Charles Barkley vs. Red Kerr Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Red Kerr 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, 4 more than Red Kerr, who played 12. Charles Barkley had the first of his seasons in 1984-85, while Red Kerr had his rookie season in 1954-55. 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
Red Kerr	12	12	1954-55 to 1965-66

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Charles Barkley	Red Kerr
Season	1984-85	1954-55
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 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	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
Red Kerr	72	21.2	10.5	-	-	6.6	1.1	-	-	-	2.3	4.2	10.0	.419	-	-	-	2.1	3.1	.682

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
Red Kerr	11	33.0	13.8	-	-	10.7	1.2	-	-	-	2.5	5.4	13.7	.391	-	-	-	3.1	5.5	.557


Season 2
	Charles Barkley	Red Kerr
Season	1985-86	1955-56
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Nationals Lost East Div 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	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
Red Kerr	72	29.4	13.3	-	-	8.4	1.2	-	-	-	2.3	5.2	13.0	.403	-	-	-	2.9	4.4	.655

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
Red Kerr	8	26.6	11.1	-	-	8.5	1.3	-	-	-	2.9	4.6	9.6	.481	-	-	-	1.9	4.1	.455


Season 3
	Charles Barkley	Red Kerr
Season	1986-87	1956-57
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nationals Lost East Div 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	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
Red Kerr	72	30.4	12.4	-	-	11.2	1.3	-	-	-	2.6	4.6	11.5	.403	-	-	-	3.1	4.3	.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
Red Kerr	5	32.4	15.2	-	-	13.8	1.2	-	-	-	1.4	5.6	13.0	.431	-	-	-	4.0	5.8	.690


Season 4
	Charles Barkley	Red Kerr
Season	1987-88	1957-58
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nationals Lost East Div 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	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
Red Kerr	72	33.1	15.2	-	-	13.4	1.2	-	-	-	2.7	5.7	14.2	.399	-	-	-	3.9	5.9	.664

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Barkley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Red Kerr	3	38.7	16.7	-	-	20.3	1.0	-	-	-	1.7	6.0	18.3	.327	-	-	-	4.7	6.0	.778


Season 5
	Charles Barkley	Red Kerr
Season	1988-89	1958-59
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nationals Lost East Div 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	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
Red Kerr	72	37.1	17.8	-	-	14.0	2.0	-	-	-	2.5	7.0	15.8	.441	-	-	-	3.9	5.1	.766

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
Red Kerr	9	34.7	14.4	-	-	12.0	2.7	-	-	-	2.2	5.6	15.8	.352	-	-	-	3.3	3.7	.909


Season 6
	Charles Barkley	Red Kerr
Season	1989-90	1959-60
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Nationals Lost East Div 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	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
Red Kerr	75	31.6	14.7	-	-	12.2	2.2	-	-	-	2.8	5.8	14.8	.392	-	-	-	3.1	4.1	.752

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
Red Kerr	3	34.7	13.7	-	-	8.3	3.0	-	-	-	3.0	5.0	17.0	.294	-	-	-	3.7	4.0	.917


Season 7
	Charles Barkley	Red Kerr
Season	1990-91	1960-61
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Nationals Lost East Div 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	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
Red Kerr	79	33.9	13.4	-	-	12.0	2.5	-	-	-	2.9	5.3	13.4	.397	-	-	-	2.8	3.8	.729

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
Red Kerr	8	26.3	9.5	-	-	12.4	2.5	-	-	-	2.3	3.8	11.0	.341	-	-	-	2.0	2.9	.696


Season 8
	Charles Barkley	Red Kerr
Season	1991-92	1961-62
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nationals Lost East Div 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	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
Red Kerr	80	34.6	16.3	-	-	14.7	3.0	-	-	-	3.4	6.8	15.3	.443	-	-	-	2.8	3.8	.735

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Barkley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Red Kerr	5	38.6	17.6	-	-	16.0	2.0	-	-	-	3.0	8.2	21.8	.376	-	-	-	1.2	1.6	.750


Season 9
	Charles Barkley	Red Kerr
Season	1992-93	1962-63
Team	Phoenix Suns	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost NBA Finals	Nationals Lost East Div 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	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
Red Kerr	80	32.0	15.7	-	-	13.0	2.7	-	-	-	2.6	6.3	13.4	.474	-	-	-	3.0	4.0	.753

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
Red Kerr	5	37.4	13.6	-	-	15.0	1.8	-	-	-	2.4	5.2	12.0	.433	-	-	-	3.2	4.2	.762


Season 10
	Charles Barkley	Red Kerr
Season	1993-94	1963-64
Team	Phoenix Suns	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	76ers Lost East Div 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	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
Red Kerr	80	36.7	16.8	-	-	12.7	3.4	-	-	-	2.3	6.7	15.6	.429	-	-	-	3.4	4.5	.751

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
Red Kerr	5	37.0	19.0	-	-	13.8	3.2	-	-	-	2.4	8.0	16.6	.482	-	-	-	3.0	4.0	.750


Season 11
	Charles Barkley	Red Kerr
Season	1994-95	1964-65
Team	Phoenix Suns	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	76ers Lost East Div 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	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
Red Kerr	80	22.6	8.2	-	-	6.9	2.5	-	-	-	1.7	3.3	8.9	.370	-	-	-	1.6	2.3	.696

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
Red Kerr	11	16.5	5.7	-	-	3.5	2.5	-	-	-	1.8	2.2	6.1	.358	-	-	-	1.4	1.9	.714


Season 12
	Charles Barkley	Red Kerr
Season	1995-96	1965-66
Team	Phoenix Suns	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bullets Lost West Div 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	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
Red Kerr	71	24.9	11.0	-	-	8.3	3.2	-	-	-	2.1	4.0	9.7	.413	-	-	-	2.9	3.8	.768

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
Red Kerr	3	16.3	1.7	-	-	5.7	1.3	-	-	-	1.7	0.7	3.7	.182	-	-	-	0.3	0.7	.500


Season 13
	Charles Barkley	Red Kerr
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
Red Kerr	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Red Kerr	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Charles Barkley	Red Kerr
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
Red Kerr	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Red Kerr	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Charles Barkley	Red Kerr
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
Red Kerr	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Red Kerr	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Charles Barkley	Red Kerr
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
Red Kerr	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Charles Barkley vs. Red Kerr Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Red Kerr 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