Kobe Bryant
The #13 pick of the 1996 NBA Draft
- Position
- Shooting guard
- Height
- 6'6"
- Born
- 23 August 1978
- Drafted
- 1996, 13th overall — Charlotte Hornets
- Team
- Los Angeles Lakers
- Career
- 20 seasons, 1996-97 to 2015-16
- Averages
- 25 PPG · 5.2 RPG · 4.7 APG
- 5× NBA champion
- 2× Finals MVP
- MVP
Twelve teams passed on a 17-year-old from Lower Merion High School, and Charlotte traded him to the Lakers within weeks. Kobe Bryant played all twenty seasons there: five championships, two Finals MVPs, an MVP, two scoring titles and 81 points in one night.
Kobe Bryant's NBA career
Every season, the team and what he won.
| Season | Team | Honours |
|---|---|---|
| 1996-97 | Los Angeles Lakers | |
| 1997-98 | Los Angeles Lakers | All-Star |
| 1998-99 | Los Angeles Lakers | All-NBA Third Team |
| 1999-00 | Los Angeles Lakers | NBA champion, All-Star, All-NBA Second Team, All-Defensive First Team |
| 2000-01 | Los Angeles Lakers | NBA champion, All-Star, All-NBA Second Team, All-Defensive Second Team |
| 2001-02 | Los Angeles Lakers | NBA champion, All-Star, All-NBA First Team, All-Defensive Second Team |
| 2002-03 | Los Angeles Lakers | All-Star, All-NBA First Team, All-Defensive First Team |
| 2003-04 | Los Angeles Lakers | All-Star, All-NBA First Team, All-Defensive First Team |
| 2004-05 | Los Angeles Lakers | All-Star, All-NBA Third Team |
| 2005-06 | Los Angeles Lakers | Scoring champion, All-Star, All-NBA First Team, All-Defensive First Team |
| 2006-07 | Los Angeles Lakers | Scoring champion, All-Star, All-NBA First Team, All-Defensive First Team |
| 2007-08 | Los Angeles Lakers | MVP, All-Star, All-NBA First Team, All-Defensive First Team |
| 2008-09 | Los Angeles Lakers | NBA champion, Finals MVP, All-Star, All-NBA First Team, All-Defensive First Team |
| 2009-10 | Los Angeles Lakers | NBA champion, Finals MVP, All-Star, All-NBA First Team, All-Defensive First Team |
| 2010-11 | Los Angeles Lakers | All-Star, All-NBA First Team, All-Defensive First Team |
| 2011-12 | Los Angeles Lakers | All-Star, All-NBA First Team, All-Defensive Second Team |
| 2012-13 | Los Angeles Lakers | All-Star, All-NBA First Team |
| 2013-14 | Los Angeles Lakers | All-StarPlayed six games after an Achilles tear. |
| 2014-15 | Los Angeles Lakers | All-Star |
| 2015-16 | Los Angeles Lakers | All-StarFinal season; scored 60 in his last game. |
Career achievements
5Championships
1MVP
2Finals MVPs
18All-Star selections
15All-NBA teams
12All-Defensive teams
2Scoring titles
33,643Career points
7,047Career rebounds
6,306Career assists
5,640Playoff points
Championships
- 2000 Los Angeles Lakers
- 2001 Los Angeles Lakers
- 2002 Los Angeles Lakers
- 2009 Los Angeles Lakers
- 2010 Los Angeles Lakers
Milestones
- 81 points against Toronto in January 2006.
- Twenty seasons, all of them with the Lakers.
- Twelve All-Defensive teams alongside fifteen All-NBA teams.
- Olympic gold in 2008 and 2012.
Draft history
- Draft
- 1996 NBA Draft
- Pick
- 13th overall
- Team
- Charlotte Hornets
- From
- Lower Merion HS (Ardmore, Pennsylvania)
- Age
- 17 on draft night
Charlotte traded him to the Lakers for Vlade Divac before he played a game.
The top of the 1996 draft
The first six picks of the actual 1996 NBA draft: pick number, player and the team that drafted him.
Kobe Bryant in the Draft Time Machine
Actual draft: 13th overall in 1996. How the community redrafts him, across 116 saved boards of the 1996 class:
100%of boards take him in round one
#2Average pick
#1Best pick
#24Worst pick
78%of those take him first
Who gets redrafted ahead of Kobe Bryant?
| Player | Ahead of him | Average pick |
|---|---|---|
| Allen Iverson | 21% of boards | #2.3 |
| Marcus Camby | 7% of boards | #7.9 |
| Steve Nash | 7% of boards | #3.6 |
| Jermaine O'Neal | 6% of boards | #6.1 |
| Ray Allen | 6% of boards | #3.9 |
Kobe Bryant in Dynasty Redrafts
From every saved Dynasty Redraft run that finished with Kobe Bryant in the starting five. MVPs are the star of a title season, as the simulator crowns them.
606Dynasty runs
1,002Championships
69%of runs win a title
563MVPs
73Best season (wins)
58.1Average wins
Kobe Bryant's most successful Dynasty Redrafts
Explore Kobe Bryant
- 1996 NBA RedraftRedraft Kobe Bryant's class with hindsight.
- NBA Dynasty RedraftRebuild a franchise through five drafts and see what it wins.
- GOAT CalculatorWeigh Kobe Bryant against the greatest players of all time.
DTM TV
Kobe vs JordanMichael Jordan against Kobe Bryant, the icon and the player who grew up studying him.
Kobe's legendary 81Every bucket from Kobe Bryant's 81 points against Toronto in January 2006.
Prime TMac vs KobeKobe Bryant and Tracy McGrady score 38 points each in a head-to-head in November 2002.
