Scottie Barnes vs. Jermaine O'Neal Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jermaine O'Neal and Scottie Barnes, 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.

Scottie Barnes played 4 years in the NBA, 14 less than Jermaine O'Neal, who played 18. Scottie Barnes had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while Jermaine O'Neal had his rookie season in 1996-97. 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
	Scottie Barnes	Jermaine O'Neal
Season	2021-22	1996-97
Team	Toronto Raptors	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Scottie Barnes	74	35.4	15.3	2.6	4.9	7.5	3.5	1.1	0.7	1.8	2.6	6.2	12.6	.492	0.8	2.6	.301	2.1	2.9	.735
difference:	+29	+25.2	+11.2	+1.7	+3.0	+4.7	+3.3	+1.1	+0.1	-1.2	-1.6	+4.7	+9.2	+.041	+0.8	+2.6		+1.1	+1.2	+.132
Jermaine O'Neal	45	10.2	4.1	0.9	1.9	2.8	0.2	0.0	0.6	0.6	1.0	1.5	3.4	.451	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.7	.603
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scottie Barnes	4	33.3	12.8	1.8	7.3	9.0	4.3	1.0	0.3	1.3	3.0	4.5	10.5	.429	0.5	3.0	.167	3.3	4.0	.813
difference:	+2	+31.3	+12.8	+1.8	+6.8	+8.5	+4.3	+1.0	+0.2	-1.3	-3.0	+4.5	+9.5	+.429	+0.5	+2.5	+.167	+3.3	+3.0	+.813
Jermaine O'Neal	2	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	1.0	.000

Season 3
	Scottie Barnes	Jermaine O'Neal
Season	2023-24	1998-99
Team	Toronto Raptors	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Scottie Barnes	60	34.9	19.9	2.4	5.9	8.2	6.1	1.3	1.5	2.8	2.0	7.5	15.7	.475	1.7	4.9	.341	3.3	4.2	.781
difference:	+24	+26.3	+17.4	+1.2	+4.4	+5.5	+5.7	+1.2	+1.1	-2.4	-0.9	+6.5	+13.4	+.041	+1.7	+4.9		+2.8	+3.2	+.267
Jermaine O'Neal	36	8.6	2.5	1.2	1.5	2.7	0.4	0.1	0.4	0.4	1.1	1.0	2.3	.434	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.514
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scottie Barnes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jermaine O'Neal	9	6.0	1.6	0.9	1.0	1.9	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.2	1.2	0.4	1.1	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.3	.500

Additional Years
* Jermaine O'Neal played 14 seasons more than Scottie Barnes in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 18, from 2001 to 2014—Jermaine O'Neal played in 10 Playoffs. In those 14 extra years over Scottie Barnes, Jermaine O'Neal got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 1 Most Improved Player 6 All-Star Game