bryant*	1997	2012	220	200	8641	8.4	18.7	.448	1.2	3.7	.331	7.2	15.1	.476	5.5	6.7	.816	1.0	3.7	4.7	4.3	1.3	0.6	2.7	2.7	23.5
2	Kyrie Irving	2015	2022	74	74	2716	8.3	18.3	.455	2.3	5.8	.393	6.1	12.5	.484	3.9	4.4	.891	0.8	2.8	3.6	4.7	1.4	0.6	2.2	2.3	22.9

Playoffs Per 100 Poss

Playoffs Per 100 Poss Table
Rk	Player	From	To	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG	3P	3PA	3P	2P	2PA	2P	FT	FTA	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS		ORtg	DRtg
1	Kobe Bryant*	1997	2012	220	200	8641	12.4	27.7	.448	1.8	5.4	.331	10.6	22.2	.476	8.1	9.9	.816	1.4	5.5	6.9	6.4	1.9	0.9	4.0	4.1	34.7		110	106
2	Kyrie Irving	2015	2022	74	74	2716	11.8	26.0	.455	3.2	8.2	.393	8.6	17.8	.484	5.5	6.2	.891	1.1	4.0	5.1	6.7	2.0	0.9	3.1	3.2	32.4		115	109

Playoffs Advanced

Playoffs Advanced Table
Rk	Player	From	To	G	MP	PER	TS	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Kobe Bryant*	1997	2012	220	8641	22.4	.541	.196	.359	3.0	11.9	7.4	23.3	1.9	1.3	11.0	31.0		21.0	7.3	28.3	.157		5.0	0.4	5.4	16.2
2	Kyrie Irving	2015	2022	74	2716	21.1	.564	.317	.239	2.7	8.6	5.7	23.5	2.0	1.5	9.7	28.2		6.6	2.7	9.3	.165		4.2	-0.2	4.0	4.1

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