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Kobe Bryant vs. LeBron James: Head-to-Head Stats

Kobe Bryant vs. LeBron James: Per Game

Kobe Bryant vs. LeBron James: Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	2P	2PA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	LeBron James	22	22	40.2	10.3	22.0	9.0	17.8	1.4	4.2	6.2	8.9	1.7	5.7	7.4	7.3	1.9	0.7	3.4	2.4	28.2
2	Kobe Bryant	22	22	36.9	8.7	20.4	7.3	16.3	1.4	4.1	5.8	6.8	0.8	4.2	5.0	5.2	1.1	0.2	3.2	2.3	24.6

Kobe Bryant vs. LeBron James: Totals

Kobe Bryant vs. LeBron James: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	LeBron James	22	22	884	227	484	.469	197	391	.504	30	93	.323	.500	136	196	.694	.544	37	126	163	161	42	16	74	53	620
2	Kobe Bryant	22	22	812	192	449	.428	161	358	.450	31	91	.341	.462	127	150	.847	.526	18	93	111	115	24	5	70	51	542

Kobe Bryant vs. LeBron James: Game Logs

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Kobe Bryant vs. LeBron James: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	GmSc	BPM	+/-
1	Kobe Bryant	LAL	2016-03-10	*	32	11	16	.688	8	12	.667	3	4	.750	1	2	.500	.770	1	4	5	2	1	1	0	1	26	23.4	12.4	-8
2	LeBron James	CLE	2016-03-10	*	35	9	18	.500	8	14	.571	1	4	.250	5	8	.625	.558	2	3	5	7	0	2	3	2	24	18.6	1.9	6
3	Kobe Bryant	LAL	2016-02-10	*	33	5	16	.313	2	9	.222	3	7	.429	4	4	1.000	.479	0	6	6	3	1	0	3	2	17	8.9	-4.9	-19
4	LeBron James	CLE	2016-02-10	*	37	12	22	.545	9	16	.563	3	6	.500	2	5	.400	.599	1	6	7	11	1	0	1	1	29	27.0	12.7	16
5	Kobe Bryant	LAL	2015-01-15	*	32	7	14	.500	4	8	.500	3	6	.500	2	3	.667	.620	1	5	6	17	0	0	3	0	19	22.7	17.3	3
6	LeBron James	CLE	2015-01-15	*	38	12	23	.522	8	14	.571	4	9	.444	8	13	.615	.627	1	3	4	5	2	0	1	2	36	28.0	14.6	15
7	Kobe Bryant	LAL	2013-02-10	*	37	11	19	.579	11	19	.579	0	0		6	8	.750	.622	1	5	6	9	1	0	4	2	28	23.0	8.0	-14
8	LeBron James	MIA	2013-02-10	*	36	12	18	.667	11	16	.688	1	2	.500	7	8	.875	.743	1	6	7	4	3	0	4	4	32	26.5	12.4	7
9	Kobe Bryant	LAL	2013-01-17	*	43	8	25	.320	4	16	.250	4	9	.444	2	2	1.000	.425	1	3	4	1	1	0	6	4	22	3.4	-7.2	-9
10	LeBron James	MIA	2013-01-17	*	42	17	25	.680	16	23	.696	1	2	.500	4	4	1.000	.729	0	7	7	8	3	1	2	2	39	36.9	22.5	13
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Kobe Bryant vs. LeBron James: Player Comparison

Kobe Bryant vs. LeBron James: Per Game

Kobe Bryant vs. LeBron James: Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Kobe Bryant	18-37	1996-97	2015-16	1346	1198	36.1	8.7	19.5	.447	7.3	15.3	.479	1.4	4.1	.329	.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	LeBron James	19-38	2003-04	2022-23	1421	1419	38.1	10.0	19.7	.505	8.4	15.1	.554	1.6	4.6	.345	.545	5.7	7.7	.735	1.2	6.3	7.5	7.3	1.5	0.8	3.5	1.8	27.2

Kobe Bryant vs. LeBron James: Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Kobe Bryant	18-33	1996-97	2011-12	220	200	39.3	9.2	20.5	.448	7.8	16.4	.476	1.3	4.0	.331	.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	LeBron James	21-38	2005-06	2022-23	282	282	41.3	10.2	20.6	.495	8.6	15.6	.547	1.6	4.9	.331	.535	6.5	8.7	.741	1.5	7.5	9.0	7.2	1.7	1.0	3.6	2.3	28.5

Kobe Bryant vs. LeBron James: Totals

Kobe Bryant vs. LeBron James: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Kobe Bryant	18-37	1996-97	2015-16	1346	1198	48637	11719	26200	.447	9892	20654	.479	1827	5546	.329	.482	8378	10011	.837	.550	1499	5548	7047	6306	1944	640	4010	3353	33643
2	LeBron James	19-38	2003-04	2022-23	1421	1419	54093	14152	28044	.505	11891	21481	.554	2261	6563	.345	.545	8087	11000	.735	.588	1666	9001	10667	10420	2186	1073	4966	2604	38652

Kobe Bryant vs. LeBron James: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Kobe Bryant	18-33	1996-97	2011-12	220	200	8641	2014	4499	.448	1722	3617	.476	292	882	.331	.480	1320	1617	.816	.541	230	889	1119	1040	310	144	647	660	5640
2	LeBron James	21-38	2005-06	2022-23	282	282	11654	2872	5797	.495	2412	4408	.547	460	1389	.331	.535	1819	2456	.741	.583	426	2123	2549	2023	471	270	1015	644	8023

Kobe Bryant vs. LeBron James: Per 36 Minutes

Kobe Bryant vs. LeBron James: Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Kobe Bryant	18-37	1996-97	2015-16	8.7	19.4	.447	7.3	15.3	.479	1.4	4.1	.329	6.2	7.4	.837	.5	1.1	4.1	5.2	4.7	1.4	0.5	3.0	2.5	24.9
2	LeBron James	19-38	2003-04	2022-23	9.4	18.7	.505	7.9	14.3	.554	1.5	4.4	.345	5.4	7.3	.735	.6	1.1	6.0	7.1	6.9	1.5	0.7	3.3	1.7	25.7

Kobe Bryant vs. LeBron James: Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Kobe Bryant	18-33	1996-97	2011-12	8.4	18.7	.448	7.2	15.1	.476	1.2	3.7	.331	5.5	6.7	.816	.5	1.0	3.7	4.7	4.3	1.3	0.6	2.7	2.7	23.5
2	LeBron James	21-38	2005-06	2022-23	8.9	17.9	.495	7.5	13.6	.547	1.4	4.3	.331	5.6	7.6	.741	.6	1.3	6.6	7.9	6.2	1.5	0.8	3.1	2.0	24.8

Kobe Bryant vs. LeBron James: Per 100 Possessions

Kobe Bryant vs. LeBron James: Per 100 Possessions Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	ORtg	DRtg
1	Kobe Bryant	18-37	1996-97	2015-16	12.5	27.9	.447	10.5	22.0	.479	1.9	5.9	.329	8.9	10.7	.837	.5	1.6	5.9	7.5	6.7	2.1	0.7	4.3	3.6	35.8	110	105
2	LeBron James	19-38	2003-04	2022-23	13.5	26.7	.505	11.3	20.4	.554	2.2	6.2	.345	7.7	10.5	.735	.6	1.6	8.6	10.1	9.9	2.1	1.0	4.7	2.5	36.8	116	104

Kobe Bryant vs. LeBron James: Per 100 Possessions Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	ORtg	DRtg
1	Kobe Bryant	18-33	1996-97	2011-12	12.4	27.7	.448	10.6	22.2	.476	1.8	5.4	.331	8.1	9.9	.816	.5	1.4	5.5	6.9	6.4	1.9	0.9	4.0	4.1	34.7	110	106
2	LeBron James	21-38	2005-06	2022-23	13.2	26.6	.495	11.1	20.2	.547	2.1	6.4	.331	8.3	11.3	.741	.6	2.0	9.7	11.7	9.3	2.2	1.2	4.7	3.0	36.8	117	103

Kobe Bryant vs. LeBron James: Advanced

Kobe Bryant vs. LeBron James: Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	MP	PER	TS%	ORB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Kobe Bryant	18-37	1996-97	2015-16	1346	1198	48637	22.9	.550	3.5	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	LeBron James	19-38	2003-04	2022-23	1421	1419	54093	27.2	.588	3.6	11.3	36.3	2.1	1.6	13.1	31.6	177.1	78.0	255.1	.226	7.0	1.8	8.8	146.6

Kobe Bryant vs. LeBron James: Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	MP	PER	TS%	ORB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Kobe Bryant	18-33	1996-97	2011-12	220	200	8641	22.4	.541	3.0	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	LeBron James	21-38	2005-06	2022-23	282	282	11654	27.9	.583	4.4	13.0	35.2	2.2	2.0	12.9	31.8	39.4	18.4	57.9	.238	7.5	2.5	10.0	35.4

Data coverage:

Game data: since 1946-47 unless otherwise noted. Regular season: PTS, FG, FT, 3P complete all-time. FTA complete back to 1948-49. FGA, TRB, AST, PF, GS over 99% complete back to 1975-76. MP over 99% complete back to 1976-77. +/- complete back to 1996-97. All other box score stats (3PA, ORB, DRB, STL, BLK, TOV) complete back to 1983-84. Playoffs: PTS, FG, FT, FTA, 3P, 3PA complete all-time. PF complete back to 1948-49. FGA, TRB, AST complete back to 1962-63. GS complete back to 1973-74. MP complete back to 1974-75. +/- complete back to 1996-97. STL, BLK, TOV complete back to 1982-83. ORB, DRB complete back to 1983-84. BPM not available for WNBA & ABA.

Season data: since 1946-47 unless otherwise noted. All box score stats are covered all-time (though not all stats were tracked for all of NBA history). PER since 1951-52. AST% since 1964-65. TRB% since 1970-71. BPM, VORP, DRtg and Per 100 Poss stats since 1973-74. ORtg since 1977-78. GS since 1981-82. Some stats were available earlier in the ABA. WNBA all-time (since 1997) unless otherwise noted. BPM and VORP not available for WNBA.

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