Harrison Barnes vs. Melvin Ely Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Melvin Ely 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Games against each other

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 played 12 years in the NBA, 3 more than Melvin Ely, who played 9. Harrison Barnes had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Melvin Ely had his rookie season in 2002-03. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Harrison Barnes	12	5	2012-13 to 2023-24
Melvin Ely	9	1	2002-03 to 2013-14

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Harrison Barnes	Melvin Ely
Season	2012-13	2002-03
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Warriors 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		%
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
Melvin Ely	52	15.4	4.5	1.2	2.1	3.3	0.3	0.2	0.6	1.0	1.8	1.8	3.6	.495	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.4	.703

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
Melvin Ely	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Harrison Barnes	Melvin Ely
Season	2013-14	2003-04
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors 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		%
Harrison Barnes	78	28.3	9.5	0.8	3.1	4.0	1.5	0.8	0.3	1.1	2.0	3.5	8.7	.399	0.8	2.4	.347	1.7	2.3	.718
Melvin Ely	42	12.1	3.7	1.1	1.3	2.4	0.5	0.2	0.4	0.5	1.6	1.6	3.6	.431	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	1.0	.595

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harrison Barnes	7	22.3	7.9	1.0	3.0	4.0	1.1	0.1	0.4	0.7	1.9	2.7	6.9	.396	1.1	3.0	.381	1.3	2.3	.563
Melvin Ely	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Harrison Barnes	Melvin Ely
Season	2014-15	2004-05
Team	Golden State Warriors	Charlotte Bobcats
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
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
Melvin Ely	79	20.9	7.3	1.8	2.3	4.1	1.0	0.4	0.9	1.5	2.5	2.9	6.7	.432	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.7	.575

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
Melvin Ely	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Harrison Barnes	Melvin Ely
Season	2015-16	2005-06
Team	Golden State Warriors	Charlotte Bobcats
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA 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		%
Harrison Barnes	66	30.9	11.7	1.2	3.8	4.9	1.8	0.6	0.2	0.9	2.1	4.5	9.6	.466	1.2	3.2	.383	1.5	2.0	.761
Melvin Ely	57	23.6	9.8	1.6	3.2	4.9	1.3	0.5	0.8	1.8	2.8	3.8	7.5	.508	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	3.4	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harrison Barnes	24	31.0	9.0	1.1	3.5	4.7	1.3	0.7	0.2	0.8	1.9	3.4	8.9	.385	1.1	3.2	.342	1.1	1.4	.765
Melvin Ely	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Harrison Barnes	Melvin Ely
Season	2016-17	2006-07
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Charlotte Bobcats, San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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
Melvin Ely	30	10.3	3.0	0.5	1.3	1.8	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.9	1.7	1.0	2.7	.363	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.6	.660

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harrison Barnes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Melvin Ely	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Harrison Barnes	Melvin Ely
Season	2017-18	2007-08
Team	Dallas Mavericks	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hornets Lost West Conf 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		%
Harrison Barnes	77	34.2	18.9	1.0	5.1	6.1	2.0	0.6	0.2	1.5	1.2	7.0	15.7	.445	1.5	4.3	.357	3.4	4.1	.827
Melvin Ely	52	11.9	3.9	0.5	2.3	2.8	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.8	1.5	1.6	3.5	.472	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.1	.552

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harrison Barnes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Melvin Ely	7	8.4	2.1	0.7	0.9	1.6	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.6	1.9	0.6	2.1	.267	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.4	.700


Season 7
	Harrison Barnes	Melvin Ely
Season	2018-19	2008-09
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Sacramento Kings	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards
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		%
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
Melvin Ely	31	12.0	3.1	1.0	1.1	2.1	0.6	0.1	0.3	0.7	1.9	1.2	3.1	.389	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.2	.639

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harrison Barnes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Melvin Ely	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Melvin Ely didn't play in 2009-10.


Season 8
	Harrison Barnes	Melvin Ely
Season	2019-20	2010-11
Team	Sacramento Kings	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
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		%
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
Melvin Ely	30	12.2	2.3	0.9	1.6	2.5	0.5	0.1	0.4	0.5	1.7	0.9	1.7	.549	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.7	.619

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harrison Barnes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Melvin Ely	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Melvin Ely didn't play in 2011-12 and 2012-13.


Season 9
	Harrison Barnes	Melvin Ely
Season	2020-21	2013-14
Team	Sacramento Kings	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
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		%
Harrison Barnes	58	36.2	16.1	1.1	5.5	6.6	3.5	0.7	0.2	1.6	1.3	5.5	11.1	.497	1.7	4.4	.391	3.4	4.1	.830
Melvin Ely	2	13.5	3.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	2.5	1.5	3.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harrison Barnes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Melvin Ely	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Harrison Barnes	Melvin Ely
Season	2021-22	-
Team	Sacramento Kings	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Harrison Barnes	77	33.6	16.4	1.1	4.5	5.6	2.4	0.7	0.2	1.5	1.2	5.1	10.8	.469	1.8	4.7	.394	4.4	5.4	.826
Melvin Ely	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harrison Barnes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Melvin Ely	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Harrison Barnes	Melvin Ely
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Sacramento Kings	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harrison Barnes	82	32.5	15.0	1.1	3.4	4.5	1.6	0.7	0.1	1.0	1.3	4.6	9.6	.473	1.6	4.3	.374	4.3	5.0	.847
Melvin Ely	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harrison Barnes	7	28.0	10.7	1.4	2.0	3.4	0.7	1.1	0.3	0.4	0.7	3.6	8.6	.417	0.9	3.6	.240	2.7	3.7	.731
Melvin Ely	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Harrison Barnes	Melvin Ely
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Sacramento Kings	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Harrison Barnes	82	29.0	12.2	0.8	2.2	3.0	1.2	0.7	0.1	0.7	1.2	4.2	8.9	.474	1.8	4.7	.387	1.9	2.4	.801
Melvin Ely	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harrison Barnes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Melvin Ely	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Harrison Barnes vs. Melvin Ely Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Melvin Ely 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12