Rick Barry vs. Chris Mullin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chris Mullin 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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, 6 less than Chris Mullin, who played 16. Rick Barry had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while Chris Mullin had his rookie season in 1985-86. 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
Rick Barry	10	7	1965-66 to 1979-80
Chris Mullin	16	8	1985-86 to 2000-01

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Rick Barry	Chris Mullin
Season	1965-66	1985-86
Team	San Francisco Warriors	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	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:	+25	+12.1	+11.7			+8.5	+0.3				-1.3	+4.1	+9.9	+.024				+3.7	+4.5	+.034
Chris Mullin	55	25.3	14.0	0.8	1.3	2.1	1.9	1.3	0.4	1.4	2.4	5.2	11.3	.463	0.1	0.5	.185	3.4	3.8	.896

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Rick Barry nor Chris Mullin played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Rick Barry	Chris Mullin
Season	1966-67	1986-87
Team	San Francisco Warriors	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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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	+11.7	+20.5			+7.0	+0.4				-0.7	+7.2	+17.4	+.063				+6.4	+6.9	+.059
Chris Mullin	82	29.0	15.1	0.5	1.7	2.2	3.2	1.2	0.4	1.9	2.6	5.8	11.3	.514	0.2	0.8	.302	3.3	4.0	.825

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
difference:	+5	+14.7	+23.4			+6.0	+1.6				-0.2	+8.2	+22.8	+.097				+7.3	+8.9	+.059
Chris Mullin	10	26.2	11.3	0.2	1.3	1.5	2.3	0.9	0.2	1.6	3.1	4.9	9.8	.500	0.3	0.4	.750	1.2	1.6	.750

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


Season 3
	Rick Barry	Chris Mullin
Season	1972-73	1987-88
Team	Golden State Warriors	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Finals	Did not play

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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:	+22	+3.6	+2.1			+5.5	+0.1				-0.7	+1.2	+4.5	+.056				+0.4	+0.3	+.017
Chris Mullin	60	33.9	20.2	1.0	2.5	3.4	4.8	1.9	0.5	2.6	2.3	7.8	15.4	.508	0.6	1.6	.351	4.0	4.5	.885

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
Chris Mullin	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Rick Barry	Chris Mullin
Season	1973-74	1988-89
Team	Golden State Warriors	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+2	+1.2	+1.4	+0.6	+1.5	+0.9	+1.0				-1.1	+0.1	+1.9	+.053				+0.8	+0.9	+.007
Chris Mullin	82	37.7	26.5	1.9	4.0	5.9	5.1	2.1	0.5	3.6	2.2	10.1	19.9	.509	0.3	1.2	.230	6.0	6.7	.892

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Barry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Mullin	8	42.6	29.4	1.4	4.5	5.9	4.5	1.8	1.4	4.0	2.4	11.0	20.4	.540	0.1	1.0	.125	7.3	8.4	.866


Season 5
	Rick Barry	Chris Mullin
Season	1974-75	1989-90
Team	Golden State Warriors	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
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:	+2	+4.1	+5.5	+0.5	+0.3	+0.2	+2.1	+1.3	+0.2		-1.0	+4.2	+11.4	+.072				+1.6	+1.8	+.015
Chris Mullin	78	36.3	25.1	1.7	4.3	5.9	4.1	1.6	0.6	3.1	1.8	8.7	16.3	.536	1.1	3.0	.372	6.5	7.3	.889

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
Chris Mullin	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Rick Barry	Chris Mullin
Season	1975-76	1990-91
Team	Golden State Warriors	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Finals	Warriors Lost West 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		%
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:	+1	+1.9	+4.7	+0.8	+1.5	+0.7	+2.1	+0.4	+0.5		-0.6	+0.8	+2.3	+.101				+2.8	+3.3	+.039
Chris Mullin	82	40.4	25.7	1.7	3.7	5.4	4.0	2.1	0.8	3.0	2.1	9.5	17.7	.536	0.5	1.6	.301	6.3	7.1	.884

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
difference:	+5	+4.9	+0.2	+0.4	+1.2	+0.8	+3.6	+1.0	+0.4		-0.2	+1.1	+5.8	+.091				+0.8	+1.1	+.022
Chris Mullin	8	45.8	23.8	1.1	6.1	7.3	2.9	1.9	1.5	3.1	2.9	8.6	16.4	.527	1.1	1.6	.692	5.4	6.3	.860


Season 7
	Rick Barry	Chris Mullin
Season	1976-77	1991-92
Team	Golden State Warriors	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Rick Barry	79	36.8	21.8	0.9	4.4	5.3	6.0	2.2	0.7	-	2.5	8.6	19.6	.440	-	-	-	4.5	5.0	.916
difference:	+2	+4.5	+3.8	+0.7	+0.4	+0.3	+2.5	+0.1	+0.1		-0.4	+1.6		+.084				+0.2	+0.2	+.083
Chris Mullin	81	41.3	25.6	1.6	4.0	5.6	3.5	2.1	0.8	2.5	2.1	10.2	19.6	.524	0.8	2.2	.366	4.3	5.2	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Barry	10	41.5	28.4	2.5	3.4	5.9	4.7	1.7	0.7	-	3.2	12.2	26.2	.466	-	-	-	4.0	4.4	.909
difference:	+6	+0.5	+10.6	+1.7	+1.1	+2.9	+1.7	+0.4	+0.2		-1.2	+5.4	+10.4	+.037				+0.7	+0.9	+.020
Chris Mullin	4	42.0	17.8	0.8	2.3	3.0	3.0	1.3	0.5	2.0	2.0	6.8	15.8	.429	1.0	3.0	.333	3.3	3.5	.929


Season 8
	Rick Barry	Chris Mullin
Season	1977-78	1992-93
Team	Golden State Warriors	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	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		%
Rick Barry	82	36.9	23.1	0.9	4.6	5.5	5.4	1.9	0.5	2.7	2.3	9.3	20.6	.451	-	-	-	4.6	5.0	.924
difference:	+36	+4.4	+2.8		+0.5	+0.5	+1.8	+0.4	+0.4	-0.3	-0.6	+1.0	+0.4	+.059				+0.6	+0.1	+.114
Chris Mullin	46	41.3	25.9	0.9	4.1	5.0	3.6	1.5	0.9	3.0	1.7	10.3	20.2	.510	1.3	2.9	.451	4.0	4.9	.810

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Rick Barry nor Chris Mullin played in the postseason in their season 8


Season 9
	Rick Barry	Chris Mullin
Season	1978-79	1993-94
Team	Houston Rockets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Rick Barry	80	32.1	13.5	0.5	3.0	3.5	6.3	1.2	0.5	2.5	2.4	5.8	12.5	.461	-	-	-	2.0	2.1	.947
difference:	+18	+5.4	+3.3	+0.5	+1.5	+2.1	+1.2	+0.5	+0.4	-0.4	-0.6	+0.8	+1.5	+.011				+0.7	+1.4	+.194
Chris Mullin	62	37.5	16.8	1.0	4.5	5.6	5.1	1.7	0.9	2.9	1.8	6.6	14.0	.472	0.9	2.4	.364	2.7	3.5	.753

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Barry	2	32.5	12.0	1.0	3.0	4.0	4.5	0.0	1.0	1.0	4.0	4.0	12.5	.320	-	-	-	4.0	4.0	1.000
difference:	+1	+12.5	+13.3	+0.3	+0.3	+0.7	+0.8		+0.7	-1.3	-2.7	+6.0	+4.5	+.268				+0.7	+0.3	+.091
Chris Mullin	3	45.0	25.3	1.3	3.3	4.7	3.7	0.0	1.7	2.3	1.3	10.0	17.0	.588	2.0	4.0	.500	3.3	3.7	.909


Season 10
	Rick Barry	Chris Mullin
Season	1979-80	1994-95
Team	Houston Rockets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost East Conf Semis	Did not play

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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		%
Rick Barry	72	25.2	12.0	0.7	2.5	3.3	3.7	1.1	0.4	2.1	2.5	4.5	10.7	.422	1.0	3.1	.330	2.0	2.1	.935
difference:	+47	+10.4	+7.0	+0.3	+1.1	+1.3	+1.3	+0.4	+0.4	-1.6	-0.4	+2.3	+3.2	+.067	+0.7	+0.6	+.122	+1.8	+2.2	+.056
Chris Mullin	25	35.6	19.0	1.0	3.6	4.6	5.0	1.5	0.8	3.7	2.1	6.8	13.9	.489	1.7	3.7	.452	3.8	4.3	.879

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Barry	6	13.2	5.5	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.5	0.2	0.2	1.7	1.8	2.0	5.5	.364	0.5	2.0	.250	1.0	1.0	1.000
Chris Mullin	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years

* Chris Mullin played 6 seasons more than Rick Barry in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 11 to 16, from 1996 to 2001—Chris Mullin played in 3 Playoffs.

Rick Barry vs. Chris Mullin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chris Mullin 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.

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

Additional Years