Gilbert Arenas vs. Nikola Vucevic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nikola Vucevic 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 / 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, 3 less than Nikola Vucevic, who played 14. Gilbert Arenas had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while Nikola Vucevic had his rookie season in 2011-12. 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
Nikola Vucevic	14	4	2011-12 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	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2001-02	2011-12
Team	Golden State Warriors	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+4	+8.7	+5.4	+0.8	+1.2	+2.0	+3.1	+1.1	+0.5	-1.5	-0.2	+1.1	+2.5	+.003	+0.7	+2.2	+.030	+2.2	+2.7	+.246
Nikola Vucevic	51	15.9	5.5	1.7	3.1	4.8	0.6	0.4	0.7	0.6	2.2	2.6	5.7	.450	0.1	0.2	.375	0.4	0.7	.529

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nikola Vucevic	1	3.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.0	.500


Season 2
	Gilbert Arenas	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2002-03	2012-13
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:	+5	+1.8	+5.2	+2.3	+4.9	+7.2	+4.4	+0.7	+0.8	-1.7	-0.4	+0.2	+2.9	+.088	+1.3	+3.8		+3.4	+4.1	+.108
Nikola Vucevic	77	33.2	13.1	3.5	8.4	11.9	1.9	0.8	1.0	1.8	2.8	6.0	11.5	.519	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.6	.683

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Gilbert Arenas nor Nikola Vucevic played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Gilbert Arenas	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2003-04	2013-14
Team	Washington Wizards	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+2	+5.8	+5.4	+2.2	+4.1	+6.4	+3.2	+0.8	+0.6	-2.1	-0.2	+0.3	+4.4	+.115	+2.3	+6.1		+2.5	+3.4	+.018
Nikola Vucevic	57	31.8	14.2	3.2	7.7	11.0	1.8	1.1	0.8	2.0	3.0	6.2	12.2	.507	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.4	.766

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Gilbert Arenas nor Nikola Vucevic played in the postseason in their season 3


Season 4
	Gilbert Arenas	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2004-05	2014-15
Team	Washington Wizards	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	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:	+6	+6.7	+6.2	+2.2	+4.0	+6.2	+3.1	+1.0	+0.4	-1.0	-0.1	+0.3	+2.7	+.092	+2.6	+6.9	+.032	+4.3	+5.1	+.062
Nikola Vucevic	74	34.2	19.3	3.2	7.7	10.9	2.0	0.7	0.7	2.0	3.0	8.5	16.3	.523	0.0	0.1	.333	2.2	2.9	.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
Nikola Vucevic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Gilbert Arenas	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2005-06	2015-16
Team	Washington Wizards	Orlando Magic
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:	+15	+11.0	+11.1	+2.0	+3.4	+5.4	+3.3	+1.2	+0.8	-1.8	-0.9	+1.1	+4.8	+.063	+2.5	+6.7	+.147	+6.5	+7.7	+.067
Nikola Vucevic	65	31.3	18.2	2.7	6.2	8.9	2.8	0.8	1.1	1.9	2.7	8.2	16.1	.510	0.0	0.1	.222	1.7	2.3	.753

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
Nikola Vucevic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Gilbert Arenas	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2006-07	2016-17
Team	Washington Wizards	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+1	+11.0	+13.8	+1.5	+4.3	+5.8	+3.2	+0.9	+0.8	-1.6	-1.0	+2.3	+7.2	+.050	+2.5	+6.9	+.044	+6.8	+7.6	+.175
Nikola Vucevic	75	28.8	14.6	2.3	8.0	10.4	2.8	1.0	1.0	1.6	2.4	6.4	13.7	.468	0.3	1.0	.307	1.4	2.1	.669

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Gilbert Arenas nor Nikola Vucevic played in the postseason in their season 6


Season 7
	Gilbert Arenas	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2007-08	2017-18
Team	Washington Wizards	Orlando Magic
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:	+44	+3.2	+2.9	+1.3	+3.9	+5.3	+1.7	+0.8	+1.0	-1.9	-0.2	+1.0	+0.4	+.077	+0.6	+2.4	+.032	+4.3	+5.8	+.048
Nikola Vucevic	57	29.5	16.5	1.8	7.4	9.2	3.4	1.0	1.1	1.9	2.5	7.0	14.7	.475	1.1	3.6	.314	1.4	1.6	.819

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
Nikola Vucevic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Gilbert Arenas	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2008-09	2018-19
Team	Washington Wizards	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+78	+0.1	+7.8	+2.3	+5.2	+7.5	+6.2	+1.0	+0.6	-1.5		+5.8	+5.4	+.257	+0.1	+0.6	+.078	+3.8	+5.2	+.039
Nikola Vucevic	80	31.4	20.8	2.8	9.2	12.0	3.8	1.0	1.1	2.0	2.0	8.8	16.9	.518	1.1	2.9	.364	2.2	2.8	.789

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nikola Vucevic	5	29.4	11.2	1.8	6.2	8.0	3.0	0.4	1.0	2.6	2.4	4.2	11.6	.362	0.6	2.6	.231	2.2	2.8	.786


Season 9
	Gilbert Arenas	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2009-10	2019-20
Team	Washington Wizards	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic Lost East 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:	+30	+4.3	+3.0	+1.8	+5.0	+6.7	+3.6	+0.4	+0.5	-2.3	-0.8	+0.1	+2.6	+.066	+0.4	+1.0	+.009	+2.7	+3.8	+.045
Nikola Vucevic	62	32.2	19.6	2.3	8.6	10.9	3.6	0.9	0.8	1.4	2.2	8.0	16.7	.477	1.6	4.7	.339	2.1	2.7	.784

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nikola Vucevic	5	37.0	28.0	1.8	9.2	11.0	4.0	0.8	0.6	2.6	2.6	11.2	22.2	.505	3.6	8.8	.409	2.0	2.2	.909


Season 10
	Gilbert Arenas	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2010-11	2020-21
Team	Washington Wizards, Orlando Magic	Orlando Magic, Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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:		+7.8	+12.6	+1.8	+7.2	+9.0	+0.1	+0.2	+0.4	-0.7	-0.7	+5.7	+9.4	+.111	+1.1	+1.6	+.103	+0.2		+.056
Nikola Vucevic	70	33.5	23.4	2.1	9.6	11.7	3.8	0.9	0.7	1.8	2.0	9.5	19.9	.477	2.5	6.3	.400	1.9	2.2	.840

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
Nikola Vucevic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Gilbert Arenas	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2011-12	2021-22
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bulls 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:	+56	+20.7	+13.4	+1.8	+8.2	+9.9	+2.1	+0.4	+0.9	-1.2	-0.4	+6.0	+12.0	+.067	+0.6	+2.2	+.019	+0.9	+1.1	+.060
Nikola Vucevic	73	33.1	17.6	1.9	9.1	11.0	3.2	1.0	1.0	1.9	2.5	7.5	15.8	.473	1.4	4.5	.314	1.3	1.7	.760

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	+32.4	+18.7	+2.8	+9.4	+12.2	+3.0	+0.4	+1.2	-1.4	-1.8	+7.7	+16.9	+.190	+2.6	+7.7	+.310	+0.8	+1.0
Nikola Vucevic	5	36.2	19.4	2.8	9.6	12.4	3.2	0.4	1.2	1.6	2.8	8.0	18.2	.440	2.6	8.4	.310	0.8	1.0	.800

Additional Years

* Nikola Vucevic played 3 seasons more than Gilbert Arenas in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 12 to 14, from 2023 to 2025—Nikola Vucevic didn't play in the postseason.

Gilbert Arenas vs. Nikola Vucevic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nikola Vucevic 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