LeBron James vs Kobe Bryant: A Complete Comparison

All-time Greatest Highlights

How do you decide who has a better highlight reel among two of the most entertaining players of all time? Here is a top seven for each player, but keep in mind each player has dozens of plays which could make their top few.

2016 NBA Finals - Game Seven

LeBron James

• Chase down block on Andre Iguodala late in game 7 of the 2016 Finals.
• Game-winning three in the Conference Finals against Orlando.
• Bone-crunching slam dunk over Jason Terry.
• Young LeBron scores Cleveland's final 25 points to force OT and go on to defeat Detroit in the 2007 playoffs.
• Eclipsed 50 points in a 2018 Finals game.
• Nails the game-winning bank shot as time expires against Toronto in the 2018 playoffs. Just one highlight in a string of many against a team he constantly crushed in the playoffs.
• Baseline cut and dunk over the top of John Lucas III.

Kobe nails the game-winner as time expires

Kobe Bryant

• 81-point game.
• 60 points in his farewell game to secure a miracle win over the Jazz
• Game-tying floater to send a playoff game against Phoenix to overtime, followed by a game-winning jump shot as time expires to win the game.
• Bank-shot three as time expires to beat Miami.
• 62-points without playing in the fourth.
• Dunk over the head of rookie Dwight Howard, Kobe's future teammate, but not friend.
• 50 points in four consecutive games.

There can't be a clear winner here in this argument. They are two of the best highlight players in the history of the game, and trying to rank one ahead of the other is lunacy. Settle in, watch hours of YouTube and come to your own conclusions about who has had more legendary highlights.