Charles Barkley vs. Darrall Imhoff Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Darrall Imhoff 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, 4 more than Darrall Imhoff, who played 12. Charles Barkley had the first of his seasons in 1984-85, while Darrall Imhoff had his rookie season in 1960-61. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Charles Barkley	Darrall Imhoff
Season	1984-85	1960-61
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East 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		%
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
Darrall Imhoff	62	16.0	4.7	-	-	4.8	0.8	-	-	-	2.3	2.0	5.0	.394	-	-	-	0.8	1.5	.510
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
Darrall Imhoff	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Charles Barkley	Darrall Imhoff
Season	1985-86	1961-62
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East 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		%
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
Darrall Imhoff	76	19.8	5.9	-	-	6.2	1.1	-	-	-	3.0	2.4	6.3	.386	-	-	-	1.1	1.8	.576
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
Darrall Imhoff	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Charles Barkley	Darrall Imhoff
Season	1986-87	1962-63
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pistons 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		%
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
Darrall Imhoff	45	10.2	2.7	-	-	3.4	0.6	-	-	-	1.5	1.1	3.4	.314	-	-	-	0.5	1.1	.480
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Darrall Imhoff	1	2.0	0.0	-	-	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 4
	Charles Barkley	Darrall Imhoff
Season	1987-88	1963-64
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	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		%
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
Darrall Imhoff	58	15.0	4.8	-	-	4.9	1.0	-	-	-	2.9	1.8	4.3	.414	-	-	-	1.2	2.0	.605
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Barkley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darrall Imhoff	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Charles Barkley	Darrall Imhoff
Season	1988-89	1964-65
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers 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		%
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
Darrall Imhoff	76	20.0	5.0	-	-	6.6	1.1	-	-	-	3.1	1.9	4.1	.466	-	-	-	1.2	2.0	.571
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Darrall Imhoff	11	13.7	3.0	-	-	3.9	1.2	-	-	-	2.4	1.2	2.2	.542	-	-	-	0.6	1.1	.583

Season 6
	Charles Barkley	Darrall Imhoff
Season	1989-90	1965-66
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Lakers 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		%
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
Darrall Imhoff	77	18.4	4.9	-	-	6.6	1.5	-	-	-	3.0	2.0	4.4	.448	-	-	-	1.0	1.8	.566
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Darrall Imhoff	14	17.4	2.9	-	-	5.8	2.1	-	-	-	3.0	1.0	2.9	.350	-	-	-	0.9	1.3	.722

Season 7
	Charles Barkley	Darrall Imhoff
Season	1990-91	1966-67
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Lakers 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		%
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
Darrall Imhoff	81	33.6	10.7	-	-	13.3	2.7	-	-	-	3.5	4.6	9.6	.474	-	-	-	1.6	2.6	.614
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Darrall Imhoff	3	28.7	10.0	-	-	12.3	1.7	-	-	-	2.7	4.3	8.0	.542	-	-	-	1.3	1.7	.800

Season 8
	Charles Barkley	Darrall Imhoff
Season	1991-92	1967-68
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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		%
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
Darrall Imhoff	82	27.7	9.3	-	-	10.9	2.5	-	-	-	3.2	3.6	7.5	.478	-	-	-	2.2	3.5	.619
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Barkley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darrall Imhoff	15	29.3	7.6	-	-	10.9	2.0	-	-	-	3.7	2.9	5.9	.494	-	-	-	1.7	3.4	.510

Season 9
	Charles Barkley	Darrall Imhoff
Season	1992-93	1968-69
Team	Phoenix Suns	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost NBA Finals	76ers Lost East 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		%
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
Darrall Imhoff	82	28.8	9.2	-	-	9.7	2.7	-	-	-	3.8	3.4	7.2	.470	-	-	-	2.4	4.0	.597
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Darrall Imhoff	5	38.2	18.2	-	-	16.4	2.4	-	-	-	4.8	6.6	13.2	.500	-	-	-	5.0	7.6	.658

Season 10
	Charles Barkley	Darrall Imhoff
Season	1993-94	1969-70
Team	Phoenix Suns	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	76ers Lost East 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		%
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
Darrall Imhoff	79	31.3	13.6	-	-	9.5	2.7	-	-	-	3.7	5.4	10.1	.540	-	-	-	2.7	4.2	.650
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Darrall Imhoff	5	27.6	9.0	-	-	7.0	2.2	-	-	-	4.6	4.4	9.6	.458	-	-	-	0.2	1.4	.143

Season 11
	Charles Barkley	Darrall Imhoff
Season	1994-95	1970-71
Team	Phoenix Suns	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
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
Darrall Imhoff	34	24.3	8.1	-	-	6.9	2.3	-	-	-	3.5	3.5	7.6	.461	-	-	-	1.1	2.1	.507
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Darrall Imhoff	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 12
	Charles Barkley	Darrall Imhoff
Season	1995-96	1971-72
Team	Phoenix Suns	Cincinnati Royals, Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	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		%
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
Darrall Imhoff	49	9.8	2.6	-	-	2.7	1.1	-	-	-	2.0	1.1	2.7	.394	-	-	-	0.5	0.9	.558
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Darrall Imhoff	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 13
	Charles Barkley	Darrall Imhoff
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		%
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
Darrall Imhoff	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Darrall Imhoff	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-