So as you know, kobe bryant won the mvp award in 2008. I believe chris paul should have won it. First let’s talk stats.
Kobe
Scoring- 2nd, 28.3 ppg
Assisting- 23rd, 5.4 apg
Rebounding- 51st, 6.3 rpg
Blocking- 87th, 0.5 bpg
Stealing- 8th, 1.8 spg
Chris
Scoring- 19th, 21.1 ppg
Assisting- 1st, 11.6 apg
Rebounding- 128th, 4 rpg
Blocking- 242nd, 0.1 bpg
Stealing- 1st, 2.7 spg
Already we can see that paul lead the league in 2 statistical categories and kobe didn’t lead the league in any. We also see that chris has 3 averages in the top 20 of the league. Kobe has one, scoring.
Shooting efficiency
Chris Paul
fg%- 48.8% (38th)
3pt%- 36.9% (54th)
ft%- 85.1% (21st)
2p%- 51.6% (37th)
Kobe Bryant
fg%- 45.9% (69th)
3pt%- 36.1% (59th)
ft%- 84% (30th)
2p%- 49% (72nd)
However, it is important to note their true shooting and effective field goal percentages
cp3 efg%- 52.4%
cp3 ts%- 57.6%
kobe efg%- 50.3%
kobe ts%- 57.6%
Now, lets look at how efficiently they help run the offense with passing
Chris paul assists per turnover: 4.6 (elite)
kobe assists per turnover: 1.72 (decent)
Yes, kobe was a higher volume scorer, but come on 4.6 is the best of the best.
Cp3 was third in the league assists per turnover and the first two averaged at least 3 less assists than chris paul and about 10 less points.
Advanced
chris paul
ws: 17.8 (1st)
ows: 13.2 (1st)
dws: 4.6 (10th)
obpm: 7.2 (2nd)
dpbm: 3.2 (4th)
bpm: 10.4 (2nd)
vorp: 9.3 (2nd)
per: 28.3 (2nd)
cp3 is top 10 in all these categories now lets see kobe
kobe
ws: 13.8 (4th)
ows: 9.5 (5th)
dws: 4.3 (14th)
obpm: 5.2 (7th)
dbpm: 0.6 (51st)
bpm: 5.8 (7th)
vorp: 6.3 (3rd)
per: 24.2 (8th)
If i got any stats wrong please let me know
nah kobe deserved it