James Edwards vs. Arvydas Sabonis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Arvydas Sabonis and James 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.

James Edwards played 19 years in the NBA, 12 more than Arvydas Sabonis, who played 7. James Edwards 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	James Edwards	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1977-78	1995-96
Team	Los Angeles Lakers, 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		%
James Edwards	83	29.0	15.2	2.4	5.0	7.4	1.0	0.6	0.9	2.0	3.9	6.0	13.2	.453	-	-	-	3.3	5.1	.646
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		%
James Edwards	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

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

Season 12
	James Edwards	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1988-89	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Edwards	76	16.5	7.3	0.9	2.1	3.0	0.6	0.1	0.4	0.9	3.0	2.8	5.6	.500	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	2.6	.686
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Edwards	17	18.6	7.1	0.6	1.5	2.1	0.7	0.1	0.5	0.9	3.1	2.4	5.0	.471	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.0	.784
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 13
	James Edwards	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1989-90	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Edwards	82	27.8	14.5	1.4	2.8	4.2	0.8	0.3	0.5	1.6	3.6	5.6	11.3	.498	0.0	0.0	.000	3.2	4.3	.749
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Edwards	20	26.8	14.3	1.2	2.4	3.6	0.7	0.3	0.6	1.6	3.7	5.7	11.6	.494	0.0	0.1	.000	2.9	4.8	.604
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 19
	James Edwards	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1995-96	-
Team	Chicago Bulls	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Edwards	28	9.8	3.5	0.5	0.9	1.4	0.4	0.0	0.3	0.8	2.2	1.5	3.9	.373	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.9	.615
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Edwards	6	4.7	1.8	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	1.7	0.7	1.5	.444	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.7	.750
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-