Matt Barnes vs. Bob Pettit Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Pettit and Matt Barnes, 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.

Matt Barnes played 14 years in the NBA, 3 more than Bob Pettit, who played 11. Matt Barnes had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, while Bob Pettit had his rookie season in 1954-55. 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
Matt Barnes	14	9	2003-04 to 2016-17
Bob Pettit	11	9	1954-55 to 1964-65

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Matt Barnes	Bob Pettit
Season	2003-04	1954-55
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Milwaukee Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Matt Barnes	38	19.1	4.5	1.4	2.6	4.0	1.3	0.7	0.1	1.2	2.0	1.7	3.6	.457	0.1	0.3	.154	1.1	1.6	.705
Bob Pettit	72	36.9	20.4	-	-	13.8	3.2	-	-	-	3.6	7.2	17.8	.407	-	-	-	5.9	7.9	.751

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Barnes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Matt Barnes	Bob Pettit
Season	2004-05	1955-56
Team	Sacramento Kings	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost West Div 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		%
Matt Barnes	43	16.6	3.8	1.1	2.0	3.1	1.3	0.7	0.2	1.0	1.9	1.4	3.5	.411	0.1	0.5	.227	0.8	1.3	.603
Bob Pettit	72	38.8	25.7	-	-	16.2	2.6	-	-	-	2.8	9.0	20.9	.429	-	-	-	7.7	10.5	.736

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Barnes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Pettit	8	34.3	19.1	-	-	10.5	2.3	-	-	-	2.5	5.9	16.0	.367	-	-	-	7.4	8.8	.843


Season 3
	Matt Barnes	Bob Pettit
Season	2005-06	1956-57
Team	New York Knicks, Philadelphia 76ers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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		%
Matt Barnes	56	11.3	3.1	0.9	1.3	2.2	0.5	0.4	0.1	0.5	1.8	1.3	2.5	.500	0.1	0.3	.200	0.6	0.8	.681
Bob Pettit	71	35.1	24.7	-	-	14.6	1.9	-	-	-	2.5	8.6	20.8	.415	-	-	-	7.5	9.6	.773

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Barnes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Pettit	10	43.0	29.8	-	-	16.8	2.5	-	-	-	3.3	9.8	23.7	.414	-	-	-	10.2	13.3	.767


Season 4
	Matt Barnes	Bob Pettit
Season	2006-07	1957-58
Team	Golden State Warriors	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Barnes	76	23.9	9.8	1.2	3.4	4.6	2.1	1.0	0.5	1.4	2.5	3.6	8.3	.438	1.4	3.8	.366	1.2	1.6	.732
Bob Pettit	70	36.1	24.6	-	-	17.4	2.2	-	-	-	3.2	8.3	20.3	.410	-	-	-	8.0	10.6	.749

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Barnes	11	30.0	11.1	2.4	3.4	5.7	2.4	1.5	0.4	1.8	4.0	4.1	9.1	.450	1.7	4.1	.422	1.2	1.6	.722
Bob Pettit	11	39.1	24.2	-	-	16.5	1.8	-	-	-	2.8	8.2	20.9	.391	-	-	-	7.8	10.7	.729


Season 5
	Matt Barnes	Bob Pettit
Season	2007-08	1958-59
Team	Golden State Warriors	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost West Div 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		%
Matt Barnes	73	19.4	6.7	1.3	3.2	4.4	1.9	0.7	0.5	1.2	2.2	2.6	6.1	.423	0.7	2.5	.293	0.8	1.1	.747
Bob Pettit	72	39.9	29.2	-	-	16.4	3.1	-	-	-	2.8	10.0	22.8	.438	-	-	-	9.3	12.2	.759

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Barnes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Pettit	6	42.8	27.8	-	-	12.5	2.3	-	-	-	3.3	9.7	22.8	.423	-	-	-	8.5	10.8	.785


Season 6
	Matt Barnes	Bob Pettit
Season	2008-09	1959-60
Team	Phoenix Suns	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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		%
Matt Barnes	77	27.0	10.2	1.0	4.4	5.5	2.8	0.7	0.3	1.7	2.7	3.7	8.8	.423	1.5	4.4	.343	1.3	1.8	.743
Bob Pettit	72	40.2	26.1	-	-	17.0	3.6	-	-	-	2.8	9.3	21.2	.438	-	-	-	7.6	10.0	.753

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Barnes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Pettit	14	41.1	26.1	-	-	15.8	3.7	-	-	-	3.1	9.2	20.9	.442	-	-	-	7.6	10.1	.754


Season 7
	Matt Barnes	Bob Pettit
Season	2009-10	1960-61
Team	Orlando Magic	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf Finals	Hawks 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		%
Matt Barnes	81	25.9	8.8	1.3	4.2	5.5	1.7	0.7	0.4	1.4	2.3	3.3	6.9	.487	0.8	2.6	.319	1.3	1.8	.740
Bob Pettit	76	39.8	27.9	-	-	20.3	3.4	-	-	-	2.9	10.1	22.6	.447	-	-	-	7.7	10.6	.724

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Barnes	14	23.3	6.4	1.1	3.6	4.7	1.4	0.7	0.2	0.7	2.0	2.1	5.4	.400	0.9	2.3	.375	1.2	1.4	.850
Bob Pettit	12	43.8	28.6	-	-	17.6	3.2	-	-	-	3.5	9.8	23.7	.412	-	-	-	9.1	12.0	.757


Season 8
	Matt Barnes	Bob Pettit
Season	2010-11	1961-62
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Matt Barnes	53	19.2	6.7	1.4	2.9	4.3	1.3	0.7	0.4	1.1	2.4	2.5	5.3	.470	0.6	2.0	.318	1.1	1.5	.779
Bob Pettit	78	42.1	31.1	-	-	18.7	3.7	-	-	-	3.8	11.1	24.7	.450	-	-	-	8.9	11.6	.771

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Barnes	10	13.1	3.6	1.1	1.7	2.8	0.5	0.7	0.2	0.6	2.3	1.5	3.8	.395	0.2	1.2	.167	0.4	0.7	.571
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Matt Barnes	Bob Pettit
Season	2011-12	1962-63
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Hawks Lost West Div 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		%
Matt Barnes	63	22.9	7.8	1.5	3.9	5.5	2.0	0.6	0.8	1.2	2.4	2.8	6.1	.452	0.7	2.2	.333	1.5	2.0	.742
Bob Pettit	79	39.1	28.4	-	-	15.1	3.1	-	-	-	3.6	9.8	22.1	.446	-	-	-	8.7	11.2	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Barnes	11	16.8	3.5	0.8	2.5	3.3	1.5	0.9	0.5	1.4	2.6	1.5	5.4	.271	0.5	2.8	.161	0.2	0.4	.500
Bob Pettit	11	42.1	31.8	-	-	15.1	3.0	-	-	-	3.1	10.8	23.5	.459	-	-	-	10.2	13.1	.778


Season 10
	Matt Barnes	Bob Pettit
Season	2012-13	1963-64
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost West Div 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		%
Matt Barnes	80	25.7	10.3	1.4	3.2	4.6	1.5	1.0	0.8	1.1	2.9	3.9	8.4	.462	1.4	4.1	.342	1.1	1.5	.744
Bob Pettit	80	41.2	27.4	-	-	15.3	3.2	-	-	-	3.8	9.9	21.4	.463	-	-	-	7.6	9.6	.789

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Barnes	6	27.0	11.8	1.2	3.8	5.0	0.5	0.7	0.3	0.8	3.8	4.0	7.3	.545	1.2	2.8	.412	2.7	3.2	.842
Bob Pettit	12	41.2	21.0	-	-	14.5	2.8	-	-	-	3.7	7.8	18.8	.412	-	-	-	5.5	6.6	.835


Season 11
	Matt Barnes	Bob Pettit
Season	2013-14	1964-65
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	Hawks Lost West Div 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		%
Matt Barnes	63	27.5	9.9	1.0	3.7	4.6	2.0	0.9	0.4	1.3	2.9	3.7	8.4	.438	1.5	4.5	.343	1.0	1.4	.733
Bob Pettit	50	35.1	22.5	-	-	12.4	2.6	-	-	-	3.3	7.9	18.5	.429	-	-	-	6.6	8.1	.820

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Barnes	13	31.1	9.4	1.7	2.8	4.5	1.8	0.9	0.2	1.3	3.2	3.5	8.2	.421	1.5	4.6	.317	1.0	1.5	.684
Bob Pettit	4	23.8	11.5	-	-	6.0	2.0	-	-	-	2.5	3.8	10.3	.366	-	-	-	4.0	5.0	.800


Season 12
	Matt Barnes	Bob Pettit
Season	2014-15	-
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers 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		%
Matt Barnes	76	29.9	10.1	0.7	3.3	4.0	1.5	0.9	0.7	1.1	3.2	3.6	8.2	.444	1.8	4.9	.362	1.0	1.3	.779
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Barnes	14	29.2	7.6	1.1	3.9	5.1	1.6	1.4	0.7	1.1	3.9	2.7	7.1	.380	1.1	4.3	.267	1.1	1.4	.750
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Matt Barnes	Bob Pettit
Season	2015-16	-
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies 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		%
Matt Barnes	76	28.8	10.0	1.1	4.4	5.5	2.1	1.0	0.8	1.6	3.1	3.5	9.1	.381	1.6	4.9	.322	1.5	1.8	.804
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Barnes	4	34.8	10.8	1.3	6.0	7.3	2.8	1.0	0.3	3.3	3.3	4.0	11.5	.348	0.8	4.5	.167	2.0	2.5	.800
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Matt Barnes	Bob Pettit
Season	2016-17	-
Team	Sacramento Kings, Golden State Warriors	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Barnes	74	24.0	7.1	0.9	4.2	5.2	2.6	0.6	0.4	1.4	2.5	2.5	6.4	.391	1.2	3.6	.331	0.9	1.2	.787
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Barnes	12	5.1	0.8	0.0	0.8	0.8	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.8	0.3	1.3	.267	0.1	0.7	.125	0.0	0.0	-
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Matt Barnes vs. Bob Pettit Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Pettit and Matt Barnes, 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