Paul Arizin vs. Michael Finley Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Michael Finley 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 less than Michael Finley, who played 15. Paul Arizin had the first of his seasons in 1950-51, while Michael Finley had his rookie season in 1995-96. 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	Michael Finley
Season	1950-51	1995-96
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	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	65	-	17.2	-	-	9.8	2.1	-	-	-	4.4	5.4	13.3	.407	-	-	-	6.4	8.1	.793
Michael Finley	82	39.2	15.0	1.7	2.9	4.6	3.5	1.0	0.4	1.6	2.4	5.7	11.9	.476	0.7	2.3	.328	3.0	3.9	.749
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
Michael Finley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Paul Arizin	Michael Finley
Season	1951-52	1996-97
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks
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
Michael Finley	83	33.6	15.0	1.1	3.4	4.5	2.7	0.8	0.3	2.0	1.7	5.7	12.9	.444	1.2	3.4	.361	2.4	3.0	.808
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
Michael Finley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 3
	Paul Arizin	Michael Finley
Season	1954-55	1997-98
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Dallas Mavericks
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
Michael Finley	82	41.4	21.5	1.8	3.5	5.3	4.9	1.6	0.4	2.7	2.0	8.2	18.4	.449	1.1	3.0	.357	4.0	5.1	.784
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Arizin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Finley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Paul Arizin	Michael Finley
Season	1955-56	1998-99
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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	37.8	24.2	-	-	7.5	2.6	-	-	-	3.9	8.6	19.1	.448	-	-	-	7.0	8.7	.810
Michael Finley	50	41.0	20.2	1.4	3.9	5.3	4.4	1.3	0.3	2.1	1.9	7.8	17.5	.444	0.9	2.7	.331	3.7	4.5	.823
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
Michael Finley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Paul Arizin	Michael Finley
Season	1956-57	1999-00
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	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	71	39.0	25.6	-	-	7.9	2.1	-	-	-	3.9	8.6	20.4	.422	-	-	-	8.3	10.0	.829
Michael Finley	82	42.2	22.6	1.5	4.8	6.3	5.3	1.3	0.4	2.4	2.1	9.1	20.0	.457	1.2	3.0	.401	3.2	3.9	.820
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
Michael Finley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Paul Arizin	Michael Finley
Season	1957-58	2000-01
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Finals	Mavericks 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	68	35.0	20.7	-	-	7.4	2.0	-	-	-	3.5	7.1	18.1	.393	-	-	-	6.5	8.0	.809
Michael Finley	82	42.0	21.5	1.3	3.9	5.2	4.4	1.4	0.4	2.3	2.1	8.7	18.9	.458	1.1	3.2	.346	3.1	4.0	.775
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
Michael Finley	10	43.4	19.7	1.3	4.0	5.3	4.4	1.2	0.2	2.4	2.3	7.2	20.0	.360	1.7	4.7	.362	3.6	4.4	.818

Season 7
	Paul Arizin	Michael Finley
Season	1958-59	2001-02
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks 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	70	40.0	26.4	-	-	9.1	1.7	-	-	-	3.8	9.0	20.9	.431	-	-	-	8.4	10.3	.813
Michael Finley	69	39.9	20.6	1.3	3.9	5.2	3.3	0.9	0.4	1.7	2.1	8.2	17.8	.463	1.1	3.2	.339	3.0	3.6	.837
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Arizin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Finley	8	46.5	24.6	1.6	4.6	6.3	2.3	1.5	0.5	1.9	3.0	8.6	18.5	.466	1.8	4.6	.378	5.6	6.3	.900

Season 8
	Paul Arizin	Michael Finley
Season	1959-60	2002-03
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Finals	Mavericks 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
Michael Finley	69	38.3	19.3	1.6	4.3	5.8	3.0	1.1	0.3	1.7	1.5	7.3	17.3	.425	1.7	4.7	.370	2.9	3.3	.861
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
Michael Finley	20	41.1	18.3	1.3	4.5	5.8	3.0	1.3	0.6	1.6	2.3	6.6	15.1	.435	2.4	5.7	.412	2.9	3.3	.864

Season 9
	Paul Arizin	Michael Finley
Season	1960-61	2003-04
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Semis	Mavericks 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	79	37.2	23.2	-	-	8.6	2.4	-	-	-	4.2	8.2	19.4	.425	-	-	-	6.7	8.1	.833
Michael Finley	72	38.6	18.6	1.1	3.4	4.5	2.9	1.2	0.5	1.2	1.6	7.1	16.1	.443	2.1	5.1	.405	2.3	2.7	.850
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
Michael Finley	5	39.4	13.0	1.2	2.0	3.2	2.6	0.8	0.6	1.8	1.6	5.2	13.6	.382	1.4	5.2	.269	1.2	2.0	.600

Season 10
	Paul Arizin	Michael Finley
Season	1961-62	2004-05
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Finals	Mavericks 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
Michael Finley	64	36.8	15.7	0.7	3.4	4.1	2.6	0.8	0.3	0.9	1.9	6.0	14.2	.427	1.8	4.5	.407	1.8	2.1	.831
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
Michael Finley	13	38.2	13.1	1.0	3.3	4.3	2.2	1.3	0.0	1.0	2.5	5.0	11.8	.425	1.8	4.7	.393	1.2	1.4	.889

Season 12
	Paul Arizin	Michael Finley
Season	-	2006-07
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Finley	82	22.2	9.0	0.4	2.3	2.7	1.3	0.4	0.2	0.6	0.9	3.3	8.1	.412	1.3	3.5	.364	1.1	1.2	.918
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Arizin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Finley	20	26.9	11.3	0.4	2.5	2.9	1.1	0.6	0.2	0.7	1.4	3.7	8.9	.410	2.2	5.3	.419	1.8	2.0	.897