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Game state source: whynba · Retrieved Oct 9, 5:36 pm EDTNBA legend. Named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team and inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Biography, honors and career statistics below.
Rick Barry
Career at a glance
Rick Barry played 14 professional regular seasons (4 in the ABA, 10 in the NBA) between 1965 and 1980. He played for 6 teams: San Francisco (NBA) (1965–67, 158 games), Oakland (ABA) (1968–69, 35 games), Washington (ABA) (1969–70, 52 games), New York (ABA) (1970–72, 139 games), Golden State (NBA) (1972–78, 484 games), Houston (NBA) (1978–80, 152 games). His best scoring season was 1966–67 with San Francisco (NBA): 35.6 points per game over 78 games.
He rebounded best in 1965–66 at 10.6 per game. The season table marks him as the league leader in scoring twice, steals once. Championship seasons: 1968–69 (Oakland (ABA)), 1974–75 (Golden State (NBA)).
In the playoffs he appeared in 10 postseason runs. Multiplying each season’s games by its scoring average gives roughly 25,300 regular-season points (an estimate from per-game figures, not an official total).
whynba analysis of the season-by-season statistics below (Wikipedia revision, CC BY-SA 4.0). Totals are estimates from per-game averages.
About Rick Barry
Richard Francis Dennis Barry III (born March 28, 1944) is an American former professional basketball player. Barry ranks among the most prolific scorers and all-around players in basketball history. He is the only player to lead the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), American Basketball Association (ABA), and National Basketball Association (NBA) in points per game in a season. He ranks as the all-time ABA scoring leader in regular season (30.5 points per game) and postseason (33.5) play, while his 36.3 points per game are the most in NBA Finals history.
Barry is widely known for his unorthodox underhand free throw technique. His career.880 free throw percentage ranks No. 1 in ABA history, and his.900 percentage was the best of any NBA player at the time of his retirement in 1980. In 1987, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. In 1996, he was named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History. In October 2021, Barry was honored as one of the league's greatest players of all time by being named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team.
Barry is the father of former professional basketball players Brent Barry, Jon Barry, Drew Barry, Scooter Barry, and Canyon Barry. His wife, Lynn Norenberg Barry, was a star basketball player at the College of William & Mary, where she became the first female athlete to have her jersey number (22) retired.
- Born
- March 28, 1944 (age 82) Elizabeth, New Jersey, U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
- Listed weight
- 205 lb (93 kg)
- Position
- Small forward
- High school
- Roselle Park (Roselle Park, New Jersey)
- College
- Miami (Florida) (1962–1965)
- NBA draft
- 1965: 1st round, 2nd overall pick
- Playing career
- 1965–1980
Career highlights and awards
- NBA champion (1975)
- NBA Finals MVP (1975)
- ABA champion (1969)
- 8× NBA All-Star (1966, 1967, 1973–1978)
- NBA All-Star Game MVP (1967)
- 5× All-NBA First Team (1966, 1967, 1974–1976)
- All-NBA Second Team (1973)
- 4× ABA All-Star (1969–1972)
- 4× All-ABA First Team (1969–1972)
- NBA Rookie of the Year (1966)
- NBA All-Rookie First Team (1966)
- NBA scoring champion (1967)
- NBA steals leader (1975)
- NBA anniversary team (50th, 75th)
- ABA All-Time Team
- No. 24 retired by Golden State Warriors
- Consensus first-team All-American (1965)
- NCAA scoring champion (1965)
- No. 24 retired by Miami Hurricanes
Career statistics
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965–66 | San Francisco (NBA) | 80* | — | 37.4 | .439 | — | .862 | 10.6 | 2.2 | — | — | 25.7 |
| 1966–67 | San Francisco (NBA) | 78 | — | 40.7 | .451 | — | .884 | 9.2 | 3.6 | — | — | 35.6* |
| 1968–69† | Oakland (ABA) | 35 | — | 38.9 | .511 | .300 | .888* | 9.4 | 3.9 | — | — | 34.0* |
| 1969–70 | Washington (ABA) | 52 | — | 35.6 | .499 | .205 | .864 | 7.0 | 3.4 | — | — | 27.7 |
| 1970–71 | New York (ABA) | 59 | — | 42.4 | .469 | .221 | .890 | 6.8 | 5.0 | — | — | 29.4 |
| 1971–72 | New York (ABA) | 80 | — | 45.2* | .458 | .308 | .878 | 7.5 | 4.1 | — | — | 31.5 |
| 1972–73 | Golden State (NBA) | 82* | — | 37.5 | .452 | — | .902* | 8.9 | 4.9 | — | — | 22.3 |
| 1973–74 | Golden State (NBA) | 80 | — | 36.5 | .456 | — | .899 | 6.8 | 6.1 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 25.1 |
| 1974–75† | Golden State (NBA) | 80 | — | 40.4 | .464 | — | .904* | 5.7 | 6.2 | 2.9* | 0.4 | 30.6 |
| 1975–76 | Golden State (NBA) | 81 | — | 38.5 | .435 | — | .923* | 6.1 | 6.1 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 21.0 |
| 1976–77 | Golden State (NBA) | 79 | — | 36.8 | .440 | — | .916 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 21.8 |
| 1977–78 | Golden State (NBA) | 82 | — | 36.9 | .451 | — | .924* | 5.5 | 5.4 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 23.1 |
| 1978–79 | Houston (NBA) | 80 | — | 32.1 | .461 | — | .947* | 3.5 | 6.3 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 13.5 |
| 1979–80 | Houston (NBA) | 72 | — | 25.2 | .422 | .330 | .935* | 3.3 | 3.7 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 12.0 |
| Career (NBA) | 794 | — | 36.3 | .449 | .330 | .900 | 6.5 | 5.1 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 23.2 | |
| Career (ABA) | 226 | — | 41.3 | .477 | .277 | .880‡ | 7.5 | 4.1 | — | — | 30.5 | |
| Career (ABA/NBA) | 1.020 | — | 37.4 | .456 | .297 | .893 | 6.7 | 4.9 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 24.8 | |
| All-Star (NBA) | 7 | 6 | 27.8 | .486 | — | .833 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.2‡ | 0.1 | 18.2 | |
| All-Star (ABA) | 4 | 0 | 20.5 | .432 | — | .857 | 6.0 | 4.5 | — | — | 11.0 | |
| All-Star (ABA/NBA) | 11 | 6 | 25.1 | .473 | — | .842 | 4.8 | 4.4 | — | — | 15.6 |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | San Francisco (NBA) | 15 | — | 40.9 | .403 | — | .809 | 7.5 | 3.9 | — | — | 34.7 |
| 1970 | Washington (ABA) | 7 | — | 43.1 | .532 | .333 | .912 | 10.0 | 3.3 | — | — | 40.1‡ |
| 1971 | New York (ABA) | 6 | — | 47.8 | .519 | .519 | .814 | 11.7 | 4.0 | — | — | 33.7 |
| 1972 | New York (ABA) | 18 | — | 41.6 | .473 | .377 | .856 | 6.5 | 3.8 | — | — | 30.8 |
| 1973 | Golden State (NBA) | 11 | — | 26.5 | .396 | — | .909 | 4.9 | 2.2 | — | — | 16.4 |
| 1975† | Golden State (NBA) | 17 | — | 42.7 | .444 | — | .918 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 28.2 |
| 1976 | Golden State (NBA) | 13 | — | 40.9 | .436 | — | .882 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 24.0 |
| 1977 | Golden State (NBA) | 10 | — | 41.5 | .466 | — | .909 | 5.9 | 4.7 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 28.4 |
| 1979 | Houston (NBA) | 2 | — | 32.5 | .320 | — | 1.000 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 12.0 |
| 1980 | Houston (NBA) | 6 | — | 13.2 | .364 | .250 | 1.000 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 5.5 |
| Career (NBA) | 74 | — | 36.8 | .426 | .250 | .875 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 24.8 | |
| Career (ABA) | 31 | — | 43.2‡ | .497 | .412 | .861 | 8.3 | 3.7 | — | — | 33.5‡ | |
| Career (ABA/NBA) | 105 | — | 38.7 | .448 | .394 | .870 | 6.4 | 4.3 | — | — | 27.3 |
Per-game averages. † won an ABA or NBA championship · * led the league · ‡ league record (as marked).
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- Height
- 6′ 7″
- Weight
- 205 lb
- Position
- Small forward
- Jersey
- Not listed
- Country
- USA
- School / last affiliation
- Not listed
- Draft year
- 1965
- Draft pick
- Round 1 · Pick 2
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