how many years did kobe bryant play in the nba

Kobe Bryant played 20 years in his career.

	NAME	SEAS	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1	1996-97	LAL	71	15.5	7.6	1.9	1.3	0.7	0.3	2.5	5.9	41.7	0.7	1.9	37.5	1.9	2.3	81.9	54.4	0.7	1.2	1.6	1,103	539	132	91	49	23	112	102	+60
2	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1	1997-98	LAL	79	26.0	15.4	3.1	2.5	0.9	0.5	4.9	11.6	42.8	0.9	2.8	34.1	4.6	5.8	79.4	54.8	1.0	2.1	2.0	2,056	1,220	242	199	74	40	157	180	+264
3	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1	1998-99	LAL	50	37.9	19.9	5.3	3.8	1.4	1.0	7.2	15.6	46.5	0.5	2.0	26.7	4.9	5.8	83.9	54.9	1.1	4.2	3.1	1,896	996	264	190	72	50	157	153	+92
4	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1	1999-00	LAL	66	38.2	22.5	6.3	4.9	1.6	0.9	8.4	17.9	46.8	0.7	2.2	31.9	5.0	6.1	82.1	54.6	1.6	4.7	2.8	2,524	1,485	416	323	106	62	182	220	+531
5	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1	2000-01	LAL	68	40.9	28.5	5.9	5.0	1.7	0.6	10.3	22.2	46.4	0.9	2.9	30.5	7.0	8.2	85.3	55.2	1.5	4.3	3.2	2,783	1,938	399	338	114	43	220	222	+369
6	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1	2001-02	LAL	80	38.3	25.2	5.5	5.5	1.5	0.4	9.4	20.0	46.9	0.4	1.7	25.0	6.1	7.4	82.9	54.4	1.4	4.1	2.8	3,063	2,019	441	438	118	35	223	228	+444
7	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1	2002-03	LAL	82	41.5	30.0	6.9	5.9	2.2	0.8	10.6	23.5	45.1	1.5	4.0	38.3	7.3	8.7	84.3	55.0	1.3	5.6	3.5	3,401	2,461	564	481	181	67	288	218	+260
8	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1	2003-04	LAL	65	37.6	24.0	5.5	5.1	1.7	0.4	7.9	18.1	43.8	1.1	3.3	32.7	7.0	8.2	85.2	55.1	1.6	3.9	2.6	2,447	1,557	359	330	112	28	171	176	+309
9	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1	2004-05	LAL	66	40.7	27.6	5.9	6.0	1.3	0.8	8.7	20.1	43.3	2.0	5.9	33.9	8.2	10.1	81.6	56.3	1.4	4.5	4.1	2,689	1,819	392	398	86	53	270	174	-117
10	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1	2005-06	LAL	80	41.0	35.4	5.3	4.5	1.8	0.4	12.2	27.2	45.0	2.3	6.5	34.7	8.7	10.2	85.0	55.9	0.9	4.4	3.1	3,277	2,832	425	360	147	30	250	233	+320
11	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1	2006-07	LAL	77	40.8	31.6	5.7	5.4	1.4	0.5	10.6	22.8	46.3	1.8	5.2	34.4	8.7	10.0	86.8	58.0	1.0	4.7	3.3	3,140	2,430	439	413	111	36	255	205	+99
12	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1	2007-08	LAL	82	38.9	28.3	6.3	5.4	1.8	0.5	9.5	20.6	45.9	1.8	5.1	36.1	7.6	9.0	84.0	57.6	1.1	5.2	3.1	3,192	2,323	517	441	151	40	257	227	+598
13	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1	2008-09	LAL	82	36.1	26.8	5.2	4.9	1.5	0.5	9.8	20.9	46.7	1.4	4.1	35.1	5.9	6.9	85.6	56.1	1.1	4.1	2.6	2,960	2,201	429	399	120	37	210	189	+657
14	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1	2009-10	LAL	73	38.8	27.0	5.4	5.0	1.5	0.3	9.8	21.5	45.6	1.4	4.1	32.9	6.0	7.4	81.1	54.5	1.1	4.3	3.2	2,835	1,970	391	365	113	20	233	187	+467
15	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1	2010-11	LAL	82	33.9	25.3	5.1	4.7	1.2	0.1	9.0	20.0	45.1	1.4	4.3	32.3	5.9	7.1	82.8	54.8	1.0	4.1	3.0	2,779	2,078	419	388	99	12	243	172	+422
16	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1	2011-12	LAL	58	38.5	27.9	5.4	4.6	1.2	0.3	9.9	23.0	43.0	1.5	4.9	30.3	6.6	7.8	84.5	52.7	1.1	4.3	3.5	2,232	1,616	313	264	69	18	204	105	+137
17	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1	2012-13	LAL	78	38.6	27.3	5.6	6.0	1.4	0.3	9.5	20.4	46.3	1.7	5.2	32.4	6.7	8.0	83.9	57.0	0.8	4.7	3.7	3,013	2,133	433	469	106	25	287	173	+139
18	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1	2013-14	LAL	6	29.5	13.8	4.3	6.3	1.2	0.2	5.2	12.2	42.5	0.5	2.7	18.8	3.0	3.5	85.7	50.5	0.3	4.0	5.7	177	83	26	38	7	1	34	9	-32
19	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1	2014-15	LAL	35	34.5	22.3	5.7	5.6	1.3	0.2	7.6	20.4	37.3	1.5	5.3	29.3	5.6	6.9	81.3	47.7	0.7	4.9	3.7	1,207	782	199	197	47	7	128	65	-295
20	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1	2015-16	LAL	66	28.2	17.6	3.7	2.8	0.9	0.2	6.0	16.9	35.8	2.0	7.1	28.5	3.5	4.3	82.6	46.9	0.6	3.1	2.0	1,863	1,161	247	184	62	13	129	115	-571
	Average	1.0			67.3	36.1	25.0	5.2	4.7	1.4	0.5	8.7	19.5	44.7	1.4	4.1	32.9	6.2	7.4	83.7	55.0	1.1	4.1	3.0	2431.9	1682.2	352.4	315.3	97.2	32.0	200.5	167.7	207.7
	Total	20			1,346	36.1	25.0	5.2	4.7	1.4	0.5	8.7	19.5	44.7	1.4	4.1	32.9	6.2	7.4	83.7	55.0	1.1	4.1	3.0	48,637	33,643	7,047	6,306	1,944	640	4,010	3,353	+4153