Arvydas Sabonis vs. Lorenzen Wright Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lorenzen Wright and Arvydas Sabonis, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Arvydas Sabonis played 7 years in the NBA, 6 less than Lorenzen Wright, who played 13. Arvydas Sabonis had the first of his seasons in 1995-96, while Lorenzen Wright had his rookie season in 1996-97. 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
Arvydas Sabonis	7	7	1995-96 to 2002-03
Lorenzen Wright	13	4	1996-97 to 2008-09

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Arvydas Sabonis	Lorenzen Wright
Season	1995-96	1996-97
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Clippers 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		%
Arvydas Sabonis	73	23.8	14.5	2.0	6.0	8.1	1.8	0.9	1.1	2.1	2.9	5.4	9.9	.545	0.5	1.4	.375	3.2	4.2	.757
Lorenzen Wright	77	25.1	7.3	2.7	3.4	6.1	0.6	0.6	0.8	1.0	2.7	3.1	6.4	.481	0.0	0.1	.250	1.1	1.9	.587

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Arvydas Sabonis	5	35.4	23.6	2.4	7.8	10.2	1.8	0.8	0.6	2.0	3.4	7.0	16.2	.432	1.0	1.8	.556	8.6	12.0	.717
Lorenzen Wright	3	30.7	10.3	2.3	5.0	7.3	0.7	1.0	0.7	0.3	2.0	4.3	10.7	.406	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	1.7	1.000


Season 2
	Arvydas Sabonis	Lorenzen Wright
Season	1996-97	1997-98
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Arvydas Sabonis	69	25.5	13.4	1.7	6.3	7.9	2.1	0.9	1.2	2.2	2.9	4.8	9.5	.498	0.7	1.9	.371	3.2	4.2	.777
Lorenzen Wright	69	30.0	9.0	2.6	6.2	8.8	0.8	0.8	1.3	1.2	3.4	3.5	7.9	.445	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	3.1	.659

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Arvydas Sabonis	4	26.8	11.3	2.0	4.5	6.5	2.3	0.8	0.8	2.3	4.8	4.5	10.5	.429	0.5	2.0	.250	1.8	2.0	.875
Lorenzen Wright	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Arvydas Sabonis	Lorenzen Wright
Season	1997-98	1998-99
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Arvydas Sabonis	73	32.0	16.0	2.0	7.9	10.0	3.0	0.9	1.1	2.6	3.7	5.6	11.3	.493	0.4	1.6	.261	4.4	5.5	.798
Lorenzen Wright	48	23.6	6.6	3.0	4.6	7.5	0.7	0.5	0.8	1.0	3.4	2.5	5.4	.458	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.4	.692

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Arvydas Sabonis	4	26.8	12.3	1.8	6.0	7.8	1.5	1.8	0.8	2.5	4.8	4.5	10.0	.450	0.3	0.5	.500	3.0	3.5	.857
Lorenzen Wright	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Arvydas Sabonis	Lorenzen Wright
Season	1998-99	1999-00
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 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		%
Arvydas Sabonis	50	27.0	12.1	1.8	6.1	7.9	2.4	0.7	1.3	1.7	2.9	4.6	9.6	.485	0.1	0.5	.292	2.7	3.5	.771
Lorenzen Wright	75	16.1	6.0	1.6	2.5	4.1	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.9	2.7	2.4	4.8	.499	0.0	0.0	.333	1.2	1.8	.644

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Arvydas Sabonis	13	30.1	10.0	0.9	7.8	8.8	2.2	1.2	1.2	1.5	2.7	3.5	8.7	.398	0.1	0.4	.200	3.0	3.3	.907
Lorenzen Wright	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Arvydas Sabonis	Lorenzen Wright
Season	1999-00	2000-01
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 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		%
Arvydas Sabonis	66	25.6	11.8	1.5	6.3	7.8	1.8	0.7	1.2	1.5	2.8	4.6	9.1	.505	0.1	0.3	.368	2.5	3.0	.843
Lorenzen Wright	71	28.0	12.4	2.5	5.0	7.5	1.2	0.6	0.9	1.8	3.3	5.1	11.4	.448	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	3.0	.718

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Arvydas Sabonis	16	30.8	11.3	1.2	5.5	6.7	1.9	0.9	0.8	1.6	3.7	4.3	9.4	.453	0.4	1.3	.286	2.4	3.1	.796
Lorenzen Wright	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Arvydas Sabonis	Lorenzen Wright
Season	2000-01	2001-02
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Arvydas Sabonis	61	21.3	10.1	0.8	4.6	5.4	1.5	0.7	1.0	1.4	2.2	4.0	8.5	.479	0.0	0.2	.067	2.0	2.6	.776
Lorenzen Wright	43	29.1	12.0	3.0	6.4	9.4	1.0	0.7	0.5	1.7	2.9	5.2	11.3	.459	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.9	.569

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Arvydas Sabonis	3	35.0	11.3	2.7	5.7	8.3	2.7	0.3	2.3	0.7	4.0	4.7	9.7	.483	0.0	0.7	.000	2.0	2.7	.750
Lorenzen Wright	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Arvydas Sabonis didn't play in 2001-02.


Season 7
	Arvydas Sabonis	Lorenzen Wright
Season	2002-03	2002-03
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Arvydas Sabonis	78	15.5	6.1	1.1	3.2	4.3	1.8	0.8	0.6	1.0	1.8	2.2	4.6	.476	0.0	0.1	.500	1.7	2.1	.787
Lorenzen Wright	70	28.3	11.4	2.4	5.1	7.5	1.1	0.7	0.8	1.6	3.0	4.6	10.2	.454	0.0	0.1	.000	2.1	3.2	.659

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Arvydas Sabonis	6	14.5	10.0	1.0	3.0	4.0	0.8	0.7	0.7	1.0	2.3	4.0	6.0	.667	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.5	.800
Lorenzen Wright	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Arvydas Sabonis	Lorenzen Wright
Season	-	2003-04
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		%
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lorenzen Wright	65	25.8	9.4	2.2	4.6	6.8	1.1	0.7	0.9	1.2	3.0	4.0	9.0	.439	0.0	0.1	.000	1.5	2.0	.733

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lorenzen Wright	4	24.8	5.5	1.3	3.0	4.3	0.5	1.0	0.5	1.3	3.8	2.5	5.8	.435	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.5	.333


Season 9
	Arvydas Sabonis	Lorenzen Wright
Season	-	2004-05
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		%
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lorenzen Wright	80	28.6	9.6	2.2	5.5	7.7	1.1	0.7	0.9	1.3	3.1	4.0	8.5	.469	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.5	.662

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lorenzen Wright	4	21.0	8.3	1.5	3.5	5.0	2.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	2.5	4.0	7.0	.571	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500


Season 10
	Arvydas Sabonis	Lorenzen Wright
Season	-	2005-06
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		%
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lorenzen Wright	78	21.7	5.8	1.8	3.2	5.1	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.9	2.6	2.5	5.2	.478	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.5	.564

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lorenzen Wright	4	21.5	7.3	2.8	2.3	5.0	0.8	0.0	1.0	1.3	2.3	2.8	4.5	.611	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.5	.700


Season 11
	Arvydas Sabonis	Lorenzen Wright
Season	-	2006-07
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lorenzen Wright	67	15.4	2.6	1.3	2.0	3.2	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.6	3.0	1.2	2.7	.448	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.5	.281

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lorenzen Wright	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Arvydas Sabonis	Lorenzen Wright
Season	-	2007-08
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks, Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lorenzen Wright	18	8.9	0.8	0.4	1.7	2.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.7	0.3	1.2	.286	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.3	.500

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lorenzen Wright	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Arvydas Sabonis	Lorenzen Wright
Season	-	2008-09
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lorenzen Wright	17	7.4	1.4	0.4	1.1	1.5	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.5	1.0	0.6	1.6	.370	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.5	.375

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lorenzen Wright	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Arvydas Sabonis vs. Lorenzen Wright Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lorenzen Wright and Arvydas Sabonis, 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

Season 12

Season 13