Carmelo Anthony vs. Harrison Barnes Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Harrison Barnes and Carmelo Anthony, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Carmelo Anthony played 19 years in the NBA, 6 more than Harrison Barnes, who played 13. Carmelo Anthony had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, while Harrison Barnes had his rookie season in 2012-13. 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 achievements, 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
Carmelo Anthony	19	13	2003-04 to 2021-22
Harrison Barnes	13	5	2012-13 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13


Rookie Season
	Carmelo Anthony	Harrison Barnes
Season	2003-04	2012-13
Team	Denver Nuggets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	82	36.5	21.0	2.2	3.8	6.1	2.8	1.2	0.5	3.0	2.7	7.6	17.9	.426	0.8	2.6	.322	5.0	6.4	.777
difference:	+1	+11.1	+11.8	+1.5	+0.3	+2.0	+1.6	+0.6	+0.3	-1.8	-1.0	+4.2	+10.1	+.013	+0.2	+0.8	+.037	+3.2	+4.1	+.019
Harrison Barnes	81	25.4	9.2	0.7	3.5	4.1	1.2	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.7	3.4	7.8	.439	0.6	1.8	.359	1.8	2.3	.758

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	4	36.3	15.0	1.8	6.5	8.3	2.8	1.3	0.0	4.3	2.8	5.3	16.0	.328	0.5	2.8	.182	4.0	5.0	.800
difference:	+8	+2.1	+1.1	+0.3	+1.6	+1.9	+1.5	+0.7	+0.4	-3.0		+0.7	+2.5	+.116	+1.1	+1.5	+.183	+1.5	+2.1	+.057
Harrison Barnes	12	38.4	16.1	1.5	4.9	6.4	1.3	0.6	0.4	1.3	2.8	6.0	13.5	.444	1.6	4.3	.365	2.5	2.9	.857


Season 2
	Carmelo Anthony	Harrison Barnes
Season	2004-05	2013-14
Team	Denver Nuggets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	75	34.8	20.8	1.9	3.8	5.7	2.6	0.9	0.4	3.0	3.1	7.1	16.4	.431	0.6	2.1	.266	6.1	7.6	.796
difference:	+3	+6.5	+11.3	+1.1	+0.7	+1.7	+1.1	+0.1	+0.1	-1.9	-1.1	+3.6	+7.7	+.032	+0.2	+0.3	+.081	+4.4	+5.3	+.078
Harrison Barnes	78	28.3	9.5	0.8	3.1	4.0	1.5	0.8	0.3	1.1	2.0	3.5	8.7	.399	0.8	2.4	.347	1.7	2.3	.718

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	5	36.2	19.2	2.8	2.6	5.4	2.0	0.6	0.2	2.6	4.0	7.0	16.6	.422	0.0	0.2	.000	5.2	6.4	.813
difference:	+2	+13.9	+11.3	+1.8	+0.4	+1.4	+0.9	+0.5	+0.2	-1.9	-2.1	+4.3	+9.7	+.026	+1.1	+2.8	+.381	+3.9	+4.1	+.250
Harrison Barnes	7	22.3	7.9	1.0	3.0	4.0	1.1	0.1	0.4	0.7	1.9	2.7	6.9	.396	1.1	3.0	.381	1.3	2.3	.563


Season 3
	Carmelo Anthony	Harrison Barnes
Season	2005-06	2014-15
Team	Denver Nuggets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	80	36.8	26.5	1.5	3.4	4.9	2.7	1.1	0.5	2.7	2.9	9.5	19.7	.481	0.5	1.9	.243	7.2	8.9	.808
difference:	+2	+8.5	+16.4	+0.1	+0.7	+0.6	+1.3	+0.4	+0.3	-1.8	-1.1	+5.6	+11.7	+.001	+0.6	+0.7	+.162	+5.9	+7.1	+.088
Harrison Barnes	82	28.3	10.1	1.4	4.1	5.5	1.4	0.7	0.2	0.9	1.8	3.9	8.0	.482	1.1	2.6	.405	1.3	1.8	.720

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	5	38.6	21.0	2.4	4.2	6.6	2.8	0.8	0.2	3.0	4.0	6.6	19.8	.333	0.0	0.8	.000	7.8	10.4	.750
difference:	+16	+6.2	+10.4	+0.3	+1.1	+1.4	+1.3		+0.3	-2.0	-1.9	+2.4	+10.3	+.107	+1.0	+2.2	+.355	+6.6	+8.8	+.015
Harrison Barnes	21	32.4	10.6	2.1	3.1	5.2	1.5	0.8	0.5	1.0	2.1	4.2	9.5	.440	1.0	3.0	.355	1.2	1.6	.735


Season 4
	Carmelo Anthony	Harrison Barnes
Season	2006-07	2015-16
Team	Denver Nuggets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors Lost NBA Finals

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	65	38.2	28.9	2.2	3.8	6.0	3.8	1.2	0.4	3.6	3.1	10.6	22.4	.476	0.6	2.3	.268	7.1	8.7	.808
difference:	+1	+7.3	+17.2	+1.0		+1.1	+2.0	+0.6	+0.2	-2.7	-1.0	+6.1	+12.8	+.010	+0.6	+0.9	+.115	+5.6	+6.7	+.047
Harrison Barnes	66	30.9	11.7	1.2	3.8	4.9	1.8	0.6	0.2	0.9	2.1	4.5	9.6	.466	1.2	3.2	.383	1.5	2.0	.761

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	5	42.0	26.8	3.6	5.0	8.6	1.2	1.0	0.0	3.8	2.4	9.4	19.6	.480	1.8	3.6	.500	6.2	7.8	.795
difference:	+19	+11.0	+17.8	+2.5	+1.5	+3.9	+0.1	+0.3	+0.2	-3.0	-0.5	+6.0	+10.7	+.095	+0.7	+0.4	+.158	+5.1	+6.4	+.030
Harrison Barnes	24	31.0	9.0	1.1	3.5	4.7	1.3	0.7	0.2	0.8	1.9	3.4	8.9	.385	1.1	3.2	.342	1.1	1.4	.765


Season 5
	Carmelo Anthony	Harrison Barnes
Season	2007-08	2016-17
Team	Denver Nuggets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	77	36.4	25.7	2.3	5.1	7.4	3.4	1.3	0.5	3.3	3.3	9.5	19.2	.492	0.8	2.1	.354	6.0	7.7	.786
difference:	+2	+0.9	+6.5	+1.1	+1.3	+2.4	+1.9	+0.5	+0.3	-2.0	-1.7	+1.9	+3.0	+.024	+0.2	+0.7	+.003	+2.9	+4.1	+.075
Harrison Barnes	79	35.5	19.2	1.2	3.8	5.0	1.5	0.8	0.2	1.3	1.6	7.6	16.2	.468	1.0	2.8	.351	3.1	3.6	.861

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	4	36.5	22.5	4.8	4.8	9.5	2.0	0.5	0.3	3.0	4.3	8.0	22.0	.364	0.5	2.0	.250	6.0	7.3	.828
Harrison Barnes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Carmelo Anthony	Harrison Barnes
Season	2008-09	2017-18
Team	Denver Nuggets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	66	34.5	22.8	1.6	5.2	6.8	3.4	1.1	0.4	3.0	3.0	8.1	18.3	.443	1.0	2.6	.371	5.6	7.1	.793
difference:	+11	+0.3	+3.9	+0.6	+0.1	+0.7	+1.4	+0.5	+0.2	-1.5	-1.8	+1.1	+2.6	+.002	+0.5	+1.7	+.014	+2.2	+3.0	+.034
Harrison Barnes	77	34.2	18.9	1.0	5.1	6.1	2.0	0.6	0.2	1.5	1.2	7.0	15.7	.445	1.5	4.3	.357	3.4	4.1	.827

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	16	38.3	27.2	1.6	4.2	5.8	4.1	1.8	0.6	2.3	3.8	9.1	20.1	.453	1.5	4.1	.364	7.4	9.0	.826
Harrison Barnes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Carmelo Anthony	Harrison Barnes
Season	2009-10	2018-19
Team	Denver Nuggets	Dallas Mavericks, Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	69	38.2	28.2	2.2	4.4	6.6	3.2	1.3	0.4	3.0	3.3	10.0	21.8	.458	0.9	2.7	.316	7.4	8.9	.830
difference:	+8	+5.3	+11.8	+1.5	+0.5	+1.9	+1.7	+0.7	+0.2	-1.7	-1.7	+4.4	+8.5	+.038	+1.4	+3.0	+.079	+4.4	+5.3	+.006
Harrison Barnes	77	32.9	16.4	0.7	3.9	4.7	1.5	0.6	0.2	1.3	1.6	5.6	13.3	.420	2.3	5.7	.395	3.0	3.6	.824

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	6	42.3	30.7	2.3	6.2	8.5	3.3	2.0	0.5	3.5	4.3	10.7	23.0	.464	1.0	3.2	.316	8.3	9.5	.877
Harrison Barnes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Carmelo Anthony	Harrison Barnes
Season	2010-11	2019-20
Team	Denver Nuggets, New York Knicks	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	77	35.7	25.6	1.5	5.8	7.3	2.9	0.9	0.6	2.7	2.9	8.9	19.5	.455	1.2	3.3	.378	6.6	7.9	.838
difference:	+5	+1.2	+11.1	+0.4	+1.9	+2.4	+0.7	+0.3	+0.4	-1.5	-1.6	+3.8	+8.5	+.005	+0.2	+0.4	+.003	+3.6	+4.2	+.037
Harrison Barnes	72	34.5	14.5	1.1	3.9	4.9	2.2	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.3	5.1	11.0	.460	1.4	3.7	.381	3.0	3.7	.801

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	4	39.0	26.0	3.3	7.0	10.3	4.8	1.3	0.8	3.3	4.0	8.3	22.0	.375	2.3	6.5	.346	7.3	8.5	.853
Harrison Barnes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Carmelo Anthony	Harrison Barnes
Season	2011-12	2020-21
Team	New York Knicks	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	55	34.1	22.6	1.6	4.7	6.3	3.6	1.1	0.4	2.6	2.8	8.0	18.6	.430	1.2	3.7	.335	5.4	6.7	.804
difference:	+3	+2.1	+6.5	+0.5	+0.8	+0.3	+0.1	+0.4	+0.2	-1.0	-1.5	+2.5	+7.5	+.067	+0.5	+0.7	+.056	+2.0	+2.6	+.026
Harrison Barnes	58	36.2	16.1	1.1	5.5	6.6	3.5	0.7	0.2	1.6	1.3	5.5	11.1	.497	1.7	4.4	.391	3.4	4.1	.830

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	5	40.8	27.8	2.6	5.6	8.2	2.2	1.2	0.2	2.8	4.2	10.4	24.8	.419	0.8	3.6	.222	6.2	8.2	.756
Harrison Barnes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Carmelo Anthony	Harrison Barnes
Season	2012-13	2021-22
Team	New York Knicks	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	67	37.0	28.7	2.0	4.9	6.9	2.6	0.8	0.5	2.6	3.1	10.0	22.2	.449	2.3	6.2	.379	6.3	7.6	.830
difference:	+10	+3.4	+12.3	+0.9	+0.4	+1.3	+0.2	+0.1	+0.3	-1.1	-1.9	+4.9	+11.4	+.020	+0.5	+1.5	+.015	+1.9	+2.2	+.004
Harrison Barnes	77	33.6	16.4	1.1	4.5	5.6	2.4	0.7	0.2	1.5	1.2	5.1	10.8	.469	1.8	4.7	.394	4.4	5.4	.826

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	12	40.1	28.8	0.9	5.7	6.6	1.6	1.1	0.2	2.6	3.8	10.5	25.8	.406	1.4	4.8	.298	6.4	7.3	.885
Harrison Barnes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Carmelo Anthony	Harrison Barnes
Season	2013-14	2022-23
Team	New York Knicks	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	77	38.7	27.4	1.9	6.2	8.1	3.1	1.2	0.7	2.6	2.9	9.6	21.3	.452	2.2	5.4	.402	6.0	7.0	.848
difference:	+5	+6.2	+12.4	+0.8	+2.8	+3.6	+1.5	+0.5	+0.6	-1.6	-1.6	+5.0	+11.7	+.021	+0.6	+1.1	+.028	+1.7	+2.0	+.001
Harrison Barnes	82	32.5	15.0	1.1	3.4	4.5	1.6	0.7	0.1	1.0	1.3	4.6	9.6	.473	1.6	4.3	.374	4.3	5.0	.847

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Harrison Barnes	7	28.0	10.7	1.4	2.0	3.4	0.7	1.1	0.3	0.4	0.7	3.6	8.6	.417	0.9	3.6	.240	2.7	3.7	.731


Season 12
	Carmelo Anthony	Harrison Barnes
Season	2014-15	2023-24
Team	New York Knicks	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	40	35.7	24.2	1.8	4.8	6.6	3.1	1.0	0.4	2.2	2.2	9.0	20.2	.444	1.5	4.5	.341	4.7	5.9	.797
difference:	+42	+6.7	+12.0	+1.0	+2.6	+3.6	+1.9	+0.3	+0.3	-1.5	-1.0	+4.8	+11.3	+.030	+0.3	+0.2	+.046	+2.8	+3.5	+.004
Harrison Barnes	82	29.0	12.2	0.8	2.2	3.0	1.2	0.7	0.1	0.7	1.2	4.2	8.9	.474	1.8	4.7	.387	1.9	2.4	.801

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Carmelo Anthony nor Harrison Barnes played in the postseason in their season 12


Season 13
	Carmelo Anthony	Harrison Barnes
Season	2015-16	2024-25
Team	New York Knicks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	72	35.1	21.8	1.4	6.4	7.7	4.2	0.9	0.5	2.4	2.5	7.9	18.2	.434	1.5	4.3	.339	4.6	5.6	.829
difference:	+10	+7.9	+9.5	+0.2	+3.8	+3.9	+2.5	+0.4	+0.3	-1.8	-1.6	+3.7	+9.9	+.074	+0.4	+0.1	+.094	+2.6	+3.2	+.020
Harrison Barnes	82	27.2	12.3	1.2	2.6	3.8	1.7	0.5	0.2	0.6	0.9	4.2	8.3	.508	1.9	4.4	.433	2.0	2.4	.809

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Carmelo Anthony nor Harrison Barnes played in the postseason in their season 13


Additional Years
* Carmelo Anthony played 6 seasons more than Harrison Barnes in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 14 to 19, from 2017 to 2022—Carmelo Anthony played in 3 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Harrison Barnes, Carmelo Anthony got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game

Carmelo Anthony vs. Harrison Barnes Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Harrison Barnes and Carmelo Anthony, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Season 13

13th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years