Paul Arizin vs. Thabo Sefolosha Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Thabo Sefolosha 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, 4 less than Thabo Sefolosha, who played 14. Paul Arizin had the first of his seasons in 1950-51, while Thabo Sefolosha had his rookie season in 2006-07. 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	Thabo Sefolosha
Season	1950-51	2006-07
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Semis	Bulls 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		%
Paul Arizin	65	-	17.2	-	-	9.8	2.1	-	-	-	4.4	5.4	13.3	.407	-	-	-	6.4	8.1	.793
Thabo Sefolosha	71	12.2	3.6	0.5	1.7	2.2	0.8	0.5	0.2	0.8	1.4	1.5	3.6	.426	0.2	0.6	.357	0.3	0.6	.511
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
Thabo Sefolosha	9	11.0	3.3	0.4	1.4	1.9	0.8	0.2	0.0	0.8	1.2	1.1	2.9	.385	0.3	0.9	.375	0.8	1.3	.583

Season 2
	Paul Arizin	Thabo Sefolosha
Season	1951-52	2007-08
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Chicago Bulls
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
Thabo Sefolosha	69	20.8	6.7	0.7	3.0	3.7	1.9	0.9	0.4	1.3	1.9	2.6	6.1	.428	0.4	1.3	.330	1.1	1.5	.721
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
Thabo Sefolosha	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 3
	Paul Arizin	Thabo Sefolosha
Season	1954-55	2008-09
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Chicago Bulls, Oklahoma City Thunder
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
Thabo Sefolosha	66	22.0	5.9	0.8	2.8	3.7	1.7	1.1	0.7	1.0	1.6	2.3	5.4	.426	0.4	1.3	.276	0.9	1.1	.836
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Arizin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thabo Sefolosha	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Paul Arizin	Thabo Sefolosha
Season	1955-56	2009-10
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Thunder 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	37.8	24.2	-	-	7.5	2.6	-	-	-	3.9	8.6	19.1	.448	-	-	-	7.0	8.7	.810
Thabo Sefolosha	82	28.6	6.0	0.9	3.8	4.7	1.8	1.2	0.6	1.1	1.9	2.4	5.4	.440	0.5	1.6	.313	0.7	1.1	.674
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
Thabo Sefolosha	6	21.2	4.5	0.5	2.5	3.0	1.2	0.8	1.0	0.3	2.5	1.3	4.5	.296	0.5	2.2	.231	1.3	1.5	.889

Season 5
	Paul Arizin	Thabo Sefolosha
Season	1956-57	2010-11
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Semis	Thunder 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	71	39.0	25.6	-	-	7.9	2.1	-	-	-	3.9	8.6	20.4	.422	-	-	-	8.3	10.0	.829
Thabo Sefolosha	79	25.9	5.1	0.8	3.6	4.4	1.4	1.2	0.5	0.7	2.2	2.0	4.2	.471	0.4	1.3	.275	0.7	1.0	.747
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
Thabo Sefolosha	17	20.2	4.6	0.7	2.4	3.1	0.7	0.9	0.3	0.9	1.4	1.8	3.9	.463	0.2	1.5	.154	0.8	0.8	1.000

Season 6
	Paul Arizin	Thabo Sefolosha
Season	1957-58	2011-12
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Finals	Thunder 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	68	35.0	20.7	-	-	7.4	2.0	-	-	-	3.5	7.1	18.1	.393	-	-	-	6.5	8.0	.809
Thabo Sefolosha	42	21.8	4.8	0.5	2.5	3.0	1.1	0.9	0.4	1.0	1.9	1.6	3.7	.432	0.7	1.7	.437	0.9	1.0	.884
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
Thabo Sefolosha	20	22.3	5.3	0.6	2.1	2.7	1.3	1.5	0.5	0.6	2.2	2.1	5.1	.402	0.8	2.5	.327	0.4	0.5	.889

Season 7
	Paul Arizin	Thabo Sefolosha
Season	1958-59	2012-13
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder 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	70	40.0	26.4	-	-	9.1	1.7	-	-	-	3.8	9.0	20.9	.431	-	-	-	8.4	10.3	.813
Thabo Sefolosha	81	27.5	7.6	0.7	3.2	3.9	1.5	1.3	0.5	0.8	2.2	2.8	5.8	.481	1.3	3.2	.419	0.7	0.9	.826
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Arizin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thabo Sefolosha	11	27.3	5.7	1.2	3.3	4.5	2.1	1.1	0.5	0.7	2.4	1.9	5.5	.344	1.1	3.5	.316	0.8	1.0	.818

Season 8
	Paul Arizin	Thabo Sefolosha
Season	1959-60	2013-14
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Finals	Thunder 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	72	36.4	22.3	-	-	8.6	2.3	-	-	-	3.7	8.2	19.4	.424	-	-	-	5.8	7.3	.798
Thabo Sefolosha	61	26.0	6.3	0.8	2.8	3.6	1.5	1.3	0.3	0.9	1.5	2.3	5.6	.415	0.8	2.5	.316	0.9	1.1	.768
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
Thabo Sefolosha	15	15.7	3.7	0.5	1.6	2.1	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.5	0.7	1.5	3.7	.418	0.4	1.5	.261	0.3	0.3	.800

Season 9
	Paul Arizin	Thabo Sefolosha
Season	1960-61	2014-15
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Atlanta Hawks
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
Thabo Sefolosha	52	18.8	5.3	1.0	3.3	4.3	1.4	1.0	0.4	0.7	1.3	2.0	4.8	.418	0.5	1.5	.321	0.9	1.1	.776
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
Thabo Sefolosha	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Paul Arizin	Thabo Sefolosha
Season	1961-62	2015-16
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Finals	Hawks 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		%
Paul Arizin	78	35.7	21.9	-	-	6.8	2.6	-	-	-	3.9	7.8	19.1	.410	-	-	-	6.2	7.7	.805
Thabo Sefolosha	75	23.4	6.4	0.7	3.8	4.5	1.4	1.1	0.5	0.9	1.5	2.5	4.9	.507	0.6	1.6	.341	0.8	1.3	.626
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
Thabo Sefolosha	10	20.3	5.9	0.8	3.3	4.1	1.7	1.0	0.6	1.0	1.7	2.2	4.6	.478	0.7	1.9	.368	0.8	1.5	.533