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Kobe Bryant has played twice as long as LeBron James, so clearly Kobe Bryant should have achieved twice as much, right? Let's take an in-depth look: You can't deny facts folks, don't even try.... Rookie of the Year LeBron James: Yes Kobe Bryant: No All-Rookie First Team LeBron James: Yes Kobe Bryant: No Regular season & Playoffs combined Games with 12 or more assists LeBron James: 41 Kobe Bryant: 19 Regular season & Playoffs combined Games with 10 or more assists: LeBron James: 104 Kobe Bean Bryant: 74 Regular season & Playoffs combined Games with less than 3 assists: LeBron James: 21 Kobe Bryant: 261 Regular season & Playoffs combined Games with less than 2 assists: LeBron James: 6 Kobe Bryant: 142 Regular season & Playoffs combined Games with 0 assists: LeBron James: 1 Kobe Bryant: 57 Regular season & Playoffs combined Games with at least 15 rebounds: LeBron James: 9 Kobe Bryant: 5 Regular season & Playoffs combined Games with at least 12 rebounds: LeBron James: 56 Kobe Bryant: 29 Percentage of points scored on free throws: LeBron James: 24.1% Kobe Bryant: 25.1% Record in games with 30+ shot attempts LeBron James: 16-13 (.552) Kobe Bean Bryant: 46-61 (.368) LeBron James shoots his team to wins, Kobe Bryant shoots his team out of wins. Defensive player of the year: LeBron James: Runner up twice Kobe Bryant: not even close Career Player Efficiency Rating LeBron James: 26.86 Kobe Bryant: 23.50 Olympic Gold Medals LeBron James: 1 Kobe Bryant: 1 Scoring titles LeBron James: 1 Kobe Bryant: 2 Kobe Bryant is not among the top 100 players all time in assists per game. LeBron James is. He's #26 in assists per game all time. Kobe Bryant is not among the top 10 players all time in points per game. LeBron James is #3 all time in points per game. Seasons at 30 points per game or higher: LeBron James: 2 Kobe Bryant: 3 Regular season 2010: Kobe took 41 more shots, LeBron scored 288 more points 2009: Kobe took 99 more shots, LeBron scored 103 more points As you can see, Kobe shoots more, but LeBron still outscores him. In NBA history, there are 13 50 point games with under 50% shooting, and Kobe Bryant is responsible for 6 of them. Kobe Bryant also has: 2nd worst known game score for a player scoring 10+ points. (5-21 shooting) 2nd worst known game score for a player scoring 30+ points. (11-29) Worst and 4th worst known game scores for a player scoring 40+ points. (17-47, 12-30) Kobe Bryant also now holds the worst shooting performance in NBA Finals history for a Finals MVP (6-24 shooting, 18 missed shots). Regular season Seasons under 50% shooting Kobe Bryant: 14 LeBron James: 6 Seasons under 48% shooting: Kobe Bryant: 14 LeBron James: 3 Seasons over 50% shooting: Kobe Bryant: 0 LeBron James: 1 Seasons at 48% shooting or higher: Kobe Bryant: 0 LeBron James: 4 Regular season Games with under 50% shooting LeBron James: 304 Kobe Bryant: 623 Regular season Games with under 48% shooting LeBron James: 289 Kobe Bryant: 599 Regular season Games with under 46% shooting LeBron James: 245 Kobe Bryant: 530 Regular season Games with under 44% shooting LeBron James: 200 Kobe Bryant: 452 Regular season Games with under 42% shooting LeBron James: 159 Kobe Bryant: 393 Regular season Games with under 40% shooting LeBron James: 117 Kobe Bryant: 317 Regular season Games with under 35% shooting LeBron James: 66 Kobe Bryant: 192 Regular season Games with under 30% shooting LeBron James: 32 Kobe Bryant: 97 Shot jacking? Regular season Games with 36 shot attempts or more: LeBron: 1 Kobe: 19 Of Kobe's 19 games with 36 shots or more, he shot under 50% 15 times, 45% or lower 10 times, under 40% 3 times, this is the DEFINITION of shot jacking