Ray Allen vs. Bernard King Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bernard King and Ray Allen, 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.

Ray Allen played 18 years in the NBA, 4 more than Bernard King, who played 14. Ray Allen had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, 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
	Ray Allen	Bernard King
Season	1996-97	1977-78
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Ray Allen	82	30.9	13.4	1.2	2.8	4.0	2.6	0.9	0.1	1.8	2.7	4.8	11.1	.430	1.4	3.6	.393	2.5	3.0	.823
difference:	+3	+8.2	+10.8	+2.2	+3.4	+5.5	+0.2	+0.6	+0.4	-2.1	-1.1	+5.3	+10.0	+.049				+1.5	+2.8	+.146
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
* Neiher Ray Allen nor Bernard King played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Ray Allen	Bernard King
Season	1999-00	1980-81
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
Ray Allen	82	37.4	22.1	1.0	3.4	4.4	3.8	1.3	0.2	2.2	2.3	7.8	17.2	.455	2.1	5.0	.423	4.3	4.9	.887
difference:	+1	+1.4	+0.2	+1.2	+1.2	+2.4	+0.3	+0.4	+0.2	-1.1	-1.5	+1.2	+1.8	+.133	+2.1	+4.9	+.090	+0.5	+0.5	+.184
Bernard King	81	36.0	21.9	2.2	4.6	6.8	3.5	0.9	0.4	3.3	3.8	9.0	15.4	.588	0.0	0.1	.333	3.8	5.4	.703
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ray Allen	5	37.4	22.0	2.0	4.6	6.6	2.6	1.6	0.0	1.8	2.0	8.0	18.0	.444	2.0	5.2	.385	4.0	4.4	.909
Bernard King	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Ray Allen	Bernard King
Season	2000-01	1981-82
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Ray Allen	82	38.2	22.0	1.2	4.0	5.2	4.6	1.5	0.2	2.5	2.3	7.7	16.0	.480	2.5	5.7	.433	4.2	4.8	.888
difference:	+3	+2.0	+1.2	+0.6	+0.2	+0.7	+1.0	+0.5	+0.1	-0.9	-1.3	+1.7	+0.5	+.086	+2.5	+5.6	+.233	+0.3	+1.5	+.183
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ray Allen	18	42.7	25.1	1.1	3.1	4.1	6.0	1.3	0.6	2.4	2.4	8.8	18.4	.477	3.2	6.6	.479	4.4	4.8	.919
Bernard King	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Ray Allen	Bernard King
Season	2001-02	1982-83
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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		%
Ray Allen	69	36.6	21.8	1.2	3.3	4.5	3.9	1.3	0.3	2.3	2.3	7.7	16.6	.462	3.3	7.7	.434	3.1	3.6	.873
difference:	+1	+4.1	+0.1	+0.3		+0.3	+1.0		+0.1	-0.6	-1.1	+1.2	+0.2	+.066	+3.3	+7.6	+.434	+1.0	+2.1	+.151
Bernard King	68	32.5	21.9	1.5	3.3	4.8	2.9	1.3	0.2	2.9	3.4	8.9	16.8	.528	0.0	0.1	.000	4.1	5.7	.722
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ray Allen	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bernard King	6	30.7	23.5	1.3	2.7	4.0	2.2	0.3	0.0	1.7	2.7	9.3	16.2	.577	0.2	0.5	.333	4.7	5.8	.800

Season 7
	Ray Allen	Bernard King
Season	2002-03	1983-84
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, Seattle Supersonics	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		%
Ray Allen	76	37.9	22.5	1.2	3.8	5.0	4.4	1.4	0.2	2.6	2.9	7.9	17.9	.439	2.6	7.0	.377	4.2	4.5	.916
difference:	+1	+3.3	+3.8	+0.4	+0.3	+0.1	+2.3	+0.4			-0.6	+2.4	+0.2	+.133	+2.6	+6.9	+.377	+1.5	+2.8	+.137
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		%
Ray Allen	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
	Ray Allen	Bernard King
Season	2003-04	1984-85
Team	Seattle Supersonics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	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		%
Ray Allen	56	38.4	23.0	1.2	3.9	5.1	4.8	1.3	0.2	2.8	2.4	8.0	18.2	.440	2.6	6.8	.392	4.4	4.8	.904
difference:	+1	+0.9	+9.9	+0.9	+0.2	+0.7	+1.1		+0.1	-0.9	-1.1	+4.6	+5.5	+.090	+2.6	+6.6	+.292	+3.3	+5.2	+.132
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 Ray Allen nor Bernard King played in the postseason in their season 8

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

Season 9
	Ray Allen	Bernard King
Season	2004-05	1986-87
Team	Seattle Supersonics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
Ray Allen	78	39.3	23.9	1.0	3.4	4.4	3.7	1.1	0.1	2.2	2.1	8.2	19.2	.428	2.7	7.1	.376	4.8	5.5	.883
difference:	+72	+3.6	+1.2	+1.2	+0.2	+0.9	+0.5	+0.8	+0.1	-0.3	-0.2	+0.5	+1.7	+.067	+2.7	+7.1		+0.5	+1.7	+.139
Bernard King	6	35.7	22.7	2.2	3.2	5.3	3.2	0.3	0.0	2.5	2.3	8.7	17.5	.495	0.0	0.0	-	5.3	7.2	.744
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ray Allen	11	39.6	26.5	1.1	3.2	4.3	3.9	1.3	0.4	3.1	2.0	9.3	19.5	.474	2.8	7.5	.378	5.1	5.7	.889
Bernard King	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Ray Allen	Bernard King
Season	2005-06	1987-88
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets Lost East 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		%
Ray Allen	78	38.7	25.1	0.9	3.3	4.3	3.7	1.3	0.2	2.4	1.9	8.7	19.2	.454	3.4	8.4	.412	4.2	4.6	.903
difference:	+9	+9.1	+7.9	+0.3	+0.5	+0.2	+0.9	+0.6	+0.1	-0.7	-1.0	+1.9	+5.6	+.047	+3.4	+8.3	+.245	+0.6	+0.1	+.141
Bernard King	69	29.6	17.2	1.2	2.8	4.1	2.8	0.7	0.1	3.1	2.9	6.8	13.6	.501	0.0	0.1	.167	3.6	4.7	.762
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ray Allen	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bernard King	5	33.6	13.8	0.6	1.6	2.2	1.8	0.6	0.0	2.8	3.4	5.2	10.6	.491	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	4.2	.810

Season 11
	Ray Allen	Bernard King
Season	2006-07	1988-89
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Ray Allen	55	40.3	26.4	1.0	3.5	4.5	4.1	1.5	0.2	2.8	2.1	9.2	21.0	.438	3.0	8.1	.372	5.1	5.6	.903
difference:	+26	+8.7	+5.7	+0.6	+0.4	+0.2	+0.5	+0.7			-0.6	+1.1	+4.1	+.039	+2.9	+7.7	+.205	+0.6	+0.2	+.084
Bernard King	81	31.6	20.7	1.6	3.1	4.7	3.6	0.8	0.2	2.8	2.7	8.1	16.9	.477	0.1	0.4	.167	4.5	5.4	.819
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Ray Allen nor Bernard King played in the postseason in their season 11

Season 12
	Ray Allen	Bernard King
Season	2007-08	1989-90
Team	Boston Celtics	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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		%
Ray Allen	73	35.9	17.4	1.0	2.6	3.7	3.1	0.9	0.2	1.7	2.0	6.0	13.5	.445	2.5	6.2	.398	2.9	3.2	.907
difference:	+9	+3.1	+5.0	+0.6	+0.8	+1.2	+1.5	+0.3	+0.1	-1.3	-0.8	+2.7	+4.3	+.042	+2.5	+5.9	+.268	+2.1	+3.1	+.104
Bernard King	82	32.8	22.4	1.6	3.4	4.9	4.6	0.6	0.1	3.0	2.8	8.7	17.8	.487	0.0	0.3	.130	5.0	6.3	.803
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ray Allen	26	38.0	15.6	1.0	2.8	3.8	2.7	0.9	0.3	1.5	2.4	5.1	12.0	.428	2.1	5.3	.396	3.2	3.5	.913
Bernard King	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 13
	Ray Allen	Bernard King
Season	2008-09	1990-91
Team	Boston Celtics	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Ray Allen	79	36.4	18.2	0.8	2.7	3.5	2.8	0.9	0.2	1.7	2.0	6.3	13.2	.480	2.5	6.2	.409	3.0	3.2	.952
difference:	+15	+1.1	+10.2	+1.0	+0.5	+1.5	+1.8		+0.1	-2.3	-0.9	+4.8	+10.4	+.008	+2.4	+5.6	+.193	+3.0	+4.4	+.162
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ray Allen	14	40.4	18.3	0.9	3.0	3.9	2.6	1.1	0.4	1.8	2.5	5.9	14.7	.403	2.5	7.1	.350	3.9	4.1	.948
Bernard King	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Additional Years
* Ray Allen played 4 seasons more than Bernard King in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 15 to 18, from 2011 to 2014—Ray Allen played in 4 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 4 extra years over Bernard King, Ray Allen got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game