Matt Barnes vs. Kevin McHale Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin McHale 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, 1 more than Kevin McHale, who played 13. Matt Barnes had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, while Kevin McHale had his rookie season in 1980-81. 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
Kevin McHale	13	13	1980-81 to 1992-93

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Matt Barnes	Kevin McHale
Season	2003-04	1980-81
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	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
Kevin McHale	82	20.1	10.0	1.9	2.5	4.4	0.7	0.3	1.8	1.3	3.2	4.3	8.1	.533	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.9	.679

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Barnes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin McHale	17	17.4	8.5	1.7	1.8	3.5	0.8	0.2	1.5	0.9	3.0	3.6	6.6	.540	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.1	.639


Season 2
	Matt Barnes	Kevin McHale
Season	2004-05	1981-82
Team	Sacramento Kings	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
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
Kevin McHale	82	28.4	13.6	2.3	4.5	6.8	1.1	0.4	2.3	1.7	3.2	5.7	10.7	.531	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.0	.754

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Barnes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin McHale	12	28.7	16.2	3.4	3.7	7.1	0.9	0.4	2.3	1.3	3.7	6.4	11.2	.575	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.4	.755


Season 3
	Matt Barnes	Kevin McHale
Season	2005-06	1982-83
Team	New York Knicks, Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
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
Kevin McHale	82	28.6	14.1	2.6	4.1	6.7	1.3	0.4	2.3	1.9	2.9	5.9	10.9	.541	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	3.3	.717

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Barnes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin McHale	7	25.3	11.1	2.1	3.9	6.0	0.7	0.4	1.0	1.4	2.3	4.9	8.9	.548	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	2.6	.556


Season 4
	Matt Barnes	Kevin McHale
Season	2006-07	1983-84
Team	Golden State Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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
Kevin McHale	82	31.4	18.4	2.5	4.9	7.4	1.3	0.3	1.5	1.8	3.0	7.2	12.9	.556	0.0	0.0	.333	4.1	5.4	.765

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
Kevin McHale	23	30.5	14.8	2.7	3.5	6.2	1.2	0.1	1.5	1.7	3.3	5.3	10.6	.504	0.0	0.1	.000	4.1	5.3	.777


Season 5
	Matt Barnes	Kevin McHale
Season	2007-08	1984-85
Team	Golden State Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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	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
Kevin McHale	79	33.6	19.8	2.9	6.1	9.0	1.8	0.4	1.5	2.0	3.0	7.7	13.4	.570	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	5.9	.760

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Barnes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin McHale	21	39.9	22.1	3.5	6.4	9.9	1.5	0.6	2.2	2.9	3.5	8.2	14.4	.568	0.0	0.0	-	5.8	7.1	.807


Season 6
	Matt Barnes	Kevin McHale
Season	2008-09	1985-86
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	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
Kevin McHale	68	35.3	21.3	2.5	5.6	8.1	2.7	0.4	2.0	2.2	2.8	8.3	14.4	.574	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	6.2	.776

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Barnes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin McHale	18	39.7	24.9	2.8	5.8	8.6	2.7	0.4	2.4	2.7	3.6	9.3	16.1	.579	0.0	0.1	.000	6.2	7.8	.794


Season 7
	Matt Barnes	Kevin McHale
Season	2009-10	1986-87
Team	Orlando Magic	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf Finals	Celtics 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
Kevin McHale	77	39.7	26.1	3.2	6.7	9.9	2.6	0.5	2.2	2.6	3.1	10.3	17.0	.604	0.0	0.1	.000	5.6	6.6	.836

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
Kevin McHale	21	39.4	21.1	3.1	6.1	9.2	1.9	0.3	1.4	2.6	3.4	8.3	14.2	.584	0.0	0.0	-	4.6	6.0	.762


Season 8
	Matt Barnes	Kevin McHale
Season	2010-11	1987-88
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics 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		%
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
Kevin McHale	64	37.3	22.6	2.5	5.9	8.4	2.7	0.4	1.4	2.2	2.8	8.6	14.2	.604	0.0	0.0	-	5.4	6.8	.797

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
Kevin McHale	17	42.1	25.4	3.2	4.8	8.0	2.4	0.4	1.8	2.3	3.8	9.3	15.4	.603	0.1	0.1	1.000	6.8	8.1	.839


Season 9
	Matt Barnes	Kevin McHale
Season	2011-12	1988-89
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics 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		%
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
Kevin McHale	78	36.9	22.5	2.9	5.3	8.2	2.2	0.3	1.2	2.5	2.9	8.5	15.5	.546	0.0	0.1	.000	5.6	6.8	.818

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
Kevin McHale	3	38.3	19.0	2.3	5.7	8.0	3.0	0.3	0.7	1.3	4.3	6.7	13.7	.488	0.0	0.0	-	5.7	7.7	.739


Season 10
	Matt Barnes	Kevin McHale
Season	2012-13	1989-90
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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		%
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
Kevin McHale	82	33.2	20.9	2.5	5.8	8.3	2.1	0.4	1.9	2.2	3.0	7.9	14.4	.549	0.3	0.8	.333	4.8	5.4	.893

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
Kevin McHale	5	38.4	22.0	1.6	6.2	7.8	2.6	0.4	2.0	2.8	3.4	8.4	13.8	.609	0.2	0.6	.333	5.0	5.8	.862


Season 11
	Matt Barnes	Kevin McHale
Season	2013-14	1990-91
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics 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		%
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
Kevin McHale	68	30.4	18.4	2.1	4.9	7.1	1.9	0.4	2.1	2.1	2.9	7.4	13.4	.553	0.2	0.5	.405	3.4	4.0	.829

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
Kevin McHale	11	34.2	20.7	1.6	4.9	6.5	1.8	0.5	1.3	1.3	3.8	7.1	13.5	.527	0.5	1.0	.545	6.0	7.3	.825


Season 12
	Matt Barnes	Kevin McHale
Season	2014-15	1991-92
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics 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		%
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
Kevin McHale	56	25.0	13.9	2.1	3.8	5.9	1.5	0.2	1.1	1.5	2.0	5.8	11.3	.509	0.0	0.2	.000	2.4	2.9	.822

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
Kevin McHale	10	30.6	16.5	2.1	4.6	6.7	1.3	0.5	0.5	0.9	3.4	6.5	12.6	.516	0.0	0.1	.000	3.5	4.4	.795


Season 13
	Matt Barnes	Kevin McHale
Season	2015-16	1992-93
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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		%
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
Kevin McHale	71	23.3	10.7	1.3	3.7	5.0	1.0	0.2	0.8	1.3	1.8	4.2	9.1	.459	0.0	0.3	.111	2.3	2.7	.841

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
Kevin McHale	4	28.3	19.0	2.3	5.0	7.3	0.8	0.5	1.8	1.3	1.5	8.0	13.8	.582	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	3.5	.857


Season 14
	Matt Barnes	Kevin McHale
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
Kevin McHale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	-
Kevin McHale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Matt Barnes vs. Kevin McHale Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin McHale 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