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Kobe BryantvsKarl Malone

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

SF · VAL group F

Kobe Bryant

1997–2016 · 20 seasons

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PF · VAL group F

Karl Malone

1986–2004 · 19 seasons

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At a glance

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

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

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Points, Rebounds, Assists, Steals, Blocks, 3-pointers made, FG %, 3P %, FT %, True shooting %, PER, Win shares — Kobe Bryant's career line covers 2002–2016 only (the table behind it does not cover 5 early-career seasons); Karl Malone's career line covers 2002–2004 only (the table behind it does not cover 16 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	Kobe Bryant	Karl Malone
18	0.5	—
19	3.3	—
20	7.8	—
21	11.1	—
22	14.6	2.2
23	17.3	5.4
24	19.8	9.8
25	13.3	13
26	10.8	18.1
27	21	13.1
28	17.6	13.1
29	20.4	16.1
30	19	10.9
31	13.6	16.1
32	15.4	14.4
33	8.2	20.4
34	14.3	17.6
35	—	9.3
36	0.6	16
37	0	15.9
38	—	12
39	—	13.4
40	—	4.5