Gilbert Arenas vs. David Benoit Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Benoit and Gilbert Arenas, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Gilbert Arenas played 11 years in the NBA, 4 more than David Benoit, who played 7. Gilbert Arenas had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while David Benoit had his rookie season in 1991-92. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Gilbert Arenas	11	5	2001-02 to 2011-12
David Benoit	7	6	1991-92 to 2000-01

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11


Rookie Season
	Gilbert Arenas	David Benoit
Season	2001-02	1991-92
Team	Golden State Warriors	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	47	24.6	10.9	0.9	1.9	2.8	3.7	1.5	0.2	2.1	2.4	3.7	8.2	.453	0.8	2.4	.345	2.6	3.4	.775
David Benoit	77	15.1	5.6	1.4	2.5	3.8	0.4	0.2	0.6	0.9	1.6	2.3	4.9	.467	0.0	0.2	.214	1.1	1.3	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Benoit	13	19.8	6.8	1.4	2.5	3.8	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.8	2.3	2.8	6.5	.429	0.5	1.0	.462	0.8	0.8	1.000


Season 2
	Gilbert Arenas	David Benoit
Season	2002-03	1992-93
Team	Golden State Warriors	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	82	35.0	18.3	1.2	3.5	4.7	6.3	1.5	0.2	3.5	3.2	6.2	14.4	.431	1.3	3.8	.348	4.5	5.7	.791
David Benoit	82	20.9	8.1	1.4	3.4	4.8	0.5	0.5	0.5	1.1	2.5	3.1	7.2	.436	0.4	1.2	.347	1.4	1.9	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Benoit	5	27.2	7.4	1.4	3.4	4.8	1.0	0.6	1.2	0.4	3.4	2.6	8.2	.317	0.4	1.8	.222	1.8	2.6	.692


Season 3
	Gilbert Arenas	David Benoit
Season	2003-04	1993-94
Team	Washington Wizards	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	55	37.6	19.6	1.0	3.6	4.6	5.0	1.9	0.2	4.1	3.2	6.5	16.6	.392	2.3	6.1	.375	4.3	5.8	.748
David Benoit	55	19.5	6.5	1.6	3.1	4.7	0.4	0.4	0.7	0.7	2.1	2.5	6.6	.385	0.2	1.1	.203	1.2	1.6	.773

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Benoit	16	22.3	7.2	1.4	2.8	4.2	0.6	0.4	0.7	1.0	1.9	3.0	7.6	.393	0.2	1.0	.188	1.0	1.6	.640


Season 4
	Gilbert Arenas	David Benoit
Season	2004-05	1994-95
Team	Washington Wizards	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	80	40.9	25.5	1.0	3.7	4.7	5.1	1.7	0.3	3.0	3.1	8.2	19.0	.431	2.6	7.0	.365	6.5	8.0	.814
David Benoit	71	25.9	10.4	1.4	3.8	5.2	0.8	0.6	0.7	1.1	2.6	4.0	8.3	.486	0.5	1.6	.330	1.9	2.2	.841

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	10	45.1	23.6	0.8	4.4	5.2	6.2	2.1	0.6	3.9	3.4	7.3	19.4	.376	1.8	7.7	.234	7.2	9.4	.766
David Benoit	5	33.4	11.8	1.4	4.2	5.6	0.8	0.4	0.8	2.0	2.0	4.2	9.0	.467	2.2	5.0	.440	1.2	1.8	.667


Season 5
	Gilbert Arenas	David Benoit
Season	2005-06	1995-96
Team	Washington Wizards	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	80	42.3	29.3	0.7	2.8	3.5	6.1	2.0	0.3	3.7	3.6	9.3	20.9	.447	2.5	6.8	.369	8.2	10.0	.820
David Benoit	81	24.2	8.2	1.1	3.6	4.7	1.0	0.5	0.6	0.9	2.0	3.1	7.2	.439	0.8	2.4	.333	1.1	1.4	.777

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	6	47.3	34.0	1.2	4.3	5.5	5.3	2.2	0.7	3.3	3.5	10.8	23.3	.464	3.3	7.7	.435	9.0	11.7	.771
David Benoit	14	18.5	6.2	0.4	2.2	2.6	0.5	0.1	0.2	1.0	1.2	2.4	5.0	.471	1.0	2.0	.500	0.5	0.6	.778

Note: David Benoit didn't play in 1996-97.


Season 6
	Gilbert Arenas	David Benoit
Season	2006-07	1997-98
Team	Washington Wizards	New Jersey Nets, Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	74	39.8	28.4	0.8	3.7	4.6	6.0	1.9	0.2	3.2	3.4	8.7	20.9	.418	2.8	7.9	.351	8.2	9.7	.844
David Benoit	77	14.6	5.5	0.8	1.9	2.6	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.7	2.0	2.0	5.3	.373	0.7	2.2	.324	0.8	1.0	.824

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Benoit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: David Benoit didn't play in 1998-99 and 1999-00.


Season 7
	Gilbert Arenas	David Benoit
Season	2007-08	2000-01
Team	Washington Wizards	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	13	32.7	19.4	0.5	3.5	3.9	5.1	1.8	0.1	3.8	2.3	6.0	15.1	.398	1.7	6.0	.282	5.7	7.4	.771
David Benoit	49	9.1	3.6	0.4	1.2	1.7	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.6	1.5	1.4	3.0	.483	0.1	0.3	.385	0.6	0.8	.795

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	4	23.5	10.8	0.0	1.8	1.8	2.8	0.5	0.0	2.0	3.3	3.5	9.0	.389	1.3	3.0	.417	2.5	3.0	.833
David Benoit	4	15.5	5.8	0.3	1.5	1.8	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.5	1.8	4.8	.368	0.5	1.5	.333	1.8	1.8	1.000


Season 8
	Gilbert Arenas	David Benoit
Season	2008-09	-
Team	Washington Wizards	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	2	31.5	13.0	0.5	4.0	4.5	10.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	2.0	3.0	11.5	.261	1.0	3.5	.286	6.0	8.0	.750
David Benoit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Benoit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Gilbert Arenas	David Benoit
Season	2009-10	-
Team	Washington Wizards	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	32	36.5	22.6	0.5	3.6	4.2	7.2	1.3	0.3	3.7	3.0	7.9	19.3	.411	2.0	5.7	.348	4.8	6.5	.739
David Benoit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Benoit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Gilbert Arenas	David Benoit
Season	2010-11	-
Team	Washington Wizards, Orlando Magic	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	70	25.7	10.8	0.3	2.4	2.7	3.9	1.1	0.3	2.5	2.7	3.8	10.5	.366	1.4	4.7	.297	1.7	2.2	.784
David Benoit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	5	16.2	8.6	0.8	2.0	2.8	2.4	0.2	0.2	1.2	2.8	3.6	8.4	.429	0.6	2.4	.250	0.8	1.2	.667
David Benoit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Gilbert Arenas	David Benoit
Season	2011-12	-
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	17	12.4	4.2	0.1	0.9	1.1	1.1	0.6	0.1	0.7	2.1	1.5	3.8	.406	0.8	2.3	.333	0.4	0.6	.700
David Benoit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	6	3.8	0.7	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	1.0	0.3	1.3	.250	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.0	-
David Benoit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Gilbert Arenas vs. David Benoit Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Benoit and Gilbert Arenas, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11