Harrison Barnes vs. Bernard King Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bernard King and Harrison Barnes, 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.

Harrison Barnes and Bernard King both played 14 years in the NBA. Harrison Barnes had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Bernard King had his rookie season in 1977-78. 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
	Harrison Barnes	Bernard King
Season	2012-13	1977-78
Team	Golden State Warriors	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Harrison Barnes	81	25.4	9.2	0.7	3.5	4.1	1.2	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.7	3.4	7.8	.439	0.6	1.8	.359	1.8	2.3	.758
difference:	+2	+13.7	+15.0	+2.7	+2.7	+5.4	+1.2	+0.9	+0.3	-2.7	-2.1	+6.7	+13.3	+.040				+2.2	+3.5	+.081
Bernard King	79	39.1	24.2	3.4	6.2	9.5	2.4	1.5	0.5	3.9	3.8	10.1	21.1	.479	-	-	-	4.0	5.8	.677
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harrison Barnes	12	38.4	16.1	1.5	4.9	6.4	1.3	0.6	0.4	1.3	2.8	6.0	13.5	.444	1.6	4.3	.365	2.5	2.9	.857
Bernard King	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Harrison Barnes	Bernard King
Season	2014-15	1979-80
Team	Golden State Warriors	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Harrison Barnes	82	28.3	10.1	1.4	4.1	5.5	1.4	0.7	0.2	0.9	1.8	3.9	8.0	.482	1.1	2.6	.405	1.3	1.8	.720
difference:	+63	+6.2	+0.8	+0.1	+0.7	+0.9	+1.3	+0.3		-1.7	-1.7	+0.2	+0.8	+.036	+1.1	+2.6		+0.5	+1.5	+.180
Bernard King	19	22.1	9.3	1.3	3.4	4.6	2.7	0.4	0.2	2.6	3.5	3.7	7.2	.518	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	3.3	.540
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harrison Barnes	21	32.4	10.6	2.1	3.1	5.2	1.5	0.8	0.5	1.0	2.1	4.2	9.5	.440	1.0	3.0	.355	1.2	1.6	.735
Bernard King	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Harrison Barnes	Bernard King
Season	2016-17	1981-82
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Harrison Barnes	79	35.5	19.2	1.2	3.8	5.0	1.5	0.8	0.2	1.3	1.6	7.6	16.2	.468	1.0	2.8	.351	3.1	3.6	.861
difference:		+0.7	+4.0	+0.6	+0.4	+0.9	+2.1	+0.2	+0.1	-2.1	-2.0	+1.8	+0.3	+.098	+1.0	+2.7	+.151	+1.4	+2.7	+.156
Bernard King	79	36.2	23.2	1.8	4.2	5.9	3.6	1.0	0.3	3.4	3.6	9.4	16.5	.566	0.0	0.1	.200	4.5	6.3	.705
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Harrison Barnes nor Bernard King played in the postseason in their season 5

Season 7
	Harrison Barnes	Bernard King
Season	2018-19	1983-84
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Sacramento Kings	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Harrison Barnes	77	32.9	16.4	0.7	3.9	4.7	1.5	0.6	0.2	1.3	1.6	5.6	13.3	.420	2.3	5.7	.395	3.0	3.6	.824
difference:		+1.7	+9.9	+0.9	+0.4	+0.4	+0.6	+0.4		-1.3	-1.9	+4.7	+4.8	+.152	+2.3	+5.6	+.395	+2.7	+3.7	+.045
Bernard King	77	34.6	26.3	1.6	3.5	5.1	2.1	1.0	0.2	2.6	3.5	10.3	18.1	.572	0.0	0.1	.000	5.7	7.3	.779
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harrison Barnes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bernard King	12	39.8	34.8	2.3	3.8	6.2	3.0	1.2	0.5	2.6	4.0	13.5	23.5	.574	0.0	0.1	.000	7.8	10.3	.756

Season 8
	Harrison Barnes	Bernard King
Season	2019-20	1984-85
Team	Sacramento Kings	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	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		%
Harrison Barnes	72	34.5	14.5	1.1	3.9	4.9	2.2	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.3	5.1	11.0	.460	1.4	3.7	.381	3.0	3.7	.801
difference:	+17	+3.0	+18.4	+1.0	+0.2	+0.9	+1.5	+0.7	+0.1	-2.5	-2.2	+7.5	+12.7	+.070	+1.4	+3.5	+.281	+4.7	+6.3	+.029
Bernard King	55	37.5	32.9	2.1	3.7	5.8	3.7	1.3	0.3	3.7	3.5	12.6	23.7	.530	0.0	0.2	.100	7.7	10.0	.772
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Harrison Barnes nor Bernard King played in the postseason in their season 8

Note: Bernard King didn't play in 1985-86.

Season 13
	Harrison Barnes	Bernard King
Season	2024-25	1990-91
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harrison Barnes	82	27.2	12.3	1.2	2.6	3.8	1.7	0.5	0.2	0.6	0.9	4.2	8.3	.508	1.9	4.4	.433	2.0	2.4	.809
difference:	+18	+10.3	+16.1	+0.6	+0.6	+1.2	+2.9	+0.4	+0.1	-3.4	-2.0	+6.9	+15.3	+.036	+1.8	+3.8	+.217	+4.0	+5.2	+.019
Bernard King	64	37.5	28.4	1.8	3.2	5.0	4.6	0.9	0.3	4.0	2.9	11.1	23.6	.472	0.1	0.6	.216	6.0	7.6	.790
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Harrison Barnes nor Bernard King played in the postseason in their season 13

Note: Bernard King didn't play in 1991-92.