Kobe Bryant vs Kyrie Irving
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Kobe Bryant and Kyrie Irving compared on their NBA careers: Kobe Bryant played 20 seasons, 1996-97 to 2015-16, Kyrie Irving 14 seasons, 2011-12 to 2024-25. Kobe Bryant averaged 25 points a game to Kyrie Irving's 23.7. They have faced each other 6 times: Kobe Bryant's team won 2, Kyrie Irving's 4. Kobe Bryant won 5 titles, Kyrie Irving won 1 title.
Who has the better career numbers?
Kyrie Irving leads in 5 of the 9 lines, Kobe Bryant in 4. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.
Kobe Bryant vs Kyrie Irving head to head
They have faced each other 6 times: Kobe Bryant's team won 2, Kyrie Irving's 4.
Every game against each other
| Mar 10, 2016 |  CLE at  LAL | L 120-108 | 26 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 32 MIN | 26 PTS, 2 REB, 9 AST, 37 MIN |
| Feb 10, 2016 | LAL at CLE | L 120-111 | 17 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 33 MIN | 35 PTS, 3 REB, 7 AST, 36 MIN |
| Jan 15, 2015 | CLE at LAL | L 109-102 | 19 PTS, 6 REB, 17 AST, 32 MIN | 22 PTS, 2 REB, 3 AST, 37 MIN |
| Jan 13, 2013 | CLE at LAL | W 113-93 | 23 PTS, 2 REB, 6 AST, 28 MIN | 15 PTS, 2 REB, 7 AST, 34 MIN |
| Dec 11, 2012 | LAL at CLE | L 100-94 | 42 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 41 MIN | 28 PTS, 6 REB, 11 AST, 38 MIN |
| Jan 13, 2012 | CLE at LAL | W 97-92 | 42 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 41 MIN | 21 PTS, 0 REB, 4 AST, 28 MIN |
Games both played on opposite sides, from the game logs on file; the record is their teams’.
Career totals
How do they compare in the playoffs?
Where each stands all time
Among the NBA players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.
Titles and awards
Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.
Season by season
Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.