Bill Bradley vs. Arvydas Sabonis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Arvydas Sabonis and Bill Bradley, 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.

Bill Bradley played 10 years in the NBA, 3 more than Arvydas Sabonis, who played 7. Bill Bradley had the first of his seasons in 1967-68, while Arvydas Sabonis had his rookie season in 1995-96. 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
Bill Bradley	10	8	1967-68 to 1976-77
Arvydas Sabonis	7	7	1995-96 to 2002-03

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bill Bradley	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1967-68	1995-96
Team	New York Knicks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Semis	Trail Blazers 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		%
Bill Bradley	45	19.4	8.0	-	-	2.5	3.0	-	-	-	3.1	3.2	7.6	.416	-	-	-	1.7	2.3	.731
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bradley	6	10.7	5.5	-	-	1.0	0.3	-	-	-	1.2	2.0	4.7	.429	-	-	-	1.5	2.2	.692
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


Season 2
	Bill Bradley	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1968-69	1996-97
Team	New York Knicks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Finals	Trail Blazers 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		%
Bill Bradley	82	29.4	12.4	-	-	4.3	3.7	-	-	-	3.6	5.0	11.6	.429	-	-	-	2.5	3.1	.814
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bradley	10	41.9	16.0	-	-	7.3	4.0	-	-	-	3.8	6.5	14.1	.461	-	-	-	3.0	3.9	.769
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


Season 3
	Bill Bradley	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1969-70	1997-98
Team	New York Knicks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Trail Blazers 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		%
Bill Bradley	67	31.3	14.5	-	-	3.6	4.0	-	-	-	3.3	6.2	13.4	.460	-	-	-	2.2	2.6	.824
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bradley	19	32.4	12.4	-	-	3.8	3.2	-	-	-	3.1	5.3	12.3	.429	-	-	-	1.8	2.3	.814
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


Season 4
	Bill Bradley	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1970-71	1998-99
Team	New York Knicks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Trail Blazers 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		%
Bill Bradley	78	29.5	12.4	-	-	3.3	3.6	-	-	-	3.1	5.3	11.7	.453	-	-	-	1.8	2.2	.823
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bradley	12	30.7	10.5	-	-	3.4	3.6	-	-	-	3.3	4.7	11.0	.424	-	-	-	1.2	1.6	.737
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


Season 5
	Bill Bradley	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1971-72	1999-00
Team	New York Knicks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	Trail Blazers 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		%
Bill Bradley	78	35.6	15.1	-	-	3.2	4.0	-	-	-	3.3	6.5	13.9	.465	-	-	-	2.2	2.6	.849
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bradley	16	37.1	16.2	-	-	2.9	3.4	-	-	-	4.1	6.6	14.2	.467	-	-	-	2.9	3.5	.839
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


Season 6
	Bill Bradley	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1972-73	2000-01
Team	New York Knicks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Trail Blazers 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		%
Bill Bradley	82	36.6	16.1	-	-	3.7	4.5	-	-	-	3.3	7.0	15.3	.459	-	-	-	2.1	2.4	.871
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bradley	17	34.5	14.0	-	-	3.4	2.6	-	-	-	3.5	5.8	13.0	.448	-	-	-	2.4	2.9	.800
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

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


Season 7
	Bill Bradley	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1973-74	2002-03
Team	New York Knicks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Trail Blazers 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		%
Bill Bradley	82	34.3	14.0	0.7	2.4	3.1	3.0	0.5	0.3	-	3.4	6.1	13.6	.451	-	-	-	1.8	2.0	.874
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bradley	12	35.4	12.6	0.7	1.7	2.3	1.1	0.6	0.3	-	3.3	5.3	13.3	.396	-	-	-	2.1	2.4	.862
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


Season 8
	Bill Bradley	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1974-75	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Bill Bradley	79	35.3	13.3	0.8	2.4	3.2	3.1	0.9	0.2	-	3.6	5.7	13.1	.436	-	-	-	1.8	2.1	.873
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bradley	3	29.3	6.7	1.3	1.7	3.0	2.0	0.7	0.0	-	1.7	3.0	8.0	.375	-	-	-	0.7	0.7	1.000
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Bill Bradley	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1975-76	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
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		%
Bill Bradley	82	33.0	11.1	0.6	2.3	2.9	3.0	0.8	0.2	-	3.1	4.8	11.0	.433	-	-	-	1.6	1.8	.878
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 10
	Bill Bradley	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1976-77	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
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		%
Bill Bradley	67	15.3	4.3	0.4	1.1	1.5	1.9	0.4	0.1	-	1.8	1.9	4.1	.464	-	-	-	0.5	0.6	.810
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Bill Bradley vs. Arvydas Sabonis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Arvydas Sabonis and Bill Bradley, 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