Paul Arizin vs. Joe Kleine Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joe Kleine 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, 5 less than Joe Kleine, who played 15. Paul Arizin had the first of his seasons in 1950-51, while Joe Kleine had his rookie season in 1985-86. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Paul Arizin	10	8	1950-51 to 1961-62
Joe Kleine	15	10	1985-86 to 1999-00

Comparison Season by Season
Rookie Season
	Paul Arizin	Joe Kleine
Season	1950-51	1985-86
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Semis	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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
Joe Kleine	80	14.8	5.2	1.4	3.3	4.7	0.6	0.3	0.4	1.3	2.8	2.0	4.3	.465	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.6	.723

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
Joe Kleine	3	15.0	5.0	2.7	2.0	4.7	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.7	2.7	1.7	4.3	.385	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.0	.833

Season 2
	Paul Arizin	Joe Kleine
Season	1951-52	1986-87
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Sacramento Kings
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
Joe Kleine	79	21.0	7.9	2.2	3.9	6.1	0.9	0.4	0.4	1.1	2.7	3.2	6.9	.471	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	1.8	.786

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
Joe Kleine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 3
	Paul Arizin	Joe Kleine
Season	1954-55	1987-88
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Sacramento Kings
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
Joe Kleine	82	24.4	9.8	2.2	4.9	7.1	1.1	0.3	0.7	1.3	2.8	4.0	8.4	.472	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.3	.814

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Arizin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Kleine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Paul Arizin	Joe Kleine
Season	1955-56	1988-89
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Sacramento Kings, Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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
Joe Kleine	75	18.8	6.5	1.7	3.4	5.0	0.9	0.4	0.3	1.4	2.6	2.3	5.8	.405	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	2.0	.882

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
Joe Kleine	3	21.7	6.3	1.3	4.3	5.7	0.7	0.0	0.3	2.0	3.0	2.0	3.7	.545	0.0	0.3	.000	2.3	3.0	.778

Season 5
	Paul Arizin	Joe Kleine
Season	1956-57	1989-90
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Semis	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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
Joe Kleine	81	16.9	5.4	1.4	2.9	4.4	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.8	2.1	2.2	4.5	.480	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.2	.830

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
Joe Kleine	5	15.8	6.2	0.6	2.2	2.8	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.8	2.4	2.6	3.4	.765	0.0	0.2	.000	1.0	1.2	.833

Season 6
	Paul Arizin	Joe Kleine
Season	1957-58	1990-91
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Finals	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis

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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
Joe Kleine	72	11.8	3.6	1.0	2.4	3.4	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.7	1.5	1.4	3.0	.468	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.0	.783

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
Joe Kleine	5	6.2	1.6	1.0	1.2	2.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.4	1.4	0.8	1.8	.444	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 7
	Paul Arizin	Joe Kleine
Season	1958-59	1991-92
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis

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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
Joe Kleine	70	14.2	4.7	1.3	2.9	4.2	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.4	1.4	2.1	4.2	.491	0.1	0.1	.500	0.5	0.7	.708

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Arizin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Kleine	9	9.1	2.2	0.7	1.8	2.4	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.3	1.2	1.0	2.4	.409	0.0	0.1	.000	0.2	0.2	1.000

Season 8
	Paul Arizin	Joe Kleine
Season	1959-60	1992-93
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Finals	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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
Joe Kleine	78	14.5	3.3	1.4	3.0	4.4	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.5	1.6	1.4	3.4	.404	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	0.7	.707

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
Joe Kleine	4	7.3	1.5	0.0	1.3	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.0	0.8	1.3	.600	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 9
	Paul Arizin	Joe Kleine
Season	1960-61	1993-94
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Semis	Suns Lost West Conf Semis

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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
Joe Kleine	74	11.5	3.9	0.7	1.9	2.6	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.5	1.6	1.7	3.5	.488	0.1	0.1	.455	0.4	0.5	.769

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
Joe Kleine	8	10.1	3.5	0.6	1.5	2.1	0.4	0.1	0.5	0.3	1.9	1.5	3.5	.429	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.8	.667

Season 10
	Paul Arizin	Joe Kleine
Season	1961-62	1994-95
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Finals	Suns Lost West Conf Semis

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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
Joe Kleine	75	12.9	3.7	1.1	2.4	3.5	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.5	2.3	1.6	3.5	.449	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	0.7	.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
Joe Kleine	10	16.7	6.3	0.8	2.3	3.1	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.6	3.5	3.1	5.4	.574	0.1	0.2	.500	0.0	0.0	-

Season 11
	Paul Arizin	Joe Kleine
Season	-	1995-96
Team	-	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Kleine	56	11.8	2.9	0.6	1.7	2.4	0.8	0.2	0.1	0.7	2.0	1.3	3.0	.420	0.0	0.1	.286	0.4	0.4	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Arizin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Kleine	2	4.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 12
	Paul Arizin	Joe Kleine
Season	-	1996-97
Team	-	Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles Lakers, New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Kleine	59	14.4	2.8	1.1	2.4	3.4	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.9	1.2	2.9	.406	0.0	0.1	.667	0.5	0.6	.737

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Arizin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Kleine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 13
	Paul Arizin	Joe Kleine
Season	-	1997-98
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Kleine	46	8.6	2.0	0.6	1.1	1.7	0.7	0.1	0.1	0.6	1.4	0.8	2.3	.368	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Arizin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Kleine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 14
	Paul Arizin	Joe Kleine
Season	-	1998-99
Team	-	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Kleine	31	12.1	2.2	0.9	1.3	2.2	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.5	1.0	2.4	.405	0.0	0.1	.000	0.3	0.4	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Arizin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Kleine	1	5.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 15
	Paul Arizin	Joe Kleine
Season	-	1999-00
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Kleine	7	4.4	1.6	0.0	0.9	0.9	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.3	1.0	0.6	1.6	.364	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.4	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Arizin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Kleine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Paul Arizin vs. Joe Kleine Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joe Kleine 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15