Amar'e Stoudemire vs Scottie Barnes Career Stats Comparison

This is as close as it gets. Amar'e Stoudemire and Scottie Barnes split the statistical categories evenly — 4 apiece — making this one of the most genuinely contested C comparisons in NBA history. When the numbers are this balanced, the debate comes down to which statistics matter most to you.

Scottie Barnes's Assists Per Game of 5.2 compared to Amar'e Stoudemire's 1.2 represents a 333.3% advantage — dramatically better than their counterpart in this critical category. Amar'e Stoudemire falls 33.3% below the career average of 1.8 in this category while Scottie Barnes exceeds it. It is the single most decisive number in this comparison and the clearest statistical argument for Scottie Barnes's edge.

The most competitive category in this matchup is Free Throw %, where Amar'e Stoudemire posts 76.1% against Scottie Barnes's 77.3% — a gap of just 1.6%. Scottie Barnes can point to this as evidence that the overall comparison is closer than the final 4-4 tally suggests. In any debate, Free Throw % is the statistical ammunition for the Scottie Barnes side.

Centers have evolved dramatically across NBA eras — from dominant low-post scorers to modern stretch bigs. Career statistics must be evaluated with positional evolution and era context in mind.

With categories split evenly, this comparison ultimately comes down to which statistics matter most to you. Scottie Barnes claims the tiebreaker through Assists Per Game advantage — a 333.3% edge — but reasonable people can, and do, argue both sides of this NBA debate.