Paul Arizin vs. DeSagana Diop Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of DeSagana Diop 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 less than DeSagana Diop, who played 12. Paul Arizin had the first of his seasons in 1950-51, while DeSagana Diop had his rookie season in 2001-02. 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12
Rookie Season
	Paul Arizin	DeSagana Diop
Season	1950-51	2001-02
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Paul Arizin	65	-	17.2	-	-	9.8	2.1	-	-	-	4.4	5.4	13.3	.407	-	-	-	6.4	8.1	.793
DeSagana Diop	18	6.1	1.4	0.3	0.7	0.9	0.3	0.1	0.6	0.7	1.1	0.7	1.6	.414	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.3	.200
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
DeSagana Diop	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Paul Arizin	DeSagana Diop
Season	1951-52	2002-03
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Paul Arizin	66	44.5	25.4	-	-	11.3	2.6	-	-	-	3.8	8.3	18.5	.448	-	-	-	8.8	10.7	.818
DeSagana Diop	80	11.8	1.5	0.8	1.9	2.7	0.5	0.4	1.0	0.7	1.9	0.7	1.9	.351	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.4	.367
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
DeSagana Diop	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 3
	Paul Arizin	DeSagana Diop
Season	1954-55	2003-04
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Paul Arizin	72	41.0	21.0	-	-	9.4	2.9	-	-	-	3.8	7.3	18.4	.399	-	-	-	6.3	8.1	.776
DeSagana Diop	56	13.0	2.3	1.3	2.3	3.6	0.6	0.5	0.9	0.5	2.1	1.0	2.6	.388	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.600
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Arizin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeSagana Diop	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Paul Arizin	DeSagana Diop
Season	1955-56	2004-05
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Paul Arizin	72	37.8	24.2	-	-	7.5	2.6	-	-	-	3.9	8.6	19.1	.448	-	-	-	7.0	8.7	.810
DeSagana Diop	39	7.8	1.0	0.8	1.0	1.8	0.4	0.2	0.7	0.3	1.4	0.5	1.8	.290	0.0	0.1	.000	0.0	0.1	.000
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
DeSagana Diop	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Paul Arizin	DeSagana Diop
Season	1956-57	2005-06
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Semis	Mavericks Lost NBA 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	71	39.0	25.6	-	-	7.9	2.1	-	-	-	3.9	8.6	20.4	.422	-	-	-	8.3	10.0	.829
DeSagana Diop	81	18.6	2.3	1.8	2.8	4.6	0.3	0.5	1.8	0.4	3.1	0.9	1.9	.487	0.0	0.0	.500	0.5	0.9	.542
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
DeSagana Diop	22	18.5	2.7	1.8	3.1	5.0	0.1	0.6	1.3	0.5	3.7	1.1	1.8	.615	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.8	.611

Season 6
	Paul Arizin	DeSagana Diop
Season	1957-58	2006-07
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Finals	Mavericks 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
DeSagana Diop	81	18.3	2.3	2.0	3.4	5.4	0.4	0.5	1.4	0.8	3.0	0.9	1.9	.470	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	1.1	.558
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
DeSagana Diop	6	23.3	3.5	2.7	4.2	6.8	0.3	0.5	1.7	0.7	3.5	1.5	2.5	.600	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.2	.429

Season 7
	Paul Arizin	DeSagana Diop
Season	1958-59	2007-08
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Dallas Mavericks, New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Paul Arizin	70	40.0	26.4	-	-	9.1	1.7	-	-	-	3.8	9.0	20.9	.431	-	-	-	8.4	10.3	.813
DeSagana Diop	79	16.4	2.9	2.0	2.9	5.0	0.5	0.3	1.1	0.7	1.8	1.2	2.3	.522	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.9	.543
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Arizin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeSagana Diop	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Paul Arizin	DeSagana Diop
Season	1959-60	2008-09
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Dallas Mavericks, Charlotte Bobcats
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Finals	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		%
Paul Arizin	72	36.4	22.3	-	-	8.6	2.3	-	-	-	3.7	8.2	19.4	.424	-	-	-	5.8	7.3	.798
DeSagana Diop	75	13.8	2.3	1.5	2.1	3.6	0.4	0.4	0.7	0.5	1.7	1.0	2.3	.433	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.9	.333
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
DeSagana Diop	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Paul Arizin	DeSagana Diop
Season	1960-61	2009-10
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Charlotte Bobcats
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Paul Arizin	79	37.2	23.2	-	-	8.6	2.4	-	-	-	4.2	8.2	19.4	.425	-	-	-	6.7	8.1	.833
DeSagana Diop	27	9.7	1.2	0.9	1.5	2.4	0.2	0.2	0.5	0.4	1.1	0.6	1.1	.517	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.3	.222
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
DeSagana Diop	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Paul Arizin	DeSagana Diop
Season	1961-62	2010-11
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Charlotte Bobcats
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Finals	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		%
Paul Arizin	78	35.7	21.9	-	-	6.8	2.6	-	-	-	3.9	7.8	19.1	.410	-	-	-	6.2	7.7	.805
DeSagana Diop	16	11.3	1.3	0.8	1.8	2.5	0.4	0.3	0.9	0.7	1.6	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.364
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
DeSagana Diop	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-