Paul Arizin vs. Don Chaney Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Don Chaney 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, 1 less than Don Chaney, who played 11. Paul Arizin had the first of his seasons in 1950-51, while Don Chaney had his rookie season in 1968-69. 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Paul Arizin	Don Chaney
Season	1950-51	1968-69
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Semis	NBA Champion

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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
Don Chaney	20	10.5	4.0	-	-	2.3	1.0	-	-	-	1.6	1.8	5.7	.319	-	-	-	0.4	1.0	.400
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
Don Chaney	7	3.6	0.7	-	-	0.6	0.0	-	-	-	1.0	0.1	0.9	.167	-	-	-	0.4	0.6	.750

Season 2
	Paul Arizin	Don Chaney
Season	1951-52	1969-70
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Semis	Did Not Play

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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
Don Chaney	63	13.3	5.0	-	-	2.4	1.1	-	-	-	1.9	1.8	5.1	.359	-	-	-	1.3	1.7	.752
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
Don Chaney	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 3
	Paul Arizin	Don Chaney
Season	1954-55	1970-71
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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
Don Chaney	81	28.3	11.5	-	-	5.7	2.9	-	-	-	3.6	4.3	9.5	.454	-	-	-	2.9	3.9	.748
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Arizin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Don Chaney	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Paul Arizin	Don Chaney
Season	1955-56	1971-72
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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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
Don Chaney	79	28.8	11.9	-	-	5.0	2.6	-	-	-	3.7	4.7	9.9	.475	-	-	-	2.5	3.2	.773
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
Don Chaney	11	24.6	8.8	-	-	3.5	2.0	-	-	-	3.5	3.7	7.4	.506	-	-	-	1.4	1.8	.750

Season 5
	Paul Arizin	Don Chaney
Season	1956-57	1972-73
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Semis	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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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
Don Chaney	79	31.5	13.1	-	-	5.7	2.8	-	-	-	3.5	5.2	10.9	.482	-	-	-	2.7	3.4	.787
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
Don Chaney	12	24.0	7.5	-	-	3.3	2.1	-	-	-	3.4	3.3	6.8	.476	-	-	-	1.0	1.4	.706

Season 6
	Paul Arizin	Don Chaney
Season	1957-58	1973-74
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Finals	NBA Champion

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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
Don Chaney	81	27.9	10.4	2.6	2.1	4.7	2.2	1.0	0.8	-	3.0	4.3	9.3	.464	-	-	-	1.8	2.2	.828
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
Don Chaney	18	30.3	9.5	2.1	2.2	4.3	2.2	1.3	0.5	-	3.6	3.6	7.8	.461	-	-	-	2.3	2.8	.820

Season 7
	Paul Arizin	Don Chaney
Season	1958-59	1974-75
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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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
Don Chaney	82	26.9	9.5	2.1	2.4	4.5	2.2	1.5	0.8	-	3.0	3.9	9.1	.428	-	-	-	1.6	2.0	.806
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Arizin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Don Chaney	11	26.7	10.8	2.2	1.3	3.5	1.9	1.9	0.5	-	4.2	4.4	9.5	.457	-	-	-	2.1	2.6	.793

Note: Don Chaney didn't play in 1975-76.

Season 8
	Paul Arizin	Don Chaney
Season	1959-60	1976-77
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Finals	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Arizin	72	36.4	22.3	-	-	8.6	2.3	-	-	-	3.7	8.2	19.4	.424	-	-	-	5.8	7.3	.798
Don Chaney	81	29.7	6.1	1.5	2.6	4.1	3.8	1.7	0.4	-	2.8	2.6	6.4	.408	-	-	-	0.9	1.2	.745
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Arizin	9	41.2	26.3	-	-	9.6	3.7	-	-	-	3.2	9.3	21.7	.431	-	-	-	7.7	8.8	.873
Don Chaney	11	37.5	8.0	2.2	2.5	4.7	4.4	1.9	0.3	-	2.9	3.3	8.7	.375	-	-	-	1.5	2.0	.727

Season 9
	Paul Arizin	Don Chaney
Season	1960-61	1977-78
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers, Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Arizin	79	37.2	23.2	-	-	8.6	2.4	-	-	-	4.2	8.2	19.4	.425	-	-	-	6.7	8.1	.833
Don Chaney	51	16.4	4.8	0.8	1.5	2.3	1.3	0.9	0.3	1.2	2.1	2.0	5.3	.387	-	-	-	0.7	0.9	.844
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Arizin	3	41.7	22.3	-	-	8.7	4.0	-	-	-	5.7	7.3	22.3	.328	-	-	-	7.7	11.0	.697
Don Chaney	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Paul Arizin	Don Chaney
Season	1961-62	1978-79
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Arizin	78	35.7	21.9	-	-	6.8	2.6	-	-	-	3.9	7.8	19.1	.410	-	-	-	6.2	7.7	.805
Don Chaney	65	16.5	5.9	1.0	1.2	2.2	1.2	1.1	0.2	1.0	2.6	2.7	6.4	.420	-	-	-	0.6	0.6	.857
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Arizin	12	38.3	23.2	-	-	6.7	2.2	-	-	-	3.7	7.9	21.1	.375	-	-	-	7.3	8.5	.863
Don Chaney	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-