Rafer Alston vs. Trevor Ariza Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Trevor Ariza and Rafer Alston, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Rafer Alston played 11 years in the NBA, 7 less than Trevor Ariza, who played 18. Rafer Alston had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, while Trevor Ariza had his rookie season in 2004-05. 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
Rafer Alston	11	6	1999-00 to 2009-10
Trevor Ariza	18	10	2004-05 to 2021-22

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18


Rookie Season
	Rafer Alston	Trevor Ariza
Season	1999-00	2004-05
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Rafer Alston	27	13.4	2.2	0.2	0.7	0.9	2.6	0.4	0.0	1.1	1.1	1.0	3.5	.284	0.1	0.5	.214	0.1	0.1	.750
Trevor Ariza	80	17.3	5.9	1.1	1.9	3.0	1.1	0.9	0.2	0.9	1.9	2.2	4.9	.442	0.0	0.2	.231	1.5	2.2	.695

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rafer Alston	4	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.8	.000	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.5	.000
Trevor Ariza	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Rafer Alston	Trevor Ariza
Season	2000-01	2005-06
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks, Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 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		%
Rafer Alston	37	7.8	2.1	0.1	0.7	0.8	1.8	0.4	0.0	0.5	0.7	0.8	2.3	.357	0.2	0.8	.267	0.2	0.4	.692
Trevor Ariza	57	17.5	4.6	1.4	2.5	3.8	1.1	1.0	0.2	1.1	1.8	1.6	4.0	.412	0.0	0.1	.200	1.4	2.2	.606

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rafer Alston	5	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.2	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Trevor Ariza	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Rafer Alston	Trevor Ariza
Season	2001-02	2006-07
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic 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		%
Rafer Alston	50	12.0	3.5	0.2	1.2	1.4	2.9	0.6	0.0	0.8	0.8	1.3	3.8	.346	0.5	1.4	.380	0.4	0.6	.621
Trevor Ariza	57	22.4	8.9	1.7	2.6	4.4	1.1	1.0	0.3	1.5	2.4	3.5	6.5	.539	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	3.0	.620

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rafer Alston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trevor Ariza	4	11.8	2.8	1.3	1.0	2.3	1.3	0.3	0.0	1.0	2.3	1.3	4.0	.313	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	1.0	.250


Season 4
	Rafer Alston	Trevor Ariza
Season	2002-03	2007-08
Team	Toronto Raptors	Orlando Magic, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
Rafer Alston	47	20.9	7.8	0.4	1.8	2.3	4.1	0.8	0.3	1.8	2.6	3.0	7.1	.415	1.1	2.8	.392	0.8	1.1	.685
Trevor Ariza	35	15.6	5.5	0.9	2.2	3.1	1.3	0.9	0.3	0.7	1.3	2.0	3.9	.507	0.1	0.5	.278	1.4	2.1	.653

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rafer Alston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trevor Ariza	8	5.6	2.1	0.4	1.0	1.4	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.9	0.9	1.5	.583	0.1	0.5	.250	0.3	0.5	.500


Season 5
	Rafer Alston	Trevor Ariza
Season	2003-04	2008-09
Team	Miami Heat	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 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		%
Rafer Alston	82	31.5	10.2	0.3	2.4	2.8	4.5	1.4	0.2	1.6	2.6	3.5	9.3	.376	2.0	5.3	.371	1.3	1.6	.769
Trevor Ariza	82	24.4	8.9	1.4	2.9	4.3	1.8	1.7	0.3	1.1	2.0	3.3	7.3	.460	0.7	2.3	.319	1.5	2.1	.710

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rafer Alston	13	22.6	7.0	0.3	1.9	2.2	1.7	0.4	0.1	0.8	1.7	2.2	7.0	.319	0.9	4.0	.231	1.6	1.9	.840
Trevor Ariza	23	31.4	11.3	1.0	3.3	4.2	2.3	1.6	0.4	1.7	3.2	4.0	8.0	.497	1.7	3.7	.476	1.6	2.8	.563


Season 6
	Rafer Alston	Trevor Ariza
Season	2004-05	2009-10
Team	Toronto Raptors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
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		%
Rafer Alston	80	34.0	14.2	0.5	3.0	3.5	6.4	1.5	0.1	2.1	2.7	5.0	12.2	.414	1.7	4.9	.357	2.4	3.2	.740
Trevor Ariza	72	36.5	14.9	1.1	4.5	5.6	3.8	1.8	0.6	2.2	2.3	5.5	13.9	.394	1.9	5.7	.334	2.1	3.2	.649

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rafer Alston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trevor Ariza	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Rafer Alston	Trevor Ariza
Season	2005-06	2010-11
Team	Houston Rockets	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hornets 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		%
Rafer Alston	63	38.6	12.1	0.6	3.5	4.0	6.7	1.6	0.2	2.5	3.1	4.4	11.7	.379	1.6	5.0	.327	1.6	2.3	.692
Trevor Ariza	75	34.7	11.0	0.8	4.6	5.4	2.2	1.6	0.4	1.6	2.4	4.0	10.2	.398	1.1	3.6	.303	1.8	2.6	.701

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rafer Alston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trevor Ariza	6	40.2	15.5	1.2	5.3	6.5	3.3	1.3	0.5	1.2	2.7	5.8	14.2	.412	1.2	3.5	.333	2.7	3.7	.727


Season 8
	Rafer Alston	Trevor Ariza
Season	2006-07	2011-12
Team	Houston Rockets	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Rafer Alston	82	37.1	13.3	0.4	3.1	3.4	5.4	1.6	0.1	2.1	2.4	4.7	12.4	.375	2.3	6.5	.363	1.6	2.2	.734
Trevor Ariza	41	32.9	10.8	1.0	4.2	5.2	3.3	1.7	0.6	1.9	1.8	4.1	9.8	.417	0.7	2.1	.333	1.9	2.5	.775

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rafer Alston	7	44.1	10.9	0.9	6.0	6.9	5.0	1.9	0.4	2.4	3.3	3.6	10.6	.338	2.3	7.1	.320	1.4	1.9	.769
Trevor Ariza	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Rafer Alston	Trevor Ariza
Season	2007-08	2012-13
Team	Houston Rockets	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Rafer Alston	74	34.1	13.1	0.4	3.1	3.5	5.3	1.3	0.2	2.2	1.9	4.9	12.5	.394	1.9	5.5	.351	1.3	1.9	.715
Trevor Ariza	56	26.3	9.5	0.8	4.0	4.8	2.0	1.3	0.4	1.5	1.3	3.4	8.1	.417	1.4	3.7	.364	1.4	1.7	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rafer Alston	4	31.5	14.3	0.5	1.0	1.5	4.5	1.0	0.0	1.5	1.8	5.3	12.0	.438	2.8	6.3	.440	1.0	1.3	.800
Trevor Ariza	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Rafer Alston	Trevor Ariza
Season	2008-09	2013-14
Team	Houston Rockets, Orlando Magic	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost NBA Finals	Wizards 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		%
Rafer Alston	77	31.8	11.7	0.4	2.5	2.9	5.3	1.4	0.1	1.8	1.8	4.1	10.6	.385	1.5	4.3	.338	2.0	2.7	.750
Trevor Ariza	77	35.4	14.4	1.3	4.9	6.2	2.5	1.6	0.3	1.7	2.3	5.1	11.1	.456	2.3	5.7	.407	1.9	2.5	.772

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rafer Alston	23	32.2	12.2	0.1	2.3	2.4	4.1	1.4	0.2	1.7	2.3	4.6	12.1	.380	1.6	4.9	.319	1.4	1.9	.750
Trevor Ariza	11	37.0	13.6	1.9	7.0	8.9	1.7	1.5	0.4	1.3	2.4	4.7	9.8	.481	2.3	5.1	.446	1.9	2.5	.778


Season 11
	Rafer Alston	Trevor Ariza
Season	2009-10	2014-15
Team	New Jersey Nets, Miami Heat	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets 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		%
Rafer Alston	52	27.3	8.2	0.3	2.2	2.5	3.4	1.0	0.2	1.8	2.0	3.0	8.6	.348	1.1	3.2	.345	1.1	1.6	.728
Trevor Ariza	82	35.7	12.8	0.9	4.7	5.6	2.5	1.9	0.2	1.7	2.3	4.5	11.1	.402	2.4	6.8	.350	1.5	1.7	.853

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rafer Alston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trevor Ariza	17	38.5	13.2	1.1	5.4	6.4	2.6	1.8	0.1	1.4	3.0	4.4	10.4	.426	2.1	5.6	.375	2.2	2.5	.905


Season 12
	Rafer Alston	Trevor Ariza
Season	-	2015-16
Team	-	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Rockets 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		%
Rafer Alston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trevor Ariza	81	35.3	12.7	0.8	3.7	4.5	2.3	2.0	0.3	1.4	2.2	4.4	10.6	.416	2.3	6.2	.371	1.6	2.0	.783

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rafer Alston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trevor Ariza	5	36.2	6.6	1.4	2.8	4.2	0.8	2.6	0.2	2.4	3.2	2.6	10.2	.255	0.8	5.6	.143	0.6	0.8	.750


Season 13
	Rafer Alston	Trevor Ariza
Season	-	2016-17
Team	-	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Rockets 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		%
Rafer Alston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trevor Ariza	80	34.7	11.7	0.7	5.1	5.7	2.2	1.8	0.3	0.9	1.7	4.1	10.0	.409	2.4	6.9	.344	1.2	1.6	.738

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rafer Alston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trevor Ariza	11	37.5	10.7	0.7	4.4	5.1	2.1	1.3	0.2	0.8	2.3	3.7	8.8	.423	2.1	5.5	.377	1.2	1.3	.929


Season 14
	Rafer Alston	Trevor Ariza
Season	-	2017-18
Team	-	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Rockets 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		%
Rafer Alston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trevor Ariza	67	33.9	11.7	0.5	3.9	4.4	1.6	1.5	0.2	0.8	2.0	4.0	9.7	.412	2.5	6.9	.368	1.1	1.3	.854

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rafer Alston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trevor Ariza	17	34.2	8.8	0.5	3.3	3.8	1.3	1.1	0.1	0.6	2.6	2.9	8.2	.360	1.5	5.4	.286	1.4	1.8	.742


Season 15
	Rafer Alston	Trevor Ariza
Season	-	2018-19
Team	-	Phoenix Suns, Washington Wizards
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		%
Rafer Alston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trevor Ariza	69	34.0	12.5	0.7	4.7	5.4	3.7	1.3	0.3	1.5	1.9	4.3	10.7	.399	2.1	6.3	.334	1.9	2.4	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rafer Alston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trevor Ariza	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Rafer Alston	Trevor Ariza
Season	-	2019-20
Team	-	Sacramento Kings, 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		%
Rafer Alston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trevor Ariza	53	28.2	8.0	0.6	4.0	4.6	1.7	1.3	0.3	1.1	2.1	2.7	6.1	.438	1.5	3.9	.372	1.2	1.4	.838

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rafer Alston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trevor Ariza	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Rafer Alston	Trevor Ariza
Season	-	2020-21
Team	-	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Heat 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		%
Rafer Alston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trevor Ariza	30	28.0	9.4	0.9	3.9	4.8	1.8	1.0	0.6	0.7	1.8	3.3	8.0	.411	1.7	4.8	.350	1.1	1.5	.773

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rafer Alston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trevor Ariza	4	24.0	4.8	0.5	5.3	5.8	0.5	0.8	0.3	0.8	2.8	1.8	5.8	.304	1.3	4.3	.294	0.0	0.0	-


Season 18
	Rafer Alston	Trevor Ariza
Season	-	2021-22
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
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		%
Rafer Alston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trevor Ariza	24	19.3	4.0	0.4	3.0	3.4	1.1	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.4	4.1	.333	0.8	3.1	.270	0.4	0.8	.556

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rafer Alston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trevor Ariza	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rafer Alston vs. Trevor Ariza Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Trevor Ariza and Rafer Alston, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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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

Season 16

Season 17

Season 18