Arvydas Sabonis vs. Max Zaslofsky Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Max Zaslofsky 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

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, 3 less than Max Zaslofsky, who played 10. Arvydas Sabonis had the first of his seasons in 1995-96, while Max Zaslofsky had his rookie season in 1946-47. 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
Max Zaslofsky	10	8	1946-47 to 1955-56

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Arvydas Sabonis	Max Zaslofsky
Season	1995-96	1946-47
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Chicago Stags
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Stags 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		%
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
Max Zaslofsky	61	-	14.4	-	-	-	0.7	-	-	-	2.0	5.5	16.7	.329	-	-	-	3.4	4.6	.737

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
Max Zaslofsky	11	-	13.5	-	-	-	0.4	-	-	-	2.4	5.5	18.1	.302	-	-	-	2.6	4.0	.659


Season 2
	Arvydas Sabonis	Max Zaslofsky
Season	1996-97	1947-48
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Chicago Stags
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	Scoring Leader
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Stags Lost Semifinals

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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
Max Zaslofsky	48	-	21.0	-	-	-	0.6	-	-	-	2.6	7.8	24.1	.323	-	-	-	5.4	6.9	.784

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
Max Zaslofsky	5	-	19.4	-	-	-	0.0	-	-	-	3.4	6.0	17.6	.341	-	-	-	7.4	9.4	.787


Season 3
	Arvydas Sabonis	Max Zaslofsky
Season	1997-98	1948-49
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Chicago Stags
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Stags Lost West 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		%
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
Max Zaslofsky	58	-	20.6	-	-	-	2.6	-	-	-	2.7	7.3	21.0	.350	-	-	-	6.0	7.1	.840

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
Max Zaslofsky	2	-	22.0	-	-	-	3.0	-	-	-	1.5	7.5	24.5	.306	-	-	-	7.0	9.0	.778


Season 4
	Arvydas Sabonis	Max Zaslofsky
Season	1998-99	1949-50
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Chicago Stags
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals	Stags Lost Cent 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		%
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
Max Zaslofsky	68	-	16.4	-	-	-	2.3	-	-	-	2.7	5.8	16.6	.351	-	-	-	4.7	5.6	.843

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
Max Zaslofsky	2	-	22.5	-	-	-	3.0	-	-	-	3.5	7.5	16.0	.469	-	-	-	7.5	9.0	.833


Season 5
	Arvydas Sabonis	Max Zaslofsky
Season	1999-00	1950-51
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals	Knicks 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		%
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
Max Zaslofsky	66	-	12.7	-	-	3.5	2.1	-	-	-	2.3	4.6	12.9	.354	-	-	-	3.5	4.5	.775

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
Max Zaslofsky	14	-	17.9	-	-	4.1	2.7	-	-	-	3.1	6.3	15.5	.406	-	-	-	5.3	7.1	.740


Season 6
	Arvydas Sabonis	Max Zaslofsky
Season	2000-01	1951-52
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks 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		%
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
Max Zaslofsky	66	32.0	14.1	-	-	2.9	2.4	-	-	-	2.8	4.9	14.5	.336	-	-	-	4.3	5.8	.755

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
Max Zaslofsky	14	36.1	16.2	-	-	3.1	1.6	-	-	-	3.6	4.9	13.2	.373	-	-	-	6.4	7.9	.809

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


Season 7
	Arvydas Sabonis	Max Zaslofsky
Season	2002-03	1952-53
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New York Knicks
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
Max Zaslofsky	29	24.9	11.9	-	-	2.6	1.9	-	-	-	2.8	4.2	11.0	.384	-	-	-	3.4	4.9	.690

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
Max Zaslofsky	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Arvydas Sabonis	Max Zaslofsky
Season	-	1953-54
Team	-	Baltimore Bullets (1st), Milwaukee Hawks, Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pistons Lost W Div Round Robin

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Max Zaslofsky	65	28.9	12.5	-	-	2.5	2.4	-	-	-	2.2	4.3	11.6	.368	-	-	-	3.9	5.5	.714

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Max Zaslofsky	4	24.5	8.8	-	-	0.8	1.5	-	-	-	1.8	2.8	9.0	.306	-	-	-	3.3	3.8	.867


Season 9
	Arvydas Sabonis	Max Zaslofsky
Season	-	1954-55
Team	-	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pistons 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		%
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Max Zaslofsky	70	26.6	11.2	-	-	2.7	2.9	-	-	-	1.9	3.8	11.7	.328	-	-	-	3.5	5.0	.702

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Max Zaslofsky	11	11.7	4.7	-	-	1.5	1.6	-	-	-	1.8	1.6	4.0	.409	-	-	-	1.5	1.8	.800


Season 10
	Arvydas Sabonis	Max Zaslofsky
Season	-	1955-56
Team	-	Fort Wayne Pistons
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Max Zaslofsky	9	20.2	9.8	-	-	1.8	1.8	-	-	-	2.0	3.2	9.0	.358	-	-	-	3.3	3.9	.857

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

Arvydas Sabonis vs. Max Zaslofsky Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Max Zaslofsky 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