Scottie Barnes vs. Clyde Lovellette Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Clyde Lovellette and Scottie Barnes, 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.

Scottie Barnes played 3 years in the NBA, 8 less than Clyde Lovellette, who played 11. Scottie Barnes had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while Clyde Lovellette had his rookie season in 1953-54. 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
	Scottie Barnes	Clyde Lovellette
Season	2021-22	1953-54
Team	Toronto Raptors	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Scottie Barnes	74	35.4	15.3	2.6	4.9	7.5	3.5	1.1	0.7	1.8	2.6	6.2	12.6	.492	0.8	2.6	.301	2.1	2.9	.735
Clyde Lovellette	72	17.4	8.2	-	-	5.8	0.7	-	-	-	2.9	3.3	7.8	.423	-	-	-	1.6	2.3	.695
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scottie Barnes	4	33.3	12.8	1.8	7.3	9.0	4.3	1.0	0.3	1.3	3.0	4.5	10.5	.429	0.5	3.0	.167	3.3	4.0	.813
Clyde Lovellette	13	20.4	10.5	-	-	9.7	0.5	-	-	-	2.8	4.2	9.2	.450	-	-	-	2.2	4.5	.483

Season 3
	Scottie Barnes	Clyde Lovellette
Season	2023-24	1955-56
Team	Toronto Raptors	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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		%
Scottie Barnes	60	34.9	19.9	2.4	5.9	8.2	6.1	1.3	1.5	2.8	2.0	7.5	15.7	.475	1.7	4.9	.341	3.3	4.2	.781
Clyde Lovellette	71	35.5	21.5	-	-	14.0	2.3	-	-	-	3.5	8.4	19.3	.434	-	-	-	4.8	6.6	.721
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scottie Barnes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clyde Lovellette	3	23.0	19.0	-	-	8.3	2.0	-	-	-	4.3	6.3	13.0	.487	-	-	-	6.3	10.7	.594

Season 4
	Scottie Barnes	Clyde Lovellette
Season	-	1956-57
Team	-	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Lakers 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		%
Scottie Barnes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clyde Lovellette	69	36.1	20.8	-	-	13.5	2.0	-	-	-	3.6	8.3	19.5	.426	-	-	-	4.1	5.8	.717
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scottie Barnes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clyde Lovellette	5	36.2	24.2	-	-	9.4	2.2	-	-	-	4.2	10.2	23.6	.432	-	-	-	3.8	5.2	.731

Season 7
	Scottie Barnes	Clyde Lovellette
Season	-	1959-60
Team	-	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Hawks 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		%
Scottie Barnes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clyde Lovellette	68	28.7	20.8	-	-	10.6	1.9	-	-	-	3.6	8.1	17.3	.468	-	-	-	4.6	5.7	.821
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scottie Barnes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clyde Lovellette	14	30.4	17.6	-	-	10.8	2.8	-	-	-	3.8	6.8	17.3	.393	-	-	-	4.0	4.9	.824

Season 8
	Scottie Barnes	Clyde Lovellette
Season	-	1960-61
Team	-	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Hawks 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		%
Scottie Barnes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clyde Lovellette	67	31.5	22.0	-	-	10.1	2.6	-	-	-	3.7	8.9	19.7	.453	-	-	-	4.1	4.9	.830
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scottie Barnes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clyde Lovellette	8	23.9	15.4	-	-	6.5	1.4	-	-	-	2.9	5.8	14.3	.404	-	-	-	3.9	5.9	.660

Season 10
	Scottie Barnes	Clyde Lovellette
Season	-	1962-63
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Scottie Barnes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clyde Lovellette	61	9.3	6.5	-	-	2.9	1.6	-	-	-	2.2	2.6	6.2	.428	-	-	-	1.2	1.6	.745
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scottie Barnes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clyde Lovellette	6	6.7	3.0	-	-	0.8	0.2	-	-	-	2.2	1.2	4.3	.269	-	-	-	0.7	1.0	.667

Season 11
	Scottie Barnes	Clyde Lovellette
Season	-	1963-64
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Scottie Barnes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clyde Lovellette	45	9.7	6.7	-	-	2.8	0.5	-	-	-	2.2	2.8	6.8	.420	-	-	-	1.0	1.3	.789
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scottie Barnes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clyde Lovellette	5	8.0	4.0	-	-	1.4	0.4	-	-	-	1.6	1.6	6.8	.235	-	-	-	0.8	0.8	1.000