Gilbert Arenas vs. Larry Smith Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Larry Smith 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.
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 Larry Smith, who played 13. Gilbert Arenas had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while Larry Smith had his rookie season in 1980-81. 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 |
Larry Smith |
13 |
5 |
1980-81 to 1992-93 |
Comparison Season by Season |
|
|
|
Rookie Season |
|
Gilbert Arenas |
Larry Smith |
Season |
2001-02 | 1980-81 |
Team |
Golden State Warriors | Golden State Warriors |
Honors & Awards |
- | All-Rookie First Team |
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 |
% |
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 |
Larry Smith |
82 |
31.4 |
9.6 |
5.3 |
6.8 |
12.1 |
1.1 |
0.9 |
0.8 |
1.8 |
3.9 |
3.7 |
7.2 |
.512 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
2.2 |
3.7 |
.588 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Gilbert Arenas |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Larry Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Larry Smith |
74 |
29.9 |
7.1 |
3.8 |
7.2 |
11.0 |
1.1 |
0.9 |
0.7 |
1.4 |
3.9 |
3.0 |
5.6 |
.534 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
1.2 |
2.1 |
.553 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Gilbert Arenas |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Larry Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Larry Smith |
49 |
29.2 |
8.4 |
4.3 |
5.6 |
9.9 |
0.9 |
0.7 |
0.4 |
1.7 |
3.8 |
3.7 |
6.2 |
.588 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
1.1 |
2.0 |
.535 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Gilbert Arenas |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Larry Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Larry Smith |
75 |
27.9 |
7.8 |
3.8 |
5.2 |
9.0 |
1.0 |
0.8 |
0.3 |
1.7 |
3.7 |
3.3 |
5.8 |
.560 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
1.3 |
2.2 |
.560 |
|
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 |
Larry Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Larry Smith |
80 |
31.2 |
11.1 |
5.1 |
5.8 |
10.9 |
1.2 |
1.0 |
0.7 |
2.0 |
3.6 |
4.6 |
8.6 |
.530 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
1.9 |
3.2 |
.605 |
|
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 |
Larry Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Larry Smith |
77 |
31.7 |
9.6 |
5.0 |
6.1 |
11.1 |
1.2 |
0.8 |
0.6 |
1.8 |
3.7 |
4.1 |
7.6 |
.536 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
1.5 |
2.9 |
.493 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Gilbert Arenas |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Larry Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Larry Smith |
80 |
29.7 |
8.8 |
4.6 |
6.9 |
11.5 |
1.2 |
0.9 |
0.7 |
1.7 |
3.7 |
3.7 |
6.8 |
.546 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
1.4 |
2.5 |
.574 |
|
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 |
Larry Smith |
10 |
32.9 |
10.3 |
6.1 |
7.6 |
13.7 |
1.7 |
1.2 |
0.6 |
1.4 |
3.9 |
4.3 |
8.1 |
.531 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
1.7 |
2.4 |
.708 |
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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 |
Larry Smith |
20 |
25.0 |
6.4 |
4.0 |
5.2 |
9.1 |
1.3 |
0.6 |
0.6 |
1.8 |
3.2 |
2.9 |
6.2 |
.472 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
0.6 |
1.4 |
.407 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Gilbert Arenas |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Larry Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Larry Smith |
80 |
23.7 |
5.7 |
3.4 |
4.8 |
8.2 |
1.5 |
0.8 |
0.7 |
1.4 |
3.1 |
2.7 |
5.0 |
.552 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.2 |
0.7 |
.310 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Gilbert Arenas |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Larry Smith |
8 |
18.5 |
1.0 |
2.1 |
2.9 |
5.0 |
2.0 |
0.8 |
1.4 |
0.8 |
3.0 |
0.5 |
2.0 |
.250 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
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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 |
Larry Smith |
74 |
17.6 |
3.0 |
2.4 |
3.7 |
6.1 |
0.9 |
0.8 |
0.4 |
0.9 |
2.7 |
1.4 |
2.9 |
.474 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
0.3 |
0.7 |
.364 |
|
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 |
Larry Smith |
4 |
18.3 |
3.0 |
1.8 |
1.5 |
3.3 |
1.3 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
1.3 |
2.8 |
1.5 |
2.0 |
.750 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
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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 |
Larry Smith |
81 |
23.7 |
3.3 |
3.7 |
5.0 |
8.8 |
1.1 |
1.0 |
0.3 |
1.1 |
3.3 |
1.6 |
3.2 |
.487 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.1 |
0.6 |
.240 |
|
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 |
- |
Larry Smith |
3 |
19.0 |
0.7 |
2.0 |
2.3 |
4.3 |
1.3 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.7 |
3.7 |
0.3 |
1.3 |
.250 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
.000 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
.000 |
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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 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Larry Smith |
45 |
17.8 |
2.3 |
2.4 |
3.3 |
5.7 |
0.7 |
0.5 |
0.2 |
1.0 |
2.7 |
1.1 |
2.0 |
.543 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
.364 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Gilbert Arenas |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Larry Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Larry Smith |
66 |
12.6 |
1.3 |
1.6 |
2.5 |
4.1 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
0.6 |
2.0 |
0.6 |
1.3 |
.437 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.1 |
0.3 |
.409 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Gilbert Arenas |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Larry Smith |
6 |
8.3 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
2.7 |
0.2 |
0.7 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
2.7 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
.667 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.5 |
0.7 |
.750 |