Ray Allen vs. Gilbert Arenas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Gilbert Arenas and Ray Allen, 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.

Ray Allen played 18 years in the NBA, 7 more than Gilbert Arenas, who played 11. Ray Allen had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, while Gilbert Arenas had his rookie season in 2001-02. 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
	Ray Allen	Gilbert Arenas
Season	1996-97	2001-02
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Ray Allen	82	30.9	13.4	1.2	2.8	4.0	2.6	0.9	0.1	1.8	2.7	4.8	11.1	.430	1.4	3.6	.393	2.5	3.0	.823
difference:	+35	+6.3	+2.5	+0.3	+0.9	+1.2	+1.1	+0.6	+0.1	-0.3	-0.3	+1.1	+2.9	+.023	+0.6	+1.2	+.048	+0.1	+0.4	+.048
Gilbert Arenas	47	24.6	10.9	0.9	1.9	2.8	3.7	1.5	0.2	2.1	2.4	3.7	8.2	.453	0.8	2.4	.345	2.6	3.4	.775
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Ray Allen nor Gilbert Arenas played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Ray Allen	Gilbert Arenas
Season	1997-98	2002-03
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	Most Improved Player
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Ray Allen	82	40.1	19.5	1.5	3.4	4.9	4.3	1.4	0.1	3.2	3.0	6.9	16.0	.428	1.6	4.5	.364	4.2	4.8	.875
difference:		+5.1	+1.2	+0.3	+0.1	+0.2	+2.0	+0.1	+0.1	-0.3	-0.2	+0.7	+1.6	+.003	+0.3	+0.7	+.016	+0.3	+0.9	+.084
Gilbert Arenas	82	35.0	18.3	1.2	3.5	4.7	6.3	1.5	0.2	3.5	3.2	6.2	14.4	.431	1.3	3.8	.348	4.5	5.7	.791
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Ray Allen nor Gilbert Arenas played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 4
	Ray Allen	Gilbert Arenas
Season	1999-00	2004-05
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Wizards Lost East 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		%
Ray Allen	82	37.4	22.1	1.0	3.4	4.4	3.8	1.3	0.2	2.2	2.3	7.8	17.2	.455	2.1	5.0	.423	4.3	4.9	.887
difference:	+2	+3.5	+3.4		+0.3	+0.3	+1.3	+0.4	+0.1	-0.8	-0.8	+0.4	+1.8	+.024	+0.5	+2.0	+.058	+2.2	+3.1	+.073
Gilbert Arenas	80	40.9	25.5	1.0	3.7	4.7	5.1	1.7	0.3	3.0	3.1	8.2	19.0	.431	2.6	7.0	.365	6.5	8.0	.814
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ray Allen	5	37.4	22.0	2.0	4.6	6.6	2.6	1.6	0.0	1.8	2.0	8.0	18.0	.444	2.0	5.2	.385	4.0	4.4	.909
difference:	+5	+7.7	+1.6	+1.2	+0.2	+1.4	+3.6	+0.5	+0.6	-2.1	-1.4	+0.7	+1.4	+.068	+0.2	+2.5	+.151	+3.2	+5.0	+.143
Gilbert Arenas	10	45.1	23.6	0.8	4.4	5.2	6.2	2.1	0.6	3.9	3.4	7.3	19.4	.376	1.8	7.7	.234	7.2	9.4	.766

Season 5
	Ray Allen	Gilbert Arenas
Season	2000-01	2005-06
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Ray Allen	82	38.2	22.0	1.2	4.0	5.2	4.6	1.5	0.2	2.5	2.3	7.7	16.0	.480	2.5	5.7	.433	4.2	4.8	.888
difference:	+2	+4.1	+7.3	+0.5	+1.2	+1.7	+1.5	+0.5	+0.1	-1.2	-1.3	+1.6	+4.9	+.033		+1.1	+.064	+4.0	+5.2	+.068
Gilbert Arenas	80	42.3	29.3	0.7	2.8	3.5	6.1	2.0	0.3	3.7	3.6	9.3	20.9	.447	2.5	6.8	.369	8.2	10.0	.820
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ray Allen	18	42.7	25.1	1.1	3.1	4.1	6.0	1.3	0.6	2.4	2.4	8.8	18.4	.477	3.2	6.6	.479	4.4	4.8	.919
difference:	+12	+4.6	+8.9	+0.1	+1.2	+1.4	+0.7	+0.9	+0.1	-0.9	-1.1	+2.0	+4.9	+.013	+0.1	+1.1	+.044	+4.6	+6.9	+.148
Gilbert Arenas	6	47.3	34.0	1.2	4.3	5.5	5.3	2.2	0.7	3.3	3.5	10.8	23.3	.464	3.3	7.7	.435	9.0	11.7	.771

Season 6
	Ray Allen	Gilbert Arenas
Season	2001-02	2006-07
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ray Allen	69	36.6	21.8	1.2	3.3	4.5	3.9	1.3	0.3	2.3	2.3	7.7	16.6	.462	3.3	7.7	.434	3.1	3.6	.873
difference:	+5	+3.2	+6.6	+0.4	+0.4	+0.1	+2.1	+0.6	+0.1	-0.9	-1.1	+1.0	+4.3	+.044	+0.5	+0.2	+.083	+5.1	+6.1	+.029
Gilbert Arenas	74	39.8	28.4	0.8	3.7	4.6	6.0	1.9	0.2	3.2	3.4	8.7	20.9	.418	2.8	7.9	.351	8.2	9.7	.844
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Ray Allen nor Gilbert Arenas played in the postseason in their season 6

Season 8
	Ray Allen	Gilbert Arenas
Season	2003-04	2008-09
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ray Allen	56	38.4	23.0	1.2	3.9	5.1	4.8	1.3	0.2	2.8	2.4	8.0	18.2	.440	2.6	6.8	.392	4.4	4.8	.904
difference:	+54	+6.9	+10.0	+0.7	+0.1	+0.6	+5.2	+1.3	+0.3	-2.3	-0.4	+5.0	+6.7	+.179	+1.6	+3.3	+.106	+1.6	+3.2	+.154
Gilbert Arenas	2	31.5	13.0	0.5	4.0	4.5	10.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	2.0	3.0	11.5	.261	1.0	3.5	.286	6.0	8.0	.750
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Ray Allen nor Gilbert Arenas played in the postseason in their season 8

Season 9
	Ray Allen	Gilbert Arenas
Season	2004-05	2009-10
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ray Allen	78	39.3	23.9	1.0	3.4	4.4	3.7	1.1	0.1	2.2	2.1	8.2	19.2	.428	2.7	7.1	.376	4.8	5.5	.883
difference:	+46	+2.8	+1.3	+0.5	+0.2	+0.2	+3.5	+0.2	+0.2	-1.5	-0.9	+0.3	+0.1	+.017	+0.7	+1.4	+.028		+1.0	+.144
Gilbert Arenas	32	36.5	22.6	0.5	3.6	4.2	7.2	1.3	0.3	3.7	3.0	7.9	19.3	.411	2.0	5.7	.348	4.8	6.5	.739
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ray Allen	11	39.6	26.5	1.1	3.2	4.3	3.9	1.3	0.4	3.1	2.0	9.3	19.5	.474	2.8	7.5	.378	5.1	5.7	.889
Gilbert Arenas	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Ray Allen	Gilbert Arenas
Season	2005-06	2010-11
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Washington Wizards, Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ray Allen	78	38.7	25.1	0.9	3.3	4.3	3.7	1.3	0.2	2.4	1.9	8.7	19.2	.454	3.4	8.4	.412	4.2	4.6	.903
difference:	+8	+13.0	+14.3	+0.6	+0.9	+1.6	+0.2	+0.2	+0.1	-0.1	-0.8	+4.9	+8.7	+.088	+2.0	+3.7	+.115	+2.5	+2.4	+.119
Gilbert Arenas	70	25.7	10.8	0.3	2.4	2.7	3.9	1.1	0.3	2.5	2.7	3.8	10.5	.366	1.4	4.7	.297	1.7	2.2	.784
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ray Allen	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gilbert Arenas	5	16.2	8.6	0.8	2.0	2.8	2.4	0.2	0.2	1.2	2.8	3.6	8.4	.429	0.6	2.4	.250	0.8	1.2	.667

Season 11
	Ray Allen	Gilbert Arenas
Season	2006-07	2011-12
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ray Allen	55	40.3	26.4	1.0	3.5	4.5	4.1	1.5	0.2	2.8	2.1	9.2	21.0	.438	3.0	8.1	.372	5.1	5.6	.903
difference:	+38	+27.9	+22.2	+0.9	+2.6	+3.4	+3.0	+0.9	+0.1	-2.1		+7.7	+17.2	+.032	+2.2	+5.8	+.039	+4.7	+5.0	+.203
Gilbert Arenas	17	12.4	4.2	0.1	0.9	1.1	1.1	0.6	0.1	0.7	2.1	1.5	3.8	.406	0.8	2.3	.333	0.4	0.6	.700
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ray Allen	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gilbert Arenas	6	3.8	0.7	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	1.0	0.3	1.3	.250	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.0	-

Additional Years
* Ray Allen played 7 seasons more than Gilbert Arenas in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 12 to 18, from 2008 to 2014—Ray Allen played in 7 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 7 extra years over Gilbert Arenas, Ray Allen got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-Star Game