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Karl MalonevsKobe Bryant

Regular-season careers from the StatVault encyclopedia — the same tables as each player's profile.

PF · VAL group F

Karl Malone

1986–2004 · 19 seasons

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SF · VAL group F

Kobe Bryant

1997–2016 · 20 seasons

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At a glance

Karl Malone and Kobe Bryant: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Karl Malone	Stat	Kobe Bryant
19	Seasons	20
241.3	Career VAL	228.6
20.4 (1997)	Peak-season VAL	21.0 (2006)
Inducted 2010	Hall of Fame	Inducted 2020
0	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	4
2	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	15

VAL is Value Above League — regular-season production measured against the league at the same position group (NBA VAL board). Black and gray ink count seasons from 2002 on.

Career regular season

Career regular-season statistics both Karl Malone and Kobe Bryant have
Karl Malone	Stat	Kobe Bryant
Career
1,476	Games	1,342
Per game
25.0	Points / game	25.0
10.1	Rebounds / game	5.2
3.6	Assists / game	4.7

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Points, Rebounds, Assists, Steals, Blocks, 3-pointers made, FG %, 3P %, FT %, True shooting %, PER, Win shares — Karl Malone's career line covers 2002–2004 only (the table behind it does not cover 16 early-career seasons); Kobe Bryant's career line covers 2002–2016 only (the table behind it does not cover 5 early-career seasons).

VAL by ageEach season plotted at the player's age that season, so careers line up by age rather than by calendar.

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Age	Karl Malone	Kobe Bryant
18	—	0.5
19	—	3.3
20	—	7.8
21	—	11.1
22	2.2	14.6
23	5.4	17.3
24	9.8	19.8
25	13	13.3
26	18.1	10.8
27	13.1	21
28	13.1	17.6
29	16.1	20.4
30	10.9	19
31	16.1	13.6
32	14.4	15.4
33	20.4	8.2
34	17.6	14.3
35	9.3	—
36	16	0.6
37	15.9	0
38	12	—
39	13.4	—
40	4.5	—