Paul Arizin vs. Brandin Podziemski Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brandin Podziemski and Paul Arizin, 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

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.

Paul Arizin played 10 years in the NBA, 8 more than Brandin Podziemski, who played 2. Paul Arizin had the first of his seasons in 1950-51, while Brandin Podziemski had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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
Paul Arizin 10 8 1950-51 to 1961-62
Brandin Podziemski 2 1 2023-24 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Paul Arizin Brandin Podziemski
Season 1950-512023-24
Team Philadelphia WarriorsGolden State Warriors
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-Rookie First Team
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Warriors Lost East Div SemisDid Not Play
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Paul Arizin 65 - 17.2 - - 9.8 2.1 - - - 4.4 5.4 13.3 .407 - - - 6.4 8.1 .793
difference:+9+8.0+4.0+1.6-2.8+1.7+5.2+.047+5.7+7.0+.160
Brandin Podziemski 74 26.6 9.2 1.6 4.2 5.8 3.7 0.8 0.2 1.2 1.6 3.7 8.1 .454 1.2 3.2 .385 0.7 1.1 .633
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Paul Arizin 2 - 20.5 - - 10.0 1.5 - - - 5.0 7.0 13.5 .519 - - - 6.5 8.0 .813
Brandin Podziemski DNP------ --- ----------

Season 2
Paul Arizin Brandin Podziemski
Season 1951-522024-25
Team Philadelphia WarriorsGolden State Warriors
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA First Team-
Achievement Scoring Leader-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Achievement All-Star Game MVP-
Playoffs Warriors Lost East Div SemisWarriors Lost West Conf Semis
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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Paul Arizin 66 44.5 25.4 - - 11.3 2.6 - - - 3.8 8.3 18.5 .448 - - - 8.8 10.7 .818
difference:+2+17.7+13.7+6.2+0.8-2.3+3.9+8.7+.003+7.7+9.2+.060
Brandin Podziemski 64 26.8 11.7 1.0 4.1 5.1 3.4 1.1 0.2 1.2 1.5 4.4 9.8 .445 1.8 4.8 .372 1.1 1.5 .758
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Paul Arizin 3 40.0 25.7 - - 12.7 2.7 - - - 5.7 8.0 17.7 .453 - - - 9.7 11.0 .879
difference:+9+7.9+14.4+7.7+0.4-4.2+4.0+6.7+.089+8.3+9.0+.171
Brandin Podziemski 12 32.1 11.3 1.3 3.7 5.0 3.1 1.3 0.2 1.5 1.5 4.0 11.0 .364 1.8 5.6 .328 1.4 2.0 .708

Additional Years

* Paul Arizin played 8 seasons more than Brandin Podziemski in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 3 to 10, from 1955 to 1962—Paul Arizin played in 6 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship.

In those 8 extra years over Brandin Podziemski, Paul Arizin got these achievements:

Honors & AwardsAchievement 2 All-NBA First Team
Achievement 1 All-NBA Second Team
Achievement 1 Scoring Leader
Achievement 8 All-Star Game
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