Gilbert Arenas vs. Jrue Holiday Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jrue Holiday 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, 5 less than Jrue Holiday, who played 16. Gilbert Arenas had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while Jrue Holiday had his rookie season in 2009-10. 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
Jrue Holiday	16	9	2009-10 to 2024-25

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


Rookie Season
	Gilbert Arenas	Jrue Holiday
Season	2001-02	2009-10
Team	Golden State Warriors	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
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:	+26	+0.4	+2.9	+0.1	+0.1	+0.2	+0.1	+0.4			-0.3	+0.5	+1.1	+.011		+0.2	+.045	+1.7	+2.2	+.019
Jrue Holiday	73	24.2	8.0	0.8	1.8	2.6	3.8	1.1	0.2	2.1	2.1	3.2	7.1	.442	0.8	2.2	.390	0.9	1.2	.756

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Gilbert Arenas nor Jrue Holiday played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Gilbert Arenas	Jrue Holiday
Season	2002-03	2010-11
Team	Golden State Warriors	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:		+0.4	+4.3	+0.4	+0.3	+0.7	+0.2		+0.2	-0.8	-0.7	+0.8	+2.2	+.015	+0.3	+1.1	+.017	+2.4	+3.2	+.032
Jrue Holiday	82	35.4	14.0	0.8	3.2	4.0	6.5	1.5	0.4	2.7	2.5	5.4	12.2	.446	1.0	2.7	.365	2.1	2.5	.823

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jrue Holiday	5	37.6	14.2	0.6	3.2	3.8	5.6	2.0	0.4	2.2	2.0	4.8	11.6	.414	2.2	4.2	.524	2.4	3.0	.800


Season 3
	Gilbert Arenas	Jrue Holiday
Season	2003-04	2011-12
Team	Washington Wizards	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East 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:	+10	+3.8	+6.1	+0.1	+1.2	+1.3	+0.5	+0.3	+0.1	-2.0	-1.1	+1.0	+3.8	+.040	+1.3	+3.5	+.005	+2.9	+4.0	+.035
Jrue Holiday	65	33.8	13.5	0.9	2.4	3.3	4.5	1.6	0.3	2.1	2.1	5.5	12.8	.432	1.0	2.6	.380	1.4	1.8	.783

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jrue Holiday	13	38.0	15.8	1.3	3.4	4.7	5.2	1.5	0.6	2.0	1.8	5.7	13.8	.413	1.5	3.8	.408	2.9	3.4	.864


Season 4
	Gilbert Arenas	Jrue Holiday
Season	2004-05	2012-13
Team	Washington Wizards	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	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:	+2	+3.4	+7.8	+0.1	+0.6	+0.5	+2.9	+0.1	+0.1	-0.7	-0.9	+1.1	+2.5		+1.4	+3.8	+.003	+4.2	+4.9	+.062
Jrue Holiday	78	37.5	17.7	1.1	3.1	4.2	8.0	1.6	0.4	3.7	2.2	7.1	16.5	.431	1.2	3.2	.368	2.3	3.1	.752

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
Jrue Holiday	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Gilbert Arenas	Jrue Holiday
Season	2005-06	2013-14
Team	Washington Wizards	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	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:	+46	+8.7	+15.0	+0.1	+0.6	+0.7	+1.8	+0.4	+0.1	-0.6	-0.9	+3.3	+7.5		+1.6	+4.5	+.021	+6.7	+8.1	+.010
Jrue Holiday	34	33.6	14.3	0.8	3.4	4.2	7.9	1.6	0.4	3.1	2.7	6.0	13.4	.447	0.9	2.3	.390	1.5	1.9	.810

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
Jrue Holiday	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Gilbert Arenas	Jrue Holiday
Season	2006-07	2014-15
Team	Washington Wizards	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+34	+7.2	+13.6		+1.1	+1.2	+0.9	+0.3	+0.4	-0.9	-0.6	+2.7	+7.5	+.028	+1.5	+4.5	+.027	+6.6	+7.8	+.011
Jrue Holiday	40	32.6	14.8	0.8	2.6	3.4	6.9	1.6	0.6	2.3	2.8	6.0	13.4	.446	1.3	3.4	.378	1.6	1.9	.855

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jrue Holiday	3	18.3	6.3	0.7	0.3	1.0	4.3	0.7	0.3	1.7	1.0	2.3	6.3	.368	0.3	1.3	.250	1.3	1.3	1.000


Season 7
	Gilbert Arenas	Jrue Holiday
Season	2007-08	2015-16
Team	Washington Wizards	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+52	+4.5	+2.6	+0.1	+0.9	+0.9	+0.9	+0.4	+0.2	-1.2		+0.3	+0.7	+.041	+0.4	+2.0	+.054	+2.9	+4.1	+.072
Jrue Holiday	65	28.2	16.8	0.4	2.6	3.0	6.0	1.4	0.3	2.6	2.3	6.3	14.4	.439	1.3	4.0	.336	2.8	3.3	.843

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
Jrue Holiday	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Gilbert Arenas	Jrue Holiday
Season	2008-09	2016-17
Team	Washington Wizards	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
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:	+65	+1.2	+2.4	+0.2	+0.7	+0.6	+2.7	+1.5	+0.2	-2.4		+3.0	+1.8	+.193	+0.5	+0.7	+.070	+4.2	+5.5	+.042
Jrue Holiday	67	32.7	15.4	0.7	3.3	3.9	7.3	1.5	0.7	2.9	2.0	6.0	13.3	.454	1.5	4.2	.356	1.8	2.5	.708

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Gilbert Arenas nor Jrue Holiday played in the postseason in their season 8


Season 9
	Gilbert Arenas	Jrue Holiday
Season	2009-10	2017-18
Team	Washington Wizards	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pelicans Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+49	+0.4	+3.6	+0.3	+0.1	+0.3	+1.2	+0.2	+0.5	-1.1	-0.5	+0.3	+3.9	+.083	+0.5	+1.3	+.011	+2.5	+3.6	+.047
Jrue Holiday	81	36.1	19.0	0.8	3.7	4.5	6.0	1.5	0.8	2.6	2.5	7.6	15.4	.494	1.5	4.4	.337	2.3	2.9	.786

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jrue Holiday	9	38.7	23.7	1.0	4.7	5.7	6.3	1.1	0.6	2.6	2.4	9.8	18.9	.518	1.8	5.6	.320	2.3	3.3	.700


Season 10
	Gilbert Arenas	Jrue Holiday
Season	2010-11	2018-19
Team	Washington Wizards, Orlando Magic	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+3	+10.2	+10.4	+0.8	+1.5	+2.3	+3.8	+0.5	+0.5	-0.6	-0.5	+4.4	+6.8	+.106	+0.4	+0.7	+.028	+1.4	+1.8	+.016
Jrue Holiday	67	35.9	21.2	1.1	3.9	5.0	7.7	1.6	0.8	3.1	2.2	8.2	17.3	.472	1.8	5.4	.325	3.1	4.0	.768

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
Jrue Holiday	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Gilbert Arenas	Jrue Holiday
Season	2011-12	2019-20
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+44	+22.3	+14.9	+1.2	+2.6	+3.7	+5.6	+1.0	+0.7	-2.3	-0.3	+6.0	+12.7	+.049	+1.2	+3.4	+.020	+1.7	+2.4	+.009
Jrue Holiday	61	34.7	19.1	1.3	3.5	4.8	6.7	1.6	0.8	3.0	2.4	7.5	16.5	.455	2.0	5.7	.353	2.1	3.0	.709

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	-
Jrue Holiday	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Additional Years
* Jrue Holiday played 5 seasons more than Gilbert Arenas in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 12 to 16, from 2021 to 2025—Jrue Holiday played in 5 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 5 extra years over Gilbert Arenas, Jrue Holiday got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Defensive First Team 2 All-Defensive Second Team 1 All-Star Game

Gilbert Arenas vs. Jrue Holiday Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jrue Holiday 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