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Men's basketball\n
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Representing the $\"\"$ United States\n
Olympic Games\n
$\"Gold$	2008 Beijing	Team\n
$\"Gold$	2012 London	Team\n
FIBA Americas Championship\n
$\"Gold$	2007 Las Vegas	Team\n

Kobe Bean Bryant (/\u02c8ko\u028abi/ KOH-bee; August 23, 1978 \u2013 January 26, 2020) was an American professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he spent his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Widely regarded as one of the sport's greatest and most influential players of all time, Bryant won five NBA championships and was an 18-time All-Star, 15-time member of the All-NBA Team, 12-time member of the All-Defensive Team, the 2008 NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP), and a two-time NBA Finals MVP. He ranks fourth in league all-time regular season and postseason scoring. Bryant was posthumously voted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2020 and named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team in 2021.\n

The son of NBA player Joe Bryant, Bryant was born in Philadelphia and partly raised in Italy. Recognized as the top American high-school basketball player while at Philadelphia suburb Lower Merion, Bryant declared for the 1996 NBA draft and was selected by the Charlotte Hornets with the 13th pick; he was then traded to the Lakers. As a rookie, Bryant earned a reputation as a high-flyer by winning the 1997 Slam Dunk Contest and was named an All-Star by his second season. Despite his contentious relationship with teammate Shaquille O'Neal, the pair led the Lakers to three consecutive NBA championships from 2000 to 2002. In 2003, Bryant was charged with sexual assault. Charges were dropped after the accuser refused to testify, and a lawsuit was settled out of court, with Bryant issuing an apology and admitting to a sexual encounter he maintained was consensual.\n

After the Lakers lost the 2004 NBA Finals, O'Neal was traded and Bryant became the franchise's cornerstone. He led the NBA in scoring in the 2005\u201306 and 2006\u201307 seasons. On January 22, 2006, Bryant scored a career-high 81 points, the second most scored in a single NBA game behind Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game. Bryant led the team to championships in 2009 and 2010, and was named NBA Finals MVP both times. He continued to be among the league's premier players through the 2012\u201313 season when he suffered a torn achilles tendon. The last years of his playing career were hampered by injuries and limited playing time. Bryant retired after the 2015\u201316 season. In 2017, the Lakers retired both his Nos. 8 and 24, making Bryant the only player in NBA history to have multiple numbers retired by the same franchise.\n

The all-time leading scorer in Lakers history, Bryant was the first guard in NBA history to play 20 seasons. His 18 All-Star designations are the third most. His four NBA All-Star Game MVP Awards are tied with Bob Pettit for the most in history. Bryant gave himself the nickname Black Mamba in the mid-2000s, and the epithet became widely adopted by the public. He won gold medals on the 2008 and 2012 U.S. Olympic teams. In 2018, Bryant won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for Dear Basketball (2017).^[3]\n

In January 2020, Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna were among nine people who died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California.^[4] A number of tributes and memorials were issued, and the All-Star MVP Award was renamed in Bryant's honor.^[5]\n

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GP\n	Games played\n	GS \n	Games started\n	MPG \n	Minutes per game\n
FG% \n	Field goal percentage\n	3P% \n	3-point field goal percentage\n	FT% \n	Free throw percentage\n
RPG \n	Rebounds per game\n	APG \n	Assists per game\n	SPG \n	Steals per game\n
BPG \n	Blocks per game\n	PPG \n	Points per game\n	Bold \n	Career high\n
\u2020 \n	Won an NBA championship	\" \n	Led the league	\n

Year\n	Team\n	GP\n	GS\n	MPG\n	FG%\n	3P%\n	FT%\n	RPG\n	APG\n	SPG\n	BPG\n	PPG\n
1996\u201397\n	L.A. Lakers\n	71	6	15.5	.417	.375	.819	1.9	1.3	.7	.3	7.6\n
1997\u201398\n	L.A. Lakers\n	79	1	26.0	.428	.341	.794	3.1	2.5	.9	.5	15.4\n
1998\u201399\n	L.A. Lakers\n	50\"	50\"	37.9	.465	.267	.839	5.3	3.8	1.4	1.0	19.9\n
1999\u201300\u2020\n	L.A. Lakers\n	66	62	38.2	.468	.319	.821	6.3	4.9	1.6	.9	22.5\n
2000\u201301\u2020\n	L.A. Lakers\n	68	68	40.9	.464	.305	.853	5.9	5.0	1.7	.6	28.5\n
2001\u201302\u2020\n	L.A. Lakers\n	80	80	38.3	.469	.250	.829	5.5	5.5	1.5	.4	25.2\n
2002\u201303\n	L.A. Lakers\n	82	82\"	41.5	.451	.383	.843	6.9	5.9	2.2	.8	30.0\n
2003\u201304\n	L.A. Lakers\n	65	64	37.6	.438	.327	.852	5.5	5.1	1.7	.4	24.0\n
2004\u201305\n	L.A. Lakers\n	66	66	40.7	.433	.339	.816	5.9	6.0	1.3	.8	27.6\n
2005\u201306\n	L.A. Lakers\n	80	80	41.0	.450	.347	.850	5.3	4.5	1.8	.4	35.4\"\n
2006\u201307\n	L.A. Lakers\n	77	77	40.8	.463	.344	.868	5.7	5.4	1.4	.5	31.6\"\n
2007\u201308\n	L.A. Lakers\n	82\"	82\"	38.9	.459	.361	.840	6.3	5.4	1.8	.5	28.3\n
2008\u201309\u2020\n	L.A. Lakers\n	82\"	82\"	36.1	.467	.351	.856	5.2	4.9	1.5	.5	26.8\n
2009\u201310\u2020\n	L.A. Lakers\n	73	73	38.8	.456	.329	.811	5.4	5.0	1.5	.3	27.0\n
2010\u201311\n	L.A. Lakers\n	82	82\"	33.9	.451	.323	.828	5.1	4.7	1.2	.1	25.3\n
2011\u201312\n	L.A. Lakers\n	58	58	38.5	.430	.303	.845	5.4	4.6	1.2	.3	27.9\n
2012\u201313\n	L.A. Lakers\n	78	78	38.6	.463	.324	.839	5.6	6.0	1.4	.3	27.3\n
2013\u201314\n	L.A. Lakers\n	6	6	29.5	.425	.188	.857	4.3	6.3	1.2	.2	13.8\n
2014\u201315\n	L.A. Lakers\n	35	35	34.5	.373	.293	.813	5.7	5.6	1.3	.2	22.3\n
2015\u201316\n	L.A. Lakers\n	66	66	28.2	.358	.285	.826	3.7	2.8	.9	.2	17.6\n
Career^[114]\n	1,346	1,198	36.1	.447	.329	.837	5.2	4.7	1.4	.5	25.0\n
All-Star^[114]\n	15	15	27.6	.500	.324	.789	5.0	4.7	2.5	.4	19.3\n

Year\n	Team\n	GP\n	GS\n	MPG\n	FG%\n	3P%\n	FT%\n	RPG\n	APG\n	SPG\n	BPG\n	PPG\n
1997\n	L.A. Lakers\n	9	0	14.8	.382	.261	.867	1.2	1.2	.3	.2	8.2\n
1998\n	L.A. Lakers\n	11	0	20.0	.408	.214	.689	1.9	1.5	.3	.7	8.7\n
1999\n	L.A. Lakers\n	8	8	39.4	.430	.348	.800	6.9	4.6	1.9	1.3	19.8\n
2000\u2020\n	L.A. Lakers\n	22	22	39.0	.442	.344	.754	4.5	4.4	1.5	1.5	21.1\n
2001\u2020\n	L.A. Lakers\n	16	16	43.4	.469	.324	.821	7.3	6.1	1.6	.8	29.4\n
2002\u2020\n	L.A. Lakers\n	19	19	43.8	.434	.379	.759	5.8	4.6	1.4	.9	26.6\n
2003\n	L.A. Lakers\n	12	12	44.3	.432	.403	.827	5.1	5.2	1.2	.1	32.1\n
2004\n	L.A. Lakers\n	22	22	44.2	.413	.247	.813	4.7	5.5	1.9	.3	24.5\n
2006\n	L.A. Lakers\n	7	7	44.9	.497	.400	.771	6.3	5.1	1.1	.4	27.9\n
2007\n	L.A. Lakers\n	5	5	43.0	.462	.357	.919	5.2	4.4	1.0	.4	32.8\n
2008\n	L.A. Lakers\n	21	21	41.1	.479	.302	.809	5.7	5.6	1.7	.4	30.1\n
2009\u2020\n	L.A. Lakers\n	23	23	40.8	.457	.349	.883	5.3	5.5	1.7	.9	30.2\n
2010\u2020\n	L.A. Lakers\n	23	23	40.1	.458	.374	.842	6.0	5.5	1.3	.7	29.2\n
2011\n	L.A. Lakers\n	10	10	35.4	.446	.293	.820	3.4	3.3	1.6	.3	22.8\n
2012\n	L.A. Lakers\n	12	12	39.7	.439	.283	.832	4.8	4.3	1.3	.2	30.0\n
Career^[114]\n	220	200	39.3	.448	.331	.816	5.1	4.7	1.4	.6	25.6\n

Year\n	Title\n	Role\n	Notes\n
1996\n	Moesha\n	Terry Hightower^[472]\n	\n
1996\n	Arli$$\n	Himself\n	Episode: \"What About the Fans?\"^[473]^[474]\n
1996\n	Sister, Sister\n	Episode: \"Kid-Napped\"^[472]\n
1997\n	Hang Time^[475]\n	\n
1998\n	All That^[476]\n	\n
2000\n	Bette^[474]\n	\n
2009\n	Kobe Doin' Work^[477]\n	\n
2010\n	Modern Family\n	Season 1 - Episode 24 - 'Family Portrait'^[478]\n
2011\n	The Black Mamba^[479]\n	\n
2014\n	Nowitzki. The Perfect Shot^[480]\n	\n
2015\n	Daddy's Home^[481]\n	\n
2015\n	Kobe Bryant's Muse\n	Also executive producer^[482]\n
2017\n	Dear Basketball\n	Also writer and executive producer; winner of Best Animated Short Film at the 90th Academy Awards.^[483]\n
2017\n	Musecage^[484]\n	Also creator and writer; produced by Granity Studios for ESPN and ESPN+\n
2018\n	Detail^[485]\n	Also creator and writer; 18 episodes as a host, 16 episodes as a writer; produced by Granity Studios for ESPN and ESPN+\n
2019\n	Quiet Storm: The Ron Artest Story^[486]^[487]\n	Documentary about Ron Artest for Showtime\n
2020\n	The Last Dance\n	Episode: \"V\"; Posthumous release^[488]\n
2022\n	The Redeem Team^[489]\n	Posthumous release\n
2022\n	Kobe: Una storia italiana\n	From September 15, 2022, on Amazon Prime Video Italy; Posthumous release^[490]\n

v t e Kobe Bryant
Life and events	\n Career achievements \n Shaq\u2013Kobe feud \n Sexual assault case \n Granity Studios \n Helicopter crash and death \n
Media	\n Dear Basketball \n Kobe Doin' Work \n NBA Action '98 \n Kobe Bryant in NBA Courtside \n NBA Courtside 2 Featuring Kobe Bryant \n NBA Courtside 2002 \n NBA 2K10 \n NBA 2K17 \n NBA 2K21 \n NBA 2K24 \n The Mamba Mentality: How I Play \n
Honors and legacy	\n Statue of Kobe Bryant \n Murals of Kobe Bryant \n Statue of Kobe and Gianna Bryant \n Kobe Bryant Day \n Kobe Bryant Boulevard \n
Family	\n Gianna Bryant (daughter) \n Vanessa Bryant (wife) \n Joe Bryant (father) \n
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Early life

High school (1992\u20131996)

Professional career

1996 NBA draft

Los Angeles Lakers (1996\u20132016)

Adjusting to the NBA (1996\u20131999)

Three-peat (1999\u20132002)

Coming up short (2002\u20132004)

Scoring records and playoff upsets (2004\u20132007)

Back on top (2007\u20132010)

Chasing a sixth championship (2010\u20132013)

Injury-plagued years (2013\u20132015)

Final season (2015\u20132016)

National team career

Player profile

NBA career statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Off the court

Personal life

Sexual assault case

Endorsements

Music

Film and television

Filmography

Philanthropy

Business ventures

Books

Death

Accident

Investigations

Tributes and funeral services

Legacy

See also

Notes

References

Further reading

External links

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Talks

18 April, 2001