Charles Barkley vs. Walker Kessler Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Walker Kessler 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, 13 more than Walker Kessler, who played 3. Charles Barkley had the first of his seasons in 1984-85, while Walker Kessler had his rookie season in 2022-23. 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	Walker Kessler
Season	1984-85	2022-23
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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:	+8	+5.6	+4.8	+0.1		+0.2	+1.0	+0.8	+1.3	-1.7	-1.4	+1.2	+3.9	+.175		+0.1		+2.5	+2.8	+.217
Walker Kessler	74	23.0	9.2	3.1	5.3	8.4	0.9	0.4	2.3	0.8	2.3	4.0	5.6	.720	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	2.1	.516
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
Walker Kessler	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Charles Barkley	Walker Kessler
Season	1985-86	2023-24
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Utah Jazz
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:	+16	+13.6	+11.9	+1.8	+3.5	+5.3	+3.0	+1.7	+0.8	-3.4	-2.1	+3.8	+7.5	+.082	+0.1	+0.6	+.016	+4.1	+5.7	+.083
Walker Kessler	64	23.3	8.1	2.6	4.9	7.5	0.9	0.5	2.4	1.0	2.1	3.6	5.5	.654	0.1	0.3	.211	0.9	1.5	.602
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
Walker Kessler	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Charles Barkley	Walker Kessler
Season	1986-87	2024-25
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+10	+10.3	+11.9	+1.1	+1.3	+2.4	+3.2	+1.2	+0.9	-3.2	-1.5	+3.4	+6.6	+.069	+0.2	+0.9	+.026	+4.9	+5.7	+.241
Walker Kessler	58	30.0	11.1	4.6	7.6	12.2	1.7	0.6	2.4	1.5	2.2	4.8	7.2	.663	0.1	0.6	.176	1.4	2.6	.520
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
Walker Kessler	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Charles Barkley played 13 seasons more than Walker Kessler in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 16, from 1988 to 2000—Charles Barkley played in 10 Playoffs. In those 13 extra years over Walker Kessler, Charles Barkley got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 5 All-NBA First Team 3 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 10 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP