Howard Komives vs. Domantas Sabonis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Domantas Sabonis and Howard Komives, 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.

Howard Komives played 10 years in the NBA, 2 more than Domantas Sabonis, who played 8. Howard Komives had the first of his seasons in 1964-65, 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Howard Komives	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1964-65	2016-17
Team	New York Knicks	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder 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		%
Howard Komives	80	29.7	12.2	-	-	2.4	3.3	-	-	-	3.1	4.8	12.8	.374	-	-	-	2.7	3.2	.835
Domantas Sabonis	81	20.1	5.9	0.6	3.0	3.6	1.0	0.5	0.4	1.0	2.5	2.4	5.9	.399	0.6	2.0	.321	0.5	0.8	.657
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Howard Komives	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Domantas Sabonis	2	3.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.5	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	2.0	2.0	1.000

Season 4
	Howard Komives	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1967-68	2019-20
Team	New York Knicks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Howard Komives	78	21.3	7.7	-	-	2.2	3.2	-	-	-	2.2	3.0	8.1	.369	-	-	-	1.7	2.1	.820
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		%
Howard Komives	6	22.5	5.7	-	-	2.3	3.8	-	-	-	3.7	2.5	7.3	.341	-	-	-	0.7	1.0	.667
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Howard Komives	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1968-69	2020-21
Team	New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Howard Komives	85	30.1	11.4	-	-	3.5	4.7	-	-	-	3.2	4.5	11.5	.389	-	-	-	2.5	3.1	.799
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		%
Howard Komives	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Howard Komives	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1970-71	2022-23
Team	Detroit Pistons	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Howard Komives	82	23.6	8.2	-	-	1.9	3.2	-	-	-	2.2	3.4	8.7	.385	-	-	-	1.5	1.8	.801
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		%
Howard Komives	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Howard Komives	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1971-72	2023-24
Team	Detroit Pistons	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Howard Komives	79	26.2	8.7	-	-	2.2	3.7	-	-	-	2.5	3.3	8.9	.373	-	-	-	2.1	2.6	.808
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		%
Howard Komives	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-