As the top players in the inner and outer line of the same era, Duncan and Kobe Bryant have successful careers and are also representatives of the league's "one person, one city" period.
Among them, Duncan is recognized as the first major in the league, and Kobe Bryant is known as the second quarterback in history, second only to the god of basketball Jordan.
However, the two men's style of play and career growth path are completely different, Kobe Bryant started from the bench, the career can be described as a low start and a high go, Duncan was placed high hopes at the beginning of his career, and has since made great progress.
So as the leader of the inner and outer lines of the same era, who is stronger than Kobe Bryant and Duncan? Who has a more fulfilling career?
The US media "Fadeawayworld" also compares the achievements, team results and personal performance of the two in detail from 8 aspects.
Surprisingly, the two men who seemed to be between Bo Zhong had a clear gap, and the score was 5-1 one-sided.
First item: Number of championships (draw)
Bryant 5 (5 wins and 2 losses in the Finals: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2009 and 2010);
Duncan has 5 (5 wins and 1 loss in the Finals: 1999, 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2014).
Both won their first title early in their careers, and Kobe Bryant won three consecutive titles in one go next to O'Neal, although Kobe Bryant was the second in command during the period, but it was still indispensable.
In addition, Duncan was not absolutely core in the first and last crowns, so the two drew in this one.
Item 2: Number of FMVPs (Duncan)
Bryant won FMVP twice in 2009 and 2010, and Duncan won FMVP twice in 1999, 2003 and 2005, so Duncan had the upper hand.
Although Kobe Bryant's performance during the triple crown is also good, it needs to be admitted that O'Neal is the team's well-deserved boss, and the three-game FMVP is the best evidence.
Item 3: MVP data (Duncan)
Duncan won MVP back-to-back in 2002 and 2003, and Bryant only won MVP in 2008.
Although Bryant was supposed to win the MVP in the 2005-06 season, the incident was controversial, but the fact is that Duncan got more MVP than Bryant.
Item 4: Number of Best Teams (Draw)
Bryant 15 times (11 firsts, 2 seconds, 2 thirds);
Duncan 15 times (10 firsts, 3 seconds, 2 thirds).
Both players are top two-way players, so they were named to the Best Team for most of their careers, and eventually tied with 15 Best Teams.
Fifth: All-Star Count and Honors (Kobe Bryant)
Bryant was selected as an All-Star 18 times and won the AMVP 4 times, and Duncan performed equally well, 15 times to be an All-Star, but only 1 time to win the AMVP, so Kobe Won Back a City.
Item 6: All-Defensive Team (Duncan)
As a historical scorer, Kobe Bryant has ignored his contribution on the defensive end due to his overly eye-catching offensive performance, and Kobe Bryant has been selected for the best defensive team 12 times in his career, including 9 first-team and 3 second-team.
Unfortunately, he has to compare with Duncan, duncan as the first in history, defense is one of the important means for him to show his dominance, 8 times in his career to select the first team, 7 times selected for the second team.
Item 7: Career Victory Contribution (Duncan)
Compared with the basic data, the victory contribution value can often reflect a player's overall ability to lead the team, of which Kobe Bryant's career victory contribution value is 172.7, ranking 23rd in history, and leading the 2005-06 season with 15.3.
Duncan's career contribution was 206.4, the seventh highest in league history, and in 2002 and 2003, it won the first place in the victory contribution value of the quarter with 17.8 and 15.6, respectively.
And the total career defensive contribution value is as high as 106.34, ranking second in history.
Item 8: Player Career Efficiency (Duncan)
Like the victory contribution value, the player efficiency value is also one of the most commonly used high-level statistics, measuring the positive and negative impact of a player on the team.
Duncan beat Kobe Bryant with 24.2 (17th all-time) and 22.9 (28th in history) to win the comparison again.
Naturally, the first in the list is Jordan, who has delivered a victory contribution of 27.91 in his career.
Therefore, in the comparison system of the US media, the two players who seem to be between Bo Zhong, instead of comparing, there is a 5-1 one-sided result, which seems to surprise many people.
The reason for the surprise, on the one hand, is because of the gap between the two people's style and personality, Kobe Bryant is more assertive and distinct, the growth process and the spirit of Mamba are more infectious, and the scoring ability is more outstanding, so it will leave fans with a better look.
On the other hand, the los Angeles ball market is much larger than the Spurs, and Bryant's media influence is naturally stronger, which is also convenient for the league to promote as a façade.