Dan Roundfield vs. Arvydas Sabonis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Arvydas Sabonis and Dan Roundfield, 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.

Dan Roundfield played 11 years in the NBA, 4 more than Arvydas Sabonis, who played 7. Dan Roundfield had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, 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
Dan Roundfield	11	7	1976-77 to 1986-87
Arvydas Sabonis	7	7	1995-96 to 2002-03

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Dan Roundfield	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1976-77	1995-96
Team	Indiana Pacers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Dan Roundfield	61	27.0	13.9	2.9	5.6	8.5	1.1	1.0	2.1	-	4.0	5.6	12.0	.466	-	-	-	2.7	3.9	.686
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		%
Dan Roundfield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Dan Roundfield	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1977-78	1996-97
Team	Indiana Pacers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Dan Roundfield	79	30.7	13.4	3.5	6.7	10.2	2.5	1.0	1.9	2.5	3.8	5.3	10.9	.489	-	-	-	2.8	3.8	.727
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		%
Dan Roundfield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Dan Roundfield	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1978-79	1997-98
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 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		%
Dan Roundfield	80	31.7	15.3	4.1	6.7	10.8	1.6	1.1	2.2	2.6	4.5	5.8	11.5	.504	-	-	-	3.8	5.3	.714
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		%
Dan Roundfield	9	37.6	17.6	4.9	6.9	11.8	2.8	0.9	2.6	2.6	4.9	6.8	14.8	.459	-	-	-	4.0	5.0	.800
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
	Dan Roundfield	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1979-80	1998-99
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Dan Roundfield	81	32.0	16.5	3.6	6.7	10.3	2.3	1.2	1.7	2.9	3.9	6.2	12.4	.499	0.0	0.0	.000	4.1	5.7	.710
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		%
Dan Roundfield	5	34.8	17.2	5.0	6.6	11.6	2.2	0.8	1.6	2.2	4.4	6.4	13.8	.464	0.0	0.2	.000	4.4	7.0	.629
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
	Dan Roundfield	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1980-81	1999-00
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Dan Roundfield	63	33.8	17.6	3.7	6.4	10.1	2.6	1.2	1.9	2.8	4.1	6.8	12.8	.527	0.0	0.0	.000	4.1	5.6	.721
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		%
Dan Roundfield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Dan Roundfield	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1981-82	2000-01
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Dan Roundfield	61	36.3	18.6	3.7	8.1	11.8	2.7	1.0	1.5	3.0	3.4	7.0	14.9	.466	0.0	0.1	.200	4.7	6.1	.760
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		%
Dan Roundfield	2	42.5	21.0	3.0	8.0	11.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	8.5	18.0	.472	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	7.0	.571
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
	Dan Roundfield	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1982-83	2002-03
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Dan Roundfield	77	36.5	19.0	3.4	8.1	11.4	2.9	0.8	1.5	3.2	3.1	7.3	15.5	.470	0.1	0.4	.185	4.4	5.8	.749
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		%
Dan Roundfield	3	41.3	17.7	2.0	12.0	14.0	3.3	1.3	1.3	3.7	1.7	8.0	16.7	.480	0.0	0.3	.000	1.7	3.7	.455
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
	Dan Roundfield	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1983-84	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Dan Roundfield	73	35.8	18.9	2.8	7.1	9.9	2.5	0.8	1.0	2.8	3.0	6.9	14.2	.485	0.0	0.2	.000	5.1	6.7	.770
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dan Roundfield	5	38.2	17.2	2.4	6.4	8.8	1.6	0.4	1.4	3.8	3.2	6.0	13.8	.435	0.2	0.2	1.000	5.0	7.0	.714
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Dan Roundfield	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1984-85	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Dan Roundfield	56	26.6	10.9	3.1	5.0	8.1	1.8	0.5	1.0	2.2	2.6	4.2	9.0	.467	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	3.2	.781
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dan Roundfield	9	23.9	9.1	2.1	4.6	6.7	1.7	0.4	0.7	1.7	2.3	3.7	7.6	.485	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	1.9	.941
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Dan Roundfield	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1985-86	-
Team	Washington Bullets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bullets 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		%
Dan Roundfield	79	29.4	11.6	2.7	5.5	8.1	2.1	0.5	0.6	2.4	2.5	4.1	8.4	.488	0.0	0.1	.000	3.5	4.6	.754
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dan Roundfield	5	35.4	14.0	2.8	6.4	9.2	2.0	0.4	0.8	2.6	3.4	5.6	10.6	.528	0.0	0.2	.000	2.8	3.4	.824
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Dan Roundfield	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1986-87	-
Team	Washington Bullets	-
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		%
Dan Roundfield	36	18.6	6.6	1.8	2.9	4.7	1.1	0.3	0.4	1.4	2.1	2.5	6.1	.409	0.0	0.1	.200	1.6	2.0	.792
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Dan Roundfield vs. Arvydas Sabonis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Arvydas Sabonis and Dan Roundfield, 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