During his Hall of Fame career with the Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe Bryant made $323,312,307 through NBA contracts alone, per Spotrac.

The Charlotte Hornets drafted Bryant with the 13th overall pick in the 1996 draft. The team then traded Kobe to the Lakers, and the rest is history.

The first contract Kobe Bryant signed with the Lakers was worth $3.5 million. He averaged 7.6 points per game as a rookie and made $1,015,000. Kobe earned $1,167,240 during his second season and increased his scoring average to 15.4. He also made his first All-Star team.

After making $1,319,000 in his third season, Bryant signed a six-year, $70 million rookie-scale extension with the Lakers in January of 1999. During the 1999-00 season, Kobe made $9,000,000, averaged 22.5 points per game and helped the Lakers win the championship.

In 2000-01, Kobe Bryant made $10,130,000 and was now averaging 28.5 points a night. He was arguably the best shooting guard in the NBA. The Lakers won the championship again in 2001 and capped off their three-peat in 2002.

After the Shaquille O'Neal era ended and Kobe trade rumors died down, the Black Mamba signed a seven-year, $136.4 million contract with the Lakers in the summer of 2004. He made $14,175,000 during the 2004-05 season but that dollar amount jumped up to $21,262,500 in 2008-09.

Also, during the 2007-08 campaign, Bryant won his lone MVP Award after averaging 28.3 points, 6.3 rebounds and 5.4 assists. He made $19,490,625 that year.

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After winning his fourth championship in 2009 while making $21,262,500, Kobe signed a three-year, $84 million veteran extension with the Lakers in April of 2010. A few months later, Bryant and Los Angeles won their second title in a row, giving Kobe his fifth ring.

The final contract Kobe Bryant ever signed with the Lakers was a two-year, $48 million extension in November of 2013. The most Kobe made during a season was $30,453,805. That was back in 2013-14 when he only appeared in six games following his Achilles recovery.

Kobe Bryant is the greatest Lakers player in franchise history by a wide margin. He finished his Purple and Gold career with averages of 25.0 points, 5.2 rebounds and 4.7 assists.