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{{short description|American former basketball player (born 1944)}}
{{Distinguish|Dick Barry}}
{{for-multi|the 1980s basketball player|Ricky Berry|other people with similar names|Rick Berry (disambiguation)|and|Richard Barry (disambiguation){{!}}Richard Barry}}
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{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Rick Barry
| image = Rick Barry.jpg
| image_size = 
| caption = Barry at the [[Golden State Warriors]] championship parade in June 2015
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|3|28}}
| birth_place = [[Elizabeth, New Jersey]], U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 7
| weight_lb = 205
| high_school = [[Roselle Park High School|Roselle Park]]<br />([[Roselle Park, New Jersey]])
| college = [[Miami Hurricanes men's basketball|Miami (Florida)]] (1962–1965)
| draft_year = 1965
| draft_round = 1
| draft_pick = 2
| draft_team = [[San Francisco Warriors]]
| career_start = 1965
| career_end = 1980
| career_position = [[Small forward]]
| career_number = 24, 2, 4
| coach_start = 1992
| coach_end = 2000
| years1 = {{nbay|1965|start}}–{{nbay|1966|end}}
| team1 = [[San Francisco Warriors]]
| years2 = [[1968–69 ABA season|1968]]–[[1969–70 ABA season|1970]]
| team2 = [[Oakland Oaks (ABA)|Oakland Oaks]] / [[Washington Caps]]
| years3 = [[1970–71 ABA season|1970]]–[[1971–72 ABA season|1972]]
| team3 = [[New York Nets]]
| years4 = {{nbay|1972|start}}–{{nbay|1977|end}}
| team4 = [[Golden State Warriors]]
| years5 = {{nbay|1978|start}}–{{nbay|1979|end}}
| team5 = [[Houston Rockets]]
| cyears1 = 1992
| cteam1 = [[Cedar Rapids Sharpshooters]]
| cyears2 = 1993–1994
| cteam2 = [[Fort Wayne Fury]]
| cyears3 = 1998–1999
| cteam3 = [[New Jersey ShoreCats]]
| cyears4 = 2000
| cteam4 = [[Florida Sea Dragons]]
| highlights = 
* [[NBA champion]] ([[1975 NBA Finals|1975]])
* [[Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award|NBA Finals MVP]] (1975)
* [[ABA champion]] ([[1969 ABA Playoffs|1969]])
* 8× [[NBA All-Star Game|NBA All-Star]] ({{nasg|1966}}, {{nasg|1967}}, {{nasg|1973}}–{{nasg|1978}})
* [[NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award|NBA All-Star Game MVP]] ([[1967 NBA All-Star Game|1967]])
* 5× [[All-NBA First Team]] ({{nbay|1965|end}}, {{nbay|1966|end}}, {{nbay|1973|end}}–{{nbay|1975|end}})
* [[All-NBA Second Team]] ({{nbay|1972|end}})
* 4× ABA All-Star ([[1969 ABA All-Star Game|1969]]–[[1972 ABA All-Star Game|1972]])
* 4× [[All-ABA First Team]] ([[1968–69 ABA season|1969]]–[[1971–72 ABA season|1972]])
* [[NBA Rookie of the Year Award|NBA Rookie of the Year]] (1966)
* [[NBA All-Rookie First Team]] (1966)
* [[List of National Basketball Association annual scoring leaders|NBA scoring champion]] ({{nbay|1966|end}})
* [[List of National Basketball Association annual steals leaders|NBA steals leader]] ({{nbay|1974|end}})
* [[NBA anniversary team]] ([[50 Greatest Players in NBA History|50th]], [[NBA 75th Anniversary Team|75th]])
* [[ABA All-Time Team]]
* No. 24 [[Golden State Warriors#Retired numbers|retired by Golden State Warriors]]
* Consensus first-team [[NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|All-American]] ([[1965 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|1965]])
* [[List of NCAA Division I men's basketball season scoring leaders|NCAA scoring champion]] (1965)
* No. 24 [[Miami Hurricanes men's basketball|retired by Miami Hurricanes]]
| stats_league = ABA and NBA
| stat1label = [[Point (basketball)|Points]]
| stat1value = 25,279 (24.8 ppg)
| stat2label = [[Rebound (basketball)|Rebounds]]
| stat2value = 6,863 (6.7 rpg)
| stat3label = [[Assist (basketball)|Assists]]
| stat3value = 4,952 (4.9 apg)
| HOF = rick-barry
| CBBASKHOF_year = 2006
}}
'''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.<ref name=nba_rbarry>{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/history/players/barry_bio.html|title=Rick Barry|publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc|work=NBA.com|access-date=January 26, 2016|archive-date=March 17, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100317133934/http://www.nba.com/history/players/barry_bio.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1987, he was inducted into the [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/tag/richard-f-rick-barry|title=Hall of Famers|publisher=Basketball Hall of Fame|access-date=August 2, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016012611/http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/tag/richard-f-rick-barry|archive-date=October 16, 2012}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite web |title=NBA 75th Anniversary Team announced |url=https://www.nba.com/news/nba-75th-anniversary-team-announced |website=NBA.com |access-date=October 26, 2021 |date=October 21, 2021 |archive-date=October 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025195243/https://www.nba.com/news/nba-75th-anniversary-team-announced |url-status=live}}</ref>

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 number|retired]].

==Early life==
Barry was born in [[Elizabeth, New Jersey]] and grew up in nearby [[Roselle Park, New Jersey|Roselle Park]], an urban middle-class community. As a fifth-grader, he played with the varsity basketball team, for which his father Aldo served as coach, however, baseball was his best sport and he was a fan of local [[New York Giants (baseball)|New York Giants]] superstar [[Willie Mays]], who wore jersey number 24. Barry once skipped school to shake Mays's hand at the [[Polo Grounds]] in [[Upper Manhattan]], where the Giants played not far from his home.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Brown |first=Daniel |date=2024-07-19 |title=Warriors' Rick Barry ran onto the field to meet Willie Mays. A friendship was born |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5646426/2024/07/19/willie-mays-giants-rick-barry-warriors/ |access-date=2025-05-26 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> He wore the same number in tribute to the outfielder throughout his basketball career. In 1962, he graduated from [[Roselle Park High School]] in Roselle Park.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Ultimate New Jersey High School Year Book|date=1998}}</ref>

==College career==
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Barry fielded over 30 scholarship offers before choosing the [[University of Miami]] in [[Coral Gables, Florida]] largely because the [[Miami Hurricanes men's basketball|Hurricanes]] adhered to an up-tempo, pro-style system under head coach [[Bruce Hale]], which was conducive to Barry's skill set and athleticism. It was there that the three-time All-American met his future wife Pamela, who was the daughter of the head coach.

Barry averaged 19.0 points and 14.6 rebounds per game in his first season of eligibility. After those numbers made sizable jumps to 32.2 and 16.6 as a junior, he entered his final season as a consensus preseason [[All-America]] selection. Some believed that only his hair-trigger temper could prevent it. While widely lauded for his unselfishness and leadership, he had developed a reputation as something of a hothead, especially as it concerned the referees. 

In December, the senior made headlines in the 1965 Hurricane Classic, in which he scored 14 of his team's final 17 points in an 80–73 defeat of [[Maryland Terrapins men's basketball|Maryland]] in the championship game and was named Most Valuable Valuable of the tournament. Barry went on to lead the country with an average of 37.4 points per game, the third-highest mark in NCAA history at the time. Included were games of 59, 55, 54, 51 and 50 points as well as five others of 40 or more. His 475 rebounds (18.3 per game) also ranked No. 4 in the nation.  

While the Hurricanes rolled to a 22–4 record, the second best win percentage in school history, Barry and his teammates were ineligible for the NCAA tournament. The basketball program was on probation for one season, which limited his national recognition and opportunity to be the first overall pick in the [[1965 NBA draft]]. 

Barry finished his college career with 2.298 points (29.8 per game) in 77 appearances, 61 in which he had 20 points or more. He still owns 15 single-game, season or career records, including most points and most rebounds. In 1976, Barry was inducted into the [[University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame]]. His number 24 jersey is one of only two to have been retired by the university.

==Professional career==

===San Francisco Warriors (1965–1967)===
{{Unreferenced section|date=December 2025}}[[File:Rick Barry 1972 publicity photo.JPG|thumb|Barry's publicity photo in 1972]]
Barry was drafted by the [[Golden State Warriors#San Francisco Warriors|San Francisco Warriors]] with the second pick of the NBA draft. In his pro debut, the team more than doubled its wins total from 17 to 35 and was in playoff contention until the final game of the regular season. Nicknamed the "Miami Greyhound" by longtime [[San Francisco Bay Area]] broadcaster [[Bill King]] because of his long and slender physical build, whippet-like quickness, and remarkable instincts, the {{height|ft=6|in=7}} Barry won the [[NBA Rookie of the Year Award]] after averaging [[List of National Basketball Association top rookie scoring averages|25.7 points]] and 10.6 rebounds per game in the [[1965–66 NBA season|1965–66 season]]. 

===Joining the ABA (1968–1972)===
Barry moved to the [[American Basketball Association]]'s [[Oakland Oaks (ABA)|Oakland Oaks]] (owned by singer [[Pat Boone]]). [[Bruce Hale]], who coached at Miami and was Barry's father-in-law, was tapped to serve as head coach. Barry signed for a salary of $75,000 along with 15 percent ownership of the Oaks and 5 percent of Oaks' gate receipts above $600,000. When asked about the deal, he stated, "I know what a lot of people think of me. They call me a traitor. Is that fair? If they would just look at it the same way they do their own businesses. This is the way I support my family. Why should I be called unloyal? They change their jobs and nobody says they're unloyal. If everything was based just on loyalty, no one would ever make any money."<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Deford |first1=Frank |title=The education of Mr. Barry |url=https://www.vault.si.com/vault/1967/08/14/the-education-of-mr-barry |magazine=Sports Illustrated |access-date=March 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125104614/https://www.vault.si.com/vault/1967/08/14/the-education-of-mr-barry |archive-date=January 25, 2021 |date=August 14, 1967}}</ref>

The courts ordered Barry to sit out the 1967–68 season for the Oaks, upholding the validity of the [[reserve clause]] in his Warriors contract.<ref>{{cite news| agency= [[United Press International]]| url= https://www.nytimes.com/1967/08/09/archives/warriors-upheld-on-option-clause-court-rules-barry-is-bound-to-club.html| title= Warriors Upheld on Option Clause; Court Rules Barry is Bound to Club One More Year| work= [[The New York Times]]| date= August 9, 1967| access-date= September 1, 2010| archive-date= July 1, 2018| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180701194159/https://www.nytimes.com/1967/08/09/archives/warriors-upheld-on-option-clause-court-rules-barry-is-bound-to-club.html| url-status= live}}</ref> Barry's court case preceded by two years that of [[St. Louis Cardinals]]' outfielder [[Curt Flood]], whose own challenge to the reserve clause [[Flood v. Kuhn|went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court]]. Although Flood's challenge is better known, Barry was in fact the first American professional athlete to bring a court action against a major league.<ref name="Slate Rick Barry article">{{cite news| last=Hollander| first=Dave| title=Big Jerk, Bigger Hero| url=http://www.slate.com/articles/sports/sports_nut/2013/11/rick_barry_free_agency_one_of_the_biggest_jerks_in_basketball_history_is.html| newspaper=[[Slate (website)|Slate]]| date=November 24, 2013| access-date=November 26, 2013| archive-date=November 26, 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131126053857/http://www.slate.com/articles/sports/sports_nut/2013/11/rick_barry_free_agency_one_of_the_biggest_jerks_in_basketball_history_is.html| url-status=live}}</ref> 

====Oakland Oaks (1968–1969)====
[[File:Rick Barry 1969.jpeg|thumb|Barry before the [[1969 ABA All-Star Game]] in [[Louisville, Kentucky]]]]
The Oaks finished 22–56 in their ABA debut, which Barry spent as part of their broadcast team. Prior to the 1968–69 season, they hired his former [[San Francisco Warriors]] coach [[Alex Hannum]] to replace Hale, who moved to a front office position.<ref>{{cite web |title=Barry Accepts $500,000 Contract; He Quits N.B.A. for 3-Year Pact With Oakland Five |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1967/06/21/archives/barry-accepts-500000-contract-he-quits-nba-for-3year-pact-with.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=July 7, 2021 |date=June 21, 1967 |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709204352/https://www.nytimes.com/1967/06/21/archives/barry-accepts-500000-contract-he-quits-nba-for-3year-pact-with.html |url-status=live}}</ref> In his ABA debut, he averaged a league-high 34.0 points per game.  Barry also paced the league in free-throw percentage in the regular season, a feat he would repeat in the 1970–71 and 1971–72 seasons.

Barry had his season come to an abrupt halt on December 27, 1968, when late in a game against the [[New York Nets]], he was blindsided by [[Ken Wilburn]] on a drive to the basket and tore left knee ligaments on the play. He attempted to come back in January 1969, only to aggravate the injury and sit out the remainder of the season. He took part in only 35 games but still was named to the ABA All-Star team.

The Oaks finished with a 60–18 record under Hannum, dominating the Western Division by 14 games over the second-place [[New Orleans Buccaneers]]. In the [[1969 ABA Playoffs]], the Oaks ousted the [[Denver Rockets]] in a seven-game series then swept the Buccaneers in the Western Division finals. In the championship round, they made short work of the [[Indiana Pacers]], 4–1, to capture the league title.

====Washington Caps (1969–1970)====
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Barry played the 1969–70 season with the ABA's [[Washington Caps]]. He missed the first 32 games before he joined the team, which played in the Western Division, making for a grueling travel schedule. The Caps still managed to finish with a respectable 44–40 record, good for third place in the Western Division. Appearing in only 52 games because of a knee injury, Barry finished the season with 1,442 points (27.7 per game), second-best in the league. The Denver Rockets edged the Caps, 4–3, in the Western Division semifinals. In Game 7 on the road, Barry [[List of NBA single-game playoff scoring leaders#ABA playoff scoring leaders|went off for 52 points]], which set a new ABA record for points in a playoff game (later topped a month later by [[Roger Brown (basketball, born 1942)|Roger Brown]]). It is still the most points scored in a seventh and deciding game in professional basketball history.

====New York Nets (1970–1972)====
The Washington Caps became the [[Virginia Squires]] after the 1969–70 season, but Barry was openly despondent about playing in Virginia. At the same time, he wanted to continue playing in the ABA. Featured on the August 24, 1970, cover of ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' in a Squires jersey,<ref name="SI1970">{{cite web |title=Yes, Rick, there is a Virginia |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1970/08/24/yes-rick-there-is-a-virginia |website=SI.com |access-date=February 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030020031/https://vault.si.com/vault/1970/08/24/yes-rick-there-is-a-virginia |archive-date=October 30, 2020 |date=August 24, 1970}}</ref> he indicated that he would not return to the NBA if the league paid him "a million dollars a year." He denounced the Squires (and, subsequently, never suited up for them), saying he did not want his kids growing up with a [[Southern American English|Southern accent]].<ref name="SI1970" /> On September 1, 1970, the Squires traded Barry to the [[New York Nets]] for a draft pick and $200,000. 

After the Squires dealt Barry to the [[New York Nets]], he played in only 59 games in the 1970–71 season because of a knee injury but still made the ABA All Star team. He repeated as an ABA All Star during the 1971–72 season. During the 1970–71 season he led the league in scoring (29.4 points per game) and led the league again in 1971–72 with 31.5 points per game. In both of those years he also led the ABA in free throw percentage as he had in 1968–69. Barry also became the ABA record holder for most consecutive free throws in one game with 23.{{Citation needed|date=December 2025}}

In the 1970–71 season, the Nets finished 40–44, good for fourth place in the Eastern Division and a place in the [[1971 ABA Playoffs]]. The Virginia Squires defeated the Nets 4 games to 2 in the Eastern Division semifinals. The 1971–72 Nets finished the season at 44–40, making the [[1972 ABA Playoffs]] by claiming third place in the Eastern Division, 24 games behind the 68–16 [[Kentucky Colonels]]. In the Eastern Division semifinals the Nets shocked the ABA by defeating the Colonels 4 games to 2. The Nets then eked out a 4–3 game victory over the Virginia Squires in the Eastern Division finals. The Nets were then edged by the Western Division champion [[Indiana Pacers]], 4 games to 2, in the [[1972 ABA Finals]].

On June 23, 1972, a United States District Court judge issued a preliminary injunction to prohibit Barry from playing for any team other than the [[Golden State Warriors]] after his contract with the Nets ended, due to a five-year contract signed in 1969.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/06/24/archives/judge-orders-nets-barry-to-honor-5year-warriors-pact-he-signed-in.html|title=Judge Orders Nets' Barry to Honor 5-Year Warriors' Pact He Signed in 1969|work=The New York Times |date=June 24, 1972 |access-date=2023-07-07|archive-date=September 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920123437/https://www.nytimes.com/1972/06/24/archives/judge-orders-nets-barry-to-honor-5year-warriors-pact-he-signed-in.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On October 6, 1972, the Nets released Barry and he returned to the Warriors.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://diva.sfsu.edu/collections/sfbatv/bundles/232771|title=Rick Barry Returns To The Warriors|publisher=[[KRON-TV]]|website=diva.sfsu.edu|access-date=2019-07-12|archive-date=July 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712231000/https://diva.sfsu.edu/collections/sfbatv/bundles/232771|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Golden State Warriors (1972–1978)===
[[File:Rick Barry – Warriors (1).jpeg|thumb|Barry with the [[Golden State Warriors]] in 1976]]
Upon Barry's return to the Warriors and the NBA, Barry moved his game away from the basket. On March 26, 1974, he scored a career-high 64 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in a 143–120 win over the visiting [[Portland Trail Blazers]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197403260GSW.html|title=Portland Trail Blazers at Golden State Warriors Box Score, March 26, 1974|publisher=Basketball-Reference|date=March 23, 2020|access-date=March 23, 2020|archive-date=March 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323085546/https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197403260GSW.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In training camp prior to the 1974–75 season, Barry was elected captain by his teammates. The Warriors went on to capture the Pacific Division crown as Barry had the best all-around season of his career. He averaged 30.6 points per game. Barry led the league in free throw percentage (.904) and steals per game (2.9) and ranked sixth in assists per game (6.2), the only forward among the top 10 in the category. In the playoffs, the upstart Warriors turned back the [[Seattle SuperSonics]] and [[Chicago Bulls]] to capture the [[Western Conference (NBA)|Western Conference]] crown. In the [[1975 NBA Finals]], the Warriors faced the [[Washington Bullets]], who were led by future Hall of Famers [[Elvin Hayes]] and [[Wes Unseld]], winning the series in four games. Barry was named [[NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award|NBA Finals Most Valuable Player]] after averaging 29.5 points, 5.0 assists and 3.5 steals per game.{{Citation needed|date=December 2025}}

In the [[1975 NBA draft]], the Warriors selected point guard [[Gus Williams (basketball)|Gus Williams]] in the first round. Barry was not required to contribute as much during the 1975–76 season, and his scoring average dipped to 21.0 points per game as a result.

In the 1976–77 season, the Warriors won 46 games with Barry, [[Phil Smith (basketball)|Phil Smith]], and [[Gus Williams (basketball)|Williams]] sharing the majority of the scoring and ball-handling responsibilities but were eliminated in the second round by the [[Los Angeles Lakers]]. Reportedly, Barry and [[Gus Williams (basketball)|Williams]] clashed over the ball-handling role,<ref>{{cite news | url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1125163/5/index.htm | work=CNN | title=Sit Up And Take Notice | date=January 18, 1982 | access-date=December 29, 2012 | archive-date=February 3, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203105025/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1125163/5/index.htm | url-status=dead}}</ref> and Williams was then traded after the season to the [[Seattle SuperSonics]].

Barry averaged 23.1 points per game in his farewell season (1977–78) with the Warriors.

===Houston Rockets (1978–1980)===
Barry finished his career with the [[Houston Rockets]], playing through the [[1979–80 NBA season]]. The Rockets signed him as a free agent in June 1978, and the league awarded veteran guard [[John Lucas II|John Lucas]] to the Warriors as compensation. Due to [[Moses Malone]] already wearing the jersey number 24, Barry settled on an unusual arrangement wherein he would wear No. 2 at home and No. 4 on the road.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Brown |first=Daniel |date=2024-07-19 |title=Warriors' Rick Barry ran onto the field to meet Willie Mays. A friendship was born |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5646426/2024/07/19/willie-mays-giants-rick-barry-warriors/ |access-date=2025-05-26 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

In the twilight of his career, Barry continued to make history. In his Rockets debut, he assumed a new role as the first player off the bench. It was not long before he elevated the point forward position to another level. Barry finished with a career-high 502 [[assist (basketball)|assist]]s to become the first true small forward to reach the 500 mark in one season. Until then, swingman [[John Havlicek]] had been the only forward with as many as 500 assists in a season, but the Boston Celtics swingman also spent considerable time at the off guard spot. Barry averaged 13.5 points per game and established a new NBA record (since broken) with a .947 free throw percentage.

Barry had a less successful final season. The Rockets were swept by the Celtics in the 1980 Eastern Conference semifinals, and when contract talks with Boston and the Seattle SuperSonics failed to produce a contract, he decided to retire.

==Career statistics==
===Regular season===
{{NBA player statistics legend|champion=y|leader=y|record=y}}
{|class="wikitable"
|-
|style="background:#afe6fa; width:3em;"|†
|Denotes seasons in which Barry's team won an [[List of ABA champions|ABA championship]]
|}
{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1965}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[1965–66 San Francisco Warriors season|San Francisco]] (NBA)
|style="background:#cfecec;"|80* || {{sort|-|—}} || 37.4 || .439 || {{sort|-|—}} || .862 || '''10.6''' || 2.2 || {{sort|-|—}} || {{sort|-|—}} || 25.7
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1966}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[1966–67 San Francisco Warriors season|San Francisco]] (NBA)
|78 || {{sort|-|—}} || 40.7 || .451 || {{sort|-|—}} || .884 || 9.2 || 3.6 || {{sort|-|—}} || {{sort|-|—}} || style="background:#cfecec;"|'''35.6*'''
|-
|style="text-align:left; background:#afe6fa;"|{{abay|1968}}†
|style="text-align:left;"|[[1968–69 Oakland Oaks season|Oakland]] (ABA)
|35 || {{sort|-|—}} || 38.9 || '''.511''' || .300 || style="background:#cfecec;"|.888* || 9.4 || 3.9 || {{sort|-|—}} || {{sort|-|—}} || 34.0*
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{abay|1969}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[1969–70 Washington Caps season|Washington]] (ABA)
|52 || {{sort|-|—}} || 35.6 || .499 || .205 || .864 || 7.0 || 3.4 || {{sort|-|—}} || {{sort|-|—}} || 27.7
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{abay|1970}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[1970–71 New York Nets season|New York]] (ABA)
|59 || {{sort|-|—}} || 42.4 || .469 || .221 || .890 || 6.8 || 5.0 || {{sort|-|—}} || {{sort|-|—}} || 29.4
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{abay|1971}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[1971–72 New York Nets season|New York]] (ABA)
|80 || {{sort|-|—}} || style="background:#cfecec;"|'''45.2'''* || .458 || .308 || .878 || 7.5 || 4.1 || {{sort|-|—}} || {{sort|-|—}} || 31.5
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1972}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[1972–73 Golden State Warriors season|Golden State]] (NBA)
|style="background:#cfecec;"|'''82*''' || {{sort|-|—}} || 37.5 || .452 || {{sort|-|—}} || style="background:#cfecec;"|.902* || 8.9 || 4.9 || {{sort|-|—}} || {{sort|-|—}} || 22.3
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1973}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[1973–74 Golden State Warriors season|Golden State]] (NBA)
|80 || {{sort|-|—}} || 36.5 || .456 || {{sort|-|—}} || .899 || 6.8 || 6.1 || 2.1 || 0.5 || 25.1
|-
|style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;"|{{nbay|1974}}†
|style="text-align:left;"|[[1974–75 Golden State Warriors season|Golden State]] (NBA)
|80 || {{sort|-|—}} || 40.4 || .464 || {{sort|-|—}} || style="background:#cfecec;"|.904* || 5.7 || 6.2 || style="background:#cfecec;"|'''2.9*''' || 0.4 || 30.6
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1975}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[1975–76 Golden State Warriors season|Golden State]] (NBA)
|81 || {{sort|-|—}} || 38.5 || .435 || {{sort|-|—}} || style="background:#cfecec;"|.923* || 6.1 || 6.1 || 2.5 || 0.3 || 21.0
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1976}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[1976–77 Golden State Warriors season|Golden State]] (NBA)
|79 || {{sort|-|—}} || 36.8 || .440 || {{sort|-|—}} || .916 || 5.3 || 6.0 || 2.2 || '''0.7''' || 21.8
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1977}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[1977–78 Golden State Warriors season|Golden State]] (NBA)
|'''82''' || {{sort|-|—}} || 36.9 || .451 || {{sort|-|—}} || style="background:#cfecec;"|.924* || 5.5 || 5.4 || 1.9 || 0.5 || 23.1
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1978}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[1978–79 Houston Rockets season|Houston]] (NBA)
|80 || {{sort|-|—}} || 32.1 || .461 || {{sort|-|—}} || style="background:#cfecec;"|'''.947*''' || 3.5 || '''6.3''' || 1.2 || 0.5 || 13.5
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1979}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[1979–80 Houston Rockets season|Houston]] (NBA)
|72 || {{sort|-|—}} || 25.2 || .422 || '''.330''' || style="background:#cfecec;"|.935* || 3.3 || 3.7 || 1.1 || 0.4 || 12.0
|-class=sortbottom
|style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career (NBA)
|794 || {{sort|-|—}} || 36.3 || .449 || .330 || .900 || 6.5 || 5.1 || 2.0 || 0.5 || 23.2
|-class=sortbottom
|style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career (ABA)
|226 || {{sort|-|—}} || 41.3 || .477 || .277 || bgcolor="EOCEF2"|.880{{double-dagger}} || 7.5 || 4.1 || {{sort|-|—}} || {{sort|-|—}} || 30.5
|-class=sortbottom
|style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career (ABA/NBA)
|1.020 || {{sort|-|—}} || 37.4 || .456 || .297 || .893 || 6.7 || 4.9 || 2.0 || 0.5 || 24.8
|-class=sortbottom
|style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|All-Star (NBA)
|7 || 6 || 27.8 || .486 || {{sort|-|—}} || .833 || 4.1 || 4.4 || bgcolor="EOCEF2"|3.2{{double-dagger}} || 0.1 || 18.2
|-class=sortbottom
|style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|All-Star (ABA)
|4 || 0 || 20.5 || .432 || {{sort|-|—}} || .857 || 6.0 || 4.5 || {{sort|-|—}} || {{sort|-|—}} || 11.0
|-class=sortbottom
|style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|All-Star (ABA/NBA)
|11 || 6 || 25.1 || .473 || {{sort|-|—}} || .842 || 4.8 || 4.4 || {{sort|-|—}} || {{sort|-|—}} || 15.6
{{s-end}}

===Playoffs===
{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|[[1967 NBA playoffs|1967]]
|style="text-align:left;"|[[1966–67 San Francisco Warriors season|San Francisco]] (NBA)
|15 || {{sort|-|—}} || 40.9 || .403 || {{sort|-|—}} || .809 || 7.5 || 3.9 || {{sort|-|—}} || {{sort|-|—}} || 34.7
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|[[1970 ABA playoffs|1970]]
|style="text-align:left;"|[[1969–70 Washington Caps season|Washington]] (ABA)
|7 || {{sort|-|—}} || 43.1 || '''.532''' || .333 || .912 || 10.0 || 3.3 || {{sort|-|—}} || {{sort|-|—}} || '''40.1'''
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|[[1971 ABA playoffs|1971]]
|style="text-align:left;"|[[1970–71 New York Nets season|New York]] (ABA)
|6 || {{sort|-|—}} || '''47.8''' || .519 || '''.519''' || .814 || '''11.7''' || 4.0 || {{sort|-|—}} || {{sort|-|—}} || 33.7
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|[[1972 ABA playoffs|1972]]
|style="text-align:left;"|[[1970–71 New York Nets season|New York]] (ABA)
|'''18''' || {{sort|-|—}} || 41.6 || .473 || .377 || .856 || 6.5 || 3.8 || {{sort|-|—}} || {{sort|-|—}} || 30.8
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|[[1973 NBA playoffs|1973]]
|style="text-align:left;"|[[1972–73 Golden State Warriors season|Golden State]] (NBA)
|11 || {{sort|-|—}} || 26.5 || .396 || {{sort|-|—}} || .909 || 4.9 || 2.2 || {{sort|-|—}} || {{sort|-|—}} || 16.4
|-
|style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;"|[[1975 NBA playoffs|1975]]†
|style="text-align:left;"|[[1974–75 Golden State Warriors season|Golden State]] (NBA)
|17 || {{sort|-|—}} || 42.7 || .444 || {{sort|-|—}} || .918 || 5.5 || 6.1 || '''2.9''' || 0.9 || 28.2
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|[[1976 NBA playoffs|1976]]
|style="text-align:left;"|[[1975–76 Golden State Warriors season|Golden State]] (NBA)
|13 || {{sort|-|—}} || 40.9 || .436 || {{sort|-|—}} || .882 || 6.5 || '''6.5''' || '''2.9''' || '''1.1''' || 24.0
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|[[1977 NBA playoffs|1977]]
|style="text-align:left;"|[[1976–77 Golden State Warriors season|Golden State]] (NBA)
|10 || {{sort|-|—}} || 41.5 || .466 || {{sort|-|—}} || .909 || 5.9 || 4.7 || 1.7 || 0.7 || 28.4
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|[[1979 NBA playoffs|1979]]
|style="text-align:left;"|[[1978–79 Houston Rockets season|Houston]] (NBA)
|2 || {{sort|-|—}} || 32.5 || .320 || {{sort|-|—}} || '''1.000''' || 4.0 || 4.5 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 12.0
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|[[1980 NBA playoffs|1980]]
|style="text-align:left;"|[[1979–80 Houston Rockets season|Houston]] (NBA)
|6 || {{sort|-|—}} || 13.2 || .364 || .250 || '''1.000''' || 1.0 || 2.5 || 0.2 || 0.2 || 5.5
|-class=sortbottom
|style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career (NBA)
|74 || {{sort|-|—}} || 36.8 || .426 || .250 || .875 || 5.6 || 4.6 || 2.2 || 0.8 || 24.8
|-class=sortbottom
|style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career (ABA)
|31 || {{sort|-|—}} || 43.2 || .497 || .412 || .861 || 8.3 || 3.7 || {{sort|-|—}} || {{sort|-|—}} || 33.5
|-class=sortbottom
|style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career (ABA/NBA)
|105 || {{sort|-|—}} || 38.7 || .448 || .394 || .870 || 6.4 || 4.3 || {{sort|-|—}} || {{sort|-|—}} || 27.3
{{s-end}}

==Coaching career==
On October 30, 1992, Barry accepted an offer to become the head coach for the [[Cedar Rapids Sharpshooters]] of the [[Global Basketball Association]] (GBA).<ref>{{cite news |title=Barry to Coach |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE6DD123BF933A05753C1A964958260 |format=[[Associated Press|AP]] |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=October 30, 1992 |access-date=February 12, 2017 |archive-date=February 2, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202201745/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE6DD123BF933A05753C1A964958260 |url-status=live}}</ref> He had led the team to a 12–4 record–the best in the GBA that season–when the league folded in December 1992.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rick Barry's first foray into coaching ended... |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-12-21-sp-1856-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=December 18, 2023 |date=December 21, 1992}}</ref>

On January 25, 1993, Barry was appointed as head coach for the [[Fort Wayne Fury]] of the [[Continental Basketball Association]] (CBA).<ref>{{cite web |title=Rick Barry Hired as CBA Coach|url=https://greensboro.com/rick-barry-hired-as-cba-coach/article_841fca5c-96c2-57fd-bd24-1be807476bb7.html |website=News & Record |access-date=December 18, 2023 |date=January 24, 2015}}</ref> He was fired on March 8, 1994, after the Fury had a 12-game losing streak.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rick Barry Fired as CBA Coach|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1994-03-08-9403080293-story.html |website=Chicago Tribune |access-date=December 18, 2023 |date=March 8, 1994}}</ref> Barry coached in the [[United States Basketball League]] (USBL) for the [[New Jersey ShoreCats]] in 1998 and 1999, and [[Florida Sea Dragons]] in 2000.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rick Barry minor league basketball coaching records |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/c-barryric001 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=December 18, 2023}}</ref>

==Post-playing career==
Barry is part owner and promoter for the Ektio basketball shoe, which doctor and former college basketball player Barry Katz designed to reduce ankle injuries. He also serves on the company's board of directors.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Heitner|first1=Darren|title=Professor of Sport Agency Management at Indiana University|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/darrenheitner/2013/01/11/basketball-shoes-with-ankle-support-technology-backed-by-john-starks-and-rick-barry/|website=Forbes|access-date=September 2, 2014|archive-date=September 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903122013/http://www.forbes.com/sites/darrenheitner/2013/01/11/basketball-shoes-with-ankle-support-technology-backed-by-john-starks-and-rick-barry/|url-status=live}}</ref> Barry finished second in his division at the 2005 [[World Long Drive Championship]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://home.earthlink.net/~toxophilite/id16.html |title=RE/MAX World Championship's 2005 |work=Morgan Studios |access-date=June 8, 2006 |archive-date=October 24, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041024140156/http://home.earthlink.net/~toxophilite/id16.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Broadcasting career==
Barry was among the first professional basketball players to make a successful transition to the broadcasting profession. He began broadcasting during the 1967–68 season broadcasting Oakland Oaks games because of contractual matters that kept him off the court. Barry continues to work in the field, a career that began with his own radio show in [[San Francisco]] and [[NBA on CBS|CBS]] while still an active player and then with [[NBA on TBS|TBS]].

While working as a CBS analyst during Game 5 of the [[1981 NBA Finals]], Barry made a controversial comment when CBS displayed an old photo of colleague [[Bill Russell]], who is [[African-American]]. He tried to joke that "it looks like some fool over there with that big watermelon grin".<ref>{{cite journal |last=Cook |first=Bob |date=June 2004 |title=Kick Out the Sports! |journal=[[Flak Magazine]] |url=http://www.flakmag.com/sports/cook040614.html |access-date=February 8, 2007 |archive-date=February 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204162327/http://www.flakmag.com/sports/cook040614.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Jerry |last=Thornton |title=Sportscasters Gone Wild |url=http://www.barstoolsports.com/article/sportscasters_gone_wild/434/ |work=[[Barstool Sports]] |date=September 21, 2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060509173956/http://www.barstoolsports.com/article/sportscasters_gone_wild/434/ |archive-date=May 9, 2006}}</ref> Barry later apologized for the comment, claiming that he did not realize that a reference to watermelons had [[Watermelon stereotype|racial overtones]]. Russell said that he believed Barry with regard to Barry's racial attitudes, but nonetheless, the two men are reported not to have been particularly friendly for other reasons, unrelated to that comment.<ref name="Kornheiser">{{cite magazine |last1=Kornheiser |first1=Tony |title=A Voice Crying In The Wilderness |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1983/04/25/voice-crying-wilderness |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |access-date=December 24, 2020 |date=April 25, 1983 |archive-date=November 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130151514/https://vault.si.com/vault/1983/04/25/voice-crying-wilderness |url-status=live}}</ref>

CBS did not renew Barry's employment for the next season. Producers later cited the general negative tone of his game commentary, which did not sit well with some players and agents around the league as being the reason he was not brought back.<ref name="Kornheiser" /> For the next season Barry filled in on a few [[Seattle SuperSonics]] broadcasts, but a plan for a full-time position fell through when he insisted that his then-wife be allowed to join him when the team was on the road, which would have been contrary to team policy.<ref name="Kornheiser" /> The next year, Barry was featured in a lengthy ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' article written by [[Tony Kornheiser]] in which he lamented the failure of his broadcasting career to that point, as well as the fact that he'd left a reputation within NBA circles for being an unlikeable person.<ref name="Kornheiser" /> 

He hosted the pilot for the mid-1980s game show ''[[Catch Phrase (American game show)|Catch Phrase]]''; however, when the series debuted in the fall of 1985, game show veteran [[Art James]] replaced him.<ref>{{cite news |work=[[Broadcasting & Cable|Broadcasting]] [date=1985-01-14|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1985/BC-1985-01-14.pdf |title=Telepictures' "Catch Phrase" (page 120)}}</ref>

In September 2001, Barry began hosting a [[Sports radio|sports talk show]] on [[KNBR (AM)|KNBR]] in San Francisco until June 2003, when KNBR paired him up with Rod Brooks to co-host a show named ''Rick and Rod''. The show aired on KNBR until August 2006, when Barry left the station abruptly for reasons not disclosed to the public.<ref>{{cite news |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |date=August 14, 2006 |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fn%2Fa%2F2006%2F08%2F14%2Fsports%2Fs194107D04.DTL |title=Barry leaves afternoon radio show at KNBR |access-date=September 9, 2008 |archive-date=February 2, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202172237/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fn%2Fa%2F2006%2F08%2F14%2Fsports%2Fs194107D04.DTL |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Barry is of Irish, English, French, and Lithuanian descent.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Gordon|first1=Amanda|title=A Basketball Legend Scores for Migdal Ohr and Children of Israel|url=http://www.nysun.com/new-york/basketball-legend-scores-for-migdal-ohr/76430/|website=NYSun.com|access-date=May 15, 2008|archive-date=June 3, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080603001023/http://www.nysun.com/new-york/basketball-legend-scores-for-migdal-ohr/76430/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is a member of [[Kappa Sigma]] fraternity. He grew up [[Catholic Church in the United States|Catholic]] and later became a [[Methodism|Methodist]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-05-15 |title=A Basketball Legend Scores for Migdal Ohr and Children of Israel |url=https://www.nysun.com/article/new-york-basketball-legend-scores-for-migdal-ohr |access-date=2025-01-01 |website=The New York Sun}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2021-02-26 |title=6 Basketball As In Life: An Interview With Rick and Lynn Barry |url=https://whispersandbrickspodcast.com/basketball-as-in-life-an-interview-with-rick-and-lynn-barry/ |access-date=2025-01-01 |website=Whispers & Bricks}}</ref>

As of 2017, Barry lives in [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]], with his wife, [[Lynn Norenberg Barry]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fennelly |first1=Martin |title=The other amazing athlete who raised Florida's Canyon Barry |url=https://www.tampabay.com/sports/basketball/college/the-other-amazing-athlete-who-raised-floridas-canyon-barry/2316494/ |website=Tampa Bay Times |access-date=March 7, 2021 |date=March 14, 2017 |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112035638/https://www.tampabay.com/sports/basketball/college/the-other-amazing-athlete-who-raised-floridas-canyon-barry/2316494/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Martin |first1=Michael |title=Why Rick And Canyon Barry Stay True To The 'Granny Shot' |url=https://www.npr.org/transcripts/530504774?t=1615141320567 |website=NPR.org |access-date=March 7, 2021 |date=May 28, 2017 |archive-date=September 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923125045/https://www.npr.org/transcripts/530504774?t=1615141320567 |url-status=live}}</ref> During the time their youngest son, [[Canyon Barry|Canyon]], played basketball for the [[Florida Gators men's basketball|University of Florida]], they rented a condominium in [[Gainesville, Florida]], to watch him play.

He has four sons and a daughter with his first wife Pam: [[Scooter Barry|Scooter]], [[Jon Barry|Jon]], [[Brent Barry|Brent]], [[Drew Barry|Drew]] and Shannon. All of Barry's sons were professional basketball players, and he is the only NBA player to have three sons also play in the NBA (Jon, Brent, and Drew). Barry wrote an autobiography, ''Confessions of a Basketball Gypsy: The Rick Barry Story'' with [[Bill Libby]], which was published in 1972.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Barry |first1=Rick |last2=Libby |first2=Bill |title=Confessions of a Basketball Gypsy: The Rick Barry Story |date=January 1972 |publisher=Prentice-Hall |isbn=0131674455}}</ref> With his third wife Lynn, to whom he has been married since 1991, he also has a son, Canyon, who is a professional player, playing for Chinese club Hunan Jinjian Miye in the 2018–19 season and later for the [[United States men's national 3x3 team|United States 3x3 men's basketball team]].

When his son [[Brent Barry|Brent]] won the NBA championship in [[2005 NBA Finals|2005]] with the [[San Antonio Spurs]], Rick and Brent became the second [[List of second-generation NBA players|father-son duo]] to both win NBA championships as players, following [[Matt Guokas Sr.]] and [[Matt Guokas Jr.]]{{Citation needed|date=December 2025}} Later, that was repeated by [[Bill Walton|Bill]] and [[Luke Walton]], [[Mychal Thompson|Mychal]] and [[Klay Thompson]], and [[Gary Payton]] and [[Gary Payton II]].

Jon and Brent have also moved to broadcasting after retirement. Jon serves as a game analyst on [[NBA on ESPN|ESPN]] while Brent worked as a studio and game analyst on [[TNT (American TV network)|TNT]] and [[NBA TV]] until 2018 when he took a job with the San Antonio Spurs to be vice president of basketball operations.<ref>{{cite web |title=Spurs announce basketball operations staff additions and promotions |url=https://www.nba.com/spurs/spurs-announce-basketball-operations-staff-additions-and-promotions-0 |website=NBA.com |access-date=March 31, 2020 |date=September 17, 2018 |archive-date=March 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328184627/https://www.nba.com/spurs/spurs-announce-basketball-operations-staff-additions-and-promotions-0 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=San Antonio Spurs hire Brent Barry as vice president of basketball operations |url=https://www.nba.com/article/2018/09/17/san-antonio-spurs-front-office-hires-brent-barry |website=NBA.com |access-date=March 28, 2020 |date=September 17, 2018 |archive-date=March 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328184605/https://www.nba.com/article/2018/09/17/san-antonio-spurs-front-office-hires-brent-barry |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Scooter Barry|Scooter]] won titles in the [[Continental Basketball Association]] (CBA) and in the top [[Ethias League|Belgian League]].

==Career achievements==
* [[Roselle Park High School]] – [[Roselle Park, New Jersey]] (1957–1961)
** Two-time All-State selection
* [[Miami Hurricanes men's basketball|University of Miami]] (1961–1965)
** [[Associated Press]] First-Team All-America (1965)
** ''[[The Sporting News]]'' All-America Second Team (1965)
** Consensus All-America (1965)
** Led the nation in scoring (37.4 ppg) as a senior
* NBA [[San Francisco Warriors]] (1965–1967)
** NBA Rookie of the Year (1966)
** [[NBA All-Rookie First Team]] (1966)
** NBA leading scorer in 1967 (35.6 ppg)
** ABA leading scorer in 1969 (34.0 ppg)
** NBA highest free-throw percentage 1973, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980
** ABA highest free-throw percentage 1969, 1971, 1972<ref name=nbaenc190>{{cite book | title = The Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia | publisher = Villard Books | date = 1994 | pages = 190, 193, 194 | isbn = 0-679-43293-0}}</ref>
** [[NBA All-Star Game]] [[NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award|MVP]] (1967)
* ABA [[Oakland Oaks (ABA)|Oakland Oaks]] (1968–1969)
* ABA [[Washington Caps]] (1969–1970)
* ABA [[New York Nets]] (1970–1972)
* NBA [[Golden State Warriors]] (1972–1978)
** All-NBA Second Team (1973)
** [[NBA Finals]] MVP (1975)
** [[NBA champion]] (1975)
* NBA [[Houston Rockets]] (1978–1979)
* All-NBA First Team (1966, 1967, 1974, 1975, 1976)
* Eight-time NBA All-Star (1966, 1967, 1973–1978)
* ABA All-Star First Team (1969–1972)
* [[50 Greatest Players in NBA History|NBA 50 Greatest Players]] (1996)
* [[NBA 75th Anniversary Team|NBA 75 Greatest Players]] (2021)
* [[Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame]] (1988)
* [[Sports Hall of Fame of New Jersey]] (1994)
* University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame (1976)
* Golden Plate Award of the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]] (1975)<ref>{{cite web|title=Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement|website=www.achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url=https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#sports|access-date=November 8, 2020|archive-date=December 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161215023909/https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#sports|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 15 games in NBA career scoring 50 or more points (5th in NBA history)
* 115 games in professional career scoring 40 or more points — 70 NBA, 45 ABA (4th in professional basketball history after Wilt Chamberlain, Michael Jordan, and Kobe Bryant)

==NBA records==
===Regular season===
* Only player in history to lead the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]], [[American Basketball Association|ABA]], and [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] in scoring
** Led the NCAA in scoring in 1964–65 (973 points, 37.4 ppg)
** Led the NBA in scoring in {{nbay|1966}} (2,775 points, 35.6 ppg)
** Led the ABA in scoring in {{abay|1968}} (1,190 points; 34.0 ppg)
* Youngest player to score 57 points in a game: {{age in years and days|1944|3|28|1965|12|14}} (57 points, San Francisco Warriors at New York Knicks, {{Dts|1965|December|14|format=mdy}})
* Free throws, consecutive, ABA game: 23, at Kentucky Colonels, {{Dts|1969|2|7}}
* Assists, forward, game: 19, at Chicago Bulls, November 30, 1976

===Playoffs===
* Scoring 30 or more points in all games, any playoff series: 6 games, vs. Philadelphia 76ers, [[1967 NBA Finals]]
* Points, 7-game ABA series: 281, vs. Denver Rockets, 1970 Semifinals
* Points scored, Game 7, any ABA-NBA playoff series: 52, at Denver Rockets, {{Dts|1970|4|28}}
* Field goal attempts, 6-game series: 235, vs. Philadelphia 76ers, [[1967 NBA Finals]]
* Field goal attempts, game: 48, vs. Philadelphia 76ers, {{Dts|1967|4|18}}
* Steals, quarter: 4, second quarter, at Chicago Bulls, {{Dts|1975|5|11}}
** Tied with many other players

===NBA Finals===
* Highest scoring average (career): 36.3
* Scoring 30 or more points in all games, any championship series: 6 games, vs. Philadelphia 76ers, 1967 NBA Finals
** Tied with [[Elgin Baylor]], [[Michael Jordan]], [[Hakeem Olajuwon]], [[Shaquille O'Neal]], and [[Kevin Durant]].
* Field goals made, game: 22, vs. Philadelphia 76ers, {{Dts|1967|4|18}}
** Tied with Elgin Baylor
* Field goal attempts, 6-game series: 235, vs. Philadelphia 76ers, 1967 NBA Finals
* Field goal attempts, game: 48, vs. Philadelphia 76ers, {{Dts|1967|4|18}}
* Field goal attempts, quarter: 17, at Philadelphia 76ers, {{Dts|1967|4|14}}
* Steals, 4-game series: 14, vs. Washington Bullets, 1975 NBA Finals (3.5 spg)

===NBA All-Star Game===
* Highest steals average (career): 3.2
* Field goal attempts, game: 27 ([[1967 NBA All-Star Game|1967]])
* Steals, game: 8 ([[1975 NBA All-Star Game|1975]])
* Personal fouls, game: 6, twice ([[1966 NBA All-Star Game|1966]], [[1978 NBA All-Star Game|1978]])
* Disqualifications, career: 2
** Tied with [[Bob Cousy]]

==See also==
* [[American Basketball Association (2000–present)]]
* [[List of NBA career free throw percentage leaders]]
* [[List of NBA annual scoring leaders]]
* [[List of NBA single-game scoring leaders]]
* [[List of NBA single-game playoff scoring leaders]]
* [[List of NBA single-game steals leaders]]
* [[List of NBA rookie single-season scoring leaders]]
* [[List of NCAA Division I men's basketball players with 2000 points and 1000 rebounds]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121016012611/http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/tag/richard-f-rick-barry Basketball Hall of Fame profile]
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060427210241/http://www.nba.com/history/players/barry_bio.html |date=April 27, 2006 |title=Rick Barry profile at NBA Encyclopedia}}
* [http://www.remembertheaba.com/TributeMaterial/Barry.html RememberTheABA.com Rick Barry page]
* [http://www.remembertheaba.com/ABAArticles/OBrienArticleBarry.html 1972 Jim O'Brien biographical article on Rick Barry]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20030416023115/http://www.knbr.com/rickBarry/index.html Rick Barry and Rod Brooks Home Page at KNBR Radio]
* [https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/barryri01.html Rick Barry Career Statistics] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130424160345/http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/barryri01.html |date=April 24, 2013}}
* [http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1120767/1/index.htm A Voice Crying in the Wilderness] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081016010753/http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1120767/1/index.htm |date=October 16, 2008}}

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