Scottie Barnes vs. Rick Barry Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rick Barry 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, 6 less than Rick Barry, who played 10. Scottie Barnes had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while Rick Barry had his rookie season in 1965-66. 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	Rick Barry
Season	2021-22	1965-66
Team	Toronto Raptors	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	Rookie of the Year	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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:	+6	+2.0	+10.4			+3.1	+1.3				-1.1	+3.1	+8.6	+.053				+5.0	+5.4	+.127
Rick Barry	80	37.4	25.7	-	-	10.6	2.2	-	-	-	3.7	9.3	21.2	.439	-	-	-	7.1	8.3	.862
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
Rick Barry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Scottie Barnes	Rick Barry
Season	2022-23	1966-67
Team	Toronto Raptors	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
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
difference:	+1	+5.9	+20.3			+2.6	+1.2				-1.1	+7.0	+15.5	+.005				+7.2	+7.7	+.112
Rick Barry	78	40.7	35.6	-	-	9.2	3.6	-	-	-	3.3	13.0	28.7	.451	-	-	-	9.7	10.9	.884
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scottie Barnes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rick Barry	15	40.9	34.7	-	-	7.5	3.9	-	-	-	3.3	13.1	32.6	.403	-	-	-	8.5	10.5	.809

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

Season 3
	Scottie Barnes	Rick Barry
Season	2023-24	1972-73
Team	Toronto Raptors	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors 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:	+22	+2.6	+2.4			+0.7	+1.2				-1.0	+1.5	+4.2	+.023				+1.1	+0.6	+.121
Rick Barry	82	37.5	22.3	-	-	8.9	4.9	-	-	-	3.0	9.0	19.9	.452	-	-	-	4.4	4.8	.902
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scottie Barnes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rick Barry	11	26.5	16.4	-	-	4.9	2.2	-	-	-	3.7	5.9	14.9	.396	-	-	-	4.5	5.0	.909

Season 4
	Scottie Barnes	Rick Barry
Season	2024-25	1973-74
Team	Toronto Raptors	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Scottie Barnes	65	32.8	19.3	1.7	6.0	7.7	5.8	1.4	1.0	2.8	1.7	7.3	16.4	.446	1.2	4.3	.271	3.5	4.6	.755
difference:	+15	+3.7	+5.8	+0.4	+0.5	+0.9	+0.3	+0.7	+0.5		-1.6	+2.7	+5.4	+.010				+1.7	+1.2	+.144
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Scottie Barnes nor Rick Barry played in the postseason in their season 4

Additional Years
* Rick Barry played 6 seasons more than Scottie Barnes in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 10, from 1975 to 1980—Rick Barry played in 5 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 6 extra years over Scottie Barnes, Rick Barry got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 2 All-NBA First Team 1 Steals Leader 4 All-Star Game