Gilbert Arenas vs. Michael Carter-Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Michael Carter-Williams 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, 2 more than Michael Carter-Williams, who played 9. Gilbert Arenas had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while Michael Carter-Williams had his rookie season in 2013-14. 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
Michael Carter-Williams	9	3	2013-14 to 2022-23

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Gilbert Arenas	Michael Carter-Williams
Season	2001-02	2013-14
Team	Golden State Warriors	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
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
Michael Carter-Williams	70	34.5	16.7	1.4	4.8	6.2	6.3	1.9	0.6	3.5	3.0	6.1	15.1	.405	0.8	3.0	.264	3.7	5.2	.703

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


Season 2
	Gilbert Arenas	Michael Carter-Williams
Season	2002-03	2014-15
Team	Golden State Warriors	Philadelphia 76ers, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks 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	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
Michael Carter-Williams	66	32.6	14.6	1.0	4.4	5.3	6.7	1.7	0.5	3.8	2.5	5.5	13.9	.396	0.5	2.3	.235	3.1	4.4	.694

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Carter-Williams	6	31.8	12.2	0.2	4.3	4.5	4.8	1.2	1.0	2.7	2.3	5.5	13.0	.423	0.0	0.8	.000	1.2	2.0	.583


Season 3
	Gilbert Arenas	Michael Carter-Williams
Season	2003-04	2015-16
Team	Washington Wizards	Milwaukee Bucks
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
Michael Carter-Williams	54	30.5	11.5	0.9	4.2	5.1	5.2	1.5	0.8	2.8	3.0	4.6	10.3	.452	0.3	1.0	.273	2.0	3.0	.654

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


Season 4
	Gilbert Arenas	Michael Carter-Williams
Season	2004-05	2016-17
Team	Washington Wizards	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis	Bulls 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	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
Michael Carter-Williams	45	18.8	6.6	0.5	2.9	3.4	2.5	0.8	0.5	1.5	2.3	2.5	6.8	.366	0.3	1.4	.234	1.3	1.7	.753

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
Michael Carter-Williams	5	10.6	2.8	0.2	0.6	0.8	1.2	0.4	0.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	3.0	.400	0.0	0.2	.000	0.4	0.8	.500


Season 5
	Gilbert Arenas	Michael Carter-Williams
Season	2005-06	2017-18
Team	Washington Wizards	Charlotte Hornets
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
Michael Carter-Williams	52	16.1	4.6	0.7	1.9	2.7	2.2	0.8	0.4	1.0	1.9	1.5	4.4	.332	0.3	1.1	.237	1.4	1.7	.820

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
Michael Carter-Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Gilbert Arenas	Michael Carter-Williams
Season	2006-07	2018-19
Team	Washington Wizards	Houston Rockets, Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	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
Michael Carter-Williams	28	13.3	4.8	0.7	1.8	2.5	2.5	0.7	0.5	0.7	1.7	1.6	4.4	.374	0.4	1.4	.263	1.1	1.9	.604

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Carter-Williams	5	18.4	6.6	0.4	3.6	4.0	2.4	0.6	0.0	1.6	2.4	2.4	6.2	.387	0.4	1.6	.250	1.4	1.6	.875


Season 7
	Gilbert Arenas	Michael Carter-Williams
Season	2007-08	2019-20
Team	Washington Wizards	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
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	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
Michael Carter-Williams	45	18.5	7.2	1.0	2.2	3.3	2.4	1.1	0.5	1.2	1.9	2.5	5.8	.427	0.5	1.7	.293	1.8	2.1	.832

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
Michael Carter-Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Gilbert Arenas	Michael Carter-Williams
Season	2008-09	2020-21
Team	Washington Wizards	Orlando Magic
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	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
Michael Carter-Williams	31	25.8	8.8	1.3	3.2	4.5	4.2	0.8	0.5	2.2	2.6	3.4	8.7	.389	0.5	2.0	.246	1.6	2.6	.613

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

Note: Michael Carter-Williams didn't play in 2021-22.


Season 9
	Gilbert Arenas	Michael Carter-Williams
Season	2009-10	2022-23
Team	Washington Wizards	Orlando Magic
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	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
Michael Carter-Williams	4	11.0	4.3	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.8	0.3	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.5	3.5	.429	0.3	0.8	.333	1.0	1.8	.571

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


Season 10
	Gilbert Arenas	Michael Carter-Williams
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
Michael Carter-Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Michael Carter-Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Gilbert Arenas	Michael Carter-Williams
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
Michael Carter-Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	-
Michael Carter-Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Gilbert Arenas vs. Michael Carter-Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Michael Carter-Williams 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