Gilbert Arenas vs. Danny Ferry Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Danny Ferry and Gilbert Arenas, 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.

Gilbert Arenas played 11 years in the NBA, 2 less than Danny Ferry, who played 13. Gilbert Arenas had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while Danny Ferry had his rookie season in 1990-91. 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
Gilbert Arenas 11 5 2001-02 to 2011-12
Danny Ferry 13 9 1990-91 to 2002-03

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season

Gilbert Arenas Danny Ferry
Season 2001-021990-91
Team Golden State WarriorsCleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid 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 %
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
Danny Ferry 81 20.5 8.6 1.2 2.3 3.5 1.8 0.5 0.3 1.5 2.8 3.4 7.9 .428 0.3 1.0 .299 1.5 1.9 .816
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Gilbert Arenas ------- --- ----------
Danny Ferry ------- --- ----------

Season 2

Gilbert Arenas Danny Ferry
Season 2002-031991-92
Team Golden State WarriorsCleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards Achievement Most Improved Player-
Playoffs Did Not PlayCavaliers 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 %
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
Danny Ferry 68 13.8 5.1 0.8 2.4 3.1 1.1 0.3 0.2 0.7 2.0 2.0 4.8 .409 0.3 0.7 .354 0.9 1.1 .836
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Gilbert Arenas ------- --- ----------
Danny Ferry 9 6.1 2.1 0.8 1.0 1.8 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.8 0.8 1.7 .467 0.1 0.3 .333 0.4 0.4 1.000

Season 3

Gilbert Arenas Danny Ferry
Season 2003-041992-93
Team Washington WizardsCleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayCavaliers 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 %
Gilbert Arenas 55 37.6 19.6 1.0 3.6 4.6 5.0 1.9 0.2 4.1 3.2 6.5 16.6 .392 2.3 6.1 .375 4.3 5.8 .748
Danny Ferry 76 19.2 7.5 1.1 2.6 3.7 1.8 0.4 0.6 1.1 2.3 2.9 6.0 .479 0.4 1.1 .415 1.3 1.5 .876
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Gilbert Arenas ------- --- ----------
Danny Ferry 8 14.8 4.9 0.5 2.6 3.1 1.8 0.5 0.4 0.9 1.8 1.6 4.3 .382 0.5 1.1 .444 1.1 1.3 .900

Season 4

Gilbert Arenas Danny Ferry
Season 2004-051993-94
Team Washington WizardsCleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Third Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Wizards Lost East Conf SemisCavaliers 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 %
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
Danny Ferry 70 13.8 5.0 0.7 1.3 2.0 1.1 0.4 0.3 0.6 1.6 2.1 4.8 .446 0.2 0.7 .275 0.5 0.6 .884
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
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
Danny Ferry 1 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.0 -

Season 5

Gilbert Arenas Danny Ferry
Season 2005-061994-95
Team Washington WizardsCleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Third Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Wizards Lost East Conf 1st RdCavaliers 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 %
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
Danny Ferry 82 15.7 7.5 0.4 1.4 1.7 1.2 0.3 0.3 0.7 1.6 2.7 6.1 .446 1.1 2.8 .403 0.9 1.0 .881
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
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
Danny Ferry 4 16.8 9.5 0.0 0.8 0.8 1.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 2.3 3.3 6.3 .520 2.0 3.8 .533 1.0 1.5 .667

Season 6

Gilbert Arenas Danny Ferry
Season 2006-071995-96
Team Washington WizardsCleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Second Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Did Not PlayCavaliers 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 %
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
Danny Ferry 82 32.7 13.3 0.9 2.9 3.8 2.3 0.7 0.5 1.5 2.8 5.1 11.2 .459 1.7 4.4 .394 1.3 1.6 .769
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Gilbert Arenas ------- --- ----------
Danny Ferry 3 39.0 9.7 0.3 4.7 5.0 3.0 1.0 0.7 1.3 4.3 4.7 13.7 .341 0.3 5.3 .063 0.0 0.0 -

Season 7

Gilbert Arenas Danny Ferry
Season 2007-081996-97
Team Washington WizardsCleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Wizards Lost East Conf 1st RdDid 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 %
Gilbert Arenas 13 32.7 19.4 0.5 3.5 3.9 5.1 1.8 0.1 3.8 2.3 6.0 15.1 .398 1.7 6.0 .282 5.7 7.4 .771
Danny Ferry 82 32.1 10.6 1.0 3.1 4.1 1.8 0.7 0.4 1.1 3.0 4.2 9.7 .429 1.4 3.5 .401 0.9 1.1 .851
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Gilbert Arenas 4 23.5 10.8 0.0 1.8 1.8 2.8 0.5 0.0 2.0 3.3 3.5 9.0 .389 1.3 3.0 .417 2.5 3.0 .833
Danny Ferry ------- --- ----------

Season 8

Gilbert Arenas Danny Ferry
Season 2008-091997-98
Team Washington WizardsCleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayCavaliers 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 %
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
Danny Ferry 69 15.0 4.2 0.3 1.3 1.7 0.9 0.4 0.2 0.8 1.7 1.6 4.1 .395 0.5 1.4 .333 0.5 0.6 .800
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Gilbert Arenas ------- --- ----------
Danny Ferry 3 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.7 .000 0.0 0.7 .000 0.0 0.0 -

Season 9

Gilbert Arenas Danny Ferry
Season 2009-101998-99
Team Washington WizardsCleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid 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 %
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
Danny Ferry 50 21.2 7.0 0.3 1.7 2.0 1.1 0.5 0.2 0.8 2.3 2.8 5.9 .476 0.8 1.9 .392 0.6 0.7 .879
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Gilbert Arenas ------- --- ----------
Danny Ferry ------- --- ----------

Season 10

Gilbert Arenas Danny Ferry
Season 2010-111999-00
Team Washington Wizards, Orlando MagicCleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Magic Lost East Conf 1st RdDid 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 %
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
Danny Ferry 63 21.0 7.3 0.9 2.9 3.8 1.1 0.3 0.4 0.9 2.9 3.0 6.0 .497 0.5 1.2 .440 0.8 0.9 .912
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
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
Danny Ferry ------- --- ----------

Season 11

Gilbert Arenas Danny Ferry
Season 2011-122000-01
Team Memphis GrizzliesSan Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st RdSpurs 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 %
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
Danny Ferry 80 21.1 5.6 0.7 2.1 2.8 0.9 0.4 0.3 0.6 2.1 2.2 4.7 .475 0.9 2.0 .449 0.3 0.4 .733
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
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 -
Danny Ferry 13 25.8 5.8 0.6 2.5 3.2 1.3 0.3 0.1 0.5 2.5 2.1 5.2 .397 1.6 3.5 .457 0.0 0.0 -

Season 12

Gilbert Arenas Danny Ferry
Season -2001-02
Team -San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs -Spurs 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 %
Gilbert Arenas ------- --- ----------
Danny Ferry 50 16.0 4.6 0.3 1.5 1.8 1.0 0.3 0.2 0.4 1.4 1.5 3.5 .429 0.9 2.0 .434 0.7 0.7 .944
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Gilbert Arenas ------- --- ----------
Danny Ferry 10 15.7 2.8 0.5 1.5 2.0 0.8 0.0 0.1 0.2 1.9 1.0 3.3 .303 0.7 2.0 .350 0.1 0.4 .250

Season 13

Gilbert Arenas Danny Ferry
Season -2002-03
Team -San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs -NBA Champion 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 %
Gilbert Arenas ------- --- ----------
Danny Ferry 64 9.4 1.9 0.3 0.9 1.2 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.9 0.7 1.9 .355 0.3 0.9 .350 0.2 0.2 .769
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Gilbert Arenas ------- --- ----------
Danny Ferry 16 6.3 1.3 0.2 1.3 1.4 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.3 1.3 0.5 1.8 .286 0.3 0.9 .286 0.0 0.0 -