Franklin Edwards vs. Arvydas Sabonis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Arvydas Sabonis and Franklin Edwards, 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.

Franklin Edwards and Arvydas Sabonis both played 7 years in the NBA. Franklin Edwards had the first of his seasons in 1981-82, 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Franklin Edwards	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1981-82	1995-96
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA 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		%
Franklin Edwards	42	6.9	3.6	0.2	0.4	0.6	1.1	0.4	0.1	0.6	0.9	1.5	3.6	.433	0.0	0.2	.000	0.5	0.6	.741
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		%
Franklin Edwards	9	3.6	3.7	0.2	0.3	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.3	2.2	.600	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.9	1.0	.889
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
	Franklin Edwards	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1982-83	1996-97
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	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		%
Franklin Edwards	81	15.6	6.7	0.3	0.8	1.0	2.7	1.0	0.1	1.4	1.5	2.8	6.0	.472	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.4	.761
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		%
Franklin Edwards	12	8.4	3.3	0.2	0.6	0.8	1.4	0.4	0.0	0.5	0.6	1.1	2.7	.406	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.4	.824
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

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