Gilbert Arenas vs. Matt Barnes Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Matt Barnes 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 / Games against each other

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, 3 less than Matt Barnes, who played 14. Gilbert Arenas had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while Matt Barnes had his rookie season in 2003-04. 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
Matt Barnes	14	9	2003-04 to 2016-17

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14


Rookie Season
	Gilbert Arenas	Matt Barnes
Season	2001-02	2003-04
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
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	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
Matt Barnes	38	19.1	4.5	1.4	2.6	4.0	1.3	0.7	0.1	1.2	2.0	1.7	3.6	.457	0.1	0.3	.154	1.1	1.6	.705

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


Season 2
	Gilbert Arenas	Matt Barnes
Season	2002-03	2004-05
Team	Golden State Warriors	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
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	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
Matt Barnes	43	16.6	3.8	1.1	2.0	3.1	1.3	0.7	0.2	1.0	1.9	1.4	3.5	.411	0.1	0.5	.227	0.8	1.3	.603

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


Season 3
	Gilbert Arenas	Matt Barnes
Season	2003-04	2005-06
Team	Washington Wizards	New York Knicks, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
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	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
Matt Barnes	56	11.3	3.1	0.9	1.3	2.2	0.5	0.4	0.1	0.5	1.8	1.3	2.5	.500	0.1	0.3	.200	0.6	0.8	.681

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


Season 4
	Gilbert Arenas	Matt Barnes
Season	2004-05	2006-07
Team	Washington Wizards	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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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
Matt Barnes	76	23.9	9.8	1.2	3.4	4.6	2.1	1.0	0.5	1.4	2.5	3.6	8.3	.438	1.4	3.8	.366	1.2	1.6	.732

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
Matt Barnes	11	30.0	11.1	2.4	3.4	5.7	2.4	1.5	0.4	1.8	4.0	4.1	9.1	.450	1.7	4.1	.422	1.2	1.6	.722


Season 5
	Gilbert Arenas	Matt Barnes
Season	2005-06	2007-08
Team	Washington Wizards	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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	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
Matt Barnes	73	19.4	6.7	1.3	3.2	4.4	1.9	0.7	0.5	1.2	2.2	2.6	6.1	.423	0.7	2.5	.293	0.8	1.1	.747

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
Matt Barnes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Gilbert Arenas	Matt Barnes
Season	2006-07	2008-09
Team	Washington Wizards	Phoenix Suns
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
Matt Barnes	77	27.0	10.2	1.0	4.4	5.5	2.8	0.7	0.3	1.7	2.7	3.7	8.8	.423	1.5	4.4	.343	1.3	1.8	.743

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


Season 7
	Gilbert Arenas	Matt Barnes
Season	2007-08	2009-10
Team	Washington Wizards	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Magic Lost East 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	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
Matt Barnes	81	25.9	8.8	1.3	4.2	5.5	1.7	0.7	0.4	1.4	2.3	3.3	6.9	.487	0.8	2.6	.319	1.3	1.8	.740

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
Matt Barnes	14	23.3	6.4	1.1	3.6	4.7	1.4	0.7	0.2	0.7	2.0	2.1	5.4	.400	0.9	2.3	.375	1.2	1.4	.850


Season 8
	Gilbert Arenas	Matt Barnes
Season	2008-09	2010-11
Team	Washington Wizards	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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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
Matt Barnes	53	19.2	6.7	1.4	2.9	4.3	1.3	0.7	0.4	1.1	2.4	2.5	5.3	.470	0.6	2.0	.318	1.1	1.5	.779

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Matt Barnes	10	13.1	3.6	1.1	1.7	2.8	0.5	0.7	0.2	0.6	2.3	1.5	3.8	.395	0.2	1.2	.167	0.4	0.7	.571


Season 9
	Gilbert Arenas	Matt Barnes
Season	2009-10	2011-12
Team	Washington Wizards	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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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
Matt Barnes	63	22.9	7.8	1.5	3.9	5.5	2.0	0.6	0.8	1.2	2.4	2.8	6.1	.452	0.7	2.2	.333	1.5	2.0	.742

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Matt Barnes	11	16.8	3.5	0.8	2.5	3.3	1.5	0.9	0.5	1.4	2.6	1.5	5.4	.271	0.5	2.8	.161	0.2	0.4	.500


Season 10
	Gilbert Arenas	Matt Barnes
Season	2010-11	2012-13
Team	Washington Wizards, Orlando Magic	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Clippers 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	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
Matt Barnes	80	25.7	10.3	1.4	3.2	4.6	1.5	1.0	0.8	1.1	2.9	3.9	8.4	.462	1.4	4.1	.342	1.1	1.5	.744

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
Matt Barnes	6	27.0	11.8	1.2	3.8	5.0	0.5	0.7	0.3	0.8	3.8	4.0	7.3	.545	1.2	2.8	.412	2.7	3.2	.842


Season 11
	Gilbert Arenas	Matt Barnes
Season	2011-12	2013-14
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis

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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
Matt Barnes	63	27.5	9.9	1.0	3.7	4.6	2.0	0.9	0.4	1.3	2.9	3.7	8.4	.438	1.5	4.5	.343	1.0	1.4	.733

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	-
Matt Barnes	13	31.1	9.4	1.7	2.8	4.5	1.8	0.9	0.2	1.3	3.2	3.5	8.2	.421	1.5	4.6	.317	1.0	1.5	.684


Season 12
	Gilbert Arenas	Matt Barnes
Season	-	2014-15
Team	-	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Matt Barnes	76	29.9	10.1	0.7	3.3	4.0	1.5	0.9	0.7	1.1	3.2	3.6	8.2	.444	1.8	4.9	.362	1.0	1.3	.779

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Matt Barnes	14	29.2	7.6	1.1	3.9	5.1	1.6	1.4	0.7	1.1	3.9	2.7	7.1	.380	1.1	4.3	.267	1.1	1.4	.750


Season 13
	Gilbert Arenas	Matt Barnes
Season	-	2015-16
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Matt Barnes	76	28.8	10.0	1.1	4.4	5.5	2.1	1.0	0.8	1.6	3.1	3.5	9.1	.381	1.6	4.9	.322	1.5	1.8	.804

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Matt Barnes	4	34.8	10.8	1.3	6.0	7.3	2.8	1.0	0.3	3.3	3.3	4.0	11.5	.348	0.8	4.5	.167	2.0	2.5	.800


Season 14
	Gilbert Arenas	Matt Barnes
Season	-	2016-17
Team	-	Sacramento Kings, Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	NBA Champion

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Matt Barnes	74	24.0	7.1	0.9	4.2	5.2	2.6	0.6	0.4	1.4	2.5	2.5	6.4	.391	1.2	3.6	.331	0.9	1.2	.787

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Matt Barnes	12	5.1	0.8	0.0	0.8	0.8	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.8	0.3	1.3	.267	0.1	0.7	.125	0.0	0.0	-

Gilbert Arenas vs. Matt Barnes Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Matt Barnes 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

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14