Eddie Johnson vs. Arvydas Sabonis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Arvydas Sabonis and Eddie Johnson, 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.

Eddie Johnson played 10 years in the NBA, 3 more than Arvydas Sabonis, who played 7. Eddie Johnson had the first of his seasons in 1977-78, 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
Eddie Johnson	10	6	1977-78 to 1986-87
Arvydas Sabonis	7	7	1995-96 to 2002-03

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Eddie Johnson	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1977-78	1995-96
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie 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		%
Eddie Johnson	79	23.7	10.5	0.6	1.3	1.9	3.0	1.3	0.1	2.1	2.9	4.2	8.7	.484	-	-	-	2.1	2.5	.816
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		%
Eddie Johnson	2	32.0	15.5	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	4.0	0.5	2.5	5.0	6.0	9.5	.632	-	-	-	3.5	4.0	.875
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
	Eddie Johnson	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1978-79	1996-97
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
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		%
Eddie Johnson	78	30.9	16.0	0.8	1.3	2.2	4.6	1.6	0.1	2.7	3.1	6.4	12.6	.510	-	-	-	3.1	3.7	.832
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		%
Eddie Johnson	9	29.1	16.4	0.9	1.7	2.6	5.0	0.4	0.2	2.1	2.4	7.2	14.2	.508	-	-	-	2.0	2.8	.720
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
	Eddie Johnson	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1979-80	1997-98
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Eddie Johnson	79	33.2	18.5	1.2	1.3	2.5	4.7	1.5	0.3	2.4	2.7	7.5	15.3	.487	0.1	0.2	.385	3.5	4.3	.828
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		%
Eddie Johnson	5	37.6	19.4	0.6	3.0	3.6	4.2	1.6	0.4	2.2	2.4	7.6	14.8	.514	0.0	0.0	-	4.2	5.6	.750
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
	Eddie Johnson	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1980-81	1998-99
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Portland Trail Blazers
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		%
Eddie Johnson	75	35.9	19.1	0.8	1.6	2.4	5.4	1.7	0.1	2.6	2.5	7.6	15.1	.504	0.1	0.3	.300	3.7	4.7	.784
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		%
Eddie Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Eddie Johnson	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1981-82	1999-00
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Eddie Johnson	68	34.0	17.8	0.9	1.9	2.8	5.3	1.5	0.2	2.7	2.8	6.7	14.9	.450	0.1	0.4	.233	4.3	5.7	.764
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		%
Eddie Johnson	2	33.5	11.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	4.5	0.0	0.5	3.5	4.0	4.5	13.0	.346	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.0	1.000
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
	Eddie Johnson	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1982-83	2000-01
Team	Atlanta Hawks	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		%
Eddie Johnson	61	29.7	16.0	0.4	1.6	2.0	5.2	1.0	0.1	2.6	2.3	6.4	14.1	.453	0.2	0.7	.341	3.0	3.9	.785
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		%
Eddie Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Eddie Johnson	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1983-84	2002-03
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
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		%
Eddie Johnson	67	28.3	13.2	0.5	1.7	2.2	5.6	0.9	0.1	2.6	2.3	5.3	11.9	.442	0.2	0.6	.372	2.4	3.2	.770
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		%
Eddie Johnson	5	24.6	10.8	0.4	1.4	1.8	4.8	1.2	0.0	1.4	2.2	3.8	10.8	.352	0.2	1.2	.167	3.0	4.4	.682
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
	Eddie Johnson	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1984-85	-
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		%
Eddie Johnson	73	32.4	16.3	0.5	2.1	2.6	7.8	0.6	0.1	3.3	2.5	6.2	13.0	.479	0.3	1.0	.306	3.6	4.5	.798
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 9
	Eddie Johnson	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1985-86	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks, 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		%
Eddie Johnson	71	20.8	10.0	0.4	1.3	1.7	4.7	0.3	0.0	2.1	1.8	4.0	8.7	.457	0.4	1.2	.341	1.6	2.2	.723
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 10
	Eddie Johnson	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1986-87	-
Team	Seattle Supersonics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics 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		%
Eddie Johnson	24	21.2	9.0	0.5	1.5	1.9	4.8	0.5	0.0	1.7	1.5	3.5	7.8	.457	0.2	0.6	.333	1.8	2.3	.764
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eddie Johnson	14	12.9	6.4	0.4	0.6	1.0	3.2	0.4	0.0	0.6	1.1	2.2	4.1	.534	0.1	0.4	.400	1.9	2.1	.867
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Eddie Johnson vs. Arvydas Sabonis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Arvydas Sabonis and Eddie Johnson, 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