MVPs: 0. Finals MVPs: 1. All-NBA 1st Team: 5. 2nd Team: 1. All Star: 8. MVP: 1.
Defensive POY: 0. All-Defense Teams: 0.
Points Champ: 1. Steals Champ: 1. FT% Champ: 6.
Career Averages: 23 PPG/ 6 RPG/ 5 APG/ 2 SPG/ .5 BPG/ .451 eFG%/ .900 FT%.
Best Season: 36/ 9/ 4/ .451/ .884 (1966-67).
Postseason Averages: 25 PPG/ 6 RPG/ 5 APG/ 2.2 SPG/ .8 BPG/ .427 eFG%/ .875 FT%.
Best Postseason: 28/ 5/ 6/ 2.9/ .9/ .444/ .918 (1975).
Championships: 1 (best player). Runner-ups: 1 (best player).
Why he's below Willis Reed: Barry spent most of his prime in the ABA. He really only had 8 good years in the NBA. Reed only had 7 good years, but his MVP and better defensive game are enough to give him an edge.
Why he's above the rest: Rick Barry transformed himself from a selfish volume scorer into one of the best passing forwards in league history (in the top 3 with LeBron and Bird). In only his second year in the league, Barry led the league in scoring with 35.6 PPG and averaged 40.8 in the Finals. After he returned from the ABA, he averaged at least 6 APG in 5 out of 6 seasons. He could still score though, averaging 30 points in the 1974-75 season and 28 during the championship run to go with his 6 APG in both regular and postseason. The 1975 postseason is arguably the closest we've seen to one player carrying a team to a championship. The Warriors' second leading scorer had 15 PPG, and second leading passer had 3 APG, barely half of what Barry averaged.
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