Gilbert Arenas vs. Josh Giddey Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Josh Giddey 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, 7 more than Josh Giddey, who played 4. Gilbert Arenas had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while Josh Giddey had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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	Josh Giddey
Season	2001-02	2021-22
Team	Golden State Warriors	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second 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:	+7	+6.9	+1.6	+0.9	+4.1	+5.0	+2.7	+0.6	+0.2	-1.1	-0.8	+1.5	+4.2	+.034	+0.2	+1.5	+.082	+1.6	+1.9	+.066
Josh Giddey	54	31.5	12.5	1.8	6.0	7.8	6.4	0.9	0.4	3.2	1.6	5.2	12.4	.419	1.0	3.9	.263	1.0	1.5	.709
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Gilbert Arenas nor Josh Giddey played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Gilbert Arenas	Josh Giddey
Season	2002-03	2022-23
Team	Golden State Warriors	Oklahoma City Thunder
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:	+6	+3.8	+1.7	+0.7	+2.4	+3.2	+0.1	+0.7	+0.2	-0.7	-1.3	+0.9	+0.3	+.051	+0.3	+0.7	+.023	+3.1	+3.8	+.060
Josh Giddey	76	31.2	16.6	1.9	5.9	7.9	6.2	0.8	0.4	2.8	1.9	7.1	14.7	.482	1.0	3.1	.325	1.4	1.9	.731
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Gilbert Arenas nor Josh Giddey played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 4
	Gilbert Arenas	Josh Giddey
Season	2004-05	2024-25
Team	Washington Wizards	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+10	+10.7	+10.9	+0.8	+2.6	+3.4	+2.1	+0.5	+0.3	-0.1	-1.4	+2.9	+7.6	+.034	+1.1	+3.0	+.013	+4.0	+4.8	+.033
Josh Giddey	70	30.2	14.6	1.8	6.3	8.1	7.2	1.2	0.6	2.9	1.7	5.3	11.4	.465	1.5	4.0	.378	2.5	3.2	.781
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
Josh Giddey	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Gilbert Arenas played 7 seasons more than Josh Giddey in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 11, from 2006 to 2012—Gilbert Arenas played in 4 Playoffs. In those 7 extra years over Josh Giddey, Gilbert Arenas got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 2 All-Star Game