Gilbert Arenas vs. Anthony Mason Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Anthony Mason 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, 2 less than Anthony Mason, who played 13. Gilbert Arenas had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while Anthony Mason had his rookie season in 1989-90. 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
Anthony Mason	13	10	1989-90 to 2002-03

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


Rookie Season
	Gilbert Arenas	Anthony Mason
Season	2001-02	1989-90
Team	Golden State Warriors	New Jersey Nets
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
Anthony Mason	21	5.1	1.8	0.5	1.1	1.6	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.5	1.0	0.7	1.9	.350	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.7	.600

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


Season 2
	Gilbert Arenas	Anthony Mason
Season	2002-03	1990-91
Team	Golden State Warriors	Denver Nuggets
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
Anthony Mason	3	7.0	3.3	1.0	0.7	1.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.7	1.3	.500	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.7	.750

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


Season 3
	Gilbert Arenas	Anthony Mason
Season	2003-04	1991-92
Team	Washington Wizards	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East 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	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
Anthony Mason	82	26.8	7.0	2.6	4.4	7.0	1.3	0.6	0.2	1.2	2.8	2.5	4.9	.509	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.2	.642

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anthony Mason	12	24.0	5.0	2.3	4.0	6.3	0.8	0.2	0.7	0.9	2.8	1.6	3.6	.442	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.3	.786


Season 4
	Gilbert Arenas	Anthony Mason
Season	2004-05	1992-93
Team	Washington Wizards	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis	Knicks 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	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
Anthony Mason	81	30.6	10.3	2.9	5.0	7.9	2.1	0.5	0.2	1.7	3.0	3.9	7.8	.502	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.6	.682

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
Anthony Mason	15	34.0	12.5	3.7	3.6	7.3	2.7	0.7	0.4	1.5	3.3	4.8	8.1	.590	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.5	.632


Season 5
	Gilbert Arenas	Anthony Mason
Season	2005-06	1993-94
Team	Washington Wizards	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost NBA 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
Anthony Mason	73	26.1	7.2	2.2	3.7	5.8	2.1	0.4	0.1	1.5	2.6	2.8	5.9	.476	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.2	.720

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
Anthony Mason	25	26.4	7.6	2.1	3.7	5.8	1.8	0.6	0.2	1.4	2.6	2.7	5.5	.489	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.1	.714


Season 6
	Gilbert Arenas	Anthony Mason
Season	2006-07	1994-95
Team	Washington Wizards	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	Sixth Man of the Year
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East 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	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
Anthony Mason	77	32.4	9.9	2.4	6.1	8.4	3.1	0.9	0.3	1.6	3.3	3.7	6.6	.566	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	3.9	.641

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anthony Mason	11	32.0	9.5	2.1	4.1	6.2	2.2	0.5	0.5	2.4	2.5	2.8	4.6	.608	0.0	0.1	.000	3.9	6.3	.623


Season 7
	Gilbert Arenas	Anthony Mason
Season	2007-08	1995-96
Team	Washington Wizards	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East 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	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
Anthony Mason	82	42.2	14.6	2.7	6.6	9.3	4.4	0.8	0.4	2.6	3.0	5.5	9.7	.563	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	5.0	.720

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
Anthony Mason	8	43.8	12.6	2.1	5.6	7.8	3.3	0.5	0.1	2.5	2.5	5.1	9.8	.526	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.5	.679


Season 8
	Gilbert Arenas	Anthony Mason
Season	2008-09	1996-97
Team	Washington Wizards	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hornets 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	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
Anthony Mason	73	43.1	16.2	2.5	8.8	11.4	5.7	1.0	0.5	2.3	2.8	5.9	11.3	.525	0.0	0.0	.333	4.4	5.9	.745

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anthony Mason	3	44.0	13.0	2.7	9.3	12.0	3.0	0.3	0.3	3.0	2.0	5.3	12.7	.421	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	4.3	.538


Season 9
	Gilbert Arenas	Anthony Mason
Season	2009-10	1997-98
Team	Washington Wizards	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hornets Lost East 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
Anthony Mason	81	38.9	12.8	2.2	8.0	10.2	4.2	0.8	0.2	1.8	2.2	4.8	9.4	.509	0.0	0.0	.000	3.2	5.0	.649

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anthony Mason	9	40.8	15.4	1.9	6.0	7.9	3.4	0.9	0.0	2.4	1.9	6.3	11.0	.576	0.0	0.1	.000	2.8	4.7	.595

Note: Anthony Mason didn't play in 1998-99.


Season 10
	Gilbert Arenas	Anthony Mason
Season	2010-11	1999-00
Team	Washington Wizards, Orlando Magic	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hornets 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
Anthony Mason	82	38.2	11.6	1.8	6.8	8.5	4.5	0.9	0.4	2.0	2.7	3.9	8.1	.480	0.0	0.0	.000	3.8	5.1	.746

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
Anthony Mason	4	44.8	12.5	4.0	5.8	9.8	5.5	1.0	0.0	3.3	3.3	4.5	9.5	.474	0.0	0.3	.000	3.5	5.0	.700


Season 11
	Gilbert Arenas	Anthony Mason
Season	2011-12	2000-01
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Heat 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	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
Anthony Mason	80	40.7	16.1	2.1	7.5	9.6	3.1	1.0	0.3	2.2	2.9	5.8	11.9	.482	0.0	0.0	-	4.6	5.9	.781

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	-
Anthony Mason	3	33.0	5.3	0.3	2.7	3.0	1.3	0.3	0.0	2.3	2.0	1.7	4.3	.385	0.0	0.3	.000	2.0	2.0	1.000


Season 12
	Gilbert Arenas	Anthony Mason
Season	-	2001-02
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anthony Mason	82	38.3	9.6	1.5	6.4	7.9	4.2	0.7	0.3	1.6	2.3	3.9	7.6	.505	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.9	2.7	.697

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


Season 13
	Gilbert Arenas	Anthony Mason
Season	-	2002-03
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anthony Mason	65	32.6	7.2	1.4	5.0	6.4	3.2	0.5	0.2	1.2	2.3	2.9	6.0	.486	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.8	.718

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anthony Mason	6	26.2	3.8	0.7	2.7	3.3	0.2	0.5	0.2	1.3	2.8	1.2	2.8	.412	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.2	.692

Gilbert Arenas vs. Anthony Mason Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Anthony Mason 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