Leandro Barbosa vs. Charles Barkley Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Charles Barkley and Leandro Barbosa, 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.

Leandro Barbosa played 14 years in the NBA, 2 less than Charles Barkley, who played 16. Leandro Barbosa had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, while Charles Barkley had his rookie season in 1984-85. 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
Leandro Barbosa	14	8	2003-04 to 2016-17
Charles Barkley	16	13	1984-85 to 1999-00

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	Leandro Barbosa	Charles Barkley
Season	2003-04	1984-85
Team	Phoenix Suns	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East 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		%
Leandro Barbosa	70	21.4	7.9	0.3	1.4	1.8	2.4	1.3	0.1	1.7	2.6	3.0	6.7	.447	1.2	3.0	.395	0.7	0.9	.770
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Leandro Barbosa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 2
	Leandro Barbosa	Charles Barkley
Season	2004-05	1985-86
Team	Phoenix Suns	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	76ers 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		%
Leandro Barbosa	63	17.3	7.0	0.5	1.6	2.1	2.0	0.5	0.1	1.4	2.0	2.7	5.6	.475	0.8	2.2	.367	0.9	1.1	.797
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Leandro Barbosa	12	9.7	2.5	0.4	1.0	1.4	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.7	1.0	2.9	.343	0.3	0.8	.400	0.2	0.3	.500
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


Season 3
	Leandro Barbosa	Charles Barkley
Season	2005-06	1986-87
Team	Phoenix Suns	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	76ers 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		%
Leandro Barbosa	57	27.9	13.1	0.5	2.1	2.6	2.8	0.8	0.1	1.6	2.5	4.8	9.9	.481	1.5	3.4	.444	1.9	2.6	.755
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Leandro Barbosa	20	31.6	14.2	0.3	1.4	1.6	2.7	0.8	0.2	1.5	3.3	5.2	11.0	.470	1.4	3.5	.391	2.5	2.9	.862
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


Season 4
	Leandro Barbosa	Charles Barkley
Season	2006-07	1987-88
Team	Phoenix Suns	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	Sixth Man of the Year	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West 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		%
Leandro Barbosa	80	32.7	18.1	0.3	2.4	2.7	4.0	1.2	0.2	1.8	2.6	6.6	13.9	.476	2.4	5.5	.434	2.5	2.9	.845
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Leandro Barbosa	11	31.7	15.8	0.6	2.8	3.5	2.2	1.1	0.2	2.0	2.7	5.8	14.4	.405	1.6	5.4	.305	2.5	3.5	.718
Charles Barkley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Leandro Barbosa	Charles Barkley
Season	2007-08	1988-89
Team	Phoenix Suns	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	76ers 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		%
Leandro Barbosa	82	29.5	15.6	0.5	2.3	2.8	2.6	0.9	0.2	1.4	2.4	5.8	12.5	.462	2.0	5.1	.389	2.1	2.6	.822
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Leandro Barbosa	5	28.6	10.4	0.4	3.6	4.0	1.8	0.6	0.0	0.8	2.0	3.8	11.0	.345	0.8	3.6	.222	2.0	2.2	.909
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


Season 6
	Leandro Barbosa	Charles Barkley
Season	2008-09	1989-90
Team	Phoenix Suns	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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		%
Leandro Barbosa	70	24.4	14.2	0.5	2.1	2.6	2.3	1.2	0.1	1.3	1.6	5.2	10.8	.482	1.3	3.4	.375	2.4	2.8	.881
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Leandro Barbosa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 7
	Leandro Barbosa	Charles Barkley
Season	2009-10	1990-91
Team	Phoenix Suns	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	76ers 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		%
Leandro Barbosa	44	17.9	9.5	0.3	1.3	1.6	1.5	0.5	0.3	1.0	1.6	3.5	8.3	.425	1.0	3.1	.324	1.5	1.7	.877
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Leandro Barbosa	16	15.6	7.2	0.1	1.2	1.3	1.3	0.3	0.1	0.9	2.1	2.7	6.4	.417	0.8	2.2	.343	1.1	1.5	.708
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


Season 8
	Leandro Barbosa	Charles Barkley
Season	2010-11	1991-92
Team	Toronto Raptors	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second 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		%
Leandro Barbosa	58	24.1	13.3	0.2	1.5	1.7	2.1	0.9	0.1	1.4	1.9	5.1	11.3	.450	1.2	3.7	.338	1.9	2.4	.796
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

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


Season 9
	Leandro Barbosa	Charles Barkley
Season	2011-12	1992-93
Team	Toronto Raptors, Indiana Pacers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Semis	Suns 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		%
Leandro Barbosa	64	21.6	11.1	0.5	1.5	2.0	1.5	0.9	0.1	1.5	2.1	4.2	10.0	.425	1.0	2.7	.382	1.6	1.9	.815
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Leandro Barbosa	11	20.3	5.7	0.5	1.7	2.2	1.3	0.5	0.1	1.2	2.1	2.5	6.6	.370	0.3	1.8	.150	0.5	1.1	.500
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


Season 10
	Leandro Barbosa	Charles Barkley
Season	2012-13	1993-94
Team	Boston Celtics	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Leandro Barbosa	41	12.5	5.2	0.2	0.9	1.1	1.4	0.4	0.1	0.5	1.2	2.0	4.7	.430	0.4	1.1	.383	0.8	1.0	.756
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Leandro Barbosa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 11
	Leandro Barbosa	Charles Barkley
Season	2013-14	1994-95
Team	Phoenix Suns	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Leandro Barbosa	20	18.4	7.5	0.3	1.6	1.9	1.6	0.4	0.2	1.0	1.5	2.8	6.6	.427	0.4	1.3	.280	1.6	2.0	.795
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Leandro Barbosa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 12
	Leandro Barbosa	Charles Barkley
Season	2014-15	1995-96
Team	Golden State Warriors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Leandro Barbosa	66	14.9	7.1	0.3	1.0	1.4	1.5	0.6	0.1	0.7	1.3	2.8	5.8	.474	0.7	1.7	.384	0.9	1.1	.784
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Leandro Barbosa	21	10.9	5.0	0.4	0.9	1.3	0.9	0.3	0.0	0.6	1.1	1.9	4.2	.443	0.4	1.1	.348	0.9	1.0	.818
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


Season 13
	Leandro Barbosa	Charles Barkley
Season	2015-16	1996-97
Team	Golden State Warriors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Leandro Barbosa	68	15.9	6.4	0.4	1.3	1.7	1.2	0.6	0.1	0.8	1.6	2.5	5.4	.462	0.6	1.6	.355	0.8	0.9	.839
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Leandro Barbosa	23	11.0	5.6	0.5	0.7	1.2	0.7	0.5	0.0	0.5	1.0	2.2	3.8	.580	0.5	1.2	.393	0.7	0.9	.762
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


Season 14
	Leandro Barbosa	Charles Barkley
Season	2016-17	1997-98
Team	Phoenix Suns	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Leandro Barbosa	67	14.4	6.3	0.2	1.3	1.6	1.2	0.5	0.1	0.7	1.2	2.6	5.9	.439	0.5	1.5	.357	0.6	0.7	.889
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Leandro Barbosa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 15
	Leandro Barbosa	Charles Barkley
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		%
Leandro Barbosa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Leandro Barbosa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 16
	Leandro Barbosa	Charles Barkley
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		%
Leandro Barbosa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

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

Leandro Barbosa vs. Charles Barkley Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Charles Barkley and Leandro Barbosa, 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