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Ages 18-32 years old
Kobe = 1,236........Jordan = 1,078....ADV. KOBE
Kobe = 2,276........Jordan = 1,113....ADV. KOBE
Kobe = 2,211........Jordan = 915.......ADV. KOBE
Kobe = 3,381........Jordan = 3,315....ADV. KOBE
Kobe = 3,477........Jordan = 586.......ADV. KOBE
Kobe = 3,896........Jordan = 3,409....ADV. KOBE
Kobe = 3,932........Jordan = 3,738....ADV. KOBE
Kobe = 3,420........Jordan = 3,973....ADV. JORDAN
Kobe = 2,689........Jordan = 3,871....ADV. JORDAN
Kobe = 3,591........Jordan = 3,723....ADV. JORDAN
Kobe = 3,355........Jordan = 4,022....ADV. JORDAN
Kobe = 4,055........Jordan = 3,850....ADV. KOBE
Kobe = 3,900........Jordan = 0 (DNP).ADV. KOBE
Kobe = 3,758........Jordan = 1,088....ADV. KOBE
Kobe = 3,133........Jordan = 3,823....ADV. JORDAN

Total minutes: Kobe = 46,034....Jordan = 38,504

Difference = 7,530 minutes = about 204 NBA games = a little less than 2 and half years.

Total games played

Kobe = 1,311 games = 35.1 minutes per game.
Jordan = 1,006 games = 38.3 minutes per game.

Years with 80+ games played:

Jordan = 8.......Kobe = 6

Full seasons played

Jordan = 6.......Kobe = 4


Total points scored

Kobe = 33,148.....Jordan = 30,994
Kobe = 25.3ppg...Jordan = 30.8ppg

Points per minute played

Jordan = 0.792.....
Kobe = 0.720.......

NOTE

Jordan as a 39-40 year old logged 3,031 minutes as a Wizard his final season for a 37.1 minute per game average, playing all 82 games.

Kobe's longetivity has been amazing....but he's still 33 years old, and sits 22nd on the All-time minutes list right now, behind guys who started their careers 4 years later than he did.

So let's not pretend what he's doing is super extraordinary, cuz plenty of those guys above him were still effective in their own right at 33 years old as well.

QUALITY > QUANTITY.