Shooting tons of 3s at 33.9 percent will never win games, but the 3 is a weapon, when chosen and used correctly, that can make all the difference in the world! Thanks for the memories MJ.Kobe Bryant's feat - to score 32,310 points, placing him third on the all-time scoring list - is an incredible achievement. It is an undebatable fact that Jordan was better at 3s than Bryant. When it counted the most and the title was on the line (best time to shoot 3s if needed), Michael Jordan showed that any which way you look at it, he is the most flawless player of all time and an unmatched clutch master who indeed earned the title in every way of GOAT!!! All those 3s never won extra titles, and, in fact, he shot way worse in his finals series. In conclusion, yes Bryant shot 1.2 percent better in the regular season over Jordan for his career, but Bryant took so many that he will forever have a career shooting clip of 45 percent. He recorded the NBA's most amazing and famous 3-point shooting display of all time when he hit six threes before halftime in game one of the 1992 Finals. BUT IN finals with the long 3, Jordan SHOT EVEN BETTER AT AN AMAZING 40 percent!Īlso, Jordan's 3-point mastery is known across the world. In finals where Jordan had a shorter 3-point line, he shot 32.6 percent (higher than Kobe's total either way). In actual finals series, Kobe made 48/153 for 31.4 percent, and Jordan made 42/114 for 36.8 percent. In playoff runs that led to the NBA Finals, Jordan out-shot Bryant from 3-range. In their worst four seasons, Kobe shot a higher percent than Jordan. In Jordan's best 3-point shooting season, he shot over 42 percent and Bryant's best was at 38 percent. In playoff runs that didn't lead to the finals, Kobe shot a higher percent from 3-range than MJ. And in the regular season, he indeed shot better from that range than MJ (33.9 percent to 32.7 percent). In the end, it looks like Bryant took lots more 3s in the regular season than Jordan. Kobe was better in his worst four seasons from 3-point range than Jordan was in his worst four from three range. In total including the playoffs MJ hit only 36/206 in his first four seasons.
In his fourth season, Jordan made 7/53 and 1/3 in the playoffs. In his third season, Jordan made 12/66 and 2/5 in the playoffs. In his second season Jordan made 3/18 in the regular season and 1/1 in the playoffs. In 1985 Jordan made 9/52 for in the regular season and 1/8 in the playoffs. Luckily, he realized it and only took a few. Michael Jordan came into the league and hit a sad percentage from 3-point range in his rookie year. This season, at age 32, Bryant shot 115/356 for 32.3 percent from 3-point range. In his second title season in 2001, Bryant shot 61/200 for 30.5 percent shooting. In 1999 Bryant shot 27/101 from three range for 26.7 percent shooting. Thank goodness for 2002 Finals MVP Shaquille O'Neal.īoth Bryant and Jordan had four bad 3-point shooting seasons, but one of them kept throwing them up anyway and the other used the 3 for its true purpose, not bonus or desperation. In the third title season of 2002, Bryant shot 33/132 from 3-point range (25.0 percent).
MICHAEL JORDAN STATS COMPARED TO KOBE BRYANT FULL
MICHAEL JORDAN ONLY PLAYED TWO FULL SEASONS WHERE THE THREE POINT SHOT LINE WAS SHORTER.ĭespite conventional belief, Kobe Bryant has had some bad shooting 3-point seasons. From the 1997–98 season, the NBA reverted the line to its original distance of 23 feet, 9 inches (22 feet at the corners). In the 1979-80, the NBA adopted the 3-point shot. During the 1994-95, 1995–96, and 1996–97 seasons, the NBA attempted to address decreased scoring by shortening the distance of the line to a uniform 22 feet (6.7 m) around the basket. The NBA 3-point line has been altered over the years, but in any season, making one of three is considered "good." I wholly disagree in fact, when you compare two players who shot almost the same percentage from 3-point range for their careers (Kobe 33.9 percent/MJ 32.7 percent) you must break it down to who used the three more effectively and at the right times. At this point there may be only one hope for some to illustrate how Bryant was better than Jordan in at least one category: three point shooting. When it comes to the myriad ways Kobe Bryant falls short of Michael Jordan, many fans are overwhelmed.
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