Gilbert Arenas vs. Manute Bol Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Manute Bol 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

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, 1 more than Manute Bol, who played 10. Gilbert Arenas had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while Manute Bol had his rookie season in 1985-86. 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
Manute Bol	10	5	1985-86 to 1994-95

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Gilbert Arenas	Manute Bol
Season	2001-02	1985-86
Team	Golden State Warriors	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets 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	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
Manute Bol	80	26.1	3.7	1.5	4.4	6.0	0.3	0.4	5.0	0.8	3.2	1.6	3.5	.460	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	1.1	.488

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Manute Bol	5	30.4	4.6	3.2	4.4	7.6	0.2	0.6	5.8	0.8	3.0	2.0	3.4	.588	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.6	.375


Season 2
	Gilbert Arenas	Manute Bol
Season	2002-03	1986-87
Team	Golden State Warriors	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets 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	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
Manute Bol	82	18.9	3.1	1.0	3.4	4.4	0.1	0.2	3.7	0.7	2.3	1.3	2.8	.446	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.8	.672

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Manute Bol	3	14.3	2.7	1.7	1.3	3.0	0.0	0.0	1.7	0.0	2.0	1.3	3.3	.400	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.7	.000


Season 3
	Gilbert Arenas	Manute Bol
Season	2003-04	1987-88
Team	Washington Wizards	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets 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	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
Manute Bol	77	14.8	2.3	0.9	2.6	3.6	0.2	0.1	2.7	0.5	2.1	1.0	2.1	.455	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	0.6	.531

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Manute Bol	5	8.8	1.8	1.4	1.0	2.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.2	1.0	0.8	1.4	.571	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.2	1.000


Season 4
	Gilbert Arenas	Manute Bol
Season	2004-05	1988-89
Team	Washington Wizards	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis	Warriors 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	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
Manute Bol	80	22.1	3.9	1.5	4.3	5.8	0.3	0.1	4.3	1.0	2.8	1.6	4.3	.369	0.3	1.1	.220	0.5	0.8	.606

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
Manute Bol	8	18.5	2.3	0.6	3.3	3.9	0.1	0.3	3.6	0.4	2.6	0.9	4.5	.194	0.3	2.8	.091	0.3	0.9	.286


Season 5
	Gilbert Arenas	Manute Bol
Season	2005-06	1989-90
Team	Washington Wizards	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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	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
Manute Bol	75	17.5	1.9	0.4	3.2	3.7	0.5	0.2	3.2	0.7	2.6	0.7	2.3	.331	0.1	0.6	.188	0.3	0.7	.510

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
Manute Bol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Gilbert Arenas	Manute Bol
Season	2006-07	1990-91
Team	Washington Wizards	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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	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
Manute Bol	82	18.6	1.9	0.8	3.5	4.3	0.2	0.2	3.0	0.8	2.2	0.8	2.0	.396	0.0	0.2	.071	0.3	0.5	.585

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Manute Bol	8	13.6	3.0	0.5	1.9	2.4	0.1	0.1	1.5	0.6	1.8	1.1	2.3	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.1	.667


Season 7
	Gilbert Arenas	Manute Bol
Season	2007-08	1991-92
Team	Washington Wizards	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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	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
Manute Bol	71	17.8	1.5	0.8	2.4	3.1	0.3	0.2	2.9	0.6	2.0	0.7	1.8	.383	0.0	0.1	.000	0.2	0.4	.462

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
Manute Bol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Gilbert Arenas	Manute Bol
Season	2008-09	1992-93
Team	Washington Wizards	Philadelphia 76ers
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		%
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
Manute Bol	58	14.7	2.2	0.8	2.6	3.3	0.3	0.2	2.1	0.9	1.5	0.9	2.2	.409	0.2	0.6	.313	0.2	0.3	.632

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Manute Bol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Gilbert Arenas	Manute Bol
Season	2009-10	1993-94
Team	Washington Wizards	Miami Heat, Washington Bullets, Philadelphia 76ers
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		%
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
Manute Bol	14	8.3	0.6	0.2	1.1	1.3	0.1	0.1	1.1	0.4	0.9	0.3	1.4	.211	0.0	0.2	.000	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Manute Bol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Gilbert Arenas	Manute Bol
Season	2010-11	1994-95
Team	Washington Wizards, Orlando Magic	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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	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
Manute Bol	5	16.2	3.0	0.2	2.2	2.4	0.0	0.0	1.8	0.2	2.0	1.2	2.0	.600	0.6	1.0	.600	0.0	0.0	-

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
Manute Bol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Gilbert Arenas	Manute Bol
Season	2011-12	-
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West 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	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
Manute Bol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	-
Manute Bol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Gilbert Arenas vs. Manute Bol Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Manute Bol 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.

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