As of July 2011, Bryant ranks third and sixth on the league's all-time post-season scoring and 
all-time regular season scoring lists, respectively. He is also the all-time leading scorer in Lakers franchise history. Since his second year in the league, Bryant has started in every 
NBA All-Star Game that has been held with fourteen All-Star appearances, winning the 
All-Star MVP Award four times (
2002, 
2007, 
2009, and 
2011). Bryant is tied for the most All Star MVP Awards in NBA History. He is a thirteen-time member of the 
All-NBA team and an eleven-time member of the 
All-Defensive team; he is also the youngest player ever to receive defensive honors. At the 
2008 Olympics, he won a 
gold medal as a member of the 
USA national team. In 2009, 
Sporting News and 
TNT named Bryant the top NBA player of the 2000s decade.
 
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