Dick Barnett vs. Stephen Curry Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Stephen Curry and Dick Barnett, 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.

Dick Barnett played 14 years in the NBA, 1 less than Stephen Curry, who played 15. Dick Barnett had the first of his seasons in 1959-60, while Stephen Curry had his rookie season in 2009-10. 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
Dick Barnett	14	11	1959-60 to 1973-74
Stephen Curry	15	9	2009-10 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15


Rookie Season
	Dick Barnett	Stephen Curry
Season	1959-60	2009-10
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Dick Barnett	57	21.7	12.4	-	-	2.7	2.8	-	-	-	1.7	5.1	12.3	.412	-	-	-	2.2	3.2	.711
Stephen Curry	80	36.2	17.5	0.6	3.9	4.5	5.9	1.9	0.2	3.0	3.2	6.6	14.3	.462	2.1	4.8	.437	2.2	2.5	.885

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick Barnett	3	21.3	10.0	-	-	4.7	1.3	-	-	-	1.3	4.0	12.7	.316	-	-	-	2.0	2.3	.857
Stephen Curry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Dick Barnett	Stephen Curry
Season	1960-61	2010-11
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Dick Barnett	78	26.5	16.9	-	-	3.6	2.8	-	-	-	2.2	6.9	15.3	.452	-	-	-	3.1	4.3	.712
Stephen Curry	74	33.6	18.6	0.7	3.2	3.9	5.8	1.5	0.3	3.1	3.1	6.8	14.2	.480	2.0	4.6	.442	2.9	3.1	.934

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick Barnett	8	28.3	15.5	-	-	4.5	1.5	-	-	-	3.1	6.1	14.0	.438	-	-	-	3.3	4.5	.722
Stephen Curry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Dick Barnett didn't play in 1961-62.


Season 3
	Dick Barnett	Stephen Curry
Season	1962-63	2011-12
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
Dick Barnett	80	31.8	18.0	-	-	3.0	2.8	-	-	-	2.4	6.8	14.5	.471	-	-	-	4.3	5.3	.815
Stephen Curry	26	28.2	14.7	0.6	2.8	3.4	5.3	1.5	0.3	2.5	2.4	5.6	11.4	.490	2.1	4.7	.455	1.5	1.8	.809

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick Barnett	13	28.5	16.8	-	-	2.9	1.6	-	-	-	2.7	5.5	11.6	.470	-	-	-	5.9	7.5	.794
Stephen Curry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Dick Barnett	Stephen Curry
Season	1963-64	2012-13
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Semis	Warriors 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		%
Dick Barnett	78	33.6	18.4	-	-	3.2	3.1	-	-	-	3.0	6.9	15.3	.452	-	-	-	4.5	5.8	.773
Stephen Curry	78	38.2	22.9	0.8	3.3	4.0	6.9	1.6	0.2	3.1	2.5	8.0	17.8	.451	3.5	7.7	.453	3.4	3.7	.900

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick Barnett	5	30.8	13.8	-	-	1.6	3.4	-	-	-	3.2	4.2	10.4	.404	-	-	-	5.4	6.4	.844
Stephen Curry	12	41.4	23.4	0.4	3.4	3.8	8.1	1.7	0.2	3.3	2.9	8.5	19.6	.434	3.5	8.8	.396	2.9	3.2	.921


Season 5
	Dick Barnett	Stephen Curry
Season	1964-65	2013-14
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Warriors 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		%
Dick Barnett	74	27.4	13.8	-	-	2.7	2.1	-	-	-	2.8	5.1	12.3	.413	-	-	-	3.6	4.6	.799
Stephen Curry	78	36.5	24.0	0.6	3.7	4.3	8.5	1.6	0.2	3.8	2.5	8.4	17.7	.471	3.3	7.9	.424	3.9	4.5	.885

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick Barnett	10	28.7	17.5	-	-	3.0	3.3	-	-	-	2.5	7.2	15.0	.480	-	-	-	3.1	3.9	.795
Stephen Curry	7	42.3	23.0	0.6	3.0	3.6	8.4	1.7	0.1	3.7	2.6	7.3	16.6	.440	3.1	8.1	.386	5.3	6.0	.881


Season 6
	Dick Barnett	Stephen Curry
Season	1965-66	2014-15
Team	New York Knicks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Dick Barnett	75	34.5	23.1	-	-	4.1	3.5	-	-	-	3.1	8.4	17.9	.469	-	-	-	6.2	8.1	.772
Stephen Curry	80	32.7	23.8	0.7	3.6	4.3	7.7	2.0	0.2	3.1	2.0	8.2	16.8	.487	3.6	8.1	.443	3.9	4.2	.914

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick Barnett	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stephen Curry	21	39.3	28.3	1.0	4.0	5.0	6.4	1.9	0.1	3.9	2.2	9.5	20.9	.456	4.7	11.0	.422	4.6	5.5	.835


Season 7
	Dick Barnett	Stephen Curry
Season	1966-67	2015-16
Team	New York Knicks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost NBA 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		%
Dick Barnett	67	29.4	17.0	-	-	3.4	2.4	-	-	-	2.8	6.8	14.2	.478	-	-	-	3.4	4.4	.783
Stephen Curry	79	34.2	30.1	0.9	4.6	5.4	6.7	2.1	0.2	3.3	2.0	10.2	20.2	.504	5.1	11.2	.454	4.6	5.1	.908

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick Barnett	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stephen Curry	18	34.1	25.1	0.8	4.7	5.5	5.2	1.4	0.3	4.2	2.2	8.2	18.8	.438	4.4	11.0	.404	4.2	4.6	.916


Season 8
	Dick Barnett	Stephen Curry
Season	1967-68	2016-17
Team	New York Knicks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Dick Barnett	81	30.7	18.0	-	-	2.9	3.0	-	-	-	2.7	6.9	14.3	.482	-	-	-	4.2	5.4	.780
Stephen Curry	79	33.4	25.3	0.8	3.7	4.5	6.6	1.8	0.2	3.0	2.3	8.5	18.3	.468	4.1	10.0	.411	4.1	4.6	.898

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick Barnett	6	35.2	23.8	-	-	4.5	3.5	-	-	-	4.0	10.2	19.5	.521	-	-	-	3.5	4.8	.724
Stephen Curry	17	35.4	28.1	1.3	4.9	6.2	6.7	2.0	0.2	3.4	2.2	8.9	18.4	.484	4.2	10.1	.419	6.1	6.7	.904


Season 9
	Dick Barnett	Stephen Curry
Season	1968-69	2017-18
Team	New York Knicks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div 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		%
Dick Barnett	82	36.0	17.6	-	-	3.1	3.5	-	-	-	2.9	6.9	14.9	.463	-	-	-	3.8	4.9	.774
Stephen Curry	51	32.0	26.4	0.7	4.4	5.1	6.1	1.6	0.2	3.0	2.2	8.4	16.9	.495	4.2	9.8	.423	5.5	5.9	.921

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick Barnett	10	40.2	16.7	-	-	3.5	2.7	-	-	-	3.2	6.5	16.3	.399	-	-	-	3.7	5.4	.685
Stephen Curry	15	37.0	25.5	0.6	5.5	6.1	5.4	1.7	0.7	2.9	2.5	9.1	20.3	.451	4.3	10.8	.395	3.0	3.1	.957


Season 10
	Dick Barnett	Stephen Curry
Season	1969-70	2018-19
Team	New York Knicks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Warriors Lost NBA 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		%
Dick Barnett	82	33.8	14.9	-	-	2.7	3.6	-	-	-	2.7	6.0	12.7	.475	-	-	-	2.8	4.0	.714
Stephen Curry	69	33.8	27.3	0.7	4.7	5.3	5.2	1.3	0.4	2.8	2.4	9.2	19.4	.472	5.1	11.7	.437	3.8	4.2	.916

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick Barnett	19	37.6	16.9	-	-	2.1	3.4	-	-	-	3.4	6.9	14.7	.468	-	-	-	3.1	4.0	.776
Stephen Curry	22	38.5	28.2	0.8	5.2	6.0	5.7	1.1	0.2	3.0	3.1	8.6	19.6	.441	4.2	11.1	.377	6.7	7.1	.943


Season 11
	Dick Barnett	Stephen Curry
Season	1970-71	2019-20
Team	New York Knicks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Dick Barnett	82	34.7	15.5	-	-	2.9	2.7	-	-	-	2.8	6.6	14.4	.456	-	-	-	2.4	3.4	.694
Stephen Curry	5	27.8	20.8	0.8	4.4	5.2	6.6	1.0	0.4	3.2	2.2	6.6	16.4	.402	2.4	9.8	.245	5.2	5.2	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick Barnett	12	37.9	19.5	-	-	3.2	3.0	-	-	-	2.8	7.9	16.6	.477	-	-	-	3.7	5.3	.698
Stephen Curry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Dick Barnett	Stephen Curry
Season	1971-72	2020-21
Team	New York Knicks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA 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		%
Dick Barnett	79	28.6	12.2	-	-	1.9	2.5	-	-	-	2.9	5.1	11.6	.437	-	-	-	2.1	2.7	.753
Stephen Curry	63	34.2	32.0	0.5	5.0	5.5	5.8	1.2	0.1	3.4	1.9	10.4	21.7	.482	5.3	12.7	.421	5.7	6.3	.916

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick Barnett	12	10.9	4.3	-	-	0.7	0.8	-	-	-	1.6	1.9	4.1	.469	-	-	-	0.4	1.0	.417
Stephen Curry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Dick Barnett	Stephen Curry
Season	1972-73	2021-22
Team	New York Knicks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Dick Barnett	51	10.1	3.8	-	-	0.8	1.0	-	-	-	1.0	1.7	4.4	.389	-	-	-	0.3	0.6	.533
Stephen Curry	64	34.5	25.5	0.5	4.7	5.2	6.3	1.3	0.4	3.2	2.0	8.4	19.1	.437	4.5	11.7	.380	4.3	4.7	.923

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick Barnett	4	4.3	1.5	-	-	0	0.5	-	-	-	1.3	0.8	1.5	.500	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
Stephen Curry	22	34.7	27.4	0.5	4.7	5.2	5.9	1.3	0.4	2.6	2.7	9.2	20.0	.459	4.1	10.4	.397	4.9	5.9	.829


Season 14
	Dick Barnett	Stephen Curry
Season	1973-74	2022-23
Team	New York Knicks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors 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		%
Dick Barnett	5	11.6	4.4	0.2	0.6	0.8	1.2	0.2	0.0	-	0.4	2.0	5.2	.385	-	-	-	0.4	0.6	.667
Stephen Curry	56	34.7	29.4	0.7	5.4	6.1	6.3	0.9	0.4	3.2	2.1	10.0	20.2	.493	4.9	11.4	.427	4.6	5.0	.915

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick Barnett	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stephen Curry	13	37.9	30.5	0.7	4.5	5.2	6.1	1.0	0.5	3.2	2.6	11.2	23.9	.466	4.4	12.1	.363	3.8	4.5	.845


Season 15
	Dick Barnett	Stephen Curry
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	Clutch Player of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Dick Barnett	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stephen Curry	74	32.7	26.4	0.5	4.0	4.5	5.1	0.7	0.4	2.8	1.6	8.8	19.5	.450	4.8	11.8	.408	4.0	4.4	.923

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick Barnett	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stephen Curry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Dick Barnett vs. Stephen Curry Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Stephen Curry and Dick Barnett, 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