Harrison Barnes vs. Richard Jefferson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Richard Jefferson 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 13 years in the NBA, 4 less than Richard Jefferson, who played 17. Harrison Barnes had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Richard Jefferson had his rookie season in 2001-02. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Harrison Barnes	13	5	2012-13 to 2024-25
Richard Jefferson	17	12	2001-02 to 2017-18

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Harrison Barnes	Richard Jefferson
Season	2012-13	2001-02
Team	Golden State Warriors	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	Nets Lost NBA Finals

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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	+1.1	+0.2	+0.4	+0.9	+0.4	+0.6	+0.2	+0.4	-0.2	-1.0		+0.3	+.018	+0.4	+1.1	+.127	+0.6	+1.1	+.045
Richard Jefferson	79	24.3	9.4	1.1	2.6	3.7	1.8	0.8	0.6	1.4	2.7	3.4	7.5	.457	0.2	0.7	.232	2.4	3.4	.713

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
difference:	+8	+16.3	+9.1	+0.7	+1.1	+1.8			+0.1		-0.8	+3.3	+7.8	+.021	+1.6	+4.2	+.365	+0.8	+0.1	+.307
Richard Jefferson	20	22.1	7.0	0.8	3.8	4.6	1.3	0.6	0.5	1.3	2.0	2.7	5.7	.465	0.0	0.1	.000	1.7	3.0	.550


Season 2
	Harrison Barnes	Richard Jefferson
Season	2013-14	2002-03
Team	Golden State Warriors	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nets Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
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
difference:	+2	+7.7	+6.0	+1.1	+1.5	+2.4	+1.0	+0.2	+0.3	-0.9	-0.7	+2.2	+2.7	+.102	+0.7	+2.1	+.097	+2.4	+3.2	+.025
Richard Jefferson	80	36.0	15.5	1.9	4.6	6.4	2.5	1.0	0.6	2.0	2.7	5.7	11.4	.501	0.1	0.3	.250	4.1	5.5	.743

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
difference:	+13	+13.4	+6.2	+0.5	+1.9	+2.4	+1.3	+0.7	+0.2	-1.6	-1.5	+2.8	+4.7	+.080	+1.1	+2.8	+.381	+1.8	+2.0	+.155
Richard Jefferson	20	35.7	14.1	1.5	4.9	6.4	2.4	0.8	0.2	2.3	3.4	5.5	11.6	.476	0.0	0.2	.000	3.1	4.3	.718


Season 3
	Harrison Barnes	Richard Jefferson
Season	2014-15	2003-04
Team	Golden State Warriors	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nets Lost East Conf 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		%
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:		+9.9	+8.4	+0.1	+0.2	+0.2	+2.4	+0.4	+0.1	-1.5	-0.9	+2.9	+5.6	+.016	+0.5	+1.0	+.041	+3.1	+3.9	+.043
Richard Jefferson	82	38.2	18.5	1.3	4.3	5.7	3.8	1.1	0.3	2.4	2.7	6.8	13.6	.498	0.6	1.6	.364	4.4	5.7	.763

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
difference:	+10	+9.2	+9.2	+0.8	+1.9	+1.1	+2.3	+0.5	+0.2	-2.9	-1.1	+1.8	+4.9	+.022	+0.2		+.082	+5.8	+8.2	+.022
Richard Jefferson	11	41.6	19.8	1.3	5.0	6.3	3.8	1.3	0.7	3.9	3.2	6.0	14.4	.418	0.8	3.0	.273	7.0	9.8	.713


Season 4
	Harrison Barnes	Richard Jefferson
Season	2015-16	2004-05
Team	Golden State Warriors	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+33	+10.2	+10.5	+0.3	+2.0	+2.4	+2.2	+0.4	+0.3	-3.1	-1.2	+2.7	+7.5	+.044	+0.3	+0.5	+.046	+5.4	+6.2	+.083
Richard Jefferson	33	41.1	22.2	1.5	5.8	7.3	4.0	1.0	0.5	4.0	3.3	7.2	17.1	.422	0.9	2.7	.337	6.9	8.2	.844

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
difference:	+20	+4.5	+6.8	+0.9		+0.8	+1.0	+0.1	+0.2	-1.2	-1.6	+1.6	+3.6	+.015	+0.6	+0.7	+.142	+4.2	+6.4	+.088
Richard Jefferson	4	35.5	15.8	2.0	3.5	5.5	2.3	0.8	0.0	2.0	3.5	5.0	12.5	.400	0.5	2.5	.200	5.3	7.8	.677


Season 5
	Harrison Barnes	Richard Jefferson
Season	2016-17	2005-06
Team	Dallas Mavericks	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets Lost East Conf 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		%
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:	+1	+3.7	+0.3		+1.8	+1.8	+2.3			-0.9	-0.9	+1.3	+3.3	+.025	+0.2	+0.4	+.032	+2.9	+3.8	+.049
Richard Jefferson	78	39.2	19.5	1.2	5.6	6.8	3.8	0.8	0.2	2.2	2.5	6.3	12.9	.493	0.8	2.4	.319	6.0	7.4	.812

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harrison Barnes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Jefferson	11	39.7	22.2	0.6	3.5	4.1	4.1	0.9	0.4	2.7	2.9	8.2	15.0	.545	1.1	2.6	.414	4.7	5.7	.825


Season 6
	Harrison Barnes	Richard Jefferson
Season	2017-18	2006-07
Team	Dallas Mavericks	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets Lost East 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		%
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
difference:	+22	+1.4	+2.6	+0.1	+1.6	+1.7	+0.7		+0.1	-0.7	-1.0	+1.5	+3.6	+.011	+0.6	+1.7	+.002	+0.9	+1.8	+.094
Richard Jefferson	55	35.6	16.3	0.9	3.5	4.4	2.7	0.6	0.1	2.2	2.2	5.5	12.1	.456	0.9	2.6	.359	4.3	5.9	.733

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harrison Barnes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Jefferson	12	40.8	19.7	0.3	5.3	5.6	2.3	0.8	0.4	2.3	2.0	6.8	14.0	.482	1.1	3.3	.325	5.1	5.5	.924


Season 7
	Harrison Barnes	Richard Jefferson
Season	2018-19	2007-08
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Sacramento Kings	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+5	+6.1	+6.2	+0.4	+0.9	+0.5	+1.6	+0.3	+0.1	-1.1	-1.1	+1.9	+2.9	+.046	+1.4	+3.1	+.033	+3.6	+4.7	+.026
Richard Jefferson	82	39.0	22.6	1.1	3.0	4.2	3.1	0.9	0.3	2.4	2.7	7.5	16.2	.466	0.9	2.6	.362	6.6	8.3	.798

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Harrison Barnes nor Richard Jefferson played in the postseason in their season 7


Season 8
	Harrison Barnes	Richard Jefferson
Season	2019-20	2008-09
Team	Sacramento Kings	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
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:	+10	+1.3	+5.1	+0.4		+0.3	+0.2	+0.2		-0.8	-1.8	+1.4	+3.9	+.021		+0.1	+.016	+2.1	+2.6	+.004
Richard Jefferson	82	35.8	19.6	0.7	3.9	4.6	2.4	0.8	0.2	2.0	3.1	6.5	14.9	.439	1.4	3.6	.397	5.1	6.3	.805

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Harrison Barnes nor Richard Jefferson played in the postseason in their season 8


Season 9
	Harrison Barnes	Richard Jefferson
Season	2020-21	2009-10
Team	Sacramento Kings	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
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
difference:	+23	+5.1	+3.8	+0.4	+1.8	+2.2	+1.5	+0.1	+0.3	-0.3	-0.9	+1.0	+1.5	+.030	+1.0	+2.1	+.075	+0.8	+0.6	+.095
Richard Jefferson	81	31.1	12.3	0.7	3.7	4.4	2.0	0.6	0.5	1.3	2.2	4.5	9.6	.467	0.7	2.3	.316	2.6	3.5	.735

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harrison Barnes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Jefferson	10	33.4	9.4	0.8	4.5	5.3	1.8	0.6	0.6	1.5	2.0	3.4	7.0	.486	0.1	0.5	.200	2.5	3.3	.758


Season 10
	Harrison Barnes	Richard Jefferson
Season	2021-22	2010-11
Team	Sacramento Kings	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+4	+3.2	+5.4	+0.4	+1.3	+1.8	+1.1	+0.2	+0.2	-0.4	-0.8	+1.3	+2.9	+.005	+0.1	+0.9	+.046	+2.6	+3.0	+.067
Richard Jefferson	81	30.4	11.0	0.7	3.2	3.8	1.3	0.5	0.4	1.1	2.0	3.8	7.9	.474	1.7	3.8	.440	1.8	2.4	.759

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harrison Barnes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Jefferson	6	29.3	6.5	0.3	3.8	4.2	0.8	0.5	0.5	1.0	2.2	2.0	5.2	.387	1.0	2.8	.353	1.5	1.8	.818


Season 11
	Harrison Barnes	Richard Jefferson
Season	2022-23	2011-12
Team	Sacramento Kings	San Antonio Spurs, Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
difference:	+19	+4.8	+5.8	+0.7	+0.3	+1.0	+0.2	+0.1	+0.2	-0.2	-0.6	+1.4	+1.9	+.057	+0.2		+.046	+3.4	+3.7	+.153
Richard Jefferson	63	27.7	9.2	0.4	3.1	3.5	1.4	0.6	0.3	0.8	1.9	3.2	7.7	.416	1.8	4.3	.420	0.9	1.3	.694

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
Richard Jefferson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Harrison Barnes	Richard Jefferson
Season	2023-24	2012-13
Team	Sacramento Kings	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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12th 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	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
difference:	+26	+18.9	+9.1	+0.7	+0.8	+1.5	+0.6	+0.4		-0.3	-0.4	+3.1	+6.5	+.018	+1.5	+3.9	+.076	+1.2	+1.5	+.084
Richard Jefferson	56	10.1	3.1	0.1	1.4	1.5	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.8	1.1	2.4	.456	0.3	0.8	.311	0.7	0.9	.717

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harrison Barnes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Jefferson	7	5.6	1.9	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.7	0.6	1.3	.444	0.3	0.4	.667	0.4	1.3	.333


Season 13
	Harrison Barnes	Richard Jefferson
Season	2024-25	2013-14
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
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:		+0.2	+2.2	+1.0	+0.1	+1.1	+0.1	+0.2		-0.5	-1.1	+0.6	+0.3	+.058	+0.4	+0.7	+.024	+0.5	+0.4	+.068
Richard Jefferson	82	27.0	10.1	0.2	2.5	2.7	1.6	0.7	0.2	1.1	2.0	3.6	8.0	.450	1.5	3.7	.409	1.5	2.0	.741

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Harrison Barnes nor Richard Jefferson played in the postseason in their season 13

Additional Years

* Richard Jefferson played 4 seasons more than Harrison Barnes in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 14 to 17, from 2015 to 2018—Richard Jefferson played in 3 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship.

Harrison Barnes vs. Richard Jefferson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Richard Jefferson 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Season 13

13th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years