Dennis Awtrey vs. Charles Barkley Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Charles Barkley and Dennis Awtrey, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Dennis Awtrey played 12 years in the NBA, 4 less than Charles Barkley, who played 16. Dennis Awtrey had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Charles Barkley had his rookie season in 1984-85. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Dennis Awtrey	12	6	1970-71 to 1981-82
Charles Barkley	16	13	1984-85 to 1999-00

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Dennis Awtrey	Charles Barkley
Season	1970-71	1984-85
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	76ers Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Awtrey	70	18.5	7.2	-	-	6.1	1.3	-	-	-	3.0	2.9	6.0	.475	-	-	-	1.5	2.2	.662
Charles Barkley	82	28.6	14.0	3.2	5.3	8.6	1.9	1.2	1.0	2.5	3.7	5.2	9.5	.545	0.0	0.1	.167	3.6	4.9	.733

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Awtrey	7	20.6	7.6	-	-	3.9	0.7	-	-	-	3.6	3.0	5.1	.583	-	-	-	1.6	2.1	.733
Charles Barkley	13	31.4	14.9	4.0	7.1	11.1	2.0	1.8	1.2	2.7	3.8	5.8	10.7	.540	0.3	0.5	.667	3.1	4.8	.635


Season 2
	Dennis Awtrey	Charles Barkley
Season	1971-72	1985-86
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Awtrey	58	13.7	4.2	-	-	4.3	0.9	-	-	-	2.4	1.7	3.8	.441	-	-	-	0.8	1.3	.645
Charles Barkley	80	36.9	20.0	4.4	8.4	12.8	3.9	2.2	1.6	4.4	4.2	7.4	13.0	.572	0.2	0.9	.227	5.0	7.2	.685

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Awtrey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Charles Barkley	12	41.4	25.0	5.0	10.8	15.8	5.6	2.3	1.3	5.4	4.3	8.7	15.0	.578	0.1	1.3	.067	7.6	10.9	.695


Season 3
	Dennis Awtrey	Charles Barkley
Season	1972-73	1986-87
Team	Philadelphia 76ers, Chicago Bulls	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost West Conf Semis	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Awtrey	82	20.6	4.6	-	-	5.5	2.7	-	-	-	2.9	1.8	3.7	.479	-	-	-	1.0	1.9	.562
Charles Barkley	68	40.3	23.0	5.7	8.9	14.6	4.9	1.8	1.5	4.7	3.7	8.2	13.8	.594	0.3	1.5	.202	6.3	8.3	.761

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Awtrey	7	38.3	9.0	-	-	11.0	4.4	-	-	-	3.7	3.7	6.9	.542	-	-	-	1.6	3.1	.500
Charles Barkley	5	42.0	24.6	5.4	7.2	12.6	2.4	0.8	1.6	4.4	4.2	8.6	15.0	.573	0.2	1.6	.125	7.2	9.0	.800


Season 4
	Dennis Awtrey	Charles Barkley
Season	1973-74	1987-88
Team	Chicago Bulls	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Awtrey	68	11.1	2.7	0.7	1.8	2.6	1.3	0.3	0.2	-	1.9	1.0	1.8	.528	-	-	-	0.8	1.4	.574
Charles Barkley	80	39.6	28.3	4.8	7.1	11.9	3.2	1.3	1.3	3.8	3.5	9.4	16.0	.587	0.6	2.0	.280	8.9	11.9	.751

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Awtrey	10	15.8	3.0	1.1	2.9	4.0	1.3	0.6	0.2	-	2.1	1.2	2.8	.429	-	-	-	0.6	1.0	.600
Charles Barkley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Dennis Awtrey	Charles Barkley
Season	1974-75	1988-89
Team	Phoenix Suns	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Awtrey	82	34.6	9.9	3.0	5.6	8.6	4.2	0.7	0.6	-	2.8	4.1	8.8	.470	-	-	-	1.6	2.4	.677
Charles Barkley	79	39.1	25.8	5.1	7.4	12.5	4.1	1.6	0.8	3.2	3.3	8.9	15.3	.579	0.4	2.1	.216	7.6	10.1	.753

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Awtrey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Charles Barkley	3	45.0	27.0	2.7	9.0	11.7	5.3	1.7	0.7	3.7	3.0	9.7	15.0	.644	0.3	1.7	.200	7.3	10.3	.710


Season 6
	Dennis Awtrey	Charles Barkley
Season	1975-76	1989-90
Team	Phoenix Suns	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost NBA Finals	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Awtrey	74	18.6	4.9	1.3	2.7	4.0	2.1	0.3	0.3	-	2.1	1.9	4.1	.467	-	-	-	1.0	1.5	.688
Charles Barkley	79	39.1	25.2	4.6	6.9	11.5	3.9	1.9	0.6	3.1	3.2	8.9	14.9	.600	0.3	1.2	.217	7.1	9.4	.749

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Awtrey	19	15.1	3.2	0.9	2.4	3.3	1.3	0.3	0.5	-	2.0	1.1	2.4	.467	-	-	-	0.9	1.7	.545
Charles Barkley	10	41.9	24.7	6.6	8.9	15.5	4.3	0.8	0.7	3.0	3.6	8.8	16.2	.543	0.6	1.8	.333	6.5	10.8	.602


Season 7
	Dennis Awtrey	Charles Barkley
Season	1976-77	1990-91
Team	Phoenix Suns	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Awtrey	72	24.4	5.7	1.5	3.4	4.9	2.5	0.3	0.4	-	2.4	2.2	5.2	.429	-	-	-	1.3	1.8	.722
Charles Barkley	67	37.3	27.6	3.9	6.3	10.1	4.2	1.6	0.5	3.1	2.6	9.9	17.4	.570	0.7	2.3	.284	7.1	9.8	.722

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Awtrey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Charles Barkley	8	40.8	24.9	3.9	6.6	10.5	6.0	1.9	0.4	3.1	2.9	9.3	15.6	.592	0.3	2.5	.100	6.1	9.4	.653


Season 8
	Dennis Awtrey	Charles Barkley
Season	1977-78	1991-92
Team	Phoenix Suns	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Awtrey	81	20.0	3.6	1.2	2.5	3.7	2.0	0.2	0.3	1.6	1.9	1.4	3.3	.424	-	-	-	0.9	1.3	.633
Charles Barkley	75	38.4	23.1	3.6	7.5	11.1	4.1	1.8	0.6	3.1	2.6	8.3	15.0	.552	0.4	1.8	.234	6.1	8.7	.695

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Awtrey	2	12.0	1.5	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	2.0	.250	-	-	-	0.5	0.5	1.000
Charles Barkley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Dennis Awtrey	Charles Barkley
Season	1978-79	1992-93
Team	Boston Celtics, Seattle Supersonics	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Suns Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Awtrey	63	11.8	2.0	0.7	1.7	2.4	1.1	0.3	0.2	0.8	1.7	0.7	1.7	.411	-	-	-	0.7	0.9	.732
Charles Barkley	76	37.6	25.6	3.1	9.1	12.2	5.1	1.6	1.0	3.1	2.6	9.4	18.1	.520	0.9	2.9	.305	5.9	7.7	.765

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Awtrey	16	9.6	1.8	0.9	1.7	2.6	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.6	2.1	0.6	1.0	.625	-	-	-	0.5	0.8	.615
Charles Barkley	24	42.8	26.6	3.9	9.7	13.6	4.3	1.6	1.0	2.1	3.0	9.6	20.1	.477	0.4	1.9	.222	7.0	9.1	.771


Season 10
	Dennis Awtrey	Charles Barkley
Season	1979-80	1993-94
Team	Chicago Bulls	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Awtrey	26	21.5	3.3	1.1	3.3	4.4	1.5	0.5	0.6	1.0	2.5	1.0	2.3	.450	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.9	.640
Charles Barkley	65	35.4	21.6	3.0	8.1	11.2	4.6	1.6	0.6	3.2	2.5	8.0	16.1	.495	0.7	2.7	.270	4.9	7.0	.704

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Awtrey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Charles Barkley	10	42.5	27.6	3.4	9.6	13.0	4.8	2.5	0.9	2.7	2.6	11.0	21.6	.509	1.4	4.0	.350	4.2	5.5	.764


Season 11
	Dennis Awtrey	Charles Barkley
Season	1980-81	1994-95
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Awtrey	47	12.9	2.2	0.7	1.6	2.3	1.1	0.3	0.2	0.7	1.8	0.9	2.0	.473	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	.700
Charles Barkley	68	35.0	23.0	3.0	8.1	11.1	4.1	1.6	0.7	2.2	3.0	8.1	16.8	.486	1.1	3.2	.338	5.6	7.5	.748

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Awtrey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Charles Barkley	10	39.0	25.7	3.9	9.5	13.4	3.2	1.3	1.1	2.5	2.8	9.1	18.2	.500	0.9	3.5	.257	6.6	9.0	.733


Season 12
	Dennis Awtrey	Charles Barkley
Season	1981-82	1995-96
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Awtrey	10	12.1	1.5	0.7	0.7	1.4	0.8	0.1	0.2	0.6	2.8	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.9	.556
Charles Barkley	71	37.1	23.2	3.4	8.1	11.6	3.7	1.6	0.8	3.1	2.9	8.2	16.3	.500	0.7	2.5	.280	6.2	8.0	.777

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Awtrey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Charles Barkley	4	41.0	25.5	4.5	9.0	13.5	3.8	1.0	1.0	1.5	3.8	7.8	17.5	.443	0.8	3.0	.250	9.3	11.8	.787


Season 13
	Dennis Awtrey	Charles Barkley
Season	-	1996-97
Team	-	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Awtrey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Charles Barkley	53	37.9	19.2	4.0	9.5	13.5	4.7	1.3	0.5	2.8	2.9	6.3	13.1	.484	1.1	3.9	.283	5.4	7.8	.694

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Awtrey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Charles Barkley	16	37.9	17.9	4.0	8.0	12.0	3.4	1.2	0.4	2.7	3.3	5.4	12.4	.434	0.7	2.4	.289	6.4	8.4	.769


Season 14
	Dennis Awtrey	Charles Barkley
Season	-	1997-98
Team	-	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Awtrey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Charles Barkley	68	33.0	15.2	3.5	8.1	11.7	3.2	1.0	0.4	2.2	2.8	5.3	10.9	.485	0.3	1.2	.214	4.4	5.8	.746

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Awtrey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Charles Barkley	4	22.0	9.0	1.3	4.0	5.3	1.0	1.3	0.0	1.5	3.0	3.0	5.8	.522	0.0	0.5	.000	3.0	5.3	.571


Season 15
	Dennis Awtrey	Charles Barkley
Season	-	1998-99
Team	-	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Awtrey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Charles Barkley	42	36.3	16.1	4.0	8.3	12.3	4.6	1.0	0.3	2.4	2.1	5.7	12.0	.478	0.1	0.6	.160	4.6	6.4	.719

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Awtrey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Charles Barkley	4	39.3	23.5	3.3	10.5	13.8	3.8	1.5	0.5	2.0	3.0	9.0	17.0	.529	0.5	1.8	.286	5.0	7.5	.667


Season 16
	Dennis Awtrey	Charles Barkley
Season	-	1999-00
Team	-	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Awtrey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Charles Barkley	20	31.0	14.5	3.6	6.9	10.5	3.2	0.7	0.2	2.2	2.4	5.3	11.1	.477	0.3	1.3	.231	3.6	5.5	.645

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Awtrey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Charles Barkley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Dennis Awtrey vs. Charles Barkley Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Charles Barkley and Dennis Awtrey, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16