Charles Barkley vs. Jerry Sloan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jerry Sloan 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, 5 more than Jerry Sloan, who played 11. Charles Barkley had the first of his seasons in 1984-85, while Jerry Sloan had his rookie season in 1965-66. 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	Jerry Sloan
Season	1984-85	1965-66
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Finals	Bullets Lost West Div 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		%
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:	+23	+12.5	+8.3			+4.7					-0.7	+3.2	+4.6	+.130				+1.9	+2.5	+.028
Jerry Sloan	59	16.1	5.7	-	-	3.9	1.9	-	-	-	3.0	2.0	4.9	.415	-	-	-	1.7	2.4	.705
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	+14.4	+8.4			+3.1	+1.0				-0.8	+3.3	+4.7	+.123				+1.6	+2.8	+.115
Jerry Sloan	2	17.0	6.5	-	-	8.0	3.0	-	-	-	3.0	2.5	6.0	.417	-	-	-	1.5	2.0	.750

Season 2
	Charles Barkley	Jerry Sloan
Season	1985-86	1966-67
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Bulls Lost West Div 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:		+0.1	+2.6			+3.7	+1.8				-0.5	+0.8	+2.2	+.140				+0.7	+1.9	+.111
Jerry Sloan	80	36.8	17.4	-	-	9.1	2.1	-	-	-	3.7	6.6	15.2	.432	-	-	-	4.3	5.3	.796
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:	+9	+17.7	+15.0			+12.5	+5.3				-2.0	+4.7	+4.7	+.191				+5.6	+7.9	+.028
Jerry Sloan	3	23.7	10.0	-	-	3.3	0.3	-	-	-	2.3	4.0	10.3	.387	-	-	-	2.0	3.0	.667

Season 3
	Charles Barkley	Jerry Sloan
Season	1986-87	1967-68
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bulls Lost West Div Semis

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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:	+9	+8.4	+9.7			+6.9	+1.9				-0.1	+3.4	+1.3	+.209				+2.5	+3.3	+.012
Jerry Sloan	77	31.9	13.3	-	-	7.7	3.0	-	-	-	3.8	4.8	12.5	.385	-	-	-	3.8	5.0	.749
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:		+14.6	+16.0			+6.2					-0.4	+6.2	+7.6	+.249				+3.4	+4.0	+.040
Jerry Sloan	5	27.4	8.6	-	-	6.4	2.4	-	-	-	3.8	2.4	7.4	.324	-	-	-	3.8	5.0	.760

Season 4
	Charles Barkley	Jerry Sloan
Season	1987-88	1968-69
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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	+1.9	+11.5			+4.0	+0.3				-0.5	+3.1	+1.0	+.170				+4.6	+6.2	+.006
Jerry Sloan	78	37.7	16.8	-	-	7.9	3.5	-	-	-	4.0	6.3	15.0	.417	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.745
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Charles Barkley nor Jerry Sloan played in the postseason in their season 4

Season 5
	Charles Barkley	Jerry Sloan
Season	1988-89	1969-70
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bulls Lost West Div 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:	+26	+4.7	+10.2			+5.5	+1.0				-0.1	+3.1	+1.4	+.158				+3.7	+4.1	+.102
Jerry Sloan	53	34.4	15.6	-	-	7.0	3.1	-	-	-	3.4	5.8	13.9	.421	-	-	-	3.9	6.0	.651
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:	+2	+7.0	+12.2			+3.9	+3.1				-0.6	+3.9	+0.2	+.252				+4.1	+5.3	+.070
Jerry Sloan	5	38.0	14.8	-	-	7.8	2.2	-	-	-	3.6	5.8	14.8	.392	-	-	-	3.2	5.0	.640

Season 6
	Charles Barkley	Jerry Sloan
Season	1989-90	1970-71
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Bulls Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+1	+0.2	+6.9			+2.7	+0.4				-0.4	+1.5	+1.9	+.159				+3.6	+4.5	+.034
Jerry Sloan	80	39.3	18.3	-	-	8.8	3.5	-	-	-	3.6	7.4	16.8	.441	-	-	-	3.5	4.9	.715
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:	+3	+1.3	+7.7			+6.5	+1.9					+1.5	+0.5	+.107				+4.1	+7.5	+.137
Jerry Sloan	7	40.6	17.0	-	-	9.0	2.4	-	-	-	3.6	7.3	16.7	.436	-	-	-	2.4	3.3	.739

Season 7
	Charles Barkley	Jerry Sloan
Season	1990-91	1971-72
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Bulls Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+15	+0.3	+11.4			+1.7	+1.6				-1.2	+3.4	+2.7	+.126				+4.0	+5.0	+.062
Jerry Sloan	82	37.0	16.2	-	-	8.4	2.6	-	-	-	3.8	6.5	14.7	.444	-	-	-	3.1	4.8	.660
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:	+4	+1.7	+9.1			+1.7	+3.5				-1.6	+2.8	+0.4	+.186				+3.3	+4.6	+.074
Jerry Sloan	4	42.5	15.8	-	-	8.8	2.5	-	-	-	4.5	6.5	16.0	.406	-	-	-	2.8	4.8	.579

Season 8
	Charles Barkley	Jerry Sloan
Season	1991-92	1972-73
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+6	+3.4	+13.0			+4.2	+1.9				-0.8	+3.9	+4.4	+.141				+4.7	+6.8	+.012
Jerry Sloan	69	35.0	10.1	-	-	6.9	2.2	-	-	-	3.4	4.4	10.6	.411	-	-	-	1.4	1.9	.707
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Barkley	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry Sloan	7	41.7	14.9	-	-	8.4	2.0	-	-	-	4.4	6.4	14.7	.437	-	-	-	2.0	2.7	.737

Season 9
	Charles Barkley	Jerry Sloan
Season	1992-93	1973-74
Team	Phoenix Suns	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost NBA Finals	Bulls Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+1	+0.5	+12.4	+1.2	+3.8	+5.0	+3.2	+0.8	+0.9		-0.9	+4.0	+6.1	+.073				+3.4	+4.2	+.054
Jerry Sloan	77	37.1	13.2	1.9	5.3	7.2	1.9	2.4	0.1	-	3.5	5.4	12.0	.447	-	-	-	2.5	3.5	.711
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:	+18	+2.8	+9.9	+0.9	+2.4	+3.3	+2.3	+0.4	+0.8		-0.2	+3.1	+5.4	+.034				+3.3	+4.3	+.012
Jerry Sloan	6	40.0	16.7	3.0	7.3	10.3	2.0	1.2	0.2	-	2.8	6.5	14.7	.443	-	-	-	3.7	4.8	.759

Season 10
	Charles Barkley	Jerry Sloan
Season	1993-94	1974-75
Team	Phoenix Suns	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Bulls Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+13	+2.4	+9.4	+0.7	+3.5	+4.3	+2.5	+0.6	+0.4		-0.9	+3.1	+5.0	+.056				+2.4	+3.7	+.044
Jerry Sloan	78	33.0	12.2	2.3	4.6	6.9	2.1	2.2	0.2	-	3.4	4.9	11.1	.439	-	-	-	2.5	3.3	.748
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:	+3	+6.3	+14.5	+1.6	+4.1	+5.6	+2.8	+1.0	+0.9		-0.9	+5.2	+9.1	+.049				+2.7	+2.7	+.208
Jerry Sloan	13	36.2	13.1	1.8	5.5	7.4	2.0	1.5	0.0	-	3.5	5.8	12.5	.460	-	-	-	1.5	2.8	.556

Season 11
	Charles Barkley	Jerry Sloan
Season	1994-95	1975-76
Team	Phoenix Suns	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+46	+7.0	+12.9	+1.2	+4.6	+5.8	+3.1	+0.4	+0.5		-0.5	+4.3	+7.3	+.086				+3.1	+4.0	+.043
Jerry Sloan	22	28.0	10.1	1.8	3.5	5.3	1.0	1.2	0.2	-	3.5	3.8	9.5	.400	-	-	-	2.5	3.5	.705
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
Jerry Sloan	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Charles Barkley played 5 seasons more than Jerry Sloan in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 12 to 16, from 1996 to 2000—Charles Barkley played in 4 Playoffs. In those 5 extra years over Jerry Sloan, Charles Barkley got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 2 All-Star Game