The 90s were almost ruled by the Bulls, and as long as Jordan was still playing, except for less than half a season of his first comeback, the Bulls won all championships, and the feat of two triple crowns is still ancient, and Jordan is also regarded as the first person in history by most mainstream sports media. In his 15-year career, Jordan rubbed a vote of superstars on the ground, including Barkley and Malone, the former was taught once, the latter was twice, you know, they are the top historical level forwards at the time, but they are also defeated by Jordan.
Barkley was selected by the 76ers for the first round of the no. 5 draw in his hand, playing for the 76ers, the Suns and the Rockets, helping the team reach the divisional finals three times, leading the Suns to the Finals once, and on the Finals stage, the Suns were defeated by the Bulls, and the only Trip to the Finals of Barkley's career was fruitless. In terms of personal honors, Barkley has a regular season MVP, a rebounding king, and 11 best teams, including five first-team, five second-team, and one third-team, and the honor is relatively full.
Malone was a 1985 draft player, selected by the Jazz for the first round of the No. 13 draw, he played for the Jazz and the Lakers, helping the team to the Western Conference Finals six times, including five times for the Jazz, one for the Lakers, and three times to reach the Finals, but they were all inferior, and finally retired without a crown like Barkley. Since he only played for the Lakers for one season to fulfill the championship dream, it is a pity that Malone did not have one person and one city, in terms of honor, Malone has two regular season MVPs and 14 best teams, including 11 first-team, two second-team, one three-team, and four best defenses, including three first-defense and one-two-defense.
Barkley and Malone are contemporaries, players in the same position, so the number of encounters is as high as 49 times, and it can also be compared horizontally, so who performed better in the 49 meetings between the two? In 39 regular-season games, Barkley averaged 37.1 minutes per game, averaged 13.4 shots per game, shot 46.8 percent from the field, averaged 18.4 points, 10.1 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 0.5 blocks, and led the team to 16 wins. Malone averaged 37.8 minutes per game, averaged 17.1 shots per game, shot 51.6 percent, and averaged 23.7 points, 10.1 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 0.8 blocks per game, leading the team to 23 wins.
Playoffs played 10 games, including the 1996–97 West Conference Finals, and in the first round of the 1997–98 season, Barkley averaged 32 minutes per game, averaged 8.6 shots per game, shot 45.3 percent from the field, averaged 13.3 points, 8.7 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 0.3 blocks per game, and both series ended in defeat. Malone averaged 40.4 minutes per game, averaged 20.5 shots per game, shot 44.4 percent from the field, averaged 24.3 points, 11.7 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.3 blocks per game, and won both rounds of the series. It can be seen that whether it is the regular season or the playoffs, Malone is obviously better.