Jerome Kersey vs. Domantas Sabonis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Domantas Sabonis and Jerome Kersey, 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.

Jerome Kersey played 17 years in the NBA, 9 more than Domantas Sabonis, who played 8. Jerome Kersey had the first of his seasons in 1984-85, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Jerome Kersey	17	15	1984-85 to 2000-01
Domantas Sabonis	8	4	2016-17 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Jerome Kersey	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1984-85	2016-17
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Jerome Kersey	77	12.4	6.1	1.2	1.4	2.7	0.8	0.6	0.4	0.9	1.9	2.3	4.8	.478	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.4	.646
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		%
Jerome Kersey	8	7.5	4.8	0.6	0.5	1.1	0.8	0.9	0.3	0.3	1.4	2.0	3.9	.516	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.0	.750
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 2
	Jerome Kersey	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1985-86	2017-18
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Jerome Kersey	79	15.4	8.5	1.7	2.0	3.7	1.1	1.1	0.4	1.4	2.6	3.3	5.9	.549	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	2.9	.681
Domantas Sabonis	74	24.5	11.6	2.2	5.5	7.7	2.0	0.5	0.4	1.9	3.0	4.6	8.9	.514	0.2	0.5	.351	2.3	3.0	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	4	14.0	5.5	1.8	2.0	3.8	1.0	0.3	1.0	1.5	3.3	2.3	5.5	.409	0.0	0.3	.000	1.0	1.0	1.000
Domantas Sabonis	7	23.7	12.4	2.0	2.6	4.6	0.7	0.1	0.3	1.0	3.1	5.1	8.9	.581	0.1	1.0	.143	2.0	2.6	.778


Season 3
	Jerome Kersey	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1986-87	2018-19
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Jerome Kersey	82	25.5	12.3	2.5	3.6	6.0	2.4	1.5	0.9	1.8	4.0	4.5	8.9	.509	0.0	0.3	.043	3.2	4.4	.720
Domantas Sabonis	74	24.8	14.1	2.5	6.8	9.3	2.9	0.6	0.4	2.2	3.2	5.6	9.5	.590	0.1	0.2	.529	2.8	3.9	.715

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	4	15.0	6.0	1.5	3.3	4.8	0.8	1.3	0.3	1.5	3.3	2.5	6.3	.400	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000
Domantas Sabonis	4	24.0	8.5	1.8	5.5	7.3	4.0	0.8	0.3	1.3	3.0	3.0	7.3	.414	0.3	1.0	.250	2.3	3.5	.643


Season 4
	Jerome Kersey	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1987-88	2019-20
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jerome Kersey	79	36.6	19.2	2.7	5.6	8.3	3.1	1.6	0.8	2.0	3.8	7.7	15.5	.499	0.0	0.2	.200	3.7	5.0	.735
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		%
Jerome Kersey	4	31.8	19.8	4.3	3.3	7.5	2.3	1.8	1.0	1.3	4.3	8.0	16.3	.492	0.0	0.3	.000	3.8	5.3	.714
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Jerome Kersey	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1988-89	2020-21
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jerome Kersey	76	35.7	17.5	3.2	5.0	8.3	3.2	1.8	1.1	2.2	3.6	7.0	15.0	.469	0.1	0.3	.286	3.4	4.9	.694
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		%
Jerome Kersey	3	39.0	20.3	3.7	4.3	8.0	2.3	3.3	0.3	1.3	4.0	7.7	15.7	.489	0.0	0.7	.000	5.0	6.3	.789
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Jerome Kersey	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1989-90	2021-22
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Indiana Pacers, Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost NBA 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		%
Jerome Kersey	82	34.7	16.0	3.1	5.4	8.4	2.3	1.5	0.8	1.8	3.7	6.3	13.2	.478	0.0	0.2	.150	3.3	4.8	.690
Domantas Sabonis	62	34.5	18.9	3.2	8.9	12.1	5.2	1.0	0.4	3.1	3.3	7.1	12.5	.573	0.6	2.0	.312	4.0	5.4	.741

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	21	39.6	20.7	3.1	5.1	8.3	2.1	1.6	1.0	2.1	4.1	7.9	17.2	.460	0.0	0.1	.000	4.9	6.9	.715
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Jerome Kersey	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1990-91	2022-23
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Jerome Kersey	73	32.3	14.8	2.3	4.3	6.6	3.1	1.4	1.0	2.0	3.4	5.8	12.2	.478	0.1	0.2	.308	3.2	4.5	.709
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		%
Jerome Kersey	16	36.8	17.9	3.3	3.7	6.9	3.1	1.8	0.4	1.1	4.3	6.6	14.1	.465	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	6.3	.752
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
	Jerome Kersey	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1991-92	2023-24
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost NBA 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		%
Jerome Kersey	77	33.2	12.6	3.1	5.1	8.2	3.2	1.5	0.9	2.0	3.3	5.2	11.1	.467	0.0	0.1	.125	2.3	3.4	.664
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		%
Jerome Kersey	21	36.0	16.2	2.8	4.9	7.7	3.6	2.0	0.9	2.5	4.0	6.2	12.2	.510	0.0	0.1	.000	3.8	5.4	.693
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Jerome Kersey	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1992-93	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Jerome Kersey	65	26.4	10.6	1.9	4.3	6.2	1.9	1.2	0.6	1.3	2.8	4.3	9.9	.438	0.1	0.4	.286	1.8	2.8	.634
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	4	24.5	14.3	2.5	6.0	8.5	1.0	1.0	0.5	0.5	3.8	5.5	10.5	.524	0.3	0.3	1.000	3.0	4.3	.706
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Jerome Kersey	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1993-94	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Jerome Kersey	78	16.4	6.5	1.7	2.6	4.2	1.0	0.9	0.6	0.8	2.7	2.6	6.0	.433	0.0	0.1	.125	1.3	1.7	.748
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	3	12.7	3.7	1.7	1.3	3.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.7	1.7	5.3	.313	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	1.7	.200
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Jerome Kersey	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1994-95	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Jerome Kersey	63	18.1	8.1	1.5	2.6	4.1	1.3	0.8	0.6	1.0	2.7	3.2	7.8	.415	0.1	0.4	.259	1.5	2.0	.766
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	3	21.0	12.7	0.7	2.0	2.7	1.0	1.0	0.3	0.0	3.7	5.3	9.3	.571	0.0	0.7	.000	2.0	3.0	.667
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Jerome Kersey	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1995-96	-
Team	Golden State Warriors	-
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		%
Jerome Kersey	76	21.3	6.7	2.0	2.8	4.8	1.5	1.2	0.6	1.0	2.7	2.7	6.6	.410	0.0	0.2	.176	1.3	1.9	.660
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Jerome Kersey	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1996-97	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	70	25.2	6.8	1.6	3.6	5.2	1.3	1.7	0.7	1.1	3.1	2.8	6.4	.432	0.2	0.9	.262	1.0	1.7	.602
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	9	23.2	5.4	1.6	3.8	5.3	1.6	1.0	0.7	0.3	3.8	1.9	3.9	.486	0.0	0.1	.000	1.7	2.1	.789
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Jerome Kersey	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1997-98	-
Team	Seattle Supersonics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	37	19.4	6.3	1.5	2.1	3.6	1.2	1.4	0.4	1.0	2.8	2.6	6.3	.416	0.0	0.3	.100	1.1	1.8	.600
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	10	21.3	7.8	1.7	2.3	4.0	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.3	3.2	3.1	7.2	.431	0.0	0.3	.000	1.6	1.9	.842
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Jerome Kersey	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1998-99	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
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		%
Jerome Kersey	45	15.5	3.2	0.9	2.0	2.9	0.9	0.8	0.3	0.7	2.0	1.5	4.4	.340	0.1	0.3	.214	0.1	0.3	.429
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	14	10.9	2.6	0.7	1.4	2.1	0.3	0.4	0.1	0.4	1.4	1.1	3.1	.349	0.1	0.3	.250	0.4	0.5	.714
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Jerome Kersey	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1999-00	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Jerome Kersey	72	18.2	4.5	0.8	2.3	3.1	1.0	0.9	0.7	0.7	2.2	2.0	4.9	.412	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.6	.707
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	2	12.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.5	1.0	0.5	0.5	2.5	0.5	3.5	.143	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Jerome Kersey	Domantas Sabonis
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
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		%
Jerome Kersey	22	11.0	3.3	0.4	1.7	2.0	0.7	0.6	0.4	0.3	1.6	1.5	3.1	.464	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.7	.500
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Jerome Kersey vs. Domantas Sabonis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Domantas Sabonis and Jerome Kersey, 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

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17