Kobe Bryant’s career in numbers (based on BBC):
1 – He won the MVP award for the most valuable player of the regular season once during his career, in the 2007/08 season. In 2016, the short film Dear Basketball, based on the letter he wrote to the sport, won an Oscar.
2 – He was chosen as the best of the final twice, in the 2008/09 season and the following season. He won the Olympic title twice, in 2008 in Beijing and four years later in London. He played in two jerseys during his career, the 8 and 24 were retired by the Los Angeles Lakers.
4 – He has been voted the best of the All-Star galas this many times, which is tied for the NBA record.
5 – Number of NBA championships
9 – One of four players (along with Michael Jordan, Kevin Garnett and Gary Payton) to be named to the NBA’s top five defensive players nine times.
11 – This is how many times he has been in the NBA’s top five, tied for second with Karl Malone, and LeBron James leads the list with 12.
15 – He was included in the starting five of the All Star Gala on occasion.
20 – He played a season in the Los Angeles Lakers, only the German Dirk Nowitzki can claim to have spent more time in one club.
25 – Scored at least 50 points on occasion, surpassed only by Wilt Chamberlain (118) and Michael Jordan (31).
60 – Scored this many points in his last career game against the Utah Jazz.
81 – On January 22, 2006, he scored so many points against the Toronto Raptors, only Wilt Chamberlain’s 100-point performance in 1962 was better in NBA history.
5,640 – The number of points scored in the playoffs, fourth on the NBA’s all-time list behind LeBron James (6,911), Michael Jordan (5,987) and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (5,762).
33,643 – The number of points he scored in the regular season, which is fourth on the NBA’s all-time list behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38,387), Karl Malone (36,928) and LeBron James (33,655).
48,637 – Minutes spent on the floor in the NBA, which is eighth on the all-time list.
