Rick Barry vs. Wang Zhizhi Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Wang Zhizhi 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, 5 more than Wang Zhizhi, who played 5. Rick Barry had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while Wang Zhizhi had his rookie season in 2000-01. 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	Wang Zhizhi
Season	1965-66	2000-01
Team	San Francisco Warriors	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks 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		%
Rick Barry	80	37.4	25.7	-	-	10.6	2.2	-	-	-	3.7	9.3	21.2	.439	-	-	-	7.1	8.3	.862
Wang Zhizhi	5	7.6	4.8	0.2	1.2	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	1.6	1.6	3.8	.421	0.0	0.4	.000	1.6	2.0	.800
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Barry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wang Zhizhi	5	4.8	2.0	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.6	1.6	.375	0.2	0.4	.500	0.6	0.6	1.000

Season 2
	Rick Barry	Wang Zhizhi
Season	1966-67	2001-02
Team	San Francisco Warriors	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	Mavericks 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		%
Rick Barry	78	40.7	35.6	-	-	9.2	3.6	-	-	-	3.3	13.0	28.7	.451	-	-	-	9.7	10.9	.884
Wang Zhizhi	55	10.9	5.6	0.3	1.7	2.0	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.5	1.5	2.0	4.5	.440	0.9	2.1	.414	0.8	1.0	.737
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
Wang Zhizhi	8	5.4	2.5	0.6	0.4	1.0	0.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.4	0.9	2.0	.438	0.4	0.8	.500	0.4	0.8	.500

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

Season 3
	Rick Barry	Wang Zhizhi
Season	1972-73	2002-03
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West 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		%
Rick Barry	82	37.5	22.3	-	-	8.9	4.9	-	-	-	3.0	9.0	19.9	.452	-	-	-	4.4	4.8	.902
Wang Zhizhi	41	10.0	4.4	0.6	1.2	1.9	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.8	1.0	1.5	4.0	.383	0.4	1.1	.340	1.0	1.4	.724
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
Wang Zhizhi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Rick Barry	Wang Zhizhi
Season	1973-74	2003-04
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Clippers, Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat 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		%
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
Wang Zhizhi	16	7.1	2.9	0.3	0.9	1.1	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.8	1.1	2.9	.370	0.3	0.9	.286	0.6	0.6	.900
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Barry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wang Zhizhi	3	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 5
	Rick Barry	Wang Zhizhi
Season	1974-75	2004-05
Team	Golden State Warriors	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
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		%
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
Wang Zhizhi	20	4.6	2.2	0.3	0.6	0.9	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.9	1.8	.472	0.1	0.2	.667	0.4	0.6	.583
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
Wang Zhizhi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Rick Barry	Wang Zhizhi
Season	1975-76	-
Team	Golden State Warriors	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors 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		%
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
Wang Zhizhi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Wang Zhizhi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Rick Barry	Wang Zhizhi
Season	1976-77	-
Team	Golden State Warriors	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	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		%
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
Wang Zhizhi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Wang Zhizhi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Rick Barry	Wang Zhizhi
Season	1977-78	-
Team	Golden State Warriors	-
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		%
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
Wang Zhizhi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Barry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wang Zhizhi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-