Rick Barry vs. Victor Wembanyama Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Victor Wembanyama 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, 8 more than Victor Wembanyama, who played 2. Rick Barry had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while Victor Wembanyama had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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	Victor Wembanyama
Season	1965-66	2023-24
Team	San Francisco Warriors	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	Rookie of the Year	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	-	Blocks Leader
	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:	+9	+7.7	+4.3				+1.7				-1.5	+1.5	+4.5	+.026				+3.0	+3.1	+.066
Victor Wembanyama	71	29.7	21.4	2.3	8.4	10.6	3.9	1.2	3.6	3.7	2.2	7.8	16.7	.465	1.8	5.5	.325	4.1	5.2	.796
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Rick Barry nor Victor Wembanyama played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Rick Barry	Victor Wembanyama
Season	1966-67	2024-25
Team	San Francisco Warriors	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	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:	+32	+7.5	+11.3			+1.8	+0.1				-1.0	+4.1	+10.1	+.025				+6.3	+6.8	+.048
Victor Wembanyama	46	33.2	24.3	1.8	9.2	11.0	3.7	1.1	3.8	3.2	2.3	8.9	18.6	.476	3.1	8.8	.352	3.4	4.1	.836
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
Victor Wembanyama	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Rick Barry played 8 seasons more than Victor Wembanyama in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 10, from 1973 to 1980—Rick Barry played in 6 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 8 extra years over Victor Wembanyama, Rick Barry got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 3 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 1 Steals Leader 6 All-Star Game