Gilbert Arenas vs. Dwight Howard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dwight Howard 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 Dwight Howard, who played 18. Gilbert Arenas had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while Dwight Howard 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Gilbert Arenas	11	5	2001-02 to 2011-12
Dwight Howard	18	12	2004-05 to 2021-22

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Gilbert Arenas	Dwight Howard
Season	2001-02	2004-05
Team	Golden State Warriors	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
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:	+35	+8.0	+1.1	+2.6	+4.6	+7.2	+2.8	+0.6	+1.5	-0.1	-0.4	+0.6	+0.1	+.067	+0.8	+2.4		+0.8	+1.6	+.104
Dwight Howard	82	32.6	12.0	3.5	6.5	10.0	0.9	0.9	1.7	2.0	2.8	4.3	8.3	.520	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	5.0	.671

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Gilbert Arenas nor Dwight Howard played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Gilbert Arenas	Dwight Howard
Season	2002-03	2005-06
Team	Golden State Warriors	Orlando Magic
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:		+1.8	+2.5	+2.3	+5.5	+7.8	+4.8	+0.7	+1.2	-0.9	-0.2	+0.5	+3.7	+.100	+1.3	+3.8		+0.2	+1.6	+.196
Dwight Howard	82	36.8	15.8	3.5	9.0	12.5	1.5	0.8	1.4	2.6	3.4	5.7	10.7	.531	0.0	0.0	-	4.3	7.3	.595

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Gilbert Arenas nor Dwight Howard played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Gilbert Arenas	Dwight Howard
Season	2003-04	2006-07
Team	Washington Wizards	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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	+0.7	+2.0	+2.5	+5.2	+7.7	+3.1	+1.0	+1.7	-0.2	-0.2	+0.1	+6.0	+.211	+2.3	+6.1		+0.5	+2.3	+.162
Dwight Howard	82	36.9	17.6	3.5	8.8	12.3	1.9	0.9	1.9	3.9	3.0	6.4	10.6	.603	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	8.1	.586

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwight Howard	4	41.8	15.3	4.0	10.8	14.8	1.8	0.5	1.0	4.3	3.3	5.8	10.5	.548	0.0	0.0	-	3.8	8.3	.455


Season 4
	Gilbert Arenas	Dwight Howard
Season	2004-05	2007-08
Team	Washington Wizards	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis	Magic Lost East Conf Semis

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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	+3.2	+4.8	+2.4	+7.1	+9.5	+3.8	+0.8	+1.8	-0.2	-0.2	+1.1	+7.1	+.168	+2.6	+7.0			+2.9	+.224
Dwight Howard	82	37.7	20.7	3.4	10.8	14.2	1.3	0.9	2.1	3.2	3.3	7.1	11.9	.599	0.0	0.0	-	6.5	10.9	.590

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:		+3.0	+4.7	+5.2	+5.4	+10.6	+5.3	+1.3	+2.8	-0.7	-0.4	+0.1	+7.0	+.205	+1.8	+7.7		+2.7	+1.1	+.224
Dwight Howard	10	42.1	18.9	6.0	9.8	15.8	0.9	0.8	3.4	3.2	3.8	7.2	12.4	.581	0.0	0.0	-	4.5	8.3	.542


Season 5
	Gilbert Arenas	Dwight Howard
Season	2005-06	2008-09
Team	Washington Wizards	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Magic Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+1	+6.6	+8.7	+3.6	+6.8	+10.3	+4.7	+1.0	+2.6	-0.7	-0.2	+2.2	+8.5	+.125	+2.5	+6.8		+1.8	+0.7	+.226
Dwight Howard	79	35.7	20.6	4.3	9.6	13.8	1.4	1.0	2.9	3.0	3.4	7.1	12.4	.572	0.0	0.0	-	6.4	10.7	.594

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:	+17	+8.0	+13.7	+3.1	+6.7	+9.8	+3.4	+1.3	+1.9	-0.4	-0.9	+3.8	+11.6	+.137	+3.3	+7.6	+.435	+2.7	+1.8	+.135
Dwight Howard	23	39.3	20.3	4.3	11.0	15.3	1.9	0.9	2.6	2.9	4.4	7.0	11.7	.601	0.0	0.1	.000	6.3	9.9	.636


Season 6
	Gilbert Arenas	Dwight Howard
Season	2006-07	2009-10
Team	Washington Wizards	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic Lost East 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:	+8	+5.1	+10.1	+2.7	+6.0	+8.6	+4.2	+1.0	+2.6	-0.1	-0.1	+2.5	+10.7	+.194	+2.8	+7.8	+.351	+2.3	+0.3	+.252
Dwight Howard	82	34.7	18.3	3.5	9.7	13.2	1.8	0.9	2.8	3.3	3.5	6.2	10.2	.612	0.0	0.1	.000	5.9	10.0	.592

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwight Howard	14	35.5	18.1	2.7	8.4	11.1	1.4	0.8	3.5	3.6	4.2	6.1	10.0	.614	0.0	0.0	-	5.9	11.3	.519


Season 7
	Gilbert Arenas	Dwight Howard
Season	2007-08	2010-11
Team	Washington Wizards	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Magic 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:	+65	+4.9	+3.5	+3.5	+6.6	+10.2	+3.7	+0.4	+2.3	-0.2	-1.0	+1.9	+1.7	+.195	+1.7	+5.9	+.282	+1.3	+4.3	+.175
Dwight Howard	78	37.6	22.9	4.0	10.1	14.1	1.4	1.4	2.4	3.6	3.3	7.9	13.4	.593	0.0	0.1	.000	7.0	11.7	.596

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:	+2	+19.5	+16.2	+4.5	+9.2	+13.7	+2.3	+0.2	+1.8	-3.5	-0.9	+5.0	+4.5	+.241	+1.3	+2.8	+.417	+7.5	+11.7	+.151
Dwight Howard	6	43.0	27.0	4.5	11.0	15.5	0.5	0.7	1.8	5.5	4.2	8.5	13.5	.630	0.0	0.2	.000	10.0	14.7	.682


Season 8
	Gilbert Arenas	Dwight Howard
Season	2008-09	2011-12
Team	Washington Wizards	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+52	+6.8	+7.6	+3.2	+6.8	+10.0	+8.1	+1.5	+1.6	-2.7	-0.9	+4.7	+1.9	+.312	+1.0	+3.4	+.286	+0.8	+2.6	+.259
Dwight Howard	54	38.3	20.6	3.7	10.8	14.5	1.9	1.5	2.1	3.2	2.9	7.7	13.4	.573	0.0	0.1	.000	5.2	10.6	.491

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Gilbert Arenas nor Dwight Howard played in the postseason in their season 8


Season 9
	Gilbert Arenas	Dwight Howard
Season	2009-10	2012-13
Team	Washington Wizards	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+44	+0.7	+5.5	+2.8	+5.5	+8.2	+5.8	+0.2	+2.1	-0.7	-0.8	+1.7	+8.6	+.167	+2.0	+5.6	+.181	+0.1	+3.0	+.247
Dwight Howard	76	35.8	17.1	3.3	9.1	12.4	1.4	1.1	2.4	3.0	3.8	6.2	10.7	.578	0.0	0.1	.167	4.7	9.5	.492

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwight Howard	4	31.5	17.0	2.5	8.3	10.8	1.0	0.5	2.0	4.0	4.3	6.5	10.5	.619	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	9.0	.444


Season 10
	Gilbert Arenas	Dwight Howard
Season	2010-11	2013-14
Team	Washington Wizards, Orlando Magic	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Rockets 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:	+1	+8.0	+7.5	+3.0	+6.5	+9.5	+2.1	+0.3	+1.5	-0.7	-0.7	+2.9	+0.8	+.225	+1.4	+4.6	+.011	+3.2	+6.8	+.237
Dwight Howard	71	33.7	18.3	3.3	8.9	12.2	1.8	0.8	1.8	3.2	3.4	6.7	11.3	.591	0.0	0.1	.286	4.9	9.0	.547

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:	+1	+22.3	+17.4	+3.7	+7.2	+10.9	+0.6	+0.5	+2.6	-2.0	-1.4	+6.1	+9.3	+.118	+0.6	+2.4		+5.9	+9.5	+.042
Dwight Howard	6	38.5	26.0	4.5	9.2	13.7	1.8	0.7	2.8	3.2	4.2	9.7	17.7	.547	0.0	0.0	-	6.7	10.7	.625


Season 11
	Gilbert Arenas	Dwight Howard
Season	2011-12	2014-15
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+24	+17.4	+11.6	+2.6	+6.9	+9.4	+0.1	+0.1	+1.2	-2.1	-1.2	+4.6	+6.5	+.187	+0.8	+2.3		+3.1	+6.0	+.172
Dwight Howard	41	29.8	15.8	2.7	7.8	10.5	1.2	0.7	1.3	2.8	3.3	6.1	10.3	.593	0.0	0.0	-	3.5	6.6	.528

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:	+11	+30.0	+15.7	+3.6	+10.2	+13.8	+1.0	+1.4	+2.3	-2.0	-2.5	+5.9	+9.4	+.327		+0.7		+4.0	+9.7
Dwight Howard	17	33.8	16.4	3.6	10.4	14.0	1.2	1.4	2.3	2.2	3.5	6.2	10.7	.577	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	9.7	.412

Additional Years

* Dwight Howard played 7 seasons more than Gilbert Arenas in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 12 to 18, from 2016 to 2022—Dwight Howard played in 4 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship.

Gilbert Arenas vs. Dwight Howard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dwight Howard 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