Trevor Ariza vs. Don Nelson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Don Nelson and Trevor Ariza, 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.

Trevor Ariza played 18 years in the NBA, 4 more than Don Nelson, who played 14. Trevor Ariza had the first of his seasons in 2004-05, while Don Nelson had his rookie season in 1962-63. 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
Trevor Ariza	18	10	2004-05 to 2021-22
Don Nelson	14	11	1962-63 to 1975-76

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
	Trevor Ariza	Don Nelson
Season	2004-05	1962-63
Team	New York Knicks	Chicago Zephyrs
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		%
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
Don Nelson	62	17.3	6.8	-	-	4.5	1.2	-	-	-	2.2	2.1	4.7	.440	-	-	-	2.6	3.6	.729

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


Season 2
	Trevor Ariza	Don Nelson
Season	2005-06	1963-64
Team	New York Knicks, Orlando Magic	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Div 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		%
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
Don Nelson	80	17.6	5.2	-	-	4.0	1.0	-	-	-	2.3	1.7	4.0	.418	-	-	-	1.9	2.5	.741

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Trevor Ariza	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Don Nelson	5	11.2	3.4	-	-	2.6	0.4	-	-	-	2.2	1.4	2.6	.538	-	-	-	0.6	0.6	1.000


Season 3
	Trevor Ariza	Don Nelson
Season	2006-07	1964-65
Team	Orlando Magic	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
Don Nelson	39	6.1	2.4	-	-	1.9	0.6	-	-	-	1.0	0.9	2.2	.424	-	-	-	0.5	0.7	.769

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Don Nelson	11	19.3	6.1	-	-	5.4	1.7	-	-	-	2.8	2.2	4.8	.453	-	-	-	1.7	2.3	.760


Season 4
	Trevor Ariza	Don Nelson
Season	2007-08	1965-66
Team	Orlando Magic, Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
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
Don Nelson	75	23.5	10.2	-	-	5.4	1.1	-	-	-	2.5	3.6	8.2	.439	-	-	-	3.0	4.3	.684

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Don Nelson	17	18.6	8.4	-	-	5.0	0.8	-	-	-	2.9	2.9	6.9	.424	-	-	-	2.5	3.1	.808


Season 5
	Trevor Ariza	Don Nelson
Season	2008-09	1966-67
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics Lost East Div 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		%
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
Don Nelson	79	15.2	7.5	-	-	3.7	0.8	-	-	-	1.8	2.9	6.4	.446	-	-	-	1.8	2.4	.742

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Don Nelson	9	15.8	7.1	-	-	4.7	1.0	-	-	-	1.3	3.0	6.6	.458	-	-	-	1.1	1.9	.588


Season 6
	Trevor Ariza	Don Nelson
Season	2009-10	1967-68
Team	Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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
Don Nelson	82	18.3	10.0	-	-	5.3	1.3	-	-	-	2.2	3.8	7.7	.494	-	-	-	2.4	3.3	.728

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Trevor Ariza	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Don Nelson	19	24.6	12.5	-	-	7.5	1.7	-	-	-	2.6	4.8	9.2	.520	-	-	-	2.9	3.9	.743


Season 7
	Trevor Ariza	Don Nelson
Season	2010-11	1968-69
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
Don Nelson	82	21.6	11.6	-	-	5.6	1.1	-	-	-	2.4	4.6	9.4	.485	-	-	-	2.5	3.2	.776

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Don Nelson	18	19.3	12.4	-	-	4.6	1.2	-	-	-	2.8	4.8	9.3	.518	-	-	-	2.8	3.3	.833


Season 8
	Trevor Ariza	Don Nelson
Season	2011-12	1969-70
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Boston Celtics
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		%
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
Don Nelson	82	27.1	15.4	-	-	7.3	1.8	-	-	-	2.9	5.6	11.2	.501	-	-	-	4.1	5.3	.775

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


Season 9
	Trevor Ariza	Don Nelson
Season	2012-13	1970-71
Team	Washington Wizards	Boston Celtics
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		%
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
Don Nelson	82	27.5	13.9	-	-	6.9	1.9	-	-	-	2.8	5.0	10.7	.468	-	-	-	3.9	5.2	.744

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


Season 10
	Trevor Ariza	Don Nelson
Season	2013-14	1971-72
Team	Washington Wizards	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East 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		%
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
Don Nelson	82	25.4	13.8	-	-	5.5	2.3	-	-	-	2.7	4.7	9.9	.480	-	-	-	4.3	5.5	.788

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Don Nelson	11	28.0	13.2	-	-	5.5	1.9	-	-	-	2.7	4.7	9.0	.525	-	-	-	3.7	4.4	.854


Season 11
	Trevor Ariza	Don Nelson
Season	2014-15	1972-73
Team	Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals	Celtics Lost East 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		%
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
Don Nelson	72	19.8	10.8	-	-	4.4	1.4	-	-	-	2.2	4.3	9.0	.476	-	-	-	2.2	2.6	.846

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Don Nelson	13	23.3	11.0	-	-	2.9	1.2	-	-	-	2.2	3.6	7.8	.465	-	-	-	3.8	4.3	.875


Season 12
	Trevor Ariza	Don Nelson
Season	2015-16	1973-74
Team	Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
Don Nelson	82	21.3	11.5	1.1	3.1	4.2	2.0	0.2	0.2	-	2.3	4.4	8.7	.508	-	-	-	2.6	3.3	.788

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Don Nelson	18	25.9	11.4	1.4	4.0	5.4	1.9	0.4	0.2	-	3.0	4.6	9.1	.500	-	-	-	2.3	2.9	.774


Season 13
	Trevor Ariza	Don Nelson
Season	2016-17	1974-75
Team	Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East 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		%
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
Don Nelson	79	26.0	14.0	1.6	4.3	5.9	2.3	0.4	0.2	-	3.0	5.4	9.9	.539	-	-	-	3.3	4.0	.827

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Don Nelson	11	24.9	15.4	1.6	2.5	4.1	2.4	0.2	0.2	-	3.3	6.0	10.6	.564	-	-	-	3.4	3.7	.902


Season 14
	Trevor Ariza	Don Nelson
Season	2017-18	1975-76
Team	Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
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
Don Nelson	75	12.6	6.4	0.7	1.7	2.4	1.0	0.2	0.1	-	1.5	2.3	5.1	.462	-	-	-	1.7	2.1	.789

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Don Nelson	18	17.5	9.1	0.9	2.0	2.9	0.9	0.2	0.1	-	2.6	2.9	6.0	.481	-	-	-	3.3	3.8	.870


Season 15
	Trevor Ariza	Don Nelson
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		%
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
Don Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 16
	Trevor Ariza	Don Nelson
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		%
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
Don Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 17
	Trevor Ariza	Don Nelson
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		%
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
Don Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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	-
Don Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 18
	Trevor Ariza	Don Nelson
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		%
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
Don Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Trevor Ariza vs. Don Nelson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Don Nelson and Trevor Ariza, 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

Season 16

Season 17

Season 18