Top 5 individual scores in a career-finale game

#1 Kobe Bryant

Kobe Bryant

Stat line: 60 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 block and 1 steal on 44.0% shooting

Kobe Bryant is a 5-time NBA champion who spent his entire 20-season year with the Los Angeles Lakers. The 18-time NBA All-Star won the Finals MVP two times during his long career. The first guard to play at least 20 seasons, Kobe Bryant is one of the greatest basketball players of all-time.

Over his 20-season long career, Kobe Bryant averaged 25.0 points, 5.2 rebounds, 4.7 assists per game. He became one of the very few players to get both the jerseys retired when the Lakers retired his jersey No.8 and No.24.

Kobe Bryant played his final game against Utah Jazz in 2016. The Lakers were out of playoffs contention and were on a 6 game losing streak entering the 82nd and the last game of the season.

Kobe Bryant exploded for 60 points to beat the Utah Jazz. He played for a season-high 42 minutes and went for 22-50 from the field with a field-goal percentage of 44.0. It was an electrifying performance and the crowd erupted when Kobe reached 60 points sinking two clutch free throws. A player who has achieved almost everything there is in the NBA, he ended his career the way only he could.