Gilbert Arenas vs. Reggie Jackson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Reggie Jackson 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, 3 less than Reggie Jackson, who played 14. Gilbert Arenas had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while Reggie Jackson 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.

Season 2
	Gilbert Arenas	Reggie Jackson
Season	2002-03	2012-13
Team	Golden State Warriors	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+12	+20.8	+13.0	+0.9	+1.4	+2.3	+4.6	+1.1		-2.7	-2.0	+4.1	+9.8	+.027	+1.0	+2.3	+.117	+3.8	+4.8	+.048
Reggie Jackson	70	14.2	5.3	0.3	2.1	2.4	1.7	0.4	0.2	0.8	1.2	2.1	4.6	.458	0.3	1.5	.231	0.7	0.9	.839
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Reggie Jackson	11	33.5	13.9	0.4	4.5	4.9	3.6	0.5	0.5	1.9	3.1	5.2	10.8	.479	1.2	3.9	.302	2.4	2.6	.897

Season 4
	Gilbert Arenas	Reggie Jackson
Season	2004-05	2014-15
Team	Washington Wizards	Oklahoma City Thunder, Detroit Pistons
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:	+3	+11.4	+11.0	+0.3	+0.2	+0.5	+0.9	+0.9	+0.2	-0.6	-0.9	+2.6	+6.1	+.003	+1.7	+3.9	+.066	+4.1	+5.2	+.016
Reggie Jackson	77	29.5	14.5	0.7	3.5	4.2	6.0	0.8	0.1	2.4	2.2	5.6	12.9	.434	0.9	3.1	.299	2.4	2.8	.830
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
Reggie Jackson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Gilbert Arenas	Reggie Jackson
Season	2005-06	2015-16
Team	Washington Wizards	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pistons Lost East 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:	+1	+11.6	+10.5		+0.3	+0.3	+0.1	+1.3	+0.2	-0.9	-1.2	+2.5	+5.2	+.013	+1.0	+2.6	+.016	+4.5	+5.7	+.044
Reggie Jackson	79	30.7	18.8	0.7	2.5	3.2	6.2	0.7	0.1	2.8	2.4	6.8	15.7	.434	1.5	4.2	.353	3.7	4.3	.864
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:	+2	+10.5	+19.7	+0.7	+1.5	+2.2	+4.0	+0.7	+0.2	-0.8	-1.0	+4.5	+9.5	+.009	+2.5	+3.2	+.268	+8.0	+10.7	+.229
Reggie Jackson	4	36.8	14.3	0.5	2.8	3.3	9.3	1.5	0.5	2.5	2.5	6.3	13.8	.455	0.8	4.5	.167	1.0	1.0	1.000

Season 6
	Gilbert Arenas	Reggie Jackson
Season	2006-07	2016-17
Team	Washington Wizards	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	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:	+22	+12.4	+13.9	+0.4	+1.9	+2.4	+0.8	+1.2	+0.1	-1.0	-0.9	+3.2	+7.9	+.001	+1.5	+4.4	+.008	+5.9	+7.1	+.024
Reggie Jackson	52	27.4	14.5	0.4	1.8	2.2	5.2	0.7	0.1	2.2	2.5	5.5	13.0	.419	1.3	3.5	.359	2.3	2.6	.868
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Gilbert Arenas nor Reggie Jackson played in the postseason in their season 6