Rick Barry vs. Lamar Odom Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lamar Odom 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, 4 less than Lamar Odom, who played 14. Rick Barry had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while Lamar Odom had his rookie season in 1999-00. 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
Lamar Odom	14	8	1999-00 to 2012-13

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Rick Barry	Lamar Odom
Season	1965-66	1999-00
Team	San Francisco Warriors	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	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:	+4	+1.0	+9.1			+2.8	+2.0				-0.1	+3.4	+7.7	+.001				+3.1	+2.8	+.143
Lamar Odom	76	36.4	16.6	2.1	5.7	7.8	4.2	1.2	1.3	3.4	3.8	5.9	13.5	.438	0.8	2.2	.360	4.0	5.5	.719

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Rick Barry nor Lamar Odom played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Rick Barry	Lamar Odom
Season	1966-67	2000-01
Team	San Francisco Warriors	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	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:	+2	+3.4	+18.4			+1.4	+1.6				-0.2	+6.7	+14.9	+.009				+6.3	+5.8	+.205
Lamar Odom	76	37.3	17.2	1.4	6.3	7.8	5.2	1.0	1.6	3.5	3.1	6.3	13.8	.460	1.1	3.3	.316	3.4	5.1	.679

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
Lamar Odom	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 3
	Rick Barry	Lamar Odom
Season	1972-73	2001-02
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Clippers
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:	+53	+3.1	+9.2			+2.8	+1.0				-0.1	+3.8	+7.5	+.033				+2.3	+1.6	+.246
Lamar Odom	29	34.4	13.1	1.1	5.0	6.1	5.9	0.8	1.2	3.3	3.1	5.2	12.4	.419	0.6	2.9	.190	2.1	3.2	.656

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
Lamar Odom	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Rick Barry	Lamar Odom
Season	1973-74	2002-03
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	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:	+31	+2.2	+10.5	+0.1	+0.1	+0.1	+2.5	+1.2	+0.3		-0.4	+4.5	+9.3	+.017				+2.4	+2.2	+.122
Lamar Odom	49	34.3	14.6	1.2	5.4	6.7	3.6	0.9	0.8	2.9	3.7	5.5	12.5	.439	0.9	2.6	.326	2.8	3.6	.777

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Rick Barry nor Lamar Odom played in the postseason in their season 4


Season 5
	Rick Barry	Lamar Odom
Season	1974-75	2003-04
Team	Golden State Warriors	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Heat Lost East Conf Semis

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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:		+2.9	+13.5	+0.8	+3.1	+4.0	+2.1	+1.8	+0.5		-0.6	+6.8	+13.6	+.034				+0.6	+0.2	+.162
Lamar Odom	80	37.5	17.1	2.0	7.7	9.7	4.1	1.1	0.9	3.0	3.4	6.1	14.1	.430	0.8	2.6	.298	4.3	5.7	.742

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:	+4	+3.5	+11.4	+1.2	+1.6	+2.8	+3.3	+1.7	+0.1		-1.5	+4.9	+11.1	+.001				+2.1	+1.0	+.237
Lamar Odom	13	39.2	16.8	2.5	5.8	8.3	2.8	1.2	0.8	3.2	4.5	6.2	14.0	.445	0.6	2.0	.308	3.8	5.5	.681


Season 6
	Rick Barry	Lamar Odom
Season	1975-76	2004-05
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	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:	+17	+2.2	+5.8	+1.2	+2.9	+4.1	+2.4	+1.8	+0.7		-0.6	+3.0	+7.9	+.038				+0.3	+0.9	+.228
Lamar Odom	64	36.3	15.2	2.1	8.1	10.2	3.7	0.7	1.0	2.5	3.3	5.7	12.1	.473	0.6	1.8	.308	3.2	4.7	.695

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
Lamar Odom	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Rick Barry	Lamar Odom
Season	1976-77	2005-06
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	Lakers 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:	+1	+3.5	+7.0	+1.4	+2.6	+3.9	+0.5	+1.3	+0.1		-0.7	+3.0	+8.0	+.041				+1.8	+1.1	+.226
Lamar Odom	80	40.3	14.8	2.3	7.0	9.2	5.5	0.9	0.8	2.7	3.2	5.6	11.6	.481	1.0	2.7	.372	2.7	3.9	.690

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:	+3	+3.4	+9.3	+0.4	+5.5	+5.1	+0.2	+1.3	+0.4		-0.1	+5.2	+12.1	+.029				+0.3	+2.0	+.242
Lamar Odom	7	44.9	19.1	2.1	8.9	11.0	4.9	0.4	1.1	3.3	3.3	7.0	14.1	.495	0.9	4.3	.200	4.3	6.4	.667


Season 8
	Rick Barry	Lamar Odom
Season	1977-78	2006-07
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+26	+2.4	+7.2	+0.9	+3.3	+4.3	+0.6	+1.0	+0.1	-0.2	-1.0	+3.6	+8.4	+.017				+1.1	+0.1	+.224
Lamar Odom	56	39.3	15.9	1.8	7.9	9.8	4.8	0.9	0.6	2.9	3.3	5.7	12.2	.468	1.0	3.3	.297	3.5	5.1	.700

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Barry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lamar Odom	5	38.4	19.4	4.0	9.0	13.0	2.2	0.4	1.2	2.0	3.4	8.2	17.0	.482	0.6	2.2	.273	2.4	4.8	.500


Season 9
	Rick Barry	Lamar Odom
Season	1978-79	2007-08
Team	Houston Rockets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+3	+5.8	+0.7	+2.1	+5.1	+7.1	+2.8	+0.2	+0.4	-0.5	-0.5	+0.4	+2.2	+.064				+1.0	+2.2	+.249
Lamar Odom	77	37.9	14.2	2.6	8.1	10.6	3.5	1.0	0.9	2.0	2.9	5.4	10.3	.525	0.4	1.5	.274	3.0	4.3	.698

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:	+19	+4.9	+2.3	+1.2	+4.7	+6.0	+1.5	+0.7	+0.3	-1.2	-0.6	+1.1	+2.1	+.171					+2.0	+.339
Lamar Odom	21	37.4	14.3	2.2	7.7	10.0	3.0	0.7	1.3	2.2	3.4	5.1	10.4	.491	0.1	0.5	.273	4.0	6.0	.661


Season 10
	Rick Barry	Lamar Odom
Season	1979-80	2008-09
Team	Houston Rockets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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:	+6	+4.5	+0.7	+1.6	+3.4	+4.9	+1.1	+0.1	+0.9	-0.3	-0.5	+0.1	+1.7	+.070	+0.6	+1.8	+.010	+0.1	+1.2	+.312
Lamar Odom	78	29.7	11.3	2.3	5.9	8.2	2.6	1.0	1.3	1.8	3.0	4.4	9.0	.492	0.4	1.3	.320	2.1	3.3	.623

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
difference:	+17	+18.8	+6.8	+2.8	+5.3	+8.1	+0.7	+0.5	+1.1		-1.5	+2.7	+3.5	+.160	+0.3	+0.5	+.264	+1.1	+2.5	+.387
Lamar Odom	23	32.0	12.3	2.8	6.3	9.1	1.8	0.7	1.3	1.7	3.3	4.7	9.0	.524	0.8	1.5	.514	2.1	3.5	.613


Additional Years
* Lamar Odom played 4 seasons more than Rick Barry in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 11 to 14, from 2010 to 2013—Lamar Odom played in 3 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 4 extra years over Rick Barry, Lamar Odom got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Sixth Man of the Year

Rick Barry vs. Lamar Odom Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lamar Odom 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