Rick Barry vs. Ty Lawson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ty Lawson 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, 1 more than Ty Lawson, who played 9. Rick Barry had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while Ty Lawson had his rookie season in 2009-10. 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
Ty Lawson	9	6	2009-10 to 2017-18

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Rick Barry	Ty Lawson
Season	1965-66	2009-10
Team	San Francisco Warriors	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets Lost West 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
Ty Lawson	65	20.3	8.3	0.6	1.3	1.9	3.1	0.7	0.0	1.3	1.4	3.1	6.0	.515	0.5	1.3	.410	1.6	2.2	.757

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Barry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ty Lawson	6	19.7	7.8	0.7	0.7	1.3	2.7	1.0	0.0	1.3	3.0	2.5	5.8	.429	0.7	1.7	.400	2.2	3.2	.684


Season 2
	Rick Barry	Ty Lawson
Season	1966-67	2010-11
Team	San Francisco Warriors	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	Nuggets Lost West 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	78	40.7	35.6	-	-	9.2	3.6	-	-	-	3.3	13.0	28.7	.451	-	-	-	9.7	10.9	.884
Ty Lawson	80	26.3	11.7	0.8	1.8	2.6	4.7	1.0	0.1	1.7	1.7	4.3	8.6	.503	0.9	2.1	.404	2.2	2.8	.764

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
Ty Lawson	5	33.4	15.6	1.4	2.0	3.4	3.8	1.0	0.2	1.2	1.8	5.2	10.4	.500	1.0	2.2	.455	4.2	4.6	.913

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


Season 3
	Rick Barry	Ty Lawson
Season	1972-73	2011-12
Team	Golden State Warriors	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Finals	Nuggets Lost West 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	82	37.5	22.3	-	-	8.9	4.9	-	-	-	3.0	9.0	19.9	.452	-	-	-	4.4	4.8	.902
Ty Lawson	61	34.8	16.4	0.9	2.8	3.7	6.6	1.3	0.1	2.4	1.5	6.1	12.6	.488	1.2	3.3	.365	2.9	3.5	.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
Ty Lawson	7	34.6	19.0	0.6	2.0	2.6	6.0	1.0	0.1	1.1	1.7	8.0	15.6	.514	1.3	4.0	.321	1.7	2.7	.632


Season 4
	Rick Barry	Ty Lawson
Season	1973-74	2012-13
Team	Golden State Warriors	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets Lost West 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	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
Ty Lawson	73	34.4	16.7	0.5	2.2	2.7	6.9	1.5	0.1	2.5	1.8	6.1	13.3	.461	1.2	3.2	.366	3.2	4.3	.756

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Barry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ty Lawson	6	39.3	21.3	0.8	2.5	3.3	8.0	1.7	0.0	2.2	2.2	8.0	18.2	.440	0.7	3.5	.190	4.7	5.5	.848


Season 5
	Rick Barry	Ty Lawson
Season	1974-75	2013-14
Team	Golden State Warriors	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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	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
Ty Lawson	62	35.8	17.6	0.6	2.8	3.5	8.8	1.6	0.2	3.2	1.8	5.6	13.0	.431	1.2	3.3	.356	5.2	6.5	.798

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
Ty Lawson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Rick Barry	Ty Lawson
Season	1975-76	2014-15
Team	Golden State Warriors	Denver Nuggets
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
Ty Lawson	75	35.5	15.2	0.6	2.6	3.1	9.6	1.2	0.1	2.5	1.7	5.4	12.3	.436	0.9	2.7	.341	3.5	4.8	.730

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
Ty Lawson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Rick Barry	Ty Lawson
Season	1976-77	2015-16
Team	Golden State Warriors	Houston Rockets, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	Pacers 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
Ty Lawson	66	21.4	5.7	0.4	1.4	1.8	3.6	0.8	0.1	1.4	1.3	2.1	5.4	.393	0.5	1.6	.333	0.9	1.3	.686

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
Ty Lawson	7	10.6	2.3	0.1	0.9	1.0	1.4	0.4	0.0	0.9	1.1	0.9	2.6	.333	0.0	0.4	.000	0.6	0.9	.667


Season 8
	Rick Barry	Ty Lawson
Season	1977-78	2016-17
Team	Golden State Warriors	Sacramento Kings
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
Ty Lawson	69	25.1	9.9	0.6	2.0	2.6	4.8	1.1	0.1	1.9	1.7	3.4	7.6	.454	0.5	1.7	.288	2.5	3.1	.797

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


Season 9
	Rick Barry	Ty Lawson
Season	1978-79	2017-18
Team	Houston Rockets	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Wizards 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	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
Ty Lawson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Ty Lawson	5	19.2	5.8	0.4	2.2	2.6	3.0	0.6	0.0	0.6	1.2	1.8	5.2	.346	1.0	1.6	.625	1.2	1.2	1.000


Season 10
	Rick Barry	Ty Lawson
Season	1979-80	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets 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	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
Ty Lawson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Ty Lawson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rick Barry vs. Ty Lawson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ty Lawson 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