Gilbert Arenas vs. Andre Iguodala Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Andre Iguodala 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.

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, 8 less than Andre Iguodala, who played 19. Gilbert Arenas had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while Andre Iguodala had his rookie season in 2004-05. 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Gilbert Arenas	Andre Iguodala
Season	2001-02	2004-05
Team	Golden State Warriors	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+35	+8.2	+1.9	+0.2	+2.7	+2.9	+0.7	+0.2	+0.4	-0.4	-0.1	+0.4	+1.5	+.040	+0.2	+0.7	+.014	+0.7	+0.8	+.032
Andre Iguodala	82	32.8	9.0	1.1	4.6	5.7	3.0	1.7	0.6	1.7	2.5	3.3	6.7	.493	0.6	1.7	.331	1.9	2.6	.743
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Andre Iguodala	5	38.8	9.8	1.6	3.0	4.6	3.0	2.8	1.0	1.0	2.4	4.0	8.6	.465	0.6	1.8	.333	1.2	2.4	.500

Season 2
	Gilbert Arenas	Andre Iguodala
Season	2002-03	2005-06
Team	Golden State Warriors	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:		+2.6	+6.0	+0.2	+0.9	+1.2	+3.2	+0.1	+0.1	-1.6	-0.8	+2.0	+6.0	+.069	+0.6	+1.9	+.006	+1.3	+1.4	+.037
Andre Iguodala	82	37.6	12.3	1.4	4.4	5.9	3.1	1.6	0.3	1.9	2.4	4.2	8.4	.500	0.7	1.9	.354	3.2	4.3	.754
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Gilbert Arenas nor Andre Iguodala played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 4
	Gilbert Arenas	Andre Iguodala
Season	2004-05	2007-08
Team	Washington Wizards	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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4th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+2	+1.4	+5.6		+0.7	+0.7	+0.3	+0.4	+0.3	-0.4	-0.8	+1.1	+3.4	+.025	+1.4	+3.3	+.036	+2.0	+1.8	+.093
Andre Iguodala	82	39.5	19.9	1.0	4.4	5.4	4.8	2.1	0.6	2.6	2.3	7.1	15.6	.456	1.2	3.7	.329	4.5	6.2	.721
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
difference:	+4	+6.1	+10.4	+0.2	+0.6	+0.4	+1.2	+0.1	+0.4	-0.4	-1.6	+3.5	+7.9	+.043	+1.5	+5.4	+.091	+2.0	+2.2	+.045
Andre Iguodala	6	39.0	13.2	1.0	3.8	4.8	5.0	2.2	0.2	4.3	1.8	3.8	11.5	.333	0.3	2.3	.143	5.2	7.2	.721

Season 5
	Gilbert Arenas	Andre Iguodala
Season	2005-06	2008-09
Team	Washington Wizards	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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5th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+2	+2.4	+10.5	+0.4	+1.8	+2.2	+0.8	+0.4	+0.1	-1.0	-1.7	+2.7	+6.9	+.026	+1.5	+3.6	+.062	+3.6	+3.6	+.096
Andre Iguodala	82	39.9	18.8	1.1	4.6	5.7	5.3	1.6	0.4	2.7	1.9	6.6	14.0	.473	1.0	3.2	.307	4.6	6.4	.724
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
difference:		+2.5	+12.5	+0.2	+1.0	+0.8	+1.4	+0.4	+0.7	-0.7	-2.0	+3.5	+7.0	+.015	+1.5	+3.0	+.042	+4.0	+4.0	+.119
Andre Iguodala	6	44.8	21.5	1.0	5.3	6.3	6.7	1.8	0.0	4.0	1.5	7.3	16.3	.449	1.8	4.7	.393	5.0	7.7	.652

Season 6
	Gilbert Arenas	Andre Iguodala
Season	2006-07	2009-10
Team	Washington Wizards	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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6th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+8	+0.9	+11.3	+0.2	+1.8	+1.9	+0.2	+0.2	+0.5	-0.5	-1.6	+2.7	+7.2	+.025	+1.7	+4.2	+.041	+4.4	+4.5	+.111
Andre Iguodala	82	38.9	17.1	1.0	5.5	6.5	5.8	1.7	0.7	2.7	1.8	6.0	13.7	.443	1.1	3.7	.310	3.8	5.2	.733
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Gilbert Arenas nor Andre Iguodala played in the postseason in their season 6

Season 7
	Gilbert Arenas	Andre Iguodala
Season	2007-08	2010-11
Team	Washington Wizards	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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7th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+54	+4.2	+5.3	+0.4	+1.4	+1.9	+1.2	+0.3	+0.5	-1.7	-0.7	+1.0	+3.8	+.047	+0.8	+3.3	+.055	+2.6	+2.9	+.078
Andre Iguodala	67	36.9	14.1	0.9	4.9	5.8	6.3	1.5	0.6	2.1	1.6	5.0	11.3	.445	0.9	2.7	.337	3.1	4.5	.693
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
difference:	+1	+12.9	+0.6	+1.4	+3.8	+5.2	+4.0	+0.5	+0.4	-0.8	-0.1	+0.9	+1.4	+.034	+0.7	+0.2	+.203	+0.5	+0.2	+.119
Andre Iguodala	5	36.4	11.4	1.4	5.6	7.0	6.8	1.0	0.4	2.8	3.2	4.4	10.4	.423	0.6	2.8	.214	2.0	2.8	.714

Season 8
	Gilbert Arenas	Andre Iguodala
Season	2008-09	2011-12
Team	Washington Wizards	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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8th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+60	+4.1	+0.6	+0.4	+1.2	+1.6	+4.5	+1.7		-1.4	-0.5	+1.6	+1.3	+.193	+0.2	+0.4	+.108	+4.0	+4.8	+.133
Andre Iguodala	62	35.6	12.4	0.9	5.2	6.1	5.5	1.7	0.5	1.9	1.5	4.6	10.2	.454	1.2	3.1	.394	2.0	3.2	.617
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Andre Iguodala	13	38.8	12.9	1.3	4.4	5.7	3.7	1.5	0.4	1.5	2.5	4.5	11.6	.384	1.5	3.8	.388	2.5	4.3	.589

Season 10
	Gilbert Arenas	Andre Iguodala
Season	2010-11	2013-14
Team	Washington Wizards, Orlando Magic	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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10th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+7	+6.7	+1.5	+0.5	+1.4	+2.0	+0.3	+0.4		-0.9	-1.1	+0.3	+3.2	+.114	+0.4	+1.9	+.057	+0.3	+0.1	+.132
Andre Iguodala	63	32.4	9.3	0.8	3.8	4.7	4.2	1.5	0.3	1.6	1.6	3.5	7.3	.480	1.0	2.8	.354	1.4	2.1	.652
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
difference:	+2	+19.2	+4.5	+0.1	+2.0	+1.9	+2.0	+1.1	+0.1	-1.8	-0.1	+1.0	+0.5	+.087	+0.5	+0.3	+.283	+2.1	+3.5	+.061
Andre Iguodala	7	35.4	13.1	0.7	4.0	4.7	4.4	1.3	0.3	3.0	2.7	4.6	8.9	.516	1.1	2.1	.533	2.9	4.7	.606

Season 11
	Gilbert Arenas	Andre Iguodala
Season	2011-12	2014-15
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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11th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+60	+14.5	+3.6	+0.5	+1.9	+2.2	+1.9	+0.6	+0.2	-0.4	-0.8	+1.5	+2.6	+.060	+0.2	+0.5	+.016	+0.5	+0.9	+.104
Andre Iguodala	77	26.9	7.8	0.6	2.8	3.3	3.0	1.2	0.3	1.1	1.3	3.0	6.4	.466	1.0	2.8	.349	0.9	1.5	.596
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	-
difference:	+15	+26.4	+9.7	+0.8	+3.5	+4.3	+3.4	+1.2	+0.3	-0.5	-1.0	+3.6	+6.8	+.224	+1.4	+3.2	+.354	+1.3	+3.1
Andre Iguodala	21	30.2	10.4	0.8	3.7	4.5	3.6	1.2	0.3	0.7	2.0	3.9	8.1	.474	1.4	3.9	.354	1.3	3.1	.415