RJ Barrett vs. Kevin Garnett Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Garnett and RJ Barrett, 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.

RJ Barrett played 6 years in the NBA, 15 less than Kevin Garnett, who played 21. RJ Barrett had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Kevin Garnett had his rookie season in 1995-96. 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
	RJ Barrett	Kevin Garnett
Season	2019-20	1995-96
Team	New York Knicks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
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		%
RJ Barrett	56	30.4	14.3	0.9	4.1	5.0	2.6	1.0	0.3	2.2	2.2	5.2	13.0	.402	1.1	3.5	.320	2.8	4.5	.614
difference:	+24	+1.7	+3.9	+1.3		+1.3	+0.8	+0.1	+1.3	-0.8	-0.2	+0.7	+3.8	+.089	+1.0	+3.1	+.034	+1.5	+2.6	+.091
Kevin Garnett	80	28.7	10.4	2.2	4.1	6.3	1.8	1.1	1.6	1.4	2.4	4.5	9.2	.491	0.1	0.4	.286	1.3	1.9	.705
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher RJ Barrett nor Kevin Garnett played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	RJ Barrett	Kevin Garnett
Season	2020-21	1996-97
Team	New York Knicks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Timberwolves Lost West 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		%
RJ Barrett	72	34.9	17.6	0.9	4.8	5.8	3.0	0.7	0.3	1.9	2.6	6.5	14.7	.441	1.7	4.3	.401	2.9	3.8	.746
difference:	+5	+4.0	+0.6	+1.6	+0.8	+2.2	+0.1	+0.7	+1.8	-0.4		+0.6	+0.4	+.058	+1.6	+4.0	+.115	+0.2	+0.3	+.008
Kevin Garnett	77	38.9	17.0	2.5	5.6	8.0	3.1	1.4	2.1	2.3	2.6	7.1	14.3	.499	0.1	0.3	.286	2.7	3.5	.754
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
RJ Barrett	5	32.4	14.4	0.8	6.4	7.2	3.0	0.8	0.4	0.4	2.2	5.2	13.4	.388	1.6	5.6	.286	2.4	3.0	.800
difference:	+2	+9.3	+2.9	+3.9	+1.7	+2.1	+0.7	+0.5	+0.6	-0.9	-0.2	+2.8	+3.6	+.083	+1.3	+5.3	+.714	+1.4	+2.0	+.200
Kevin Garnett	3	41.7	17.3	4.7	4.7	9.3	3.7	1.3	1.0	1.3	2.0	8.0	17.0	.471	0.3	0.3	1.000	1.0	1.0	1.000

Season 3
	RJ Barrett	Kevin Garnett
Season	2021-22	1997-98
Team	New York Knicks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
RJ Barrett	70	34.5	20.0	0.9	4.9	5.8	3.0	0.6	0.2	2.2	2.0	7.0	17.1	.408	2.0	5.8	.342	4.1	5.8	.714
difference:	+12	+4.8	+1.5	+1.8	+2.0	+3.8	+1.2	+1.1	+1.6	-0.1	-0.7	+0.7	+1.3	+.083	+2.0	+5.6	+.154	+1.1	+1.8	+.024
Kevin Garnett	82	39.3	18.5	2.7	6.9	9.6	4.2	1.7	1.8	2.3	2.7	7.7	15.8	.491	0.0	0.2	.188	3.0	4.0	.738
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
RJ Barrett	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Garnett	5	38.6	15.8	3.4	6.2	9.6	4.0	0.8	2.4	4.4	3.4	7.2	15.0	.480	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.8	.778

Season 4
	RJ Barrett	Kevin Garnett
Season	2022-23	1998-99
Team	New York Knicks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
RJ Barrett	73	33.9	19.6	0.8	4.2	5.0	2.8	0.4	0.2	2.2	2.5	7.0	16.1	.434	1.7	5.3	.310	4.0	5.4	.740
difference:	+26	+4.0	+1.2	+2.7	+2.7	+5.4	+1.5	+1.3	+1.6	-0.7	-0.7	+1.8	+3.0	+.026	+1.6	+5.0	+.024	+0.9	+1.0	+.036
Kevin Garnett	47	37.9	20.8	3.5	6.9	10.4	4.3	1.7	1.8	2.9	3.2	8.8	19.1	.460	0.1	0.3	.286	3.1	4.4	.704
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
RJ Barrett	11	34.3	19.3	0.5	4.0	4.5	2.8	0.8	0.2	2.3	2.3	6.5	14.9	.433	1.8	5.5	.328	4.5	5.9	.769
difference:	+7	+8.2	+2.5	+3.5	+4.0	+7.5	+1.0	+1.0	+1.8	-1.0	-0.2	+2.3	+4.9	+.010	+1.8	+5.0	+.328	+0.2	+0.1	+.030
Kevin Garnett	4	42.5	21.8	4.0	8.0	12.0	3.8	1.8	2.0	3.3	2.5	8.8	19.8	.443	0.0	0.5	.000	4.3	5.8	.739

Season 5
	RJ Barrett	Kevin Garnett
Season	2023-24	1999-00
Team	New York Knicks, Toronto Raptors	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
RJ Barrett	58	31.7	20.2	0.9	4.5	5.4	3.3	0.5	0.4	2.2	2.2	7.5	15.2	.495	1.6	4.3	.360	3.6	5.0	.715
difference:	+23	+8.3	+2.7	+1.9	+4.5	+6.4	+1.7	+1.0	+1.2	-1.1	-0.3	+1.9	+3.6	+.002	+1.2	+3.3	+.010	+0.2		+.050
Kevin Garnett	81	40.0	22.9	2.8	9.0	11.8	5.0	1.5	1.6	3.3	2.5	9.4	18.8	.497	0.4	1.0	.370	3.8	5.0	.765
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
RJ Barrett	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Garnett	4	42.5	18.8	3.3	7.5	10.8	8.8	1.3	0.8	2.8	3.0	7.5	19.5	.385	0.5	0.8	.667	3.3	4.0	.813

Season 6
	RJ Barrett	Kevin Garnett
Season	2024-25	2000-01
Team	Toronto Raptors	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
RJ Barrett	58	32.2	21.1	1.1	5.3	6.3	5.4	0.8	0.3	2.8	2.4	7.9	16.9	.468	1.8	5.3	.350	3.4	5.4	.630
difference:	+23	+7.3	+0.9	+1.6	+3.4	+5.1	+0.4	+0.6	+1.5		-0.1	+0.8	+1.3	+.009	+1.6	+4.5	+.062	+1.0	+0.4	+.134
Kevin Garnett	81	39.5	22.0	2.7	8.7	11.4	5.0	1.4	1.8	2.8	2.5	8.7	18.2	.477	0.2	0.8	.288	4.4	5.8	.764
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
RJ Barrett	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Garnett	4	41.3	21.0	2.5	9.5	12.0	4.3	1.0	1.5	1.5	3.3	6.8	14.5	.466	0.0	0.8	.000	7.5	9.0	.833

Additional Years
* Kevin Garnett played 15 seasons more than RJ Barrett in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 21, from 2002 to 2016—Kevin Garnett played in 9 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 15 extra years over RJ Barrett, Kevin Garnett got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 3 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 7 All-Defensive First Team 3 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Defensive Player of the Year 4 Rebounds Leader 11 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP