Earl Lloyd vs. Domantas Sabonis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Domantas Sabonis and Earl Lloyd, 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.

Earl Lloyd played 9 years in the NBA, 1 more than Domantas Sabonis, who played 8. Earl Lloyd had the first of his seasons in 1950-51, while Domantas Sabonis had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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.

Note: Earl Lloyd didn't play in 1951-52.

Season 4
	Earl Lloyd	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1954-55	2019-20
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Earl Lloyd	72	30.7	10.2	-	-	7.7	2.1	-	-	-	3.9	4.0	10.9	.365	-	-	-	2.2	2.9	.750
Domantas Sabonis	62	34.8	18.5	3.0	9.4	12.4	5.0	0.8	0.5	2.7	3.1	7.4	13.7	.540	0.3	1.1	.254	3.5	4.8	.723
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Lloyd	11	32.3	11.5	-	-	8.1	3.2	-	-	-	3.7	4.0	11.1	.361	-	-	-	3.5	4.7	.750
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Earl Lloyd	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1955-56	2020-21
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Earl Lloyd	72	25.5	8.5	-	-	6.8	1.6	-	-	-	3.7	3.0	8.8	.335	-	-	-	2.6	3.3	.772
Domantas Sabonis	62	36.0	20.3	2.4	9.5	12.0	6.7	1.2	0.5	3.4	3.3	7.8	14.6	.535	0.8	2.6	.321	3.9	5.3	.732
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Lloyd	8	21.5	8.1	-	-	5.4	0.9	-	-	-	4.6	3.3	10.1	.321	-	-	-	1.6	1.8	.929
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Earl Lloyd	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1957-58	2022-23
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Semis	Kings 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		%
Earl Lloyd	61	17.1	5.2	-	-	4.7	1.0	-	-	-	2.9	2.0	5.9	.331	-	-	-	1.3	1.7	.745
Domantas Sabonis	79	34.6	19.1	3.2	9.1	12.3	7.3	0.8	0.5	2.9	3.5	7.3	11.9	.615	0.4	1.1	.373	4.1	5.5	.742
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Lloyd	3	10.7	3.3	-	-	2.7	0.0	-	-	-	2.7	1.7	4.7	.357	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
Domantas Sabonis	7	34.7	16.4	4.4	6.6	11.0	4.7	1.4	0.9	3.7	4.0	7.0	14.1	.495	0.1	0.7	.200	2.3	4.0	.571

Season 8
	Earl Lloyd	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1958-59	2023-24
Team	Detroit Pistons	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div Semis	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		%
Earl Lloyd	72	24.9	8.4	-	-	6.9	1.3	-	-	-	4.0	3.3	9.3	.349	-	-	-	1.9	2.5	.753
Domantas Sabonis	82	35.7	19.4	3.6	10.1	13.7	8.2	0.9	0.6	3.3	3.0	7.7	13.0	.594	0.4	1.1	.379	3.6	5.1	.704
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Lloyd	3	29.0	8.7	-	-	6.0	2.3	-	-	-	4.0	3.0	9.3	.321	-	-	-	2.7	2.7	1.000
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-