Charles Barkley vs. George Gervin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Gervin 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, 6 more than George Gervin, who played 10. Charles Barkley had the first of his seasons in 1984-85, while George Gervin had his rookie season in 1976-77. 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	George Gervin
Season	1984-85	1976-77
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Finals	Spurs Lost East 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:		+4.4	+9.1	+1.6	+1.4	+3.1	+1.0	+0.1	+0.3		-0.2	+3.7	+6.8	+.001				+1.8	+1.6	+.100
George Gervin	82	33.0	23.1	1.6	3.9	5.5	2.9	1.3	1.3	-	3.5	8.9	16.3	.544	-	-	-	5.4	6.5	.833
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	+0.4	+10.1	+1.5	+4.1	+5.6	+0.5	+1.3	+0.2		-0.7	+3.7	+11.3	+.108				+2.9	+2.7	+.165
George Gervin	2	31.0	25.0	2.5	3.0	5.5	1.5	0.5	1.0	-	4.5	9.5	22.0	.432	-	-	-	6.0	7.5	.800

Season 2
	Charles Barkley	George Gervin
Season	1985-86	1977-78
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Spurs Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+2	+2.1	+7.2	+3.0	+4.7	+7.7	+0.2	+0.5	+0.3	-0.7	-1.1	+3.1	+6.6	+.036				+1.1	+0.2	+.145
George Gervin	82	34.8	27.2	1.4	3.7	5.1	3.7	1.7	1.3	3.7	3.1	10.5	19.6	.536	-	-	-	6.1	7.4	.830
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
difference:	+6	+3.6	+8.2	+3.2	+7.0	+10.1	+2.4	+1.3	+1.4	-2.2	-0.5	+4.3	+8.7	+.029				+0.4	+1.6	+.073
George Gervin	6	37.8	33.2	1.8	3.8	5.7	3.2	1.0	2.7	3.2	3.8	13.0	23.7	.549	-	-	-	7.2	9.3	.768

Season 3
	Charles Barkley	George Gervin
Season	1986-87	1978-79
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
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
difference:	+12	+4.2	+6.6	+3.9	+5.7	+9.6	+2.2	+0.1	+0.4	-1.1	-0.3	+3.6	+8.1	+.053				+0.4	+1.2	+.065
George Gervin	80	36.1	29.6	1.8	3.2	5.0	2.7	1.7	1.1	3.6	3.4	11.8	21.9	.541	-	-	-	5.9	7.1	.826
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
difference:	+9	+5.4	+4.0	+3.0	+3.7	+6.7	+0.1	+1.1	+0.6	-1.5	-0.6	+2.7	+6.1	+.037				+1.2	+1.6	+.008
George Gervin	14	36.6	28.6	2.4	3.5	5.9	2.5	1.9	1.0	2.9	3.6	11.3	21.1	.536	-	-	-	6.0	7.4	.808

Season 4
	Charles Barkley	George Gervin
Season	1987-88	1979-80
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+2	+2.0	+4.8	+2.8	+3.9	+6.7	+0.6	+0.1	+0.3	-0.5	-0.8	+3.7	+8.9	+.059	+0.2	+0.7	+.034	+2.4	+4.3	+.101
George Gervin	78	37.6	33.1	2.0	3.2	5.2	2.6	1.4	1.0	3.3	2.7	13.1	24.9	.528	0.4	1.3	.314	6.5	7.6	.852
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Barkley	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Gervin	3	40.7	33.3	3.0	3.7	6.7	4.0	1.7	1.0	3.0	2.7	12.3	24.7	.500	0.0	0.7	.000	8.7	10.0	.867

Season 5
	Charles Barkley	George Gervin
Season	1988-89	1980-81
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
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
difference:	+3	+5.4	+1.3	+3.6	+3.8	+7.4	+0.9	+0.5	+0.1	-0.1	-0.7	+1.5	+5.8	+.087	+0.3	+1.7	+.041	+1.4	+2.5	+.073
George Gervin	82	33.7	27.1	1.5	3.6	5.1	3.2	1.1	0.7	3.1	2.6	10.4	21.1	.492	0.1	0.4	.257	6.2	7.6	.826
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
difference:	+4	+5.9	+0.1	+1.4	+5.3	+6.7	+1.9	+1.0		-0.8	-0.3	+1.3	+7.0	+.144	+0.3	+1.3	+.200	+2.2	+3.9	+.090
George Gervin	7	39.1	27.1	1.3	3.7	5.0	3.4	0.7	0.7	2.9	2.7	11.0	22.0	.500	0.0	0.4	.000	5.1	6.4	.800

Season 6
	Charles Barkley	George Gervin
Season	1989-90	1981-82
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
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
difference:		+3.4	+7.1	+2.9	+3.7	+6.5	+1.5	+0.9		-0.4	-0.5	+3.7	+10.3	+.100	+0.2	+0.7	+.061	+0.1	+1.3	+.115
George Gervin	79	35.7	32.3	1.7	3.2	5.0	2.4	1.0	0.6	2.7	2.7	12.6	25.2	.500	0.1	0.5	.278	7.0	8.1	.864
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
difference:	+1	+0.5	+4.7	+4.5	+3.7	+8.2	+0.3	+0.3	+0.3	-0.4	-0.4	+2.6	+9.1	+.091	+0.6	+1.5	+.333	+0.1	+2.9	+.229
George Gervin	9	41.4	29.4	2.1	5.2	7.3	4.6	1.1	0.4	3.4	4.0	11.4	25.3	.452	0.0	0.3	.000	6.6	7.9	.831

Season 7
	Charles Barkley	George Gervin
Season	1990-91	1982-83
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
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
difference:	+11	+1.0	+1.4	+2.5	+3.1	+5.5	+0.8	+0.5	+0.4	-0.1	-0.5	+0.2	+2.5	+.083	+0.5	+1.9	+.080	+0.5	+2.0	+.131
George Gervin	78	36.3	26.2	1.4	3.2	4.6	3.4	1.1	0.9	3.2	3.1	9.7	19.9	.487	0.2	0.4	.364	6.6	7.8	.853
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
difference:	+3	+1.1	+0.3	+2.0	+1.8	+3.8	+2.6	+0.8		-1.1	-0.6	+0.5	+3.3	+.073	+0.3	+2.3	+.100	+0.6	+3.1	+.231
George Gervin	11	39.7	25.2	1.9	4.8	6.7	3.4	1.1	0.4	4.2	3.5	9.8	18.9	.519	0.0	0.2	.000	5.5	6.3	.884

Season 8
	Charles Barkley	George Gervin
Season	1991-92	1983-84
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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
difference:	+1	+4.4	+2.8	+2.2	+4.8	+7.0	+1.2	+0.8		-0.2	-0.3	+1.8	+5.5	+.062	+0.3	+1.5	+.183	+0.5	+2.0	+.147
George Gervin	76	34.0	25.9	1.4	2.7	4.1	2.9	1.0	0.6	2.9	2.9	10.1	20.5	.490	0.1	0.3	.417	5.6	6.7	.842
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Charles Barkley nor George Gervin played in the postseason in their season 8

Season 9
	Charles Barkley	George Gervin
Season	1992-93	1984-85
Team	Phoenix Suns	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost NBA Finals	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+4	+8.6	+4.4	+2.0	+6.9	+8.9	+2.6	+0.7	+0.3	-0.3	-0.3	+1.1	+1.7	+.012	+0.9	+2.8	+.305	+1.4	+2.4	+.079
George Gervin	72	29.0	21.2	1.1	2.2	3.3	2.5	0.9	0.7	2.8	2.9	8.3	16.4	.508	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	5.3	.844
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
difference:	+19	+6.2	+4.4	+3.3	+6.7	+10.0	+1.5	+1.0	+0.4	-1.9	-0.8	+1.2	+4.3	+.055	+0.4	+1.3	+.222	+1.6	+2.3	+.023
George Gervin	5	36.6	22.2	0.6	3.0	3.6	2.8	0.6	0.6	4.0	3.8	8.4	15.8	.532	0.0	0.6	.000	5.4	6.8	.794

Season 10
	Charles Barkley	George Gervin
Season	1993-94	1985-86
Team	Phoenix Suns	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+17	+10.2	+5.4	+2.0	+6.4	+8.6	+2.8	+1.0	+0.3	-1.2	-0.1	+1.7	+2.7	+.023	+0.7	+2.5	+.059	+1.4	+3.1	+.175
George Gervin	82	25.2	16.2	1.0	1.7	2.6	1.8	0.6	0.3	2.0	2.6	6.3	13.4	.472	0.0	0.2	.211	3.5	3.9	.879
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
difference:	+8	+37.0	+27.6	+3.4	+9.1	+12.5	+4.3	+2.5	+0.9	-1.7	-1.1	+11.0	+21.1	+.509	+1.4	+4.0		+4.2	+5.5
George Gervin	2	5.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.5	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Additional Years
* Charles Barkley played 6 seasons more than George Gervin in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 11 to 16, from 1995 to 2000—Charles Barkley played in 5 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over George Gervin, Charles Barkley got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 3 All-Star Game