Rick Barry vs. Odie Spears Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Odie Spears and Rick Barry, 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.

Rick Barry played 10 years in the NBA, 2 more than Odie Spears, who played 8. Rick Barry had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while Odie Spears had his rookie season in 1948-49. 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10
Rookie Season
	Rick Barry	Odie Spears
Season	1965-66	1948-49
Team	San Francisco Warriors	Chicago Stags
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Stags 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		%
Rick Barry	80	37.4	25.7	-	-	10.6	2.2	-	-	-	3.7	9.3	21.2	.439	-	-	-	7.1	8.3	.862
Odie Spears	57	-	9.3	-	-	-	1.7	-	-	-	3.5	3.5	11.1	.317	-	-	-	2.3	3.5	.665
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Barry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Odie Spears	2	-	9.0	-	-	-	1.0	-	-	-	4.5	3.5	13.0	.269	-	-	-	2.0	3.5	.571

Season 2
	Rick Barry	Odie Spears
Season	1966-67	1949-50
Team	San Francisco Warriors	Chicago Stags
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	Stags Lost Cent 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		%
Rick Barry	78	40.7	35.6	-	-	9.2	3.6	-	-	-	3.3	13.0	28.7	.451	-	-	-	9.7	10.9	.884
Odie Spears	68	-	10.5	-	-	-	2.3	-	-	-	3.7	4.1	11.4	.357	-	-	-	2.3	3.4	.687
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Barry	15	40.9	34.7	-	-	7.5	3.9	-	-	-	3.3	13.1	32.6	.403	-	-	-	8.5	10.5	.809
Odie Spears	2	-	11.5	-	-	-	0.5	-	-	-	5.5	4.5	11.0	.409	-	-	-	2.5	5.0	.500

Note: Rick Barry didn't play in 1967-68, 1968-69, 1969-70, 1970-71 and 1971-72.

Note: Odie Spears didn't play in 1950-51.

Season 3
	Rick Barry	Odie Spears
Season	1972-73	1951-52
Team	Golden State Warriors	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Finals	Royals Lost West 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		%
Rick Barry	82	37.5	22.3	-	-	8.9	4.9	-	-	-	3.0	9.0	19.9	.452	-	-	-	4.4	4.8	.902
Odie Spears	66	25.3	8.6	-	-	4.6	2.5	-	-	-	3.4	3.4	8.6	.395	-	-	-	1.8	2.3	.763
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Barry	11	26.5	16.4	-	-	4.9	2.2	-	-	-	3.7	5.9	14.9	.396	-	-	-	4.5	5.0	.909
Odie Spears	6	20.5	4.8	-	-	3.5	1.5	-	-	-	3.0	1.7	5.5	.303	-	-	-	1.5	2.7	.563

Season 4
	Rick Barry	Odie Spears
Season	1973-74	1952-53
Team	Golden State Warriors	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals 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		%
Rick Barry	80	36.5	25.1	1.3	5.5	6.8	6.1	2.1	0.5	-	3.3	10.0	21.8	.456	-	-	-	5.2	5.8	.899
Odie Spears	62	22.8	9.6	-	-	4.0	1.8	-	-	-	3.7	3.2	8.0	.401	-	-	-	3.2	3.9	.819
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Barry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Odie Spears	3	20.7	6.7	-	-	4.0	0.0	-	-	-	4.0	2.7	6.3	.421	-	-	-	1.3	1.7	.800

Season 5
	Rick Barry	Odie Spears
Season	1974-75	1953-54
Team	Golden State Warriors	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Royals Lost West 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		%
Rick Barry	80	40.4	30.6	1.2	4.6	5.7	6.2	2.9	0.4	-	2.8	12.9	27.7	.464	-	-	-	4.9	5.5	.904
Odie Spears	72	22.7	7.7	-	-	4.3	1.5	-	-	-	2.9	2.6	7.0	.364	-	-	-	2.5	3.3	.769
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Barry	17	42.7	28.2	1.3	4.2	5.5	6.1	2.9	0.9	-	3.0	11.1	25.1	.444	-	-	-	5.9	6.5	.918
Odie Spears	6	20.2	4.7	-	-	2.2	1.3	-	-	-	2.8	1.3	4.7	.286	-	-	-	2.0	2.3	.857

Season 6
	Rick Barry	Odie Spears
Season	1975-76	1954-55
Team	Golden State Warriors	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Finals	Royals 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		%
Rick Barry	81	38.5	21.0	0.9	5.2	6.1	6.1	2.5	0.3	-	2.7	8.7	20.0	.435	-	-	-	3.5	3.8	.923
Odie Spears	71	26.6	9.5	-	-	4.2	2.1	-	-	-	3.5	3.2	8.2	.386	-	-	-	3.1	3.8	.812
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Barry	13	40.9	24.0	1.5	4.9	6.5	6.5	2.9	1.1	-	3.1	9.7	22.2	.436	-	-	-	4.6	5.2	.882
Odie Spears	3	30.0	11.7	-	-	4.7	3.3	-	-	-	4.7	4.0	15.0	.267	-	-	-	3.7	5.3	.688

Season 7
	Rick Barry	Odie Spears
Season	1976-77	1955-56
Team	Golden State Warriors	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	Pistons 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		%
Rick Barry	79	36.8	21.8	0.9	4.4	5.3	6.0	2.2	0.7	-	2.5	8.6	19.6	.440	-	-	-	4.5	5.0	.916
Odie Spears	72	19.1	6.8	-	-	3.2	1.7	-	-	-	2.7	2.3	6.5	.355	-	-	-	2.2	2.8	.791
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Barry	10	41.5	28.4	2.5	3.4	5.9	4.7	1.7	0.7	-	3.2	12.2	26.2	.466	-	-	-	4.0	4.4	.909
Odie Spears	10	17.7	5.3	-	-	2.9	1.4	-	-	-	3.3	2.0	6.2	.323	-	-	-	1.3	2.3	.565

Season 8
	Rick Barry	Odie Spears
Season	1977-78	1956-57
Team	Golden State Warriors	Fort Wayne Pistons, St. Louis Hawks
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		%
Rick Barry	82	36.9	23.1	0.9	4.6	5.5	5.4	1.9	0.5	2.7	2.3	9.3	20.6	.451	-	-	-	4.6	5.0	.924
Odie Spears	11	10.7	3.9	-	-	1.4	0.6	-	-	-	2.2	1.1	3.5	.316	-	-	-	1.7	2.0	.864
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Barry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Odie Spears	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-