In these dark rebuilding times for the Lakers, let’s have some fun by figuring out how much Kobe Bryant was paid, by the hour, during the last year of his Hall of Fame Career.

According to the LA Times, Kobe Bryant was paid around $25,000,000 for the 2015-2016 season.  However, we have to keep in mind that No. 24 / 7 has a reputation of being one of the hardest workers in the NBA.  Notably, there are stories of him starting the day as early as 4:30 am in the morning.  However, without more detailed information, let’s operate off the assumption that Mr. Bryant averaged around 80 hours a week.

If Mr. Bryant worked, on average, 80 hours a week for all 52 weeks of the year, then he would have worked a total of 4,160 hours in the year.  Taking his salary and dividing that by the number of hours, we arrive at a staggering hourly rate of $6009.61 per hour.