Rick Barry vs. Jalen Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen 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.

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 more than Jalen Johnson, who played 4. Rick Barry had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while Jalen Johnson had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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	Jalen Johnson
Season	1965-66	2021-22
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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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:	+58	+31.9	+23.3			+9.4	+2.1				-3.3	+8.3	+19.3	+.098				+6.9	+8.0	+.148
Jalen Johnson	22	5.5	2.4	0.1	1.1	1.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.4	1.0	1.9	.537	0.1	0.6	.231	0.2	0.3	.714
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Barry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jalen Johnson	2	4.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.5	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-

Season 2
	Rick Barry	Jalen Johnson
Season	1966-67	2022-23
Team	San Francisco Warriors	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+8	+25.8	+30.0			+5.2	+2.4				-1.7	+10.7	+24.1	+.040				+9.0	+9.8	+.256
Jalen Johnson	70	14.9	5.6	0.7	3.3	4.0	1.2	0.5	0.5	0.6	1.6	2.3	4.6	.491	0.4	1.5	.288	0.7	1.1	.628
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:	+9	+31.6	+30.4			+5.0	+2.6				-2.5	+11.4	+28.6	+.014				+8.2	+10.2	+.191
Jalen Johnson	6	9.3	4.3	0.3	2.2	2.5	1.3	0.5	0.0	0.8	0.8	1.7	4.0	.417	0.7	1.8	.364	0.3	0.3	1.000

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

Season 3
	Rick Barry	Jalen Johnson
Season	1972-73	2023-24
Team	Golden State Warriors	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	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:	+26	+3.8	+6.3			+0.2	+1.3				-0.6	+2.6	+7.4	+.059				+2.5	+2.2	+.174
Jalen Johnson	56	33.7	16.0	1.3	7.4	8.7	3.6	1.2	0.8	1.8	2.4	6.4	12.5	.511	1.3	3.6	.355	1.9	2.6	.728
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
Jalen Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Rick Barry	Jalen Johnson
Season	1973-74	2024-25
Team	Golden State Warriors	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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:	+44	+0.8	+6.2	+0.4	+2.8	+3.2	+1.1	+0.5	+0.5		-1.4	+2.5	+6.7	+.044				+2.6	+2.3	+.153
Jalen Johnson	36	35.7	18.9	1.7	8.3	10.0	5.0	1.6	1.0	2.9	1.9	7.5	15.1	.500	1.2	3.9	.312	2.6	3.5	.746
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Rick Barry nor Jalen Johnson played in the postseason in their season 4

Additional Years
* Rick Barry played 6 seasons more than Jalen Johnson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 10, from 1975 to 1980—Rick Barry played in 5 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 6 extra years over Jalen Johnson, Rick Barry got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 2 All-NBA First Team 1 Steals Leader 4 All-Star Game