Scottie Barnes vs. Quinn Buckner Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Quinn Buckner 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 3 years in the NBA, 7 less than Quinn Buckner, who played 10. Scottie Barnes had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while Quinn Buckner had his rookie season in 1976-77. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Scottie Barnes	Quinn Buckner
Season	2021-22	1976-77
Team	Toronto Raptors	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
Quinn Buckner	79	26.5	8.6	1.2	2.2	3.3	4.7	2.4	0.3	-	3.7	3.8	8.7	.434	-	-	-	1.1	1.9	.539
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
Quinn Buckner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Scottie Barnes	Quinn Buckner
Season	2022-23	1977-78
Team	Toronto Raptors	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks Lost West 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		%
Scottie Barnes	77	34.8	15.3	2.3	4.3	6.6	4.8	1.1	0.8	2.0	2.2	6.0	13.2	.456	0.8	2.9	.281	2.5	3.2	.772
Quinn Buckner	82	25.3	9.3	1.0	2.1	3.0	5.6	2.3	0.2	2.8	3.5	3.8	8.2	.468	-	-	-	1.6	2.5	.645
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scottie Barnes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Quinn Buckner	9	28.6	11.2	0.3	2.7	3.0	6.9	2.0	0.1	4.3	3.3	4.8	9.6	.500	-	-	-	1.7	2.6	.652

Season 3
	Scottie Barnes	Quinn Buckner
Season	2023-24	1978-79
Team	Toronto Raptors	Milwaukee Bucks
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		%
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
Quinn Buckner	81	21.7	7.2	0.7	1.9	2.6	5.8	1.9	0.2	2.6	2.8	3.1	6.8	.454	-	-	-	1.0	1.5	.632
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scottie Barnes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Quinn Buckner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Scottie Barnes	Quinn Buckner
Season	-	1979-80
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	-	Bucks Lost West 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		%
Scottie Barnes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Quinn Buckner	67	25.2	10.7	1.0	2.5	3.6	5.7	2.0	0.1	2.2	3.0	4.6	9.8	.467	0.0	0.1	.400	1.6	2.1	.734
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scottie Barnes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Quinn Buckner	7	23.6	6.1	0.9	1.4	2.3	4.4	2.1	0.0	1.9	2.9	2.6	7.6	.340	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	1.6	.636

Season 5
	Scottie Barnes	Quinn Buckner
Season	-	1980-81
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	-	Bucks 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		%
Scottie Barnes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Quinn Buckner	82	29.1	13.3	1.1	2.6	3.6	4.7	2.4	0.0	2.9	3.3	5.7	11.7	.493	0.0	0.1	.167	1.8	2.5	.734
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scottie Barnes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Quinn Buckner	7	26.1	9.0	0.7	2.1	2.9	5.0	1.6	0.0	2.0	3.7	3.7	8.6	.433	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.3	.688

Season 6
	Scottie Barnes	Quinn Buckner
Season	-	1981-82
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	-	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		%
Scottie Barnes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Quinn Buckner	70	30.8	12.9	1.1	2.5	3.6	4.7	2.5	0.0	2.6	3.1	5.7	11.7	.482	0.1	0.2	.267	1.6	2.4	.655
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scottie Barnes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Quinn Buckner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Scottie Barnes	Quinn Buckner
Season	-	1983-84
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scottie Barnes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Quinn Buckner	79	15.8	4.1	0.5	1.2	1.7	2.7	1.1	0.0	1.3	2.4	1.7	4.1	.427	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	0.9	.649
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scottie Barnes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Quinn Buckner	23	11.7	3.3	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.2	0.6	0.0	0.8	2.3	1.4	3.4	.405	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	1.0	.545