RJ Barrett vs. Joe Caldwell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joe Caldwell and RJ Barrett, 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.

RJ Barrett played 5 years in the NBA, 1 less than Joe Caldwell, who played 6. RJ Barrett had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Joe Caldwell had his rookie season in 1964-65. 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
Rookie Season
	RJ Barrett	Joe Caldwell
Season	2019-20	1964-65
Team	New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
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		%
RJ Barrett	56	30.4	14.3	0.9	4.1	5.0	2.6	1.0	0.3	2.2	2.2	5.2	13.0	.402	1.1	3.5	.320	2.8	4.5	.614
Joe Caldwell	66	23.4	10.7	-	-	6.7	1.8	-	-	-	2.6	4.4	11.8	.374	-	-	-	2.0	3.2	.614
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
RJ Barrett	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Caldwell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	RJ Barrett	Joe Caldwell
Season	2023-24	1968-69
Team	New York Knicks, Toronto Raptors	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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		%
RJ Barrett	58	31.7	20.2	0.9	4.5	5.4	3.3	0.5	0.4	2.2	2.2	7.5	15.2	.495	1.6	4.3	.360	3.6	5.0	.715
Joe Caldwell	81	33.6	15.8	-	-	3.7	4.0	-	-	-	2.9	6.9	13.7	.507	-	-	-	2.0	3.7	.537
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
RJ Barrett	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Caldwell	11	36.7	14.7	-	-	5.0	3.4	-	-	-	3.6	5.9	12.2	.485	-	-	-	2.9	6.3	.464

Season 6
	RJ Barrett	Joe Caldwell
Season	-	1969-70
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Hawks 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		%
RJ Barrett	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Caldwell	82	34.8	21.1	-	-	5.0	3.5	-	-	-	3.1	8.2	16.2	.507	-	-	-	4.6	6.7	.688
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
RJ Barrett	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Caldwell	9	43.7	25.0	-	-	5.0	4.2	-	-	-	3.8	10.3	22.0	.470	-	-	-	4.3	6.7	.650