Rick Barry vs. Eddie Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Eddie Johnson 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 and Eddie Johnson both played 10 years in the NBA. Rick Barry had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while Eddie Johnson 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 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Rick Barry	10	7	1965-66 to 1979-80
Eddie Johnson	10	6	1977-78 to 1986-87

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Rick Barry	Eddie Johnson
Season	1965-66	1977-78
Team	San Francisco Warriors	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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		%
Rick Barry	80	37.4	25.7	-	-	10.6	2.2	-	-	-	3.7	9.3	21.2	.439	-	-	-	7.1	8.3	.862
Eddie Johnson	79	23.7	10.5	0.6	1.3	1.9	3.0	1.3	0.1	2.1	2.9	4.2	8.7	.484	-	-	-	2.1	2.5	.816

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Barry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eddie Johnson	2	32.0	15.5	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	4.0	0.5	2.5	5.0	6.0	9.5	.632	-	-	-	3.5	4.0	.875


Season 2
	Rick Barry	Eddie Johnson
Season	1966-67	1978-79
Team	San Francisco Warriors	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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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
Eddie Johnson	78	30.9	16.0	0.8	1.3	2.2	4.6	1.6	0.1	2.7	3.1	6.4	12.6	.510	-	-	-	3.1	3.7	.832

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
Eddie Johnson	9	29.1	16.4	0.9	1.7	2.6	5.0	0.4	0.2	2.1	2.4	7.2	14.2	.508	-	-	-	2.0	2.8	.720

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


Season 3
	Rick Barry	Eddie Johnson
Season	1972-73	1979-80
Team	Golden State Warriors	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Finals	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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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
Eddie Johnson	79	33.2	18.5	1.2	1.3	2.5	4.7	1.5	0.3	2.4	2.7	7.5	15.3	.487	0.1	0.2	.385	3.5	4.3	.828

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
Eddie Johnson	5	37.6	19.4	0.6	3.0	3.6	4.2	1.6	0.4	2.2	2.4	7.6	14.8	.514	0.0	0.0	-	4.2	5.6	.750


Season 4
	Rick Barry	Eddie Johnson
Season	1973-74	1980-81
Team	Golden State Warriors	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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
Eddie Johnson	75	35.9	19.1	0.8	1.6	2.4	5.4	1.7	0.1	2.6	2.5	7.6	15.1	.504	0.1	0.3	.300	3.7	4.7	.784

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Barry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eddie Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Rick Barry	Eddie Johnson
Season	1974-75	1981-82
Team	Golden State Warriors	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hawks 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		%
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
Eddie Johnson	68	34.0	17.8	0.9	1.9	2.8	5.3	1.5	0.2	2.7	2.8	6.7	14.9	.450	0.1	0.4	.233	4.3	5.7	.764

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
Eddie Johnson	2	33.5	11.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	4.5	0.0	0.5	3.5	4.0	4.5	13.0	.346	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.0	1.000


Season 6
	Rick Barry	Eddie Johnson
Season	1975-76	1982-83
Team	Golden State Warriors	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf 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		%
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
Eddie Johnson	61	29.7	16.0	0.4	1.6	2.0	5.2	1.0	0.1	2.6	2.3	6.4	14.1	.453	0.2	0.7	.341	3.0	3.9	.785

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
Eddie Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Rick Barry	Eddie Johnson
Season	1976-77	1983-84
Team	Golden State Warriors	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	Hawks 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		%
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
Eddie Johnson	67	28.3	13.2	0.5	1.7	2.2	5.6	0.9	0.1	2.6	2.3	5.3	11.9	.442	0.2	0.6	.372	2.4	3.2	.770

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
Eddie Johnson	5	24.6	10.8	0.4	1.4	1.8	4.8	1.2	0.0	1.4	2.2	3.8	10.8	.352	0.2	1.2	.167	3.0	4.4	.682


Season 8
	Rick Barry	Eddie Johnson
Season	1977-78	1984-85
Team	Golden State Warriors	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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
Eddie Johnson	73	32.4	16.3	0.5	2.1	2.6	7.8	0.6	0.1	3.3	2.5	6.2	13.0	.479	0.3	1.0	.306	3.6	4.5	.798

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Barry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eddie Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Rick Barry	Eddie Johnson
Season	1978-79	1985-86
Team	Houston Rockets	Atlanta Hawks, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost East 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		%
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
Eddie Johnson	71	20.8	10.0	0.4	1.3	1.7	4.7	0.3	0.0	2.1	1.8	4.0	8.7	.457	0.4	1.2	.341	1.6	2.2	.723

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
Eddie Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Rick Barry	Eddie Johnson
Season	1979-80	1986-87
Team	Houston Rockets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost East Conf Semis	Supersonics Lost West Conf Finals

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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
Eddie Johnson	24	21.2	9.0	0.5	1.5	1.9	4.8	0.5	0.0	1.7	1.5	3.5	7.8	.457	0.2	0.6	.333	1.8	2.3	.764

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
Eddie Johnson	14	12.9	6.4	0.4	0.6	1.0	3.2	0.4	0.0	0.6	1.1	2.2	4.1	.534	0.1	0.4	.400	1.9	2.1	.867

Rick Barry vs. Eddie Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Eddie Johnson 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

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10