Paul Arizin vs. Jonathan Kuminga Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jonathan Kuminga 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, 5 more than Jonathan Kuminga, who played 5. Paul Arizin had the first of his seasons in 1950-51, while Jonathan Kuminga had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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	Jonathan Kuminga
Season	1950-51	2021-22
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Semis	NBA Champion

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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:	+5		+7.9			+6.5	+1.2				-2.3	+2.0	+6.7	+.106				+4.5	+5.4	+.109
Jonathan Kuminga	70	16.9	9.3	0.8	2.6	3.3	0.9	0.4	0.3	1.1	2.1	3.4	6.6	.513	0.7	2.1	.336	1.9	2.7	.684
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
difference:	+14		+15.3			+8.3	+1.0				-4.3	+5.1	+9.7	+.019				+5.2	+6.4	+.044
Jonathan Kuminga	16	8.6	5.2	0.3	1.4	1.7	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.7	0.7	1.9	3.8	.500	0.2	0.8	.231	1.3	1.6	.769

Season 2
	Paul Arizin	Jonathan Kuminga
Season	1951-52	2022-23
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Semis	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+1	+23.7	+15.5			+7.9	+0.7				-1.5	+4.4	+11.1	+.077				+7.5	+8.6	+.166
Jonathan Kuminga	67	20.8	9.9	1.0	2.4	3.4	1.9	0.6	0.5	1.4	2.3	3.9	7.4	.525	0.8	2.2	.370	1.3	2.1	.652
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:	+7	+33.9	+22.3			+11.8	+2.2				-5.2	+6.7	+15.3	+.089				+9.2	+10.1	+.323
Jonathan Kuminga	10	6.1	3.4	0.4	0.5	0.9	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.5	1.3	2.4	.542	0.3	0.7	.429	0.5	0.9	.556

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

Season 3
	Paul Arizin	Jonathan Kuminga
Season	1954-55	2023-24
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+2	+14.7	+4.9			+4.6	+0.7				-1.5	+1.1	+6.8	+.130				+3.3	+4.1	+.030
Jonathan Kuminga	74	26.3	16.1	1.2	3.6	4.8	2.2	0.7	0.5	1.6	2.3	6.2	11.6	.529	0.7	2.2	.321	3.0	4.0	.746
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Paul Arizin nor Jonathan Kuminga played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
	Paul Arizin	Jonathan Kuminga
Season	1955-56	2024-25
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Warriors Lost West 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		%
Paul Arizin	72	37.8	24.2	-	-	7.5	2.6	-	-	-	3.9	8.6	19.1	.448	-	-	-	7.0	8.7	.810
difference:	+25	+13.5	+8.9			+2.9	+0.4				-2.0	+3.1	+7.0	+.006				+3.7	+3.7	+.142
Jonathan Kuminga	47	24.3	15.3	1.2	3.4	4.6	2.2	0.8	0.4	1.5	1.9	5.5	12.1	.454	1.0	3.2	.305	3.3	5.0	.668
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:	+2	+17.5	+13.6			+5.9	+1.6				-1.5	+4.7	+11.3	+.034				+5.5	+6.0	+.128
Jonathan Kuminga	8	23.4	15.3	0.9	1.6	2.5	1.3	0.5	0.5	1.6	1.6	5.6	11.6	.484	1.3	3.1	.400	2.8	3.9	.710

Season 5
	Paul Arizin	Jonathan Kuminga
Season	1956-57	2025-26
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Golden State Warriors
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:	+57	+11.9	+12.1			+1.7	+0.7				-2.0	+3.7	+10.1	+.057				+5.7	+6.6	+.058
Jonathan Kuminga	14	27.1	13.5	1.6	4.6	6.2	2.8	0.4	0.3	2.6	1.9	4.9	10.3	.479	1.0	3.0	.333	2.6	3.4	.771
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
Jonathan Kuminga	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Paul Arizin played 5 seasons more than Jonathan Kuminga in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 10, from 1958 to 1962—Paul Arizin played in 4 Playoffs. In those 5 extra years over Jonathan Kuminga, Paul Arizin got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 5 All-Star Game