List of career achievements by Kobe Bryant

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Kobe Bryant is an American retired shooting guard who played for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) for his entire 20-year career. Bryant is the only son of former Philadelphia 76ers player and training Los Angeles Sparks head coach Joe Bryant . [1] Selected 13th overall by the Charlotte Hornets in the 1996 NBA draft , Bryant was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers for Vlade Divac a month later. [2] [3] He and then-teammate Shaquille O ‘ Neal led the Lakers to three consecutive NBA championships from 2000 to 2002 . After O’Neal was traded to the Miami Heat following the 2003-04 season , Bryant became the cornerstone of the Lakers franchise. [4] He led the NBA in scoring during the 2005-06 and 2006-07 seasons. [1] In 2006, Bryant Scored a career-high 81 points Against the Toronto Raptors , the second-highest number of Points Scored in a game in NBA history, [5] [6] behind only Wilt Chamberlain ‘s 100 point of performance . 

Bryant Was Awarded the regular season’s Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) in the 2007-08 season and led His team to the 2008 NBA Finals as the first seed in the Western Conference. [7] In the 2008 Summer Olympics , he won a gold medal as a member of the US men’s basketball team , occasionally Referred to as “The Redeem Team”. [8] He won the Finals MVP award on both occasions. s Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) in the 2007-08 season and led His team to the 2008 NBA Finals as the first seed in the Western Conference. [7] In the 2008 Summer Olympics , he won a gold medal as a member of the US men’s basketball team , occasionally Referred to as “The Redeem Team”. [8] He won the Finals MVP award on both occasions. s Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) in the 2007-08 season and led His team to the 2008 NBA Finals as the first seed in the Western Conference. [7] In the 2008 Summer Olympics , he won a gold medal as a member of the US men’s basketball team , occasionally Referred to as “The Redeem Team”. [8]He won the Finals MVP award on both occasions. Men’s basketball team , “The Redeem Team”. [8] He won the Finals MVP award on both occasions. Men’s basketball team , “The Redeem Team”. [8] He won the Finals MVP award on both occasions.

Bryant currently ranks third both on the league’s all-time post-season scoring and all-time regular season scoring lists . He has been selected to 15 All-NBA Team and All-Defensive Team (nine times to the All-NB First Team). He was selected to play in the NBA All-Star Game on 18 occasions, winning All-Star MVP Awards in 2002, 2007, 2009 and 2011 (he shared the 2009 award with Shaquille O’Neal). He also won the NBA Slam Dunk Contest in 1997. [9] He has had 1 eighty-point game, sixty-point games, 26 fifty-point games, and 134 forty-point games in his career . Stephen Curry and Stephen Curry set a new record (13) in Stephen Curry and Stephen Curry (13) in a game until November 8, 2016. In his final game on April 13, 2016, he became the oldest player to score 60 in a single game (37) and set the highest score in the regular season 2015-16.

NBA career statistics

Denotes seasons in which the Lakers won an NBA Championship
* The NBA Finals
^ Denotes seasons in which Bryant led the league
Bold Denotes career-highs

Regular season

Season Team Games
played		 Games
started		 Minutes
per game		 Field goal
percentage		 3-point field goal
percentage		 Free throw
percentage		 Rebounds
per game		 Assists
per game		 Steals
per game		 Blocks
per game		 Points
per game
1996-1997 LA Lakers 71 6 15.5 .417 .375 .819 1.9 1.3 .7 .3 7.9
1997-1998 LA Lakers 79 1 26.0 .428 .341 .794 3.1 2.5 .9 .5 15.4
1998-1999 LA Lakers 50 ^ 50 37.9 .465 .267 .839 5.3 3.8 1.4 1.0 19.9
1999-1900 LA Lakers 66 62 38.2 .468 .319 .821 6.3 4.9 1.6 .9 22.5
2000-01 LA Lakers 68 68 40.9 .464 .305 .853 5.9 5.0 1.7 .6 28.5
2001-02 LA Lakers 80 80 38.3 .469 .250 .829 5.5 5.5 1.5 .4 25.2
2002-03 LA Lakers 82 ^ 82 41.5 .451 .383 .843 6.9 5.9 2.2 .8 30.0
2003-04 * LA Lakers * 65 64 37.6 .438 .327 .852 5.5 5.1 1.7 .4 24.0
2004-05 LA Lakers 66 66 40.7 .433 .339 .816 5.9 6.0 1.3 .8 27.6
2005-06 LA Lakers 80 80 41.0 .450 .347 .850 5.3 4.5 1.8 .4 35.4 ^
2006-07 LA Lakers 77 77 40.8 .463 .344 .868 5.7 5.4 1.4 .5 31.6 ^
2007-08 * LA Lakers * 82 ^ 82 38.9 .459 .361 .840 6.3 5.4 1.8 .5 28.3
2008-09 LA Lakers 82 ^ 82 36.1 .467 .351 .856 5.2 4.9 1.5 .5 26.8
2009-10 LA Lakers 73 73 38.8 .456 .329 .811 5.4 5.0 1.5 .3 27.0
2010-11 LA Lakers 82 82 33.9 .451 .323 .828 5.1 4.7 1.2 .1 25.3
2011-12 LA Lakers 58 58 38.5 .430 .303 .845 5.4 4.6 1.2 .3 27.9
2012-13 LA Lakers 78 78 38.6 .463 .324 .839 5.6 6.0 1.4 .3 27.3
2013-14 LA Lakers 6 6 29.5 .425 .188 .857 4.3 6.3 1.2 .2 13.8
2014-15 LA Lakers 35 35 34.5 .373 .293 .813 5.7 5.6 1.3 .2 22.3
2015-16 LA Lakers 66 66 28.2 .358 .285 .826 3.7 2.8 .9 .2 17.6
Career 1,346 1,198 36.1 .447 .329 .837 5.2 4.7 1.4 .5 25.0
All-Star 14 14 27.8 .507 .333 .806 4.9 4.5 2.6 .4 20.0
Source: [9]

Playoffs

Season Team Games
played		 Games
started		 Minutes
per g		 Field goal
percentage		 3-point field goal
percentage		 Free throw
percentage		 Rebounds
per game		 Assists
per game		 Steals
per game		 Blocks
per game		 Points
per game
1996-1997 LA Lakers 9 0 14.8 .382 .261 .867 1.2 1.2 .3 .2 8.2
1997-1998 LA Lakers 11 0 20.0 .408 .214 .689 1.9 1.5 .3 .7 8.7
1998-1999 LA Lakers 8 8 39.4 .430 .348 .800 6.9 4.6 1.9 1.2 19.8
1999-1900 LA Lakers 22 22 39.0 .442 .344 .754 4.5 4.4 1.5 1.5 21.1
2000-01 LA Lakers 16 16 43.4 .469 .324 .821 7.3 6.1 1.6 .8 29.4
2001-02 LA Lakers 19 19 43.8 .434 .379 .759 5.8 4.6 1.4 .9 26.6
2002-03 LA Lakers 12 12 44.3 .432 .403 .827 5.1 5.2 1.2 .1 32.1 ^
2003-04 * LA Lakers * 22 22 44.2 .413 .247 .813 4.7 5.5 1.9 .3 24.5
2005-06 LA Lakers 7 7 44.9 .four hundred ninety seven .400 .771 6.3 5.1 1.1 .4 27.9
2006-07 LA Lakers 5 5 43.0 .462 .357 .919 5.2 4.4 1.0 .4 32.8 ^
2007-08 * LA Lakers * 21 21 41.1 .479 .302 .809 5.7 5.6 1.7 .4 30.1 ^
2008-09 LA Lakers 23 23 40.9 .457 .349 .883 5.3 5.5 1.7 .9 30.2
2009-10 LA Lakers 23 23 40.1 .458 .374 .842 6.0 5.5 1.4 .7 29.2
2010-11 LA Lakers 10 10 35.4 .446 .293 .820 3.4 3.3 1.6 .3 22.8
2011-12 LA Lakers 12 12 39.7 .439 .283 .832 4.8 4.3 1.3 .2 30.0
Career 220 200 39.3 .448 .331 .816 5.1 4.7 1.4 .6 25.6
Source: [9]

Career ranking

Career – season [9]
  • Points – 3rd (33,644)
  • Field goal attempts – 3rd (26,200)
  • Field goals made – 5th (11,719)
  • Field goals missed – 1st (14,481)
  • Free throws made – 3rd (8,378)
  • Free throw attempts – 5th (10,011)
  • Points per game – 12th (25.00)
  • 3-point field goal attempts – 6th (5,546)
  • Turnovers – 3rd (4,010)
  • 3-point field goals made – 12th (1,827)
  • Steals – 14th (1,944)
  • Minutes played – 6th (48,637)
  • Steals per game – 92nd (1.44)
  • Minutes per game – 41st (36.13)
  • Games played – 11th – (1,346)
  • Assists – 29th (6,306)
  • Free throw% – 84th (.8369)
  • Personal fouls – 39th (3,353)
  • Defensive rebounds – 46th (5,548)
  • Assists per game – 134th (4.69)
  • Rebounds – 100th (7,047)
  • Blocks – 180th (640)
  • Offensive rebounds – 190th (1,499)
Career – playoffs [10]
  • 3-point field goal attempts – 3rd (882)
  • 3-point field goals made – 6th (292)
  • Field goal attempts – 3rd (4,499)
  • Free throws made – 3rd (1,320)
  • Points – 4th (5,640)
  • Minutes played – 3rd (8,641)
  • Turnovers – 3rd (647)
  • Field goals made – 5th (2,014)

NBA awards and accomplishments

Bryant shooting a free throw
  • 5-time NBA champion : 2000, 2001, 2002, 2009, 2010 [11] [12] [13]
  • 7 NBA Finals appearances: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010 [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]
  • 2-time NBA Finals MVP : 2009, 2010
  • NBA Most Valuable Player : 2008 [7] [16] [17]
  • 2-time scoring champion : 2006, 2007 [18]
  • 18-time NBA All-Star : 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 [9]
  • 18 consecutive selections, 13 consecutive appearances (no All-Star game in 1999 due to a league-wide lockout ) [9] [19]
  • Missed the 2010, 2014 and 2015 games due to injury [20]
  • 4-time NBA All-Star Game MVP : 2002, 2007, 2009, 2011 (shared the 2009 award with Shaquille O’Neal ) [21]
  • 15-time All-NBA Team selection :
  • [23] [22] [23] First ,
  • Second team : 2000, 2001 [22] [23]
  • Third team : 1999, 2005 [22] [23]
  • 12-time All-Defensive Team selection :
  • [24] [25] First of all ,
  • Second team : 2001, 2002, 2012 [24] [25]
  • NBA All-Rookie Team selection :
  • Second team : 1997 [26] [27]
  • NBA Slam Dunk Contest champion : 1997 [28]
  • 17-time Player of the Month : December 2000, December 2008, January 2009, December 2003, March 2011, December / January 2012, February 2013 [9]
  • Player of the Month was awarded separately to Eastern and Western Conference starting from the 2001-02 season . [29]
  • NBA regular season leader :
  • Games played : 1998-99 ( 50 ), 2007-08 ( 82 ), 2008-09 ( 82 ) [9]
  • Use percentage : 2005-06 ( 38.7 ), 2010-11 ( 35.1 ), 2011-12 ( 35.7 ) [9]
  • point : 2002-03 ( 2,461 ), 2005-06 ( 2.832 , 7th in NBA history), [30] 2006-07 ( 2,430 ), 2007-08 ( 2.323 ) [9]
  • Points per game : 2005-06 ( 34.5 , 8th in NBA history), [31] 2006-07 ( 31.6 ) [9]
  • field goals Attempted : 2005-06 ( 2,173 ), 2006-07 ( 1.757 ), 2007-08 ( 1,690 ), 2010-11 ( 1,639 ), 2011-12 ( 1336 ) [9]
  • Field goals made : 2002-03 ( 868 ), 2005-06 ( 978 ), 2006-07 ( 813 ) [9]
  • Free throws attempted : 2006-07 ( 768 ) [9]
  • Free throws made : 2005-06 ( 696 ), 2006-07 ( 667 ) [9]
  • MOST 2nd point in a game : 81 (on January 22, 2006 vs. the Toronto Raptors) [5] [6]
  • 2x Best NBA Player ESPY Award Winner : 2008, 2010
  • NBA playoffs leader :
  • Win shares : 2001 ( 3.8 )
  • Points : 2004 ( 539 ), 2008 ( 633 ), 2009 ( 695 ), 2010 ( 671 )
  • Points per game : 2003 ( 32.1 ), 2007 ( 32.8 ), 2008 ( 30.1 )
  • Minutes played : 2002 ( 833 ), 2004 ( 973 )
  • field goals made : 2004 ( 190 ), 2008 ( 222 ), 2009 ( 242 ), 2010 ( 234 )
  • Field Goals Attempted : 2002 ( 431 ), 2004 ( 460 ), 2008 ( 463 ), 2009 ( 530 ), 2010 ( 511 )
  • Free throws made : 2004 ( 135 ), 2008 ( 157 ), 2009 ( 174 ), 2010 ( 154 )
  • Free throws attempted : 2008 ( 194 ), 2010 ( 183 )
  • Steals : 2000 ( 32 ), 2009 ( 38 )
  • Turnovers : 2010 ( 79 )
  • Personal fouls : 2000 ( 89 )

NBA records

Currently holds

Bryant scored 50 points or more in four consecutive games in 2007.

Bryant holds or shares numerous NBA records :

  • Most Seasons played for a single NBA Franchise: 20
  • MVP awards won, career: 4 (tied with Bob Pettit )
  • Most all-star field goals made, career: 115
  • Most offensive rebounds in an All-Star Game: 10
  • Most All-NBA Total Selections won, career: 15 (with Kareem Abdul Jabbar and Tim Duncan )
  • Most All-NBA First Team honors won, career: 11 (with Karl Malone and LeBron James )
  • Most All-Defensive First Team honors won, career: 9 (with Michael Jordan , Gary Payton , and Kevin Garnett )
  • Only player in NBA history with more than 30,000 points, 6,000 assists and 6,000 rebounds. [32]
  • Most three-point field goal attempts, career-playoffs: 882 [33]
  • Most field goal attempts, career-playoffs: 4,500
  • Most three-point field goal attempts, career-finals: 153
  • Four thumbs up, four-game playoff series: 51 (second round vs. Sacramento Kings, 2001) [34]
  • Most Points Scored in one arena, career: 16.161 (as of April 14, 2016, at the Staples Center , Los Angeles) [35]
  • Most games played at one arena, career: 599 (as of April 14, 2016, at the Staples Center , Los Angeles [35]
  • Highest Score against the league above 40 (share with Bob Pettit )
  • Surpassed Hakeem Olajuwon , the previous holder of the record [36]
  • Youngest player to score 24,000 points: ( 31 years, 76 days ) [37]
  • Surpassed Wilt Chamberlain, the previous holder of the record [37]
  • Since surpassed by LeBron James, who achieved this at 30 years, 17 days [38]
  • Youngest player to score 25,000 points: ( 31 years, 151 days ) [39]
  • Surpassed Wilt Chamberlain, the previous holder of the record [39]
  • Since surpassed by LeBron James.
  • Youngest player to score 26,000 points: ( 32 years, 80 days ) [40]
  • Surpassed Wilt Chamberlain, the previous holder of the record
  • Since surpassed by LeBron James.
  • Youngest player to score 27,000 points: ( 32 years, 160 days ) [41]
  • Surpassed Wilt Chamberlain, the previous holder of the record
  • Since surpassed by Lebron James.
  • Youngest player to score 28,000 points: ( 33 years, 131 days ) [42] [43]
  • Surpassed Wilt Chamberlain, the previous holder of the record
  • Since surpassed by Lebron James.
  • Youngest player to score 29,000 points: ( 33 years, 199 days ) [44]
  • Surpassed Wilt Chamberlain, the previous holder of the record
  • Youngest player to score 30,000 points: ( 34 years, 104 days ) [45]
  • Surpassed Wilt Chamberlain, the previous holder of the record
  • Youngest player to score 31,000 points: ( 34 years, 185 days ) [46]
  • Surpassed Wilt Chamberlain, the previous holder of the record
  • Youngest player to score 32,000 points: ( 36 years, 87 days ) [47]
  • Surpassed Karl Malone, the previous holder of the record
  • Youngest player to score 33,000 points: ( 37 years, 138 days )
  • Surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the previous holder of the record
  • All-Rookie Team: ( 1996-97 ) [48]
  • Youngest player to be named to the NBA All-Defensive Team: ( 1999-00 ) [48]
  • Youngest player to start a game: ( 18 years, 158 days ) [1]
  • Youngest player to win the NBA Slam Dunk Championship: ( 18 years, 169 days ) [49]
  • Youngest player to start all-Star game: ( 19 years, 169 days ) [48]
  • Only player in NBA history to score at least 600 points in the postseason for three consecutive years. [50]
  • 633 (2008), 695 (2009), 671 (2010) [50]
  • Oldest player to score 60+ points, one game: (37 years, 234 days) [51]

Previously held

  • Most three point field goals made, one game: 12 (on January 7, 2003 vs. Seattle SuperSonics; shared with Donyell Marshall and Stephen Curry ) [52]
    • Surpassed by Curry (13) on November 7, 2016 [53]
  • Most three point field goals made, one half: 8 (on March 28, 2003 vs. Washington Wizards; shared with 5 other players) [52] [54]
  • Broken by Deron Williams on March 8, 2013. [55]
  • Youngest player to score 23,000 points: ( 30 years, 171 days)
    • Surpassed by LeBron James (29 years, 95 days) on April 4, 2014
  • Youngest player to score 22,000 points: ( 30 years, 99 days ) [56]
  • Surpassed by LeBron James (29 years, 11 days) on January 10, 2014. [57]
  • Youngest player to score 20,000 points: ( 29 years, 122 days ) [58]
  • Surpassed by LeBron James (28 years, 17 days) on January 16, 2013. [59]
  • Chamberlain (29 years, 134 days), [58] Jordan (29 years, 326 days), [60] Bryant and James are the only four players to reach the milestone before reaching the age of 30.
  • Youngest player to score 18,000 points: ( 28 years, 156 days )
  • Surpassed by LeBron James (27 years, 35 days) on February 3, 2012.
  • Youngest player to score 15,000 points: ( 27 years, 136 days ) [61]
  • Surpassed by LeBron James ( 25 years, 79 days) on March 19, 2010 [62]
  • Youngest player to score 10,000 points: ( 24 years, 193 days ) on March 4, 2003 [1] [63]
  • Surpassed by LeBron James ( 23 years, 59 days) on February 27, 2008 [64]
  • Youngest player to appear in NBA game: ( 18 years, 72 days ) on November 3, 1996 [48]
  • Surpassed by Jermaine O’Neal ( 18 years, 53 days) on December 5, 1996 [48]
  • Then Surpassed by Andrew Bynum ( 18 years, 9 days) on November 2, 2005

Los Angeles Lakers franchise records

Bryant set a record at the Madison Square Gardenwith 61 points.

Bryant holds or shares numerous Lakers franchise records :

  • Most seasons played
  • 20 ( 1996-1997 to 2015-2016 )
  • Most playoff seasons played
  • 15 ( 1997 – 2004 , 2006 – 2012 )
  • Most All-Star Game Selections
  • 18 (1998, 2000-2016)
  • Most All-NBA First Team
  • 11 (2002 – 2004, 2006 – 2013)
  • Most All-Defensive First Team
  • 9 (2000, 2003 – 2004, 2006 – 2011)
  • Games
  • Most career regular-season games played: 1,346 [65]
  • Most career playoff games played: 220 [66]
  • Points
  • Career: 33,643 [67]
    • Surpassed Jerry West , the previous holder of the record, on February 1, 2010 [68]
  • Career, playoffs: 5,640 [67]
    • Surpassed Jerry West, the previous holder of the record, on April 23, 2010) [69]
  • Season: 2,832 ( 2005-06 ) [9]
  • Game: 81 (on January 22, 2006 vs. Toronto Raptors) [5] [6]
  • Half: 55 (2nd half, on January 22, 2006 vs. Toronto Raptors) [5]
  • Quarter: 30 (twice, most recently on November 30, 2006 in 3rd quarter vs. Utah Jazz) [5]
  • Games scoring 60 points or more, career : 6
  • Games scoring 50 points or more, career : 26 [70]
  • Games scoring 50 points or more, season: 10 (2006-07) [1]
  • Games scoring 40 points or more, career : 134 [68]
  • Games scoring 40 points or more, season: 27 (2005-06) [71]
Bryant goes in for a layup in a 2010 game against the Magic.
  • Consecutive games of 50 points or more: 4 (March 16-23, 2007) [72]
    • Behind Wilt Chamberlain [7 consecutive games five times in 1961-62 ] [72]
  • Consecutive games of 40 points or more: 9 (February 6-23, 2003) [73]
    • Tied with Michael Jordan (1986-87) and behind Wilt Chamberlain [14 consecutive games twice in 1961-62 and 10 consecutive games in 1962-63 ] [ 73] [74]
  • Field goals made and attempted
  • Career attempts: 26,200 [67] [75]
  • Career: 11,719 [76]
  • Career, playoffs: 2,014 [77]
  • Career attempts, playoffs: 4,499 [78]
  • Half: 18 (2nd half, on January 22, 2006 vs. Toronto Raptors) [5] [79]
  • Half attempts: 28 (tied with Elgin Baylor , on November 17, 2002 at Boston Celtics) [79]
  • Half, playoffs: 12 (tied with Elgin Baylor, on April 20, 2003 at Minnesota Timberwolves ) [80]
  • Quarter: 11 (twice, most recently on January 22, 2006 vs. Toronto Raptors) [79]
  • Attempts quarter, playoffs: 13 (tied with 3 players; on May 13, 2003 at San Antonio Spurs ) [80]
  • Free throws made and attempted
  • Career: 8,378 [67] [76]
  • Career attempts: 10,011
  • Career, playoffs: 1,320 [66] [81]
  • Career attempts, playoffs: 1,617 [66]
  • Game, playoffs: 21 (on May 4, 2008 vs. Utah Jazz) [80] [82]
  • Quarter, playoffs: 11 (tied with 3 players; on May 8, 1997 vs. Utah Jazz) [80]
  • Most Played: 18 (May 18, 2012)
  • Consecutive: 62 (January 11-22, 2006) [5] [79]
  • Three-point field goals made and attempted
  • Career: 1,827 [1] [79]
  • Career, playoffs: 292 [83]
  • Game: 12 (on January 7, 2003 vs. Seattle SuperSonics) [79] [84]
  • Half: 8 (1st half, March 28, 2003 vs. Washington Wizards) [79] [85]
  • Consecutive: 9 (on January 7, 2003 vs. Seattle SuperSonics) [84]
  • Career attempts: 5,546 [67]
  • Career attempts, playoffs: 882 [33]
  • Season attempts: 518 (2005-06) [1] [79]
  • Game attempts: 18 (on January 7, 2003 vs. Seattle SuperSonics) [79] [84]
  • Steals
  • Career: 1,944
  • Half: 6 (tied with 3 players; on February 13, 2006 vs. Utah Jazz) [79]
  • Quarter, playoffs: 3 (five times, tied with 9 players; Most Recently on June 15, 2008 vs. Boston Celtics) [80]
  • Minutes played
  • Career: 48,637 [75] [86]
  • Career, playoffs: 8,641 [75] [87]
  • Personal Fouls
  • Career: 3,353
  • Career, playoffs: 660
  • turnovers
  • Career: 4,010

Miscellaneous records

  • Most Points Scored as an opponent at the modern Madison Square Garden (IV): 61 (on February 2, 2009 vs. New York Knicks ) [70]
  • Most points scored in Christmas Day games : 395 (as of December 25, 2015) [88]
  • Surpassed Oscar Robertson [88]
  • Most points scored in final career game: 60 (on April 13, 2016 vs. Utah Jazz ) [89]

Others

Bryant playing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
  • 1995 Adidas Academic Betterment and Career Development (ABCD) Summer Camp Senior MVP [90] [91]
  • 1996 Naismith High School Player of the Year [90]
  • 1996 Gatorade Circle of Champions High School Player of the Year [90]
  • 1996 McDonald’s High School All-American [90]
  • 1996 USA Today All-USA First Team [90]
  • USA Today and PARADE ‘s 1996 National High School Player of the Year with a seasonal average of 30.8 points 12.0 rebounds, 6.5 assists, 4.0 steals and 3.8 blocks per game. [1]
  • Named Most Outstanding Player at the Beach Ball Classic in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina in his senior year [90]
  • The all-time leading scorer in Southeastern Pennsylvania school history with 2,883 points [1]
  • Surpassed Carlin Warley (2,441) and Wilt Chamberlain (2,359) [1] [90]
  • Led Lower Merion High School to a 31-3 record, including 27 straight wins, and the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (AAAA) class AAAA state title as a senior. The Aces defeated Erie Cathedral Prep 48-43 to win the gold (1996). [1]
  • Had his Lower Merion High School number 33 retired in 2002 [92]
  • Became the 27th player to enter the NBA straight from high school ( Jermaine O’Neal Was the other player to do so in the 1996 NBA draft ) [90]
  • Won 5 ESPY Awards
  • 2002 Outstanding Team Award (Los Angeles Lakers) [93]
  • 2006 Under Armor Undeniable Performance Award (Kobe Bryant’s 81 points) [93]
  • 2008 Best NBA Player Award (Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers) [93] [94]
  • 2009 Best Team Award (Los Angeles Lakers) [93]
  • 2010 Best NBA Player Award (Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers) [93]
  • Gold Medal with Team USA , 2007 FIBA ​​Americas Championship (Tournament of Americas) [95]
  • Gold medal with Team USA, 2008 Summer Olympics [95]
  • Gold medal with Team USA, 2012 Summer Olympics [95]
  • Sporting News NBA Athlete of the Decade (2000s) [96]
  • TNT Player of the Decade (2000s) [97]
  • Official # 12 in SLAM Magazine ‘ s 2009 revision of the top 50 greatest players of all time (published in the August 2009 issue) [98]
  • Sports Illustrated Top 20 Male Athlete of the Decade (2000s) # 7 (the only NBA player in the top 10) [99]
  • Official # 10 in SLAM Magazine ‘ s 2011 revision of the top 500 greatest players of all time (published in the February 2011 issue) [100]
  • Official # 1 in Dime Magazine ‘ s 2012 list of the top 10 greatest players since the year 2000 (published in the September 2012 issue) [101]

See also

  • List of 40-plus point games by Kobe Bryant
  • List of National Basketball Association
  • List of National Basketball Association career scoring leaders
  • List of National Basketball Association
  • List of National Basketball Association
  • List of National Basketball Association
  • List of National Basketball Association 3-point scoring leaders
  • List of National Basketball Association
  • List of National Basketball Association
  • List of National Basketball Association
  • List of National Basketball Association
  • List of National Basketball Association
  • List of National Basketball Association career playoff turnovers leaders
  • List of National Basketball Association 3-point scoring leaders
  • List of National Basketball Association career playoff free throw scoring leaders
  • List of National Basketball Association
  • List of National Basketball Association
  • List of National Basketball Association franchise career scoring leaders
  • List of National Basketball Association
  • List of NBA players with most championships
  • NBA regular season records

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