Gilbert Arenas vs. Dikembe Mutombo Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dikembe Mutombo 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 / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings / 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, 7 less than Dikembe Mutombo, who played 18. Gilbert Arenas had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while Dikembe Mutombo had his rookie season in 1991-92. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Gilbert Arenas	11	5	2001-02 to 2011-12
Dikembe Mutombo	18	13	1991-92 to 2008-09

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


Rookie Season
	Gilbert Arenas	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2001-02	1991-92
Team	Golden State Warriors	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+24	+13.7	+5.7	+3.6	+5.9	+9.5	+1.5	+0.9	+2.8	-1.4	-1.4	+2.3	+4.0	+.040	+0.8	+2.4		+1.9	+3.6	+.133
Dikembe Mutombo	71	38.3	16.6	4.5	7.8	12.3	2.2	0.6	3.0	3.5	3.8	6.0	12.2	.493	0.0	0.0	-	4.5	7.0	.642

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Gilbert Arenas nor Dikembe Mutombo played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Gilbert Arenas	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2002-03	1992-93
Team	Golden State Warriors	Denver Nuggets
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:		+1.9	+4.5	+3.0	+5.4	+8.3	+4.5	+1.0	+3.3	-0.9	-0.3	+1.3	+4.9	+.079	+1.3	+3.8		+0.4	+0.3	+.110
Dikembe Mutombo	82	36.9	13.8	4.2	8.9	13.0	1.8	0.5	3.5	2.6	3.5	4.9	9.5	.510	0.0	0.0	-	4.1	6.0	.681

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Gilbert Arenas nor Dikembe Mutombo played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Gilbert Arenas	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2003-04	1993-94
Team	Washington Wizards	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis

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3rd 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	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
difference:	+27	+2.8	+7.6	+2.5	+4.8	+7.2	+3.5	+1.2	+3.9	-1.6		+2.0	+8.8	+.177	+2.3	+6.1		+1.2	+0.4	+.165
Dikembe Mutombo	82	34.8	12.0	3.5	8.4	11.8	1.5	0.7	4.1	2.5	3.2	4.5	7.8	.569	0.0	0.0	-	3.1	5.4	.583

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dikembe Mutombo	12	42.6	13.3	3.3	8.7	12.0	1.8	0.7	5.8	2.5	3.5	4.2	9.0	.463	0.0	0.0	-	4.9	8.2	.602


Season 4
	Gilbert Arenas	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2004-05	1994-95
Team	Washington Wizards	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis	Nuggets Lost West 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	+3.1	+14.0	+2.9	+5.0	+7.8	+3.7	+1.2	+3.6	-0.7	-0.4	+3.9	+11.3	+.125	+2.6	+7.0		+3.5	+3.4	+.160
Dikembe Mutombo	82	37.8	11.5	3.9	8.7	12.5	1.4	0.5	3.9	2.3	3.5	4.3	7.7	.556	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.6	.654

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:	+7	+17.1	+17.6	+0.5	+0.6	+1.1	+5.9	+2.1	+1.7	-1.6	-1.6	+5.3	+16.1	+.224	+1.8	+7.7		+5.2	+6.4	+.099
Dikembe Mutombo	3	28.0	6.0	1.3	5.0	6.3	0.3	0.0	2.3	2.3	5.0	2.0	3.3	.600	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.0	.667


Season 5
	Gilbert Arenas	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2005-06	1995-96
Team	Washington Wizards	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+6	+5.6	+18.3	+2.7	+5.6	+8.3	+4.6	+1.5	+4.2	-1.7	-0.1	+5.5	+13.2	+.052	+2.5	+6.8		+4.9	+5.2	+.125
Dikembe Mutombo	74	36.7	11.0	3.4	8.4	11.8	1.5	0.5	4.5	2.0	3.5	3.8	7.7	.499	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.8	.695

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
Dikembe Mutombo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Gilbert Arenas	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2006-07	1996-97
Team	Washington Wizards	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+6	+2.6	+15.1	+2.6	+4.6	+7.0	+4.6	+1.3	+3.1	-0.9	-0.3	+3.9	+11.9	+.109	+2.8	+7.9		+4.4	+4.3	+.139
Dikembe Mutombo	80	37.2	13.3	3.4	8.3	11.6	1.4	0.6	3.3	2.3	3.1	4.8	9.0	.527	0.0	0.0	-	3.8	5.4	.705

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dikembe Mutombo	10	41.5	15.4	3.7	8.6	12.3	1.3	0.1	2.6	2.0	3.0	5.4	8.6	.628	0.0	0.0	-	4.6	6.4	.719


Season 7
	Gilbert Arenas	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2007-08	1997-98
Team	Washington Wizards	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hawks 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:	+69	+2.9	+6.0	+2.9	+4.5	+7.5	+4.1	+1.4	+3.3	-1.8	-0.8	+1.1	+6.0	+.139	+1.7	+6.0		+2.0	+1.9	+.101
Dikembe Mutombo	82	35.6	13.4	3.4	8.0	11.4	1.0	0.4	3.4	2.0	3.1	4.9	9.1	.537	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	5.5	.670

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:		+10.5	+2.8	+3.3	+7.7	+11.0	+2.5	+0.2	+2.3		-0.8	+0.7	+3.0	+.069	+1.3	+3.0			+1.0	+.208
Dikembe Mutombo	4	34.0	8.0	3.3	9.5	12.8	0.3	0.3	2.3	2.0	2.5	2.8	6.0	.458	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	4.0	.625


Season 8
	Gilbert Arenas	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2008-09	1998-99
Team	Washington Wizards	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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:	+48	+5.1	+2.2	+3.3	+4.4	+7.7	+8.9	+0.3	+2.4	-1.4	-0.9	+0.5	+4.7	+.251	+1.0	+3.5		+2.1	+2.3	+.066
Dikembe Mutombo	50	36.6	10.8	3.8	8.4	12.2	1.1	0.3	2.9	1.9	2.9	3.5	6.8	.512	0.0	0.0	-	3.9	5.7	.684

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dikembe Mutombo	9	42.2	12.6	4.0	9.9	13.9	1.2	0.6	2.6	2.0	3.1	4.4	7.9	.563	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	5.2	.702


Season 9
	Gilbert Arenas	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2009-10	1999-00
Team	Washington Wizards	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	Rebounds Leader
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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9th 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	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
difference:	+50	+0.1	+11.1	+3.2	+6.8	+9.9	+5.9	+1.0	+3.0	-1.6		+4.0	+12.3	+.151	+2.0	+5.7		+1.2	+1.4	+.031
Dikembe Mutombo	82	36.4	11.5	3.7	10.4	14.1	1.3	0.3	3.3	2.1	3.0	3.9	7.0	.562	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	5.1	.708

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Gilbert Arenas nor Dikembe Mutombo played in the postseason in their season 9


Season 10
	Gilbert Arenas	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2010-11	2000-01
Team	Washington Wizards, Orlando Magic	Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	76ers Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+5	+8.8	+0.8	+3.8	+7.0	+10.8	+2.9	+0.7	+2.4	-0.6		+0.2	+3.1	+.118	+1.4	+4.7		+1.1	+1.7	+.059
Dikembe Mutombo	75	34.5	10.0	4.1	9.4	13.5	1.0	0.4	2.7	1.9	2.7	3.6	7.4	.484	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	3.9	.725

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:	+18	+26.5	+5.3	+4.1	+6.8	+10.9	+1.7	+0.5	+2.9	-0.4	-0.4	+0.8	+0.6	+.061	+0.6	+2.4		+4.2	+5.2	+.110
Dikembe Mutombo	23	42.7	13.9	4.9	8.8	13.7	0.7	0.7	3.1	1.6	2.4	4.4	9.0	.490	0.0	0.0	-	5.0	6.4	.777


Season 11
	Gilbert Arenas	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2011-12	2001-02
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+63	+23.9	+7.3	+3.1	+6.7	+9.7	+0.1	+0.2	+2.3	-1.3	-0.9	+2.5	+4.2	+.095	+0.8	+2.3		+3.1	+4.0	+.064
Dikembe Mutombo	80	36.3	11.5	3.2	7.6	10.8	1.0	0.4	2.4	2.0	3.0	4.0	8.0	.501	0.0	0.0	-	3.5	4.6	.764

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:	+1	+30.8	+8.1	+2.8	+7.6	+10.4	+0.4	+0.4	+1.8	-2.0	-2.2	+2.5	+4.9	+.202		+0.7		+3.2	+5.2
Dikembe Mutombo	5	34.6	8.8	2.8	7.8	10.6	0.6	0.4	1.8	2.2	3.2	2.8	6.2	.452	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	5.2	.615

Additional Years

* Dikembe Mutombo played 7 seasons more than Gilbert Arenas in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 12 to 18, from 2003 to 2009—Dikembe Mutombo played in 6 Playoffs.

Gilbert Arenas vs. Dikembe Mutombo Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dikembe Mutombo 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years