Rick Barry vs. Brandon Roy Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brandon Roy and Rick Barry, 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.

Rick Barry played 10 years in the NBA, 4 more than Brandon Roy, who played 6. Rick Barry had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while Brandon Roy had his rookie season in 2006-07. 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
	Rick Barry	Brandon Roy
Season	1965-66	2006-07
Team	San Francisco Warriors	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Rick Barry	80	37.4	25.7	-	-	10.6	2.2	-	-	-	3.7	9.3	21.2	.439	-	-	-	7.1	8.3	.862
difference:	+23	+2.0	+8.9			+6.2	+1.8				-1.3	+3.2	+7.8	+.017				+3.6	+4.1	+.024
Brandon Roy	57	35.4	16.8	1.0	3.4	4.4	4.0	1.2	0.2	2.0	2.4	6.1	13.4	.456	1.0	2.6	.377	3.5	4.2	.838
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Rick Barry nor Brandon Roy played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Rick Barry	Brandon Roy
Season	1966-67	2007-08
Team	San Francisco Warriors	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
Rick Barry	78	40.7	35.6	-	-	9.2	3.6	-	-	-	3.3	13.0	28.7	.451	-	-	-	9.7	10.9	.884
difference:	+4	+3.0	+16.5			+4.5	+2.2				-1.3	+5.8	+12.9	+.003				+5.9	+5.9	+.131
Brandon Roy	74	37.7	19.1	1.1	3.6	4.7	5.8	1.1	0.2	1.8	2.0	7.2	15.8	.454	1.0	2.9	.340	3.8	5.0	.753
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Barry	15	40.9	34.7	-	-	7.5	3.9	-	-	-	3.3	13.1	32.6	.403	-	-	-	8.5	10.5	.809
Brandon Roy	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Rick Barry didn't play in 1967-68, 1968-69, 1969-70, 1970-71 and 1971-72.

Season 3
	Rick Barry	Brandon Roy
Season	1972-73	2008-09
Team	Golden State Warriors	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Finals	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Rick Barry	82	37.5	22.3	-	-	8.9	4.9	-	-	-	3.0	9.0	19.9	.452	-	-	-	4.4	4.8	.902
difference:	+4	+0.3	+0.3			+4.2	+0.2				-1.4	+0.9	+3.0	+.028				+0.9	+1.7	+.078
Brandon Roy	78	37.2	22.6	1.3	3.4	4.7	5.1	1.1	0.3	1.9	1.6	8.1	16.9	.480	1.1	2.8	.377	5.3	6.5	.824
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Barry	11	26.5	16.4	-	-	4.9	2.2	-	-	-	3.7	5.9	14.9	.396	-	-	-	4.5	5.0	.909
difference:	+5	+13.2	+10.3			+0.1	+0.6				-1.2	+3.4	+5.4	+.063				+2.2	+2.7	+.039
Brandon Roy	6	39.7	26.7	1.0	3.8	4.8	2.8	1.3	1.2	2.2	2.5	9.3	20.3	.459	1.3	2.8	.471	6.7	7.7	.870

Season 4
	Rick Barry	Brandon Roy
Season	1973-74	2009-10
Team	Golden State Warriors	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Rick Barry	80	36.5	25.1	1.3	5.5	6.8	6.1	2.1	0.5	-	3.3	10.0	21.8	.456	-	-	-	5.2	5.8	.899
difference:	+15	+0.7	+3.6	+0.2	+2.2	+2.4	+1.4	+1.2	+0.3		-1.2	+2.4	+5.8	+.017				+0.1	+1.0	+.119
Brandon Roy	65	37.2	21.5	1.1	3.3	4.4	4.7	0.9	0.2	2.0	2.1	7.6	16.0	.473	1.1	3.4	.330	5.3	6.8	.780
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Barry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brandon Roy	3	27.7	9.7	0.7	1.7	2.3	1.7	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.3	3.3	11.0	.303	0.7	4.0	.167	2.3	3.0	.778

Season 5
	Rick Barry	Brandon Roy
Season	1974-75	2010-11
Team	Golden State Warriors	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Rick Barry	80	40.4	30.6	1.2	4.6	5.7	6.2	2.9	0.4	-	2.8	12.9	27.7	.464	-	-	-	4.9	5.5	.904
difference:	+33	+12.5	+18.4	+0.6	+2.6	+3.1	+3.5	+2.1	+0.1		-1.2	+8.5	+16.6	+.064				+2.4	+2.6	+.056
Brandon Roy	47	27.9	12.2	0.6	2.0	2.6	2.7	0.8	0.3	1.2	1.6	4.4	11.1	.400	0.8	2.4	.333	2.5	2.9	.848
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Barry	17	42.7	28.2	1.3	4.2	5.5	6.1	2.9	0.9	-	3.0	11.1	25.1	.444	-	-	-	5.9	6.5	.918
difference:	+11	+19.7	+18.9	+1.0	+2.4	+3.3	+3.3	+2.7	+0.9		-0.8	+7.4	+17.8	+.056				+4.6	+4.3	+.303
Brandon Roy	6	23.0	9.3	0.3	1.8	2.2	2.8	0.2	0.0	0.7	2.2	3.7	7.3	.500	0.7	2.3	.286	1.3	2.2	.615

Note: Brandon Roy didn't play in 2011-12.

Season 6
	Rick Barry	Brandon Roy
Season	1975-76	2012-13
Team	Golden State Warriors	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
Rick Barry	81	38.5	21.0	0.9	5.2	6.1	6.1	2.5	0.3	-	2.7	8.7	20.0	.435	-	-	-	3.5	3.8	.923
difference:	+76	+14.1	+15.2	+0.3	+3.0	+3.3	+1.5	+1.9	+0.3		-1.7	+6.5	+13.0	+.121				+2.1	+1.8	+.223
Brandon Roy	5	24.4	5.8	0.6	2.2	2.8	4.6	0.6	0.0	1.4	1.0	2.2	7.0	.314	0.0	1.8	.000	1.4	2.0	.700
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Barry	13	40.9	24.0	1.5	4.9	6.5	6.5	2.9	1.1	-	3.1	9.7	22.2	.436	-	-	-	4.6	5.2	.882
Brandon Roy	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Rick Barry played 4 seasons more than Brandon Roy in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 10, from 1977 to 1980—Rick Barry played in 3 Playoffs. In those 4 extra years over Brandon Roy, Rick Barry got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Star Game