Kobe Bryant played 833 games and scored 19,755 points wearing his original No. 8, then played 733 games and scored 19,528 points wearing No. 24. That’s more points in each of his two jersey numbers individually than 122 (68.5%) Hall of Famers scored over their entire NBA careers.

Current Hall of Famers who scored fewer:

Kobe Bryant - No. 8 - 19,755

Kobe Bryant - No. 24 - 19,528

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Tracy McGrady - 19490

Steve Nash - 19,459

James Worthy - 19,342

Lou Hudson - 19,240

Bailey Howell - 19,171

Bob Cousy - 18,978

Earl Monroe - 18,925

Calvin Murphy - 18,894

Chris Mullin - 18,893

Dave Bing - 18,804

Lenny Wilkens - 18,803

Jack Sikma - 18,748

Chris Webber - 18,677

Dennis Johnson - 18,651

Chris Bosh - 18,577

Chauncey Billups - 18,328

Sam Jones - 18,320

Joe Dumars - 18,153

Grant Hill - 17,660

Walt Frazier - 17,508

Bob Dandridge - 17,497

Amar’e Stoudemire - 17,455

Paul Arizin - 17,452

Bill Russell - 17,195

Tiny Archibald - 17,148

Manu Ginóbili - 17,097

Dick Barnett - 16,897

Jamaal Wilkes - 16,464

Jack Twyman - 16,461

Pete Maravich - 16,435

Tim Hardaway - 16,316

Jo Jo White - 16119

Artis Gilmore - 16,071

Dan Issel - 15,688

Alonzo Mourning - 15,602

Dave DeBusschere - 15589

Nate Thurmond - 15,403

Richie Guerin - 15,330

Cliff Hagan - 15,281

Dave Cowens - 15,200

Spencer Haywood - 15,033

Jerry Lucas - 14,949

Vlade Divac - 14,866

Billy Cunningham - 14,383

Tom Heinsohn - 14,252

Paul Westphal - 14,146

Bill Sharman - 14,111

Maurice Cheeks - 14,105

Rudy Tomjanovich - 13,894

Willis Reed - 13,541

Sidney Moncrief - 13,418

Clyde Lovellette - 12,910

Dikembe Mutombo - 12,647

Don Nelson - 12,475

Wes Unseld - 11,884

David Thompson - 11,883

Ed Macauley - 11,882

George Mikan - 11,836

Jerry Sloan - 11,287

Vern Mikkelsen - 11,204

Carl Braun - 11,186

Wayne Embry - 10,946

Guy Rodgers - 10,923

Toni Kukoč - 10,874

Charlie Scott - 10,540

Bill Bradley - 10,439

Gus Johnson - 10,396

Neil Johnston - 10,367

Bobby Jones - 10,364

Doc Rivers - 10,303

Zelmo Beaty - 10,178

George Yardley - 9,996

Tom Sanders - 9,908

Yao Ming - 9,802

Frank Ramsey - 9,709

Harry Gallatin - 9,611

George McGinnis - 9585

Michael Cooper - 9,310

Larry Costello - 9,214

Joe Fulks - 8,591

Connie Hawkins - 8,465

Arnie Risen - 8,423

Tom Gola - 8,303

Slater Martin - 8,261

Doug Collins - 8,114

Dennis Rodman - 7,764

Ralph Sampson - 7,750

Bobby Wanzer - 7,478

Ben Wallace - 7,193

Bob Davies - 7,100

Andy Phillip - 6,812

Bill Walton - 6,743

Jim Pollard - 6,739

Al Attles - 6,722

Dick McGuire - 6442

Arvydas Sabonis - 6,246

turd_fergus0n_jr | Celtics

72 | 8 hours ago

Why’d he change his number?

ObjectConfident7172 | Pistons

40 | 6 hours ago

Colorado

JMEEKER86 | Japan

14 | 2 hours ago

Not really. That’s one of those things that sounds like it should be true if you don’t actually know anything, though. He changed his number over 3 years later. This wasn’t like Kevin Spacey responding to his assault allegations by immediately coming out as gay. Kobe’s image had already more or less recovered by the time he changed his number. We can argue whether or not it should have been recovered considering what he did, but by that point most of the public had put it behind them.

WestleyThe | SEA

8 | an hour ago

He said something like he’s a different person and player now and wanted to move on…

Yes it was also about the rape case

Electronic_Dig_2685

15 | 5 hours ago

Wanted fresh start

bigvahe33 | Supersonics

24 | 5 hours ago

from what

oh. the downvotes from the pro-rape crowd tell me everything i need to know

Kapsalian | Lakers

7 | an hour ago

He wanted to be known as an ex-rapist, instead of a current rapist

420blz | Vancouver Grizzlies

3 | 2 hours ago

19 is legal clowb

bigvahe33 | Supersonics

4 | 2 hours ago

hey man just a heads up rape is not legal

Spell_Alarming | Nets

7 | 2 hours ago

It’s a reference

bigvahe33 | Supersonics

4 | 2 hours ago

oh my bad i live in LA and shockingly have to go through this exchange often with the folks here.

420blz | Vancouver Grizzlies

6 | 2 hours ago

Current events prove otherwise.

bigvahe33 | Supersonics

-1 | 2 hours ago

fair

CurrentRoster | Wizards

2 | 39 minutes ago

easiest bait

HiImWallaceShawn | Timberwolves

0 | 4 hours ago

He was a rapist

Regionala

-17 | 5 hours ago

He wore 24 in high school or something like that

HandyDandyNotebook98 | Warriors

43 | 8 hours ago

More assault cases too aside from probably 90% of HOFers. But that only applies to number 8. 24 was a different person right?

El_Sticko145

11 | an hour ago

Yeah 8 is the rapist. 24 had a great work ethic and an unblockable turn around

nosycitizen408

-14 | 4 hours ago

Just wait until the stuff about curry finally comes out lol

Kapsalian | Lakers

7 | an hour ago

“You’ll be accepting of rape when it’s your favourite player!!!”

JagmeetSingh2

-37 | 8 hours ago

“le reddit army” response

BIGRolyXL

-36 | 8 hours ago

I know you’re not talking about assault being a Golden State fan…

blubblu

9 | 6 hours ago

Cause Latrell spreewell famously raped a woman?

Oh shit, no, that’s actually Kobe.

BIGRolyXL

-20 | 6 hours ago

Who tf mentioned Shitwell? I’m referring to Draymond you fuckin bozo.

Nice_Cash_7000 | NBA

24 | 5 hours ago

did you just compare punching a guy to raping a woman?

blubblu

4 | 2 hours ago

I think he did. Lol. Lakers fans man.

blubblu

1 | 2 hours ago

Wait so we’re comparing a non police matter to a police matter?

That’s REALLY what we’re doing?

You coulda gone Stephen Jackson after malice in the palace, etc, but you went donkey man green?

Latrell Spreewell makes WAY more sense in this conversation.

Man oh man lol

InevitableAd2436 | Supersonics

-22 | 8 hours ago

He’s a philipino steph curry fan.

He’ll be bandwagoning Wemby/Spurs next

InevitableAd2436 | Supersonics

-19 | 8 hours ago

I swear I didn’t know he’s Philipino, but I just checked his profile and he actually is lol

blubblu

6 | 6 hours ago

Yeah surprise there are a ton of FILIPINOS in the Bay Area.

izi810 | Iran

-13 | 8 hours ago

Some things in life are just meant to be lol

willyd-21

-59 | 8 hours ago

Lol classic Reddit comment

GenoThyme | Celtics

58 | 8 hours ago

I mean, its kinda relevant considering Kobe changing numbers and starting to go by Black Mamba were part of his post-Eagle CO rebrand

-BurtimusPrime

-49 | 8 hours ago

Was like 4 years old judging by the Reddit name; wasn’t around during it, but still throwing insults. You’re correct.

One-Mixture2184

56 | 8 hours ago

I’ve seen a lot of stupid defenses when it comes to Kobe

Saying “you were young when it happened so you can’t insult him for it” is perhaps the stupidest one

UntilDoncic | Lakers

43 | 8 hours ago

“Sorry buddy you weren’t old enough for the Khmer Rouge so keep Pol Pot’s name out of your damn mouth”

3pacalypsenow

-43 | 8 hours ago

Comparing a confirmed genocide to an alleged SA case because you also probably weren’t around to know that the reason the criminal case fell apart was because she was a gold digger who admitted to her friends she had previously tried to entrap other celebrities in the same scheme.

Good job Reddit!

UntilDoncic | Lakers

33 | 8 hours ago

I didn’t actually make any comment on the SA case, I challenged the logic of “you weren’t old enough when it happened so your opinion is invalid” - but going to bat for an alleged sexual assailant by repeating the arguments of his defense attorney is some crazy para-social shit bro. It’s just some dude who was good at basketball

3pacalypsenow

-27 | 8 hours ago

Oh I didn’t know stating the facts of a legal case was so wrong. I’ll stick to assuming someone is guilty before being proven guilty because “she said so” and she could never lie!

UntilDoncic | Lakers

8 | 8 hours ago

I don’t care what you do homie, I didn’t say it was wrong or right lol I said it’s weirdly parasocial to be at all invested in a 23 year old SA case of a dead man. The only person alive who knows the truth of what happened is not interested in talking about it anymore. Why bother

Omega-Toad-7017 | Bulls

2 | 6 hours ago

The stupidest one is that it wasn’t consensual, but she was lucky that it happened, so it’s okay

Nice_Cash_7000 | NBA

0 | 5 hours ago

Theres also the infamous

“19 is legal clowb”

3pacalypsenow

-29 | 8 hours ago

Latching onto Reddit’s absurd hate for his SA case as a constant talking point it stupid. There are reasons why the criminal case fell apart and there wasn’t even a finding of liability in a civil case, just a settlement.

For people who were actually alive and paid attention to the case they know she was a gold digger. The chicks own friend was willing to testify in court that she went to Eminem concerts to try to entrap a different celebrity in the same scheme.

One-Mixture2184

18 | 8 hours ago

Active in “r/KobeBryant24”

This parasocial nonsense some of you do is absurd

3pacalypsenow

0 | 8 hours ago

Active means you’ve commented as little as a few times and I know it’s crazy a Laker fan would get presented a Kobe Bryant thread in their algorithm!

I guess stalking random Redditors profiles is normal social behavior to you though…

InevitableAd2436 | Supersonics

-16 | 8 hours ago

Nothing he said was wrong though.

Her friend literally testified that she would stalk celebrities trying to entrap them in the same scheme.

One-Mixture2184

5 | 8 hours ago

I don’t care about the trial. That’s why I didnt comment on it.

I said “you weren’t alive so you cant criticize it” is stupid, because it is. And then I said forming these parasocial relationships is stupid, because it is. I don’t care to debate a court case about a dead guy

turd_fergus0n_jr | Celtics

6 | 7 hours ago

Thank god someone here is brave enough to defend the dead rapist.

skaeser | NBA

8 | 8 hours ago

Bro, why tf do you care that I hit yo mama? You were still in her tummy!

UntilDoncic | Lakers

1 | 8 hours ago

I mean this is a really stupid line of reasoning for discrediting someone lol but I do think it was a completely irrelevant comment to make

heat_fan_ | Raptors

28 | 8 hours ago

Pretty wild stat

Dinshiddie | Warriors

23 | 7 hours ago

There several people on here based on coaching and college/Olympic careers, as well as defensive and rebounding specialists. But interesting nonetheless.

InevitableAd2436 | Supersonics

15 | 8 hours ago

2 hall of fame careers with two different numbers

Kobe was incredible

Sad_Bathroom1448

8 | 8 hours ago

Yes, Kobe has had 2 HOF careers.

But the biggest takeaway from this for me was, damn, that’s a lot of HOFers who, how’d they get in but Kevin Johnson hasn’t?

StoneySteve420 | Supersonics

4 | 6 hours ago

Kevin Johnson has the pedo tax

420blz | Vancouver Grizzlies

3 | 2 hours ago

Didnt stop Karl Malone

Pan_TheCake_Man | Hornets

1 | 25 minutes ago

You’ve heard of the hot/crazy line?

Famous men get the legend/(pedo/rapists) line. You can be more of pedo/rapist if you’re more of a legend fun fact

AgenYT0 | Heat

0 | 3 hours ago

30,000 points is the minimum to guarantee rapists make the Hall of Fame.

AccomplishedBake8351

4 | 8 hours ago

Crazy two of the top 5 all time scorers are rapists

JB_JB_JB63 | Pelicans

1 | 2 hours ago

He’s also a rapist. Let’s not forget that. That’s the most important aspect of his life. He’s a fucking POS rapist.

hockeyfan608 | Bucks

0 | 6 hours ago

My favorite Kobe fact was when he was almost traded to the nuggets in 2003

Look up “Kobe Bryant Denver 2003” for more info!!!

335i_lyfe

1 | 5 hours ago

Yeah he took 40000 shots tho

PutinBoomedMe

2 | an hour ago

Get real tired of you Kobe dick riders. ¹⁄₂ of these Gen Z players weren’t old enough to remember the charges, fucking up the 4-peat by not feeding Shaq, and the trade drama queen shit post-Shaq.

He did the best he could by locking in post-rape case, but that shit never goes away

Incariol_

3 | 8 hours ago

Not bad for a credibly accused sexual assaulter

Evening_Classic_4947 | Warriors

0 | 4 hours ago

“it’s okay, #8 was the rapist” - Daniel Tosh

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-4 | 8 hours ago

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WeLLrightyOH | 23

6 | 7 hours ago

This stat includes post season points. Pippen is about to 23k with post season.

chrisgcc

-2 | 4 hours ago

Just shows it’s too easy to get in

Belieber_420 | Raptors

-4 | 6 hours ago

Hall of above average

SometimesILieToo

-4 | 4 hours ago

Hollow stat. It’s the basketball hall of fame. Not the NBA Hall of Fame. Of course he would have scored many more NBA points than a lot of the enshrined.

Nice_Cash_7000 | NBA

-3 | 5 hours ago

This wouldnt be the case if he didnt need to change his number and give himself a nickname as a (very successful) rebrand attempt

Tom_Gibson

-4 | 8 hours ago

More points, more rape cases. Kobe did it all

hockeyfan608 | Bucks

-8 | 6 hours ago

He was busy thinking with his mamba

TheFuschiaBaron

-11 | 7 hours ago

How dat Kobe bratwurst taste

BlackMilk23 | BOS

-18 | 8 hours ago

It’s the off season.

Only negative Kobe stories in the off season nephew.

hockeyfan608 | Bucks

3 | 6 hours ago

It’s not like it’s hard to find