Charles Barkley vs. Dalton Knecht Season by Season Comparison

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

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.

Charles Barkley played 16 years in the NBA, 14 more than Dalton Knecht, who played 2. Charles Barkley had the first of his seasons in 1984-85, while Dalton Knecht had his rookie season in 2024-25. 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.

Rookie Season
	Charles Barkley	Dalton Knecht
Season	1984-85	2024-25
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Finals	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+4	+9.4	+4.9	+2.7	+3.0	+5.8	+1.1	+0.9	+0.9	-2.0	-2.5	+1.9	+2.4	+.084	+1.6	+4.3	+.209	+2.8	+3.8	+.029
Dalton Knecht	78	19.2	9.1	0.5	2.3	2.8	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.5	1.2	3.3	7.1	.461	1.6	4.4	.376	0.8	1.1	.762
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+11	+29.4	+12.4	+3.0	+6.6	+9.6	+2.0	+1.8	+1.2	-2.7	-3.8	+4.8	+8.2	+.140	+0.2	+1.5	+.417	+3.1	+4.8
Dalton Knecht	2	2.0	2.5	1.0	0.5	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.5	.400	0.5	2.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-

Season 2
	Charles Barkley	Dalton Knecht
Season	1985-86	2025-26
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+67	+18.0	+12.4	+3.8	+6.6	+10.4	+3.3	+1.7	+1.1	-3.8	-2.7	+4.4	+6.5	+.108	+1.0	+2.6	+.099	+4.5	+6.5	+.018
Dalton Knecht	13	18.9	7.6	0.6	1.8	2.4	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.6	1.5	3.0	6.5	.464	1.2	3.5	.326	0.5	0.7	.667
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Dalton Knecht	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Charles Barkley played 14 seasons more than Dalton Knecht in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 16, from 1987 to 2000—Charles Barkley played in 11 Playoffs. In those 14 extra years over Dalton Knecht, Charles Barkley got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 5 All-NBA First Team 4 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 1 Rebounds Leader 11 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP