Trevor Ariza vs. Goran Dragic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Goran Dragic 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.

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, 3 more than Goran Dragic, who played 15. Trevor Ariza had the first of his seasons in 2004-05, while Goran Dragic had his rookie season in 2008-09. 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.

Season 5
	Trevor Ariza	Goran Dragic
Season	2008-09	2012-13
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
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
difference:	+5	+9.1	+5.8	+0.6	+0.6	+1.2	+5.6	+0.1		-1.7	-0.8	+1.9	+4.5	+.017	+0.4	+1.3		+1.7	+2.1	+.038
Goran Dragic	77	33.5	14.7	0.8	2.3	3.1	7.4	1.6	0.3	2.8	2.8	5.2	11.8	.443	1.1	3.6	.319	3.2	4.2	.748
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
Goran Dragic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Trevor Ariza	Goran Dragic
Season	2009-10	2013-14
Team	Houston Rockets	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	Most Improved Player
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		%
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
difference:	+4	+1.4	+5.4	+0.2	+2.2	+2.4	+2.1	+0.4	+0.3	-0.6	-0.4	+1.8	+0.5	+.111	+0.3	+1.8	+.074	+2.1	+2.3	+.111
Goran Dragic	76	35.1	20.3	0.9	2.3	3.2	5.9	1.4	0.3	2.8	2.7	7.3	14.4	.505	1.6	3.9	.408	4.2	5.5	.760
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Trevor Ariza nor Goran Dragic played in the postseason in their season 6

Season 10
	Trevor Ariza	Goran Dragic
Season	2013-14	2017-18
Team	Washington Wizards	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis	Heat 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		%
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
difference:	+2	+3.7	+2.9	+0.6	+1.5	+2.1	+2.3	+0.8	+0.1	-0.5	-0.1	+1.4	+3.2	+.006	+0.8	+1.7	+.037	+1.0	+1.1	+.029
Goran Dragic	75	31.7	17.3	0.7	3.4	4.1	4.8	0.8	0.2	2.2	2.4	6.5	14.3	.450	1.5	4.0	.370	2.9	3.6	.801
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
difference:	+6	+5.8	+5.0	+1.3	+5.0	+6.3	+2.9	+0.5	+0.4	-1.7	-0.6	+2.3	+5.2	+.014	+0.7	+0.9	+.065	+1.1	+1.9	+.096
Goran Dragic	5	31.2	18.6	0.6	2.0	2.6	4.6	1.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	7.0	15.0	.467	1.6	4.2	.381	3.0	4.4	.682