Dick Barnett vs. Wes Unseld Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Wes Unseld 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.

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 more than Wes Unseld, who played 13. Dick Barnett had the first of his seasons in 1959-60, while Wes Unseld had his rookie season in 1968-69. 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
	Dick Barnett	Wes Unseld
Season	1959-60	1968-69
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Semis	Bullets 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		%
Dick Barnett	57	21.7	12.4	-	-	2.7	2.8	-	-	-	1.7	5.1	12.3	.412	-	-	-	2.2	3.2	.711
Wes Unseld	82	36.2	13.8	-	-	18.2	2.6	-	-	-	3.4	5.2	10.9	.476	-	-	-	3.4	5.6	.605
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
Wes Unseld	4	41.3	18.8	-	-	18.5	1.3	-	-	-	3.5	7.5	14.3	.526	-	-	-	3.8	4.8	.789

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

Season 3
	Dick Barnett	Wes Unseld
Season	1962-63	1970-71
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Bullets 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	80	31.8	18.0	-	-	3.0	2.8	-	-	-	2.4	6.8	14.5	.471	-	-	-	4.3	5.3	.815
Wes Unseld	74	39.2	14.1	-	-	16.9	4.0	-	-	-	3.2	5.7	11.4	.501	-	-	-	2.7	4.1	.657
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
Wes Unseld	18	42.2	13.2	-	-	18.8	3.8	-	-	-	3.3	5.3	11.6	.462	-	-	-	2.6	4.5	.568

Season 4
	Dick Barnett	Wes Unseld
Season	1963-64	1971-72
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Semis	Bullets 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		%
Dick Barnett	78	33.6	18.4	-	-	3.2	3.1	-	-	-	3.0	6.9	15.3	.452	-	-	-	4.5	5.8	.773
Wes Unseld	76	41.7	13.0	-	-	17.6	3.7	-	-	-	2.9	5.4	10.8	.498	-	-	-	2.3	3.6	.629
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
Wes Unseld	6	44.3	12.3	-	-	12.5	4.2	-	-	-	3.7	5.3	10.8	.492	-	-	-	1.7	3.2	.526

Season 5
	Dick Barnett	Wes Unseld
Season	1964-65	1972-73
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Bullets 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		%
Dick Barnett	74	27.4	13.8	-	-	2.7	2.1	-	-	-	2.8	5.1	12.3	.413	-	-	-	3.6	4.6	.799
Wes Unseld	79	39.1	12.5	-	-	15.9	4.4	-	-	-	2.1	5.3	10.8	.493	-	-	-	1.9	2.7	.703
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
Wes Unseld	5	40.2	9.8	-	-	15.2	3.4	-	-	-	2.4	4.0	9.6	.417	-	-	-	1.8	3.8	.474

Season 7
	Dick Barnett	Wes Unseld
Season	1966-67	1974-75
Team	New York Knicks	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets 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
Wes Unseld	73	39.8	9.2	4.4	10.4	14.8	4.1	1.6	0.9	-	2.5	3.7	7.5	.502	-	-	-	1.7	2.5	.685
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick Barnett	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wes Unseld	17	43.2	10.7	3.8	12.4	16.2	3.8	0.9	1.2	-	2.3	4.2	7.6	.546	-	-	-	2.4	3.6	.656

Season 8
	Dick Barnett	Wes Unseld
Season	1967-68	1975-76
Team	New York Knicks	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Semis	Bullets 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		%
Dick Barnett	81	30.7	18.0	-	-	2.9	3.0	-	-	-	2.7	6.9	14.3	.482	-	-	-	4.2	5.4	.780
Wes Unseld	78	37.5	9.6	3.5	9.8	13.3	5.2	1.1	0.8	-	2.6	4.1	7.3	.561	-	-	-	1.5	2.5	.585
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
Wes Unseld	7	44.3	7.0	3.7	8.4	12.1	4.0	0.9	0.6	-	2.7	2.6	5.6	.462	-	-	-	1.9	3.4	.542

Season 10
	Dick Barnett	Wes Unseld
Season	1969-70	1977-78
Team	New York Knicks	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
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	82	33.8	14.9	-	-	2.7	3.6	-	-	-	2.7	6.0	12.7	.475	-	-	-	2.8	4.0	.714
Wes Unseld	80	33.1	7.6	3.6	8.4	11.9	4.1	1.2	0.6	2.2	2.9	3.2	6.1	.523	-	-	-	1.2	2.2	.538
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
Wes Unseld	18	37.6	9.4	4.0	8.0	12.0	4.4	0.9	0.4	2.0	3.4	3.9	7.4	.530	-	-	-	1.5	2.6	.587

Season 13
	Dick Barnett	Wes Unseld
Season	1972-73	1980-81
Team	New York Knicks	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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	51	10.1	3.8	-	-	0.8	1.0	-	-	-	1.0	1.7	4.4	.389	-	-	-	0.3	0.6	.533
Wes Unseld	63	32.3	8.0	3.3	7.4	10.7	2.7	0.8	0.6	1.5	2.7	3.6	6.8	.524	0.0	0.1	.500	0.9	1.4	.640
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	-
Wes Unseld	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-