Paul Arizin vs. Alvin Scott Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Alvin Scott and Paul Arizin, 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.

Paul Arizin played 10 years in the NBA, 2 more than Alvin Scott, who played 8. Paul Arizin had the first of his seasons in 1950-51, while Alvin Scott had his rookie season in 1977-78. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Paul Arizin	Alvin Scott
Season	1950-51	1977-78
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Semis	Suns 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		%
Paul Arizin	65	-	17.2	-	-	9.8	2.1	-	-	-	4.4	5.4	13.3	.407	-	-	-	6.4	8.1	.793
Alvin Scott	81	19.0	6.1	1.7	2.7	4.4	1.1	0.6	0.5	1.0	2.0	2.2	4.6	.488	-	-	-	1.6	2.4	.691
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Arizin	2	-	20.5	-	-	10.0	1.5	-	-	-	5.0	7.0	13.5	.519	-	-	-	6.5	8.0	.813
Alvin Scott	2	18.5	6.5	1.0	2.0	3.0	1.5	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.5	2.0	4.0	.500	-	-	-	2.5	3.0	.833

Season 2
	Paul Arizin	Alvin Scott
Season	1951-52	1978-79
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Semis	Suns 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		%
Paul Arizin	66	44.5	25.4	-	-	11.3	2.6	-	-	-	3.8	8.3	18.5	.448	-	-	-	8.8	10.7	.818
Alvin Scott	81	21.4	6.7	1.3	3.2	4.4	1.6	1.0	0.8	1.2	1.7	2.6	4.9	.535	-	-	-	1.5	2.1	.714
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Arizin	3	40.0	25.7	-	-	12.7	2.7	-	-	-	5.7	8.0	17.7	.453	-	-	-	9.7	11.0	.879
Alvin Scott	15	14.5	3.5	0.9	1.9	2.8	1.5	0.4	1.1	0.9	1.3	1.3	3.5	.385	-	-	-	0.9	1.4	.619

Note: Paul Arizin didn't play in 1952-53 and 1953-54.

Season 3
	Paul Arizin	Alvin Scott
Season	1954-55	1979-80
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns 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		%
Paul Arizin	72	41.0	21.0	-	-	9.4	2.9	-	-	-	3.8	7.3	18.4	.399	-	-	-	6.3	8.1	.776
Alvin Scott	79	16.5	4.4	1.1	1.8	2.9	1.2	0.6	0.7	1.2	1.3	1.6	3.8	.422	0.0	0.0	.333	1.2	1.5	.779
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Arizin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alvin Scott	8	17.5	4.8	1.0	1.8	2.8	1.3	0.5	0.6	0.9	1.0	2.1	4.1	.515	0.0	0.3	.000	0.5	1.0	.500

Season 4
	Paul Arizin	Alvin Scott
Season	1955-56	1980-81
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Suns 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		%
Paul Arizin	72	37.8	24.2	-	-	7.5	2.6	-	-	-	3.9	8.6	19.1	.448	-	-	-	7.0	8.7	.810
Alvin Scott	82	17.4	5.4	1.2	2.0	3.3	1.4	0.7	0.9	0.9	1.5	2.1	4.2	.497	0.0	0.1	.167	1.2	1.5	.764
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Arizin	10	40.9	28.9	-	-	8.4	2.9	-	-	-	3.1	10.3	22.9	.450	-	-	-	8.3	9.9	.838
Alvin Scott	7	17.1	5.4	1.1	1.6	2.7	1.0	0.6	0.9	1.0	0.9	2.0	4.3	.467	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.1	.667

Season 5
	Paul Arizin	Alvin Scott
Season	1956-57	1981-82
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Semis	Suns 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		%
Paul Arizin	71	39.0	25.6	-	-	7.9	2.1	-	-	-	3.9	8.6	20.4	.422	-	-	-	8.3	10.0	.829
Alvin Scott	81	21.5	6.0	1.2	2.4	3.6	1.8	0.7	0.9	1.2	2.1	2.3	4.7	.497	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.8	.730
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Arizin	2	11.0	4.5	-	-	4.0	0.5	-	-	-	1.5	1.5	4.0	.375	-	-	-	1.5	2.5	.600
Alvin Scott	7	18.1	4.6	1.1	1.1	2.3	2.0	1.1	1.9	0.7	1.7	2.0	4.6	.438	0.0	0.6	.000	0.6	1.1	.500

Season 6
	Paul Arizin	Alvin Scott
Season	1957-58	1982-83
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Finals	Suns 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		%
Paul Arizin	68	35.0	20.7	-	-	7.4	2.0	-	-	-	3.5	7.1	18.1	.393	-	-	-	6.5	8.0	.809
Alvin Scott	81	14.1	4.1	0.7	2.0	2.8	1.2	0.6	0.4	0.8	1.6	1.5	3.2	.479	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.4	.736
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Arizin	8	38.6	23.5	-	-	7.8	2.0	-	-	-	3.3	8.3	21.1	.391	-	-	-	7.0	9.0	.778
Alvin Scott	3	20.7	4.7	1.3	2.7	4.0	1.7	0.7	1.7	1.3	2.0	2.0	4.3	.462	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000

Season 7
	Paul Arizin	Alvin Scott
Season	1958-59	1983-84
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns 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		%
Paul Arizin	70	40.0	26.4	-	-	9.1	1.7	-	-	-	3.8	9.0	20.9	.431	-	-	-	8.4	10.3	.813
Alvin Scott	65	11.3	2.6	0.4	1.1	1.5	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.6	1.3	0.8	1.9	.444	0.0	0.0	.500	0.9	1.1	.778
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Arizin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alvin Scott	16	6.9	1.6	0.6	0.9	1.5	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.9	0.6	1.6	.385	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.3	0.4	.667

Season 8
	Paul Arizin	Alvin Scott
Season	1959-60	1984-85
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Finals	Suns 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		%
Paul Arizin	72	36.4	22.3	-	-	8.6	2.3	-	-	-	3.7	8.2	19.4	.424	-	-	-	5.8	7.3	.798
Alvin Scott	77	16.1	3.6	0.6	1.5	2.1	1.6	0.5	0.3	0.8	1.6	1.4	3.4	.429	0.0	0.1	.200	0.7	1.0	.716
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Arizin	9	41.2	26.3	-	-	9.6	3.7	-	-	-	3.2	9.3	21.7	.431	-	-	-	7.7	8.8	.873
Alvin Scott	3	21.3	3.7	1.0	1.7	2.7	3.3	0.3	1.3	2.0	2.7	1.0	4.0	.250	0.0	0.3	.000	1.7	2.0	.833

Season 9
	Paul Arizin	Alvin Scott
Season	1960-61	-
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East 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		%
Paul Arizin	79	37.2	23.2	-	-	8.6	2.4	-	-	-	4.2	8.2	19.4	.425	-	-	-	6.7	8.1	.833
Alvin Scott	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Arizin	3	41.7	22.3	-	-	8.7	4.0	-	-	-	5.7	7.3	22.3	.328	-	-	-	7.7	11.0	.697
Alvin Scott	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Paul Arizin	Alvin Scott
Season	1961-62	-
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors 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		%
Paul Arizin	78	35.7	21.9	-	-	6.8	2.6	-	-	-	3.9	7.8	19.1	.410	-	-	-	6.2	7.7	.805
Alvin Scott	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Arizin	12	38.3	23.2	-	-	6.7	2.2	-	-	-	3.7	7.9	21.1	.375	-	-	-	7.3	8.5	.863
Alvin Scott	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-