Joe Ellis vs. Arvydas Sabonis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Arvydas Sabonis and Joe Ellis, 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.

Joe Ellis played 8 years in the NBA, 1 more than Arvydas Sabonis, who played 7. Joe Ellis had the first of his seasons in 1966-67, 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
	Joe Ellis	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1966-67	1995-96
Team	San Francisco Warriors	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Warriors 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		%
Joe Ellis	41	8.1	3.7	-	-	2.7	0.7	-	-	-	1.1	1.6	4.0	.409	-	-	-	0.5	0.6	.760
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		%
Joe Ellis	3	2.0	0.7	-	-	0.3	0.7	-	-	-	0.7	0.3	1.3	.250	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
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.