Harrison Barnes vs. Micheal Ray Richardson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Micheal Ray Richardson 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 played 12 years in the NBA, 4 more than Micheal Ray Richardson, who played 8. Harrison Barnes had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Micheal Ray Richardson had his rookie season in 1978-79. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Harrison Barnes	Micheal Ray Richardson
Season	2012-13	1978-79
Team	Golden State Warriors	New York Knicks
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
Micheal Ray Richardson	72	16.9	6.5	1.1	2.2	3.2	3.0	1.4	0.3	2.0	2.6	2.8	6.7	.414	-	-	-	1.0	1.8	.539
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
Micheal Ray Richardson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Harrison Barnes	Micheal Ray Richardson
Season	2013-14	1979-80
Team	Golden State Warriors	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
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
Micheal Ray Richardson	82	37.3	15.3	1.8	4.7	6.6	10.1	3.2	0.4	4.4	3.2	6.1	13.0	.472	0.3	1.3	.245	2.7	4.1	.660
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
Micheal Ray Richardson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Harrison Barnes	Micheal Ray Richardson
Season	2014-15	1980-81
Team	Golden State Warriors	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks Lost East 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	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
Micheal Ray Richardson	79	40.2	16.4	2.2	4.7	6.9	7.9	2.9	0.4	3.8	3.3	6.6	14.1	.469	0.3	1.3	.225	2.8	4.3	.663
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
Micheal Ray Richardson	2	43.0	11.5	3.0	6.5	9.5	5.5	3.5	0.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	16.5	.242	0.0	2.0	.000	3.5	6.0	.583

Season 4
	Harrison Barnes	Micheal Ray Richardson
Season	2015-16	1981-82
Team	Golden State Warriors	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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
Micheal Ray Richardson	82	37.1	17.9	2.2	4.7	6.9	7.0	2.6	0.5	3.5	3.9	7.5	16.4	.461	0.2	1.2	.188	2.6	3.7	.700
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
Micheal Ray Richardson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Harrison Barnes	Micheal Ray Richardson
Season	2016-17	1982-83
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Golden State Warriors, New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	Steals Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets Lost East 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	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
Micheal Ray Richardson	64	32.4	12.6	1.8	2.8	4.6	6.8	2.8	0.4	3.8	3.8	5.4	12.7	.425	0.1	0.8	.157	1.7	2.5	.650
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harrison Barnes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Micheal Ray Richardson	2	29.0	9.5	1.0	3.0	4.0	2.5	2.5	0.0	2.0	1.5	4.0	10.5	.381	0.0	0.5	.000	1.5	2.5	.600

Season 7
	Harrison Barnes	Micheal Ray Richardson
Season	2018-19	1984-85
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Sacramento Kings	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets Lost East 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	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
Micheal Ray Richardson	82	38.1	20.1	1.9	3.7	5.6	8.2	3.0	0.3	3.0	3.4	8.4	17.9	.469	0.4	1.4	.252	2.9	3.8	.767
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harrison Barnes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Micheal Ray Richardson	3	41.7	18.3	1.3	4.7	6.0	11.3	1.3	0.0	2.7	4.0	7.7	19.0	.404	0.0	0.7	.000	3.0	4.7	.643