Gilbert Arenas vs. RJ Barrett Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of RJ Barrett 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, 5 more than RJ Barrett, who played 6. Gilbert Arenas had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while RJ Barrett had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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	RJ Barrett
Season	2002-03	2020-21
Team	Golden State Warriors	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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:	+10	+0.1	+0.7	+0.3	+1.3	+1.1	+3.3	+0.8	+0.1	-1.6	-0.6	+0.3	+0.3	+.010	+0.4	+0.5	+.053	+1.6	+1.9	+.045
RJ Barrett	72	34.9	17.6	0.9	4.8	5.8	3.0	0.7	0.3	1.9	2.6	6.5	14.7	.441	1.7	4.3	.401	2.9	3.8	.746
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
RJ Barrett	5	32.4	14.4	0.8	6.4	7.2	3.0	0.8	0.4	0.4	2.2	5.2	13.4	.388	1.6	5.6	.286	2.4	3.0	.800

Season 4
	Gilbert Arenas	RJ Barrett
Season	2004-05	2022-23
Team	Washington Wizards	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis	Knicks 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:	+7	+7.0	+5.9	+0.2	+0.5	+0.3	+2.3	+1.3	+0.1	-0.8	-0.6	+1.2	+2.9	+.003	+0.9	+1.7	+.055	+2.5	+2.6	+.074
RJ Barrett	73	33.9	19.6	0.8	4.2	5.0	2.8	0.4	0.2	2.2	2.5	7.0	16.1	.434	1.7	5.3	.310	4.0	5.4	.740
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:	+1	+10.8	+4.3	+0.3	+0.4	+0.7	+3.4	+1.3	+0.4	-1.6	-1.1	+0.8	+4.5	+.057		+2.2	+.094	+2.7	+3.5	+.003
RJ Barrett	11	34.3	19.3	0.5	4.0	4.5	2.8	0.8	0.2	2.3	2.3	6.5	14.9	.433	1.8	5.5	.328	4.5	5.9	.769

Season 5
	Gilbert Arenas	RJ Barrett
Season	2005-06	2023-24
Team	Washington Wizards	New York Knicks, Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	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:	+22	+10.6	+9.1	+0.2	+1.7	+1.9	+2.8	+1.5	+0.1	-1.5	-1.4	+1.8	+5.7	+.048	+0.9	+2.5	+.009	+4.6	+5.0	+.105
RJ Barrett	58	31.7	20.2	0.9	4.5	5.4	3.3	0.5	0.4	2.2	2.2	7.5	15.2	.495	1.6	4.3	.360	3.6	5.0	.715
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
RJ Barrett	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Gilbert Arenas	RJ Barrett
Season	2006-07	2024-25
Team	Washington Wizards	Toronto Raptors
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:	+16	+7.6	+7.3	+0.3	+1.6	+1.7	+0.6	+1.1	+0.1	-0.4	-1.0	+0.8	+4.0	+.050	+1.0	+2.6	+.001	+4.8	+4.3	+.214
RJ Barrett	58	32.2	21.1	1.1	5.3	6.3	5.4	0.8	0.3	2.8	2.4	7.9	16.9	.468	1.8	5.3	.350	3.4	5.4	.630
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Gilbert Arenas nor RJ Barrett played in the postseason in their season 6