Paul Arizin vs. De'Andre Hunter Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of De'Andre Hunter 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.

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, 3 more than De'Andre Hunter, who played 7. Paul Arizin had the first of his seasons in 1950-51, while De'Andre Hunter 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.

Rookie Season
	Paul Arizin	De'Andre Hunter
Season	1950-51	2019-20
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Paul Arizin	65	-	17.2	-	-	9.8	2.1	-	-	-	4.4	5.4	13.3	.407	-	-	-	6.4	8.1	.793
difference:	+2		+4.9			+5.3	+0.3				-1.5	+1.0	+2.5	+.003				+4.7	+5.8	+.029
De'Andre Hunter	63	32.0	12.3	0.7	3.8	4.5	1.8	0.7	0.3	1.6	2.9	4.4	10.8	.410	1.7	4.8	.355	1.7	2.3	.764
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	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
De'Andre Hunter	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Paul Arizin	De'Andre Hunter
Season	1951-52	2020-21
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Semis	Hawks Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
Paul Arizin	66	44.5	25.4	-	-	11.3	2.6	-	-	-	3.8	8.3	18.5	.448	-	-	-	8.8	10.7	.818
difference:	+43	+15.0	+10.4			+6.5	+0.7				-1.2	+3.1	+7.7	+.036				+5.6	+7.0	+.041
De'Andre Hunter	23	29.5	15.0	0.7	4.0	4.8	1.9	0.8	0.5	1.3	2.6	5.2	10.8	.484	1.3	4.1	.326	3.2	3.7	.859
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	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:	+2	+9.6	+14.9			+8.7	+2.1				-3.5	+4.4	+8.7	+.053				+7.3	+7.8	+.129
De'Andre Hunter	5	30.4	10.8	0.4	3.6	4.0	0.6	0.2	0.6	1.4	2.2	3.6	9.0	.400	1.2	3.2	.375	2.4	3.2	.750

Note: Paul Arizin didn't play in 1952-53 and 1953-54.

Season 3
	Paul Arizin	De'Andre Hunter
Season	1954-55	2021-22
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did not play	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Paul Arizin	72	41.0	21.0	-	-	9.4	2.9	-	-	-	3.8	7.3	18.4	.399	-	-	-	6.3	8.1	.776
difference:	+19	+11.2	+7.6			+6.1	+1.6				-0.9	+2.5	+7.6	+.043				+3.9	+5.0	+.011
De'Andre Hunter	53	29.8	13.4	0.5	2.8	3.3	1.3	0.7	0.4	1.3	2.9	4.8	10.8	.442	1.4	3.7	.379	2.4	3.1	.765
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Arizin	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
De'Andre Hunter	5	35.0	21.2	0.4	3.4	3.8	0.6	0.8	0.2	2.2	4.0	7.8	14.0	.557	2.4	5.2	.462	3.2	4.0	.800

Season 4
	Paul Arizin	De'Andre Hunter
Season	1955-56	2022-23
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Paul Arizin	72	37.8	24.2	-	-	7.5	2.6	-	-	-	3.9	8.6	19.1	.448	-	-	-	7.0	8.7	.810
difference:	+5	+6.1	+8.8			+3.3	+1.2				-0.9	+2.9	+6.8	+.013				+4.4	+5.6	+.016
De'Andre Hunter	67	31.7	15.4	0.7	3.6	4.2	1.4	0.5	0.3	1.2	3.0	5.7	12.3	.461	1.5	4.3	.350	2.6	3.1	.826
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Arizin	10	40.9	28.9	-	-	8.4	2.9	-	-	-	3.1	10.3	22.9	.450	-	-	-	8.3	9.9	.838
difference:	+4	+3.6	+12.2			+2.7	+1.7				-0.2	+3.8	+8.7	+.009				+7.0	+8.2	+.038
De'Andre Hunter	6	37.3	16.7	1.2	4.5	5.7	1.2	0.7	0.3	1.5	3.3	6.5	14.2	.459	2.3	6.3	.368	1.3	1.7	.800

Season 5
	Paul Arizin	De'Andre Hunter
Season	1956-57	2023-24
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Paul Arizin	71	39.0	25.6	-	-	7.9	2.1	-	-	-	3.9	8.6	20.4	.422	-	-	-	8.3	10.0	.829
difference:	+14	+9.5	+10.0			+4.0	+0.6				-1.3	+3.3	+8.8	+.037				+5.4	+6.6	+.018
De'Andre Hunter	57	29.5	15.6	0.5	3.4	3.9	1.5	0.7	0.3	1.5	2.6	5.3	11.6	.459	2.1	5.3	.385	2.9	3.4	.847
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Arizin	2	11.0	4.5	-	-	4.0	0.5	-	-	-	1.5	1.5	4.0	.375	-	-	-	1.5	2.5	.600
De'Andre Hunter	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Paul Arizin	De'Andre Hunter
Season	1957-58	2024-25
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Atlanta Hawks, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Finals	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Paul Arizin	68	35.0	20.7	-	-	7.4	2.0	-	-	-	3.5	7.1	18.1	.393	-	-	-	6.5	8.0	.809
difference:	+4	+7.8	+3.7			+3.4	+0.6				-1.1	+1.5	+6.2	+.077				+3.1	+4.0	+.037
De'Andre Hunter	64	27.2	17.0	0.7	3.3	4.0	1.4	0.8	0.2	1.3	2.4	5.6	11.9	.470	2.5	6.1	.405	3.4	4.0	.846
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Arizin	8	38.6	23.5	-	-	7.8	2.0	-	-	-	3.3	8.3	21.1	.391	-	-	-	7.0	9.0	.778
difference:		+15.5	+12.5			+4.2	+1.0				-1.2	+4.9	+13.2	+.038				+4.2	+5.7	+.068
De'Andre Hunter	8	23.1	11.0	0.8	2.9	3.6	1.0	0.5	0.1	0.9	2.1	3.4	7.9	.429	1.5	3.3	.462	2.8	3.3	.846

Season 7
	Paul Arizin	De'Andre Hunter
Season	1958-59	2025-26
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did not play	Did not play (season in progress)

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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		%
Paul Arizin	70	40.0	26.4	-	-	9.1	1.7	-	-	-	3.8	9.0	20.9	.431	-	-	-	8.4	10.3	.813
difference:	+40	+12.2	+11.7			+4.9	+0.4				-1.1	+4.1	+9.3	+.006				+5.4	+6.8	+.043
De'Andre Hunter	30	27.8	14.7	0.7	3.6	4.2	2.1	0.7	0.2	1.5	2.7	4.9	11.6	.425	1.8	5.8	.314	3.0	3.5	.856
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Paul Arizin nor De'Andre Hunter played in the postseason in their season 7

Additional Years
* Paul Arizin played 3 seasons more than De'Andre Hunter in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 10, from 1960 to 1962—Paul Arizin played in 3 Playoffs. In those 3 extra years over De'Andre Hunter, Paul Arizin got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-Star Game