Paul Arizin vs. Shawn Marion Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shawn Marion and Paul Arizin, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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.

Paul Arizin played 10 years in the NBA, 6 less than Shawn Marion, who played 16. Paul Arizin had the first of his seasons in 1950-51, while Shawn Marion had his rookie season in 1999-00. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Paul Arizin	Shawn Marion
Season	1950-51	1999-00
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Semis	Suns 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		%
Paul Arizin	65	-	17.2	-	-	9.8	2.1	-	-	-	4.4	5.4	13.3	.407	-	-	-	6.4	8.1	.793
Shawn Marion	51	24.7	10.2	2.1	4.5	6.5	1.4	0.7	1.0	1.0	2.2	4.4	9.2	.471	0.1	0.4	.182	1.4	1.7	.847
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Arizin	2	-	20.5	-	-	10.0	1.5	-	-	-	5.0	7.0	13.5	.519	-	-	-	6.5	8.0	.813
Shawn Marion	9	31.3	9.1	2.3	6.4	8.8	0.8	0.7	1.6	0.8	1.9	4.0	9.6	.419	0.1	0.7	.167	1.0	1.2	.818

Season 2
	Paul Arizin	Shawn Marion
Season	1951-52	2000-01
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Semis	Suns 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		%
Paul Arizin	66	44.5	25.4	-	-	11.3	2.6	-	-	-	3.8	8.3	18.5	.448	-	-	-	8.8	10.7	.818
Shawn Marion	79	36.2	17.3	2.8	7.9	10.7	2.0	1.7	1.4	1.6	2.7	7.1	14.7	.480	0.3	1.0	.256	3.0	3.7	.810
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Arizin	3	40.0	25.7	-	-	12.7	2.7	-	-	-	5.7	8.0	17.7	.453	-	-	-	9.7	11.0	.879
Shawn Marion	4	34.8	14.8	2.5	5.8	8.3	0.8	1.5	1.5	1.5	3.3	5.8	15.5	.371	0.3	0.3	1.000	3.0	3.5	.857

Note: Paul Arizin didn't play in 1952-53 and 1953-54.

Season 3
	Paul Arizin	Shawn Marion
Season	1954-55	2001-02
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Phoenix Suns
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		%
Paul Arizin	72	41.0	21.0	-	-	9.4	2.9	-	-	-	3.8	7.3	18.4	.399	-	-	-	6.3	8.1	.776
Shawn Marion	81	38.4	19.1	2.6	7.3	9.9	2.0	1.8	1.1	1.8	2.6	8.1	17.2	.469	0.6	1.5	.393	2.4	2.8	.845
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Arizin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Paul Arizin	Shawn Marion
Season	1955-56	2002-03
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Suns 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		%
Paul Arizin	72	37.8	24.2	-	-	7.5	2.6	-	-	-	3.9	8.6	19.1	.448	-	-	-	7.0	8.7	.810
Shawn Marion	81	41.6	21.2	2.5	7.1	9.5	2.4	2.3	1.2	1.9	2.6	8.2	18.1	.452	1.7	4.5	.387	3.1	3.6	.851
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Arizin	10	40.9	28.9	-	-	8.4	2.9	-	-	-	3.1	10.3	22.9	.450	-	-	-	8.3	9.9	.838
Shawn Marion	6	47.2	18.5	3.5	8.2	11.7	2.0	1.8	1.8	2.2	2.8	6.7	17.8	.374	1.5	4.7	.321	3.7	4.3	.846

Season 5
	Paul Arizin	Shawn Marion
Season	1956-57	2003-04
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Paul Arizin	71	39.0	25.6	-	-	7.9	2.1	-	-	-	3.9	8.6	20.4	.422	-	-	-	8.3	10.0	.829
Shawn Marion	79	40.7	19.0	2.7	6.6	9.3	2.7	2.1	1.3	2.0	2.6	7.5	17.0	.440	1.1	3.4	.340	2.9	3.4	.851
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Arizin	2	11.0	4.5	-	-	4.0	0.5	-	-	-	1.5	1.5	4.0	.375	-	-	-	1.5	2.5	.600
Shawn Marion	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Paul Arizin	Shawn Marion
Season	1957-58	2004-05
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Finals	Suns 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		%
Paul Arizin	68	35.0	20.7	-	-	7.4	2.0	-	-	-	3.5	7.1	18.1	.393	-	-	-	6.5	8.0	.809
Shawn Marion	81	38.8	19.4	2.9	8.4	11.3	1.9	2.0	1.5	1.5	2.5	7.6	15.9	.476	1.4	4.2	.334	2.8	3.4	.833
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Arizin	8	38.6	23.5	-	-	7.8	2.0	-	-	-	3.3	8.3	21.1	.391	-	-	-	7.0	9.0	.778
Shawn Marion	15	42.3	17.6	3.1	8.7	11.8	1.5	1.4	1.7	1.4	3.1	7.2	14.9	.484	1.2	2.9	.419	2.0	2.6	.769

Season 7
	Paul Arizin	Shawn Marion
Season	1958-59	2005-06
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns 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		%
Paul Arizin	70	40.0	26.4	-	-	9.1	1.7	-	-	-	3.8	9.0	20.9	.431	-	-	-	8.4	10.3	.813
Shawn Marion	81	40.3	21.8	3.1	8.8	11.8	1.8	2.0	1.7	1.5	2.8	8.8	16.9	.525	1.2	3.6	.331	3.0	3.7	.809
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Arizin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	20	42.5	20.4	2.9	8.8	11.7	1.6	1.9	1.2	1.1	3.3	8.2	16.7	.489	1.1	3.5	.314	3.0	3.4	.881

Season 8
	Paul Arizin	Shawn Marion
Season	1959-60	2006-07
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Finals	Suns 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		%
Paul Arizin	72	36.4	22.3	-	-	8.6	2.3	-	-	-	3.7	8.2	19.4	.424	-	-	-	5.8	7.3	.798
Shawn Marion	80	37.6	17.5	2.2	7.7	9.8	1.7	2.0	1.5	1.4	2.7	7.0	13.4	.524	1.0	3.2	.317	2.5	3.1	.810
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Arizin	9	41.2	26.3	-	-	9.6	3.7	-	-	-	3.2	9.3	21.7	.431	-	-	-	7.7	8.8	.873
Shawn Marion	11	41.4	16.9	2.5	7.9	10.4	1.2	1.5	1.7	1.1	2.5	6.9	13.8	.500	1.1	3.1	.353	2.0	3.0	.667

Season 9
	Paul Arizin	Shawn Marion
Season	1960-61	2007-08
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Phoenix Suns, Miami Heat, Phoenix Suns, Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Paul Arizin	79	37.2	23.2	-	-	8.6	2.4	-	-	-	4.2	8.2	19.4	.425	-	-	-	6.7	8.1	.833
Shawn Marion	63	36.7	15.4	2.2	8.0	10.2	2.2	2.0	1.3	1.4	2.4	6.3	12.5	.508	1.0	3.1	.333	1.7	2.4	.707
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Arizin	3	41.7	22.3	-	-	8.7	4.0	-	-	-	5.7	7.3	22.3	.328	-	-	-	7.7	11.0	.697
Shawn Marion	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Paul Arizin	Shawn Marion
Season	1961-62	2008-09
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Miami Heat, Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Finals	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		%
Paul Arizin	78	35.7	21.9	-	-	6.8	2.6	-	-	-	3.9	7.8	19.1	.410	-	-	-	6.2	7.7	.805
Shawn Marion	69	35.8	12.9	2.6	5.9	8.5	2.0	1.3	1.0	1.5	1.9	5.5	11.4	.485	0.1	0.8	.189	1.7	2.1	.796
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Arizin	12	38.3	23.2	-	-	6.7	2.2	-	-	-	3.7	7.9	21.1	.375	-	-	-	7.3	8.5	.863
Shawn Marion	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 12
	Paul Arizin	Shawn Marion
Season	-	2010-11
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks
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		%
Paul Arizin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	80	28.2	12.5	2.1	4.8	6.9	1.4	0.9	0.6	1.6	1.8	5.4	10.4	.520	0.1	0.4	.152	1.6	2.1	.768
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Arizin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	21	32.9	11.9	2.2	4.1	6.3	2.1	1.0	0.9	1.7	2.5	5.0	10.7	.467	0.0	0.2	.000	1.9	2.2	.851