Gilbert Arenas vs. Dorian Finney-Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dorian Finney-Smith 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, 2 more than Dorian Finney-Smith, who played 9. Gilbert Arenas had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while Dorian Finney-Smith had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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.

Season 2
	Gilbert Arenas	Dorian Finney-Smith
Season	2002-03	2017-18
Team	Golden State Warriors	Dallas Mavericks
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:	+61	+13.7	+12.4	+0.2	+1.0	+1.1	+5.1	+1.0		-2.5	-1.2	+4.0	+8.6	+.051	+0.3	+0.6	+.049	+4.0	+5.0	+.058
Dorian Finney-Smith	21	21.3	5.9	1.0	2.5	3.6	1.2	0.5	0.2	1.0	2.0	2.2	5.8	.380	1.0	3.2	.299	0.5	0.7	.733
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Gilbert Arenas nor Dorian Finney-Smith played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 4
	Gilbert Arenas	Dorian Finney-Smith
Season	2004-05	2019-20
Team	Washington Wizards	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis	Mavericks 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:	+9	+11.0	+16.0	+1.0		+1.0	+3.5	+1.1	+0.2	-2.0	-0.6	+4.8	+11.6	+.035	+1.0	+2.7	+.011	+5.4	+6.5	+.092
Dorian Finney-Smith	71	29.9	9.5	2.0	3.7	5.7	1.6	0.6	0.5	1.0	2.5	3.4	7.4	.466	1.6	4.3	.376	1.1	1.5	.722
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	+13.3	+13.4	+1.2	+0.7	+0.5	+3.0	+0.9	+0.1	-2.4	-0.3	+3.5	+10.7	+.066		+2.7	+.133	+6.5	+8.6	+.034
Dorian Finney-Smith	6	31.8	10.2	2.0	3.7	5.7	3.2	1.2	0.5	1.5	3.7	3.8	8.7	.442	1.8	5.0	.367	0.7	0.8	.800

Season 5
	Gilbert Arenas	Dorian Finney-Smith
Season	2005-06	2020-21
Team	Washington Wizards	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks Lost West 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:	+20	+10.3	+19.5	+0.9	+1.0	+1.9	+4.4	+1.1	+0.1	-2.9	-1.3	+5.6	+13.1	+.025	+0.5	+1.8	+.025	+7.7	+9.3	+.064
Dorian Finney-Smith	60	32.0	9.8	1.6	3.8	5.4	1.7	0.9	0.4	0.8	2.3	3.7	7.8	.472	2.0	5.0	.394	0.5	0.7	.756
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:	+1	+8.6	+23.7	+1.2	+0.2	+1.1	+3.2	+1.1	+0.4	-1.6	-0.2	+7.1	+14.2	+.058	+1.0	+2.4	+.003	+8.4	+11.0	+.029
Dorian Finney-Smith	7	38.7	10.3	2.4	4.1	6.6	2.1	1.1	0.3	1.7	3.3	3.7	9.1	.406	2.3	5.3	.432	0.6	0.7	.800

Season 6
	Gilbert Arenas	Dorian Finney-Smith
Season	2006-07	2021-22
Team	Washington Wizards	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals

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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	+6.7	+17.4	+0.7	+0.5	+0.1	+4.1	+0.8	+0.3	-2.2	-1.1	+4.6	+12.2	+.053	+0.6	+2.5	+.044	+7.5	+8.7	+.169
Dorian Finney-Smith	80	33.1	11.0	1.5	3.2	4.7	1.9	1.1	0.5	1.0	2.3	4.1	8.7	.471	2.2	5.4	.395	0.7	1.0	.675
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dorian Finney-Smith	18	38.2	11.7	1.8	3.7	5.5	1.9	0.9	0.4	1.0	2.9	4.1	8.7	.471	2.6	6.0	.426	0.9	1.3	.708