Lebron James vs Kobe Bryant
The picture is the perfect image of how I feel when it comes to the better basketball player. Yes, Lebron James is ahead of Kobe Bryant on the all the time list. Below is a in depth comparison of the two. (As of March 6th 2014)
Games played:
Lebron James- 821
Kobe Bryant- 1,245
Games played in the playoffs:
Lebron James- 138
Kobe Bryant- 220
Regular season games with 10+ assists:
Lebron James- 131
Kobe Bryant- 82
Playoff games with 10+ assists:
Lebron James- 19
Kobe Bryant- 9
Regular season games with 3 assists or less:
Lebron James- 75
Kobe Bryant- 435
Playoff games with 3 assists or less:
Lebron James- 16
Kobe Bryant- 70
Regular season games with 10+ rebounds:
Lebron James- 171
Kobe Bryant- 109
Playoff games with 10+ rebounds:
Lebron James- 47
Kobe Bryant- 14
Regular season games with 60+ points:
Lebron James- 1
Kobe Bryant- 5
Regular season games with 50+ points:
Lebron James- 10
Kobe Bryant- 24
Playoff games with 50+ points:
Lebron James- 0
Kobe Bryant- 1
Regular season games with 40+ points:
Lebron James- 51
Kobe Bryant- 120
Playoff games with 40+ points:
Lebron James- 11
Kobe Bryant- 13
Regular season games with 30-39 points:
Lebron James- 280
Kobe Bryant- 299
Playoff games with 30-39 points:
Lebron James- 50
Kobe Bryant- 75
Regular season games with 50%+ shooting:
Lebron James- 433
Kobe Bryant- 476
Playoff games with 50%+ shooting:
Lebron James- 52
Kobe Bryant- 71
Regular season seasons over 50% shooting:
Lebron James- 4
Kobe Bryant- 0
Highest Field goal pct in a season:
Lebron James- 56%
Kobe Bryant- 46%
Highest Field goal pct in the playoffs(year):
Lebron James- 51%
Kobe Bryant- 49%
Regular season games shooting 40-45%:
Lebron James- 134
Kobe Bryant- 213
Regular season seasons shooting 30%+ from the 3 point line:
Lebron James- 9
Kobe Bryant- 15
Regular seasons games with 35+ attempts:
Lebron James- 3
Kobe Bryant- 28 ( 21 of those games he shot under 50 percent)
Regular season games with 40+ points and under 50% shooting:
Lebron James- 7 of 51
Kobe Bryant- 42 of 120
Led the league in PER(Player efficiency rating):
Lebron James- 6
Kobe Bryant- 0
Regular season games with a triple double:
Lebron James- 36
Kobe Bryant- 19
Playoff games with a triple double:
Lebron James- 11
Kobe Bryant- 0
Regular season games with a double double:
Lebron James- 265
Kobe Bryant- 170
Playoff games with a double double:
Lebron James- 55
Kobe Bryant- 23
Seasons of being top 5 in MVP voting:
Lebron James- 8 (winning the award 4 times)
Kobe Bryant- 11 ( winning it once)
Regular season career clutch games( game trailing by 3 or less, shot to tie or take lead, last 24 seconds)
Lebron James- 21/58 (.36 pct)
Kobe Bryant- 32/94 (.34 pct)
Playoffs career clutch games( game trailing by 3 or less, shot to tie or take lead, last 24 seonds)
Lebron James- 5/12 (.41 pct)
Kobe Bryant- 4/17 (.23 pct)
Playoffs career stats in NBA finals:
Lebron James- 23.4 PPG 9 REB 7 AST 1.7 STL 0.5 BLK 44% FG
Kobe Bryant- 25.3 PPG 5.7 REB 5. AST 1.7 STL 0.8 BLK 41%FG
Seasons led team in rebounds:
Lebron James- 3
Kobe Bryant- 0
Seasons led team in assists:
Lebron James- 9
Kobe Bryant- 10
Seasons led team in steals:
Lebron James- 9
Kobe Bryant- 9
Seasons led team in points:
Lebron James- 10
Kobe Bryant- 11
For Kobe to have played 400+ more games than Lebron the gap should be much higher in some of these categories. Thanks for reading.
