Adrian Dantley vs. Tom Sanders Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tom Sanders and Adrian Dantley, 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.
Adrian Dantley played 15 years in the NBA, 2 more than Tom Sanders, who played 13. Adrian Dantley had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Tom Sanders had his rookie season in 1960-61. 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 |
Adrian Dantley |
15 |
7 |
1976-77 to 1990-91 |
Tom Sanders |
13 |
11 |
1960-61 to 1972-73 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Adrian Dantley |
77 |
36.6 |
20.3 |
3.3 |
4.4 |
7.6 |
1.9 |
1.2 |
0.2 |
- |
2.8 |
7.1 |
13.6 |
.520 |
- |
- |
- |
6.2 |
7.6 |
.818 |
Tom Sanders |
68 |
15.9 |
5.3 |
- |
- |
5.7 |
0.6 |
- |
- |
- |
1.9 |
2.2 |
5.2 |
.420 |
- |
- |
- |
1.0 |
1.5 |
.670 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Adrian Dantley |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Tom Sanders |
10 |
21.6 |
8.9 |
- |
- |
8.4 |
0.7 |
- |
- |
- |
4.2 |
3.7 |
7.5 |
.493 |
- |
- |
- |
1.5 |
2.4 |
.625 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Adrian Dantley |
79 |
37.1 |
21.5 |
3.4 |
4.5 |
7.8 |
3.2 |
1.5 |
0.3 |
2.9 |
2.9 |
7.3 |
14.3 |
.512 |
- |
- |
- |
6.8 |
8.6 |
.796 |
Tom Sanders |
80 |
29.1 |
11.2 |
- |
- |
9.5 |
0.9 |
- |
- |
- |
3.5 |
4.4 |
10.1 |
.435 |
- |
- |
- |
2.5 |
3.3 |
.749 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Adrian Dantley |
3 |
34.7 |
17.0 |
3.0 |
5.3 |
8.3 |
3.7 |
1.7 |
1.0 |
2.0 |
3.0 |
6.7 |
11.7 |
.571 |
- |
- |
- |
3.7 |
5.7 |
.647 |
Tom Sanders |
14 |
31.4 |
10.1 |
- |
- |
8.2 |
1.0 |
- |
- |
- |
4.6 |
4.0 |
9.3 |
.431 |
- |
- |
- |
2.1 |
2.6 |
.806 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Adrian Dantley |
60 |
29.6 |
17.3 |
2.2 |
3.5 |
5.7 |
2.3 |
1.1 |
0.2 |
2.6 |
2.7 |
6.2 |
12.2 |
.510 |
- |
- |
- |
4.9 |
5.7 |
.854 |
Tom Sanders |
80 |
26.9 |
10.8 |
- |
- |
7.2 |
1.2 |
- |
- |
- |
3.3 |
4.2 |
9.3 |
.456 |
- |
- |
- |
2.3 |
3.2 |
.738 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Adrian Dantley |
8 |
29.5 |
17.6 |
1.3 |
2.9 |
4.1 |
1.4 |
0.8 |
0.1 |
2.4 |
3.0 |
6.3 |
11.1 |
.562 |
- |
- |
- |
5.1 |
6.5 |
.788 |
Tom Sanders |
13 |
29.8 |
9.8 |
- |
- |
7.4 |
1.5 |
- |
- |
- |
4.7 |
4.0 |
9.2 |
.437 |
- |
- |
- |
1.8 |
2.4 |
.774 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Adrian Dantley |
68 |
39.3 |
28.0 |
2.7 |
4.9 |
7.6 |
2.8 |
1.4 |
0.2 |
3.4 |
3.1 |
10.7 |
18.6 |
.576 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
6.5 |
7.7 |
.842 |
Tom Sanders |
80 |
29.6 |
11.4 |
- |
- |
8.3 |
1.3 |
- |
- |
- |
3.5 |
4.4 |
10.5 |
.417 |
- |
- |
- |
2.7 |
3.5 |
.761 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Adrian Dantley |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Tom Sanders |
10 |
30.2 |
9.1 |
- |
- |
6.8 |
0.6 |
- |
- |
- |
4.5 |
3.4 |
9.4 |
.362 |
- |
- |
- |
2.3 |
3.4 |
.676 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Adrian Dantley |
80 |
42.7 |
30.7 |
2.4 |
4.0 |
6.4 |
4.0 |
1.4 |
0.2 |
3.5 |
3.1 |
11.4 |
20.3 |
.559 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.286 |
7.9 |
9.8 |
.806 |
Tom Sanders |
80 |
30.7 |
11.8 |
- |
- |
8.3 |
1.2 |
- |
- |
- |
4.0 |
4.7 |
10.9 |
.429 |
- |
- |
- |
2.4 |
3.2 |
.745 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Adrian Dantley |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Tom Sanders |
12 |
30.4 |
13.3 |
- |
- |
8.5 |
1.6 |
- |
- |
- |
4.8 |
5.3 |
12.7 |
.421 |
- |
- |
- |
2.6 |
3.6 |
.721 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Adrian Dantley |
81 |
39.8 |
30.3 |
2.9 |
3.5 |
6.3 |
4.0 |
1.2 |
0.2 |
3.7 |
3.1 |
11.2 |
19.6 |
.570 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.333 |
8.0 |
10.1 |
.792 |
Tom Sanders |
72 |
26.3 |
12.6 |
- |
- |
7.1 |
1.3 |
- |
- |
- |
4.4 |
4.8 |
11.3 |
.428 |
- |
- |
- |
2.9 |
3.8 |
.764 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Adrian Dantley |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Tom Sanders |
17 |
29.4 |
13.5 |
- |
- |
6.5 |
1.6 |
- |
- |
- |
4.1 |
5.7 |
11.8 |
.483 |
- |
- |
- |
2.1 |
2.8 |
.750 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Adrian Dantley |
22 |
40.3 |
30.7 |
2.6 |
3.7 |
6.4 |
4.8 |
0.9 |
0.0 |
3.7 |
2.8 |
10.6 |
18.3 |
.580 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
9.5 |
11.3 |
.847 |
Tom Sanders |
81 |
23.8 |
10.2 |
- |
- |
5.4 |
1.1 |
- |
- |
- |
3.8 |
4.0 |
9.3 |
.428 |
- |
- |
- |
2.2 |
2.7 |
.817 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Adrian Dantley |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Tom Sanders |
9 |
16.0 |
4.9 |
- |
- |
4.8 |
0.6 |
- |
- |
- |
3.4 |
2.3 |
6.8 |
.344 |
- |
- |
- |
0.2 |
0.6 |
.400 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Adrian Dantley |
79 |
37.8 |
30.6 |
2.3 |
3.4 |
5.7 |
3.9 |
0.8 |
0.1 |
3.3 |
2.5 |
10.2 |
18.2 |
.558 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.250 |
10.3 |
12.0 |
.859 |
Tom Sanders |
78 |
25.4 |
10.2 |
- |
- |
5.8 |
1.3 |
- |
- |
- |
3.8 |
3.8 |
8.9 |
.428 |
- |
- |
- |
2.6 |
3.3 |
.784 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Adrian Dantley |
11 |
41.3 |
32.2 |
3.4 |
4.2 |
7.5 |
4.2 |
0.9 |
0.1 |
3.5 |
2.7 |
10.6 |
21.1 |
.504 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
10.9 |
12.6 |
.863 |
Tom Sanders |
14 |
20.6 |
8.3 |
- |
- |
4.5 |
0.9 |
- |
- |
- |
3.8 |
3.6 |
7.1 |
.505 |
- |
- |
- |
1.1 |
1.5 |
.762 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Adrian Dantley |
55 |
35.8 |
26.6 |
2.7 |
3.2 |
5.9 |
3.4 |
1.0 |
0.1 |
3.1 |
2.4 |
9.3 |
17.5 |
.531 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
8.0 |
9.9 |
.804 |
Tom Sanders |
82 |
26.6 |
11.2 |
- |
- |
7.0 |
1.3 |
- |
- |
- |
3.6 |
4.4 |
10.3 |
.430 |
- |
- |
- |
2.3 |
3.1 |
.733 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Adrian Dantley |
10 |
39.8 |
25.3 |
2.5 |
5.0 |
7.5 |
2.0 |
1.6 |
0.0 |
3.6 |
3.9 |
7.9 |
15.1 |
.523 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
9.5 |
12.2 |
.779 |
Tom Sanders |
15 |
13.1 |
5.8 |
- |
- |
3.2 |
0.5 |
- |
- |
- |
2.7 |
2.1 |
4.9 |
.438 |
- |
- |
- |
1.5 |
2.1 |
.742 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Adrian Dantley |
76 |
36.1 |
29.8 |
2.3 |
2.9 |
5.2 |
3.5 |
0.8 |
0.1 |
3.0 |
2.7 |
10.8 |
19.1 |
.563 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.091 |
8.3 |
10.5 |
.791 |
Tom Sanders |
57 |
28.4 |
11.5 |
- |
- |
5.5 |
1.6 |
- |
- |
- |
3.5 |
4.3 |
9.7 |
.443 |
- |
- |
- |
2.8 |
3.2 |
.880 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Adrian Dantley |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Tom Sanders |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Adrian Dantley |
81 |
33.8 |
21.5 |
1.3 |
2.8 |
4.1 |
2.0 |
0.8 |
0.1 |
2.2 |
2.4 |
7.4 |
13.9 |
.534 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.167 |
6.7 |
8.2 |
.812 |
Tom Sanders |
17 |
7.1 |
2.3 |
- |
- |
1.0 |
0.6 |
- |
- |
- |
1.5 |
0.9 |
2.6 |
.364 |
- |
- |
- |
0.4 |
0.5 |
.875 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Adrian Dantley |
15 |
33.3 |
20.5 |
1.9 |
2.6 |
4.5 |
2.3 |
0.9 |
0.0 |
2.2 |
2.4 |
7.4 |
13.7 |
.539 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
5.7 |
7.4 |
.775 |
Tom Sanders |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Adrian Dantley |
69 |
31.1 |
20.0 |
1.2 |
2.1 |
3.3 |
2.5 |
0.6 |
0.1 |
2.0 |
2.1 |
6.4 |
12.5 |
.514 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
7.1 |
8.3 |
.860 |
Tom Sanders |
82 |
19.9 |
6.6 |
- |
- |
4.3 |
1.2 |
- |
- |
- |
3.1 |
2.6 |
6.4 |
.410 |
- |
- |
- |
1.4 |
1.7 |
.816 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Adrian Dantley |
23 |
35.0 |
19.4 |
1.6 |
3.0 |
4.7 |
2.0 |
0.8 |
0.0 |
2.2 |
2.2 |
6.7 |
12.7 |
.524 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
6.1 |
7.7 |
.787 |
Tom Sanders |
11 |
16.9 |
4.3 |
- |
- |
2.4 |
0.9 |
- |
- |
- |
3.3 |
1.5 |
4.8 |
.321 |
- |
- |
- |
1.2 |
1.9 |
.619 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Adrian Dantley |
73 |
33.2 |
19.2 |
1.6 |
2.7 |
4.3 |
2.3 |
0.6 |
0.2 |
2.2 |
2.5 |
6.4 |
13.1 |
.493 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
6.3 |
7.8 |
.810 |
Tom Sanders |
59 |
7.2 |
2.0 |
- |
- |
1.5 |
0.5 |
- |
- |
- |
1.4 |
0.8 |
2.5 |
.315 |
- |
- |
- |
0.4 |
0.6 |
.657 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Adrian Dantley |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Tom Sanders |
5 |
4.8 |
2.0 |
- |
- |
1.0 |
0.2 |
- |
- |
- |
1.4 |
1.0 |
1.8 |
.556 |
- |
- |
- |
0.0 |
0.4 |
.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 |
% |
Adrian Dantley |
45 |
28.9 |
14.7 |
1.7 |
2.1 |
3.8 |
1.8 |
0.4 |
0.2 |
1.7 |
2.2 |
5.1 |
10.8 |
.477 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
4.4 |
5.6 |
.787 |
Tom Sanders |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Adrian Dantley |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
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Tom Sanders |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Adrian Dantley |
10 |
12.6 |
5.7 |
0.8 |
0.5 |
1.3 |
0.9 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
0.6 |
0.8 |
1.9 |
5.0 |
.380 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
.333 |
1.8 |
2.6 |
.692 |
Tom Sanders |
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Playoffs Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Adrian Dantley |
3 |
6.3 |
1.7 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
1.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.7 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
2.3 |
.143 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
1.0 |
1.3 |
.750 |
Tom Sanders |
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