Charles Barkley vs. Aaron Gordon Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Aaron Gordon and Charles Barkley, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

Charles Barkley played 16 years in the NBA, 6 more than Aaron Gordon, who played 10. Charles Barkley had the first of his seasons in 1984-85, while Aaron Gordon had his rookie season in 2014-15. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Charles Barkley	16	13	1984-85 to 1999-00
Aaron Gordon	10	5	2014-15 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Charles Barkley	Aaron Gordon
Season	1984-85	2014-15
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Charles Barkley	82	28.6	14.0	3.2	5.3	8.6	1.9	1.2	1.0	2.5	3.7	5.2	9.5	.545	0.0	0.1	.167	3.6	4.9	.733
Aaron Gordon	47	17.0	5.2	1.0	2.6	3.6	0.7	0.4	0.5	0.8	1.8	2.0	4.4	.447	0.3	1.0	.271	0.9	1.3	.721

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Barkley	13	31.4	14.9	4.0	7.1	11.1	2.0	1.8	1.2	2.7	3.8	5.8	10.7	.540	0.3	0.5	.667	3.1	4.8	.635
Aaron Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Charles Barkley	Aaron Gordon
Season	1985-86	2015-16
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Charles Barkley	80	36.9	20.0	4.4	8.4	12.8	3.9	2.2	1.6	4.4	4.2	7.4	13.0	.572	0.2	0.9	.227	5.0	7.2	.685
Aaron Gordon	78	23.9	9.2	2.0	4.5	6.5	1.6	0.8	0.7	0.8	2.0	3.5	7.4	.473	0.5	1.8	.296	1.7	2.5	.668

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Barkley	12	41.4	25.0	5.0	10.8	15.8	5.6	2.3	1.3	5.4	4.3	8.7	15.0	.578	0.1	1.3	.067	7.6	10.9	.695
Aaron Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Charles Barkley	Aaron Gordon
Season	1986-87	2016-17
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Charles Barkley	68	40.3	23.0	5.7	8.9	14.6	4.9	1.8	1.5	4.7	3.7	8.2	13.8	.594	0.3	1.5	.202	6.3	8.3	.761
Aaron Gordon	80	28.7	12.7	1.5	3.6	5.1	1.9	0.8	0.5	1.1	2.2	4.9	10.8	.454	1.0	3.3	.288	2.0	2.7	.719

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Barkley	5	42.0	24.6	5.4	7.2	12.6	2.4	0.8	1.6	4.4	4.2	8.6	15.0	.573	0.2	1.6	.125	7.2	9.0	.800
Aaron Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Charles Barkley	Aaron Gordon
Season	1987-88	2017-18
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
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		%
Charles Barkley	80	39.6	28.3	4.8	7.1	11.9	3.2	1.3	1.3	3.8	3.5	9.4	16.0	.587	0.6	2.0	.280	8.9	11.9	.751
Aaron Gordon	58	32.9	17.6	1.5	6.4	7.9	2.3	1.0	0.8	1.8	1.9	6.5	14.9	.434	2.0	5.9	.336	2.7	3.9	.698

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Barkley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aaron Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Charles Barkley	Aaron Gordon
Season	1988-89	2018-19
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Barkley	79	39.1	25.8	5.1	7.4	12.5	4.1	1.6	0.8	3.2	3.3	8.9	15.3	.579	0.4	2.1	.216	7.6	10.1	.753
Aaron Gordon	78	33.8	16.0	1.7	5.7	7.4	3.7	0.7	0.7	2.1	2.2	6.0	13.4	.449	1.6	4.4	.349	2.4	3.2	.731

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Barkley	3	45.0	27.0	2.7	9.0	11.7	5.3	1.7	0.7	3.7	3.0	9.7	15.0	.644	0.3	1.7	.200	7.3	10.3	.710
Aaron Gordon	5	32.8	15.2	2.2	5.0	7.2	3.6	1.2	0.2	2.6	3.2	5.8	12.4	.468	1.6	4.0	.400	2.0	3.8	.526


Season 6
	Charles Barkley	Aaron Gordon
Season	1989-90	2019-20
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Charles Barkley	79	39.1	25.2	4.6	6.9	11.5	3.9	1.9	0.6	3.1	3.2	8.9	14.9	.600	0.3	1.2	.217	7.1	9.4	.749
Aaron Gordon	62	32.5	14.4	1.7	5.9	7.7	3.7	0.8	0.6	1.6	2.0	5.4	12.4	.437	1.2	3.8	.308	2.4	3.6	.674

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Barkley	10	41.9	24.7	6.6	8.9	15.5	4.3	0.8	0.7	3.0	3.6	8.8	16.2	.543	0.6	1.8	.333	6.5	10.8	.602
Aaron Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Charles Barkley	Aaron Gordon
Season	1990-91	2020-21
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Orlando Magic, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Nuggets 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		%
Charles Barkley	67	37.3	27.6	3.9	6.3	10.1	4.2	1.6	0.5	3.1	2.6	9.9	17.4	.570	0.7	2.3	.284	7.1	9.8	.722
Aaron Gordon	50	27.7	12.4	1.5	4.1	5.7	3.2	0.7	0.7	1.9	1.8	4.6	10.0	.463	1.2	3.5	.335	1.9	3.0	.651

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Barkley	8	40.8	24.9	3.9	6.6	10.5	6.0	1.9	0.4	3.1	2.9	9.3	15.6	.592	0.3	2.5	.100	6.1	9.4	.653
Aaron Gordon	10	29.9	11.1	2.1	3.3	5.4	2.0	0.5	0.3	1.4	2.3	4.3	9.9	.434	0.9	2.3	.391	1.6	2.5	.640


Season 8
	Charles Barkley	Aaron Gordon
Season	1991-92	2021-22
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Barkley	75	38.4	23.1	3.6	7.5	11.1	4.1	1.8	0.6	3.1	2.6	8.3	15.0	.552	0.4	1.8	.234	6.1	8.7	.695
Aaron Gordon	75	31.7	15.0	1.7	4.2	5.9	2.5	0.6	0.6	1.8	2.0	5.8	11.1	.520	1.2	3.5	.335	2.3	3.1	.743

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Barkley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aaron Gordon	5	32.0	13.8	3.6	3.6	7.2	2.6	0.4	1.2	1.6	2.8	4.6	10.8	.426	0.6	3.0	.200	4.0	5.6	.714


Season 9
	Charles Barkley	Aaron Gordon
Season	1992-93	2022-23
Team	Phoenix Suns	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Charles Barkley	76	37.6	25.6	3.1	9.1	12.2	5.1	1.6	1.0	3.1	2.6	9.4	18.1	.520	0.9	2.9	.305	5.9	7.7	.765
Aaron Gordon	68	30.2	16.3	2.4	4.1	6.6	3.0	0.8	0.8	1.4	1.9	6.3	11.2	.564	0.9	2.5	.347	2.8	4.6	.608

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Barkley	24	42.8	26.6	3.9	9.7	13.6	4.3	1.6	1.0	2.1	3.0	9.6	20.1	.477	0.4	1.9	.222	7.0	9.1	.771
Aaron Gordon	20	35.7	13.3	2.5	3.6	6.0	2.6	0.6	0.7	1.0	2.9	5.1	9.8	.518	0.9	2.3	.391	2.3	3.5	.652


Season 10
	Charles Barkley	Aaron Gordon
Season	1993-94	2023-24
Team	Phoenix Suns	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Nuggets TBD

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Barkley	65	35.4	21.6	3.0	8.1	11.2	4.6	1.6	0.6	3.2	2.5	8.0	16.1	.495	0.7	2.7	.270	4.9	7.0	.704
Aaron Gordon	73	31.5	13.9	2.4	4.1	6.5	3.5	0.8	0.6	1.4	1.9	5.5	9.8	.556	0.5	1.9	.290	2.4	3.7	.658

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Barkley	10	42.5	27.6	3.4	9.6	13.0	4.8	2.5	0.9	2.7	2.6	11.0	21.6	.509	1.4	4.0	.350	4.2	5.5	.764
Aaron Gordon	9	37.9	15.3	2.9	4.3	7.2	4.7	1.0	0.3	1.4	2.2	6.2	10.2	.609	1.0	2.4	.409	1.9	2.4	.773


Season 11
	Charles Barkley	Aaron Gordon
Season	1994-95	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Charles Barkley	68	35.0	23.0	3.0	8.1	11.1	4.1	1.6	0.7	2.2	3.0	8.1	16.8	.486	1.1	3.2	.338	5.6	7.5	.748
Aaron Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Barkley	10	39.0	25.7	3.9	9.5	13.4	3.2	1.3	1.1	2.5	2.8	9.1	18.2	.500	0.9	3.5	.257	6.6	9.0	.733
Aaron Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Charles Barkley	Aaron Gordon
Season	1995-96	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Barkley	71	37.1	23.2	3.4	8.1	11.6	3.7	1.6	0.8	3.1	2.9	8.2	16.3	.500	0.7	2.5	.280	6.2	8.0	.777
Aaron Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Barkley	4	41.0	25.5	4.5	9.0	13.5	3.8	1.0	1.0	1.5	3.8	7.8	17.5	.443	0.8	3.0	.250	9.3	11.8	.787
Aaron Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Charles Barkley	Aaron Gordon
Season	1996-97	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Barkley	53	37.9	19.2	4.0	9.5	13.5	4.7	1.3	0.5	2.8	2.9	6.3	13.1	.484	1.1	3.9	.283	5.4	7.8	.694
Aaron Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Barkley	16	37.9	17.9	4.0	8.0	12.0	3.4	1.2	0.4	2.7	3.3	5.4	12.4	.434	0.7	2.4	.289	6.4	8.4	.769
Aaron Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Charles Barkley	Aaron Gordon
Season	1997-98	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Barkley	68	33.0	15.2	3.5	8.1	11.7	3.2	1.0	0.4	2.2	2.8	5.3	10.9	.485	0.3	1.2	.214	4.4	5.8	.746
Aaron Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Barkley	4	22.0	9.0	1.3	4.0	5.3	1.0	1.3	0.0	1.5	3.0	3.0	5.8	.522	0.0	0.5	.000	3.0	5.3	.571
Aaron Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Charles Barkley	Aaron Gordon
Season	1998-99	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Barkley	42	36.3	16.1	4.0	8.3	12.3	4.6	1.0	0.3	2.4	2.1	5.7	12.0	.478	0.1	0.6	.160	4.6	6.4	.719
Aaron Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Barkley	4	39.3	23.5	3.3	10.5	13.8	3.8	1.5	0.5	2.0	3.0	9.0	17.0	.529	0.5	1.8	.286	5.0	7.5	.667
Aaron Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Charles Barkley	Aaron Gordon
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards
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		%
Charles Barkley	20	31.0	14.5	3.6	6.9	10.5	3.2	0.7	0.2	2.2	2.4	5.3	11.1	.477	0.3	1.3	.231	3.6	5.5	.645
Aaron Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Barkley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aaron Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Charles Barkley vs. Aaron Gordon Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Aaron Gordon and Charles Barkley, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16