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| Kobe Bryant is now tied with Michael Jordan for the number of NBA regular season games played at 1,072. Kobe is on his 15th season, Jordan played for a total of 15 seasons over a 19 year period. |
CAREER STATS COMPARISON AT 1072 REGULAR SEASON GAMES
Games Played (GP)
Bryant has played 15 consecutive seasons and played 1,072 career games (age 18 to 32).
Jordan played until age 30 then he came back from age 32 to 35, and then he came back from age 38 to 40. In total, he played in 15 different seasons and ended up with 1,072 career games (age 21 to 40).
Advantage: Bryant—Since he has never retired, Bryant will obviously play more career games.
Games Started (GS)
After 1,072 games played, Bryant started 924 games for the Lakers (86 percent).
After 1,072 games played, Jordan started 1,039 games for the Bulls and Wizards (97 percent).
After 1,072 games played, Jordan started 1,039 games for the Bulls and Wizards (97 percent).
Advantage: Jordan—He was a starter from his first game ever, all the way to his last (except for a few times when he was 40 years old on the Wizards).
Minutes Played (MP)
After 1,072 games, Bryant totaled 39,088 minutes played (36.5 minutes per game).
After 1,072 games, Jordan totaled 41,010 minutes played (38.3 minutes per game).
After 1,072 games, Jordan totaled 41,010 minutes played (38.3 minutes per game).
Advantage: Jordan—Jordan played over 3,000 minutes as a rookie and over 3,000 minutes at age 40. Bryant averaged 15 minutes a game as a rookie and 34 minutes a game at age 32.
Field Goals Made (FGM)
After 1,072 games, Bryant hit 9,432 field goals (8.8 per game).After 1,072 games, Jordan hit 12,192 field goals (11.4 per game).
Advantage: Jordan
Field Goals Attempted (FGA)
After 1,072 games, Bryant attempted 20,728 field goals (19.3 per game).
After 1,072 games, Jordan attempted 24,537 field goals (22.9 per game).
After 1,072 games, Jordan attempted 24,537 field goals (22.9 per game).
Advantage: Jordan—He shot way more and made way more as we previously saw. Are you a gunner if you shoot 50 percent for your career or just the greatest scorer ever?
Field Goals Percentage (FG%)
After 1,072 games, Bryant shot 45.5 percent from the field.
After 1,072 games, Jordan shot 49.7 percent from the field.
After 1,072 games, Jordan shot 49.7 percent from the field.
Advantage: Jordan—Those percentage point differences seem small, but over this many games the totals are amazingly different for the two players. In fact, the percentage difference is really big.
Free Throws Made (FTM)
After 1,072 games, Bryant made 6,859 free throws (6.4 per game).
After 1,072 games, Jordan made 7,327 free throws (6.8 per game).
After 1,072 games, Jordan made 7,327 free throws (6.8 per game).
Advantage: Jordan—He took more shots and was, overall, fouled more too.
Free Throws Attempted (FTA)
After 1,072 games, Bryant took 8,190 free throws (7.6 per game).
After 1,072 games, Jordan took 8,772 free throws (8.2 per game).
After 1,072 games, Jordan took 8,772 free throws (8.2 per game).
Advantage: Jordan.
Free Throws Percentage (FT%)
After 1,072 games, Bryant made 83.7 percent of his free throws.
After 1,072 games, Jordan made 83.5 percent of his free throws.
After 1,072 games, Jordan made 83.5 percent of his free throws.
Advantage: Bryant—0.2 percent higher.
3-Points Made (3PM)
After 1,072 games, Kobe made 1,370 three-pointers (1.3 per game).
After 1,072 games, Michael made 581 three-pointers (0.5 per game).
After 1,072 games, Michael made 581 three-pointers (0.5 per game).
Advantage: Bryant—Only 1.3 made per game for his career? WTF? That's it? Seems like more. That is how perception versus reality works
3-Points Attempted (3PA)
After 1,072 games, Bryant took 4,041 three-pointers (3.8 per game).
After 1,072 games, Jordan took 1,778 three-pointers (1.7 per game).
After 1,072 games, Jordan took 1,778 three-pointers (1.7 per game).
Advantage: Bryant—Took 3.8 per game and made 1.3 per game. Oh well, not everyone wants to make half of their shots.
3-Points Percentage (3P%)
After 1,072 games, Bryant hit on 33.9 percent of his three-pointers.
After 1,072 games, Jordan hit on 32.7 percent of his three-pointers.
After 1,072 games, Jordan hit on 32.7 percent of his three-pointers.
Advantage: Bryant—After all the three-pointers, he tops MJ by 1.2 percent. Wow. Maybe he should've taken less.
Offensive Rebounds (OR)
After 1,072 games, Bryant accumulated 1,266 offensive rebounds (1.2 per game).
After 1,072 games, Jordan accumulated 1,668 offensive rebounds (1.6 per game).
After 1,072 games, Jordan accumulated 1,668 offensive rebounds (1.6 per game).
Advantage: Jordan—Jordan was a tad shorter than Bryant, but he had more hops and followed up on shots more.
Defensive Rebounds (DR)
After 1,072 games, Bryant grabbed 4,406 defensive rebounds (4.1 per game).
After 1,072 games, Jordan grabbed 5,004 defensive rebounds (4.7 per game).
After 1,072 games, Jordan grabbed 5,004 defensive rebounds (4.7 per game).
Advantage: Jordan—He was once Defensive Player of the Year, so defensive rebounds for MJ is also a given.
Total Rebounds (REB)
After 1,072 career games, Kobe grabbed 5,672 total rebounds (5.3 per game).
After 1,072 career games, Michael grabbed 6,672 total rebounds (6.2 per game).
After 1,072 career games, Michael grabbed 6,672 total rebounds (6.2 per game).
Advantage: Jordan—Exactly 1,000 more rebounds in exactly the same amount of games.
Assists (A)
After 1,072 games, Bryant dished off for 5,020 assists (4.7 per game).
After 1,072 games, Jordan dished off for 5,633 assists (5.3 per game).
After 1,072 games, Jordan dished off for 5,633 assists (5.3 per game).
Advantage: Jordan—Career high 8.0 assists per game in 1988-89, to go with eight rebounds and 32.5 PPG.
Steals (S)
After 1,072 games, Bryant recorded 1,617 steals (1.5 per game).
After 1,072 games, Jordan recorded 2,514 steals (2.3 per game).
After 1,072 games, Jordan recorded 2,514 steals (2.3 per game).
Advantage: Jordan—He led the NBA in steals a record (tied with Stockton) three times.
Blocks (B)
After 1,072 games, Bryant blocked 569 shots (0.5 per game).
After 1,072 games, Jordan blocked 893 shots (0.8 per game).
After 1,072 games, Jordan blocked 893 shots (0.8 per game).
Advantage: Jordan—Recorded more blocked shots than any guard in NBA history to this very day.
Turnovers (TO)
After 1,072 games, Bryant turned the ball over 3,133 times (2.9 per game).
After 1,072 games, Jordan turned the ball over 2,924 times (2.7 per game).
After 1,072 games, Jordan turned the ball over 2,924 times (2.7 per game).
Advantage: Jordan
Personal Fouls (PF)
After 1,072 games, Bryant has fouled 2,822 times (2.6 average).
After 1,072 games, Jordan fouled 2,783 times (2.6 average).
After 1,072 games, Jordan fouled 2,783 times (2.6 average).
Advantage: Jordan
Total Points (PTS)
After 1,072 games, Bryant scored 27,093 points (25.3 per game).
After 1,072 games, Jordan scored 32,292 points (30.1 per game).
After 1,072 games, Jordan scored 32,292 points (30.1 per game).
Advantage: Jordan
CONCLUSION:
If arguments are to be made based on these numbers alone, Jordan remains the greatest ever. But greatness can't be measured by numbers alone. If Kobe has to match or even surpass his idol, he still has a lot of chances to do it.
The numbers do not include their career playoff stats, but Jordan was six-for-six in the NBA Finals with six NBA Finals MVPs and Bryant was five-for-seven in the NBA Finals with two NBA Finals MVPs.
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