Kurt Rambis vs. Domantas Sabonis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Domantas Sabonis and Kurt Rambis, 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.

Kurt Rambis played 14 years in the NBA, 6 more than Domantas Sabonis, who played 8. Kurt Rambis had the first of his seasons in 1981-82, 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
Kurt Rambis	14	9	1981-82 to 1994-95
Domantas Sabonis	8	4	2016-17 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Kurt Rambis	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1981-82	2016-17
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Kurt Rambis	64	17.7	4.6	1.8	3.6	5.4	0.9	0.9	1.2	1.2	2.6	1.8	3.6	.518	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.8	.504
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		%
Kurt Rambis	14	19.9	5.9	2.3	3.9	6.1	0.8	0.6	0.9	1.2	3.4	2.4	4.6	.516	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.9	.615
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
	Kurt Rambis	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1982-83	2017-18
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Kurt Rambis	78	23.2	7.5	2.1	4.7	6.8	1.2	1.3	0.8	1.9	3.0	3.0	5.3	.569	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.1	.687
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		%
Kurt Rambis	15	25.1	7.5	1.8	4.2	6.0	1.3	0.9	1.1	1.5	3.4	3.0	5.3	.570	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.3	.657
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
	Kurt Rambis	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1983-84	2018-19
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Kurt Rambis	47	15.8	3.6	1.7	3.9	5.7	0.7	0.6	0.3	1.2	2.3	1.3	2.4	.558	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.4	.636
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		%
Kurt Rambis	21	20.4	6.7	1.6	4.2	5.8	0.7	0.5	0.5	1.0	2.7	2.9	4.4	.652	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.6	.636
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
	Kurt Rambis	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1984-85	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Kurt Rambis	82	19.7	5.2	2.0	4.4	6.4	0.8	1.0	0.6	1.2	2.6	2.2	4.0	.554	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.3	.660
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		%
Kurt Rambis	19	19.7	6.1	2.2	4.6	6.8	0.9	0.9	0.5	1.0	2.7	2.5	4.3	.593	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.5	.679
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Kurt Rambis	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1985-86	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 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		%
Kurt Rambis	74	21.3	5.5	2.1	4.9	7.0	0.9	0.9	0.4	1.3	2.7	2.2	3.6	.595	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.6	.721
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		%
Kurt Rambis	14	19.1	4.8	1.9	4.1	5.9	1.0	0.7	0.5	1.3	2.8	1.9	3.2	.600	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.3	.722
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Kurt Rambis	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1986-87	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Indiana Pacers, Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Kurt Rambis	78	19.4	5.7	2.0	3.8	5.8	0.8	0.9	0.5	1.3	2.6	2.1	4.0	.521	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.0	.764
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		%
Kurt Rambis	17	12.6	4.6	0.9	3.0	3.9	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.8	2.5	1.4	2.4	.585	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.0	.912
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Kurt Rambis	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1987-88	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Kurt Rambis	70	12.1	4.0	1.5	2.4	3.8	0.8	0.6	0.2	0.8	1.5	1.5	2.7	.548	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.785
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		%
Kurt Rambis	19	9.8	2.7	0.7	2.0	2.7	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.4	1.5	1.1	1.8	.618	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.7	.692
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
	Kurt Rambis	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1988-89	2023-24
Team	Charlotte Hornets	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		%
Kurt Rambis	75	29.8	11.1	3.6	5.8	9.4	2.1	1.3	0.8	2.0	2.8	4.3	8.4	.518	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	3.3	.734
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		%
Kurt Rambis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Kurt Rambis	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1989-90	-
Team	Charlotte Hornets, Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kurt Rambis	74	25.7	6.2	2.1	5.0	7.1	1.8	1.4	0.5	1.4	2.8	2.6	5.0	.509	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.7	.646
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kurt Rambis	16	24.1	4.2	2.4	5.3	7.7	1.4	0.5	0.5	1.1	3.2	1.5	3.4	.444	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.8	.679
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Kurt Rambis	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1990-91	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Kurt Rambis	62	14.5	3.6	1.2	3.0	4.3	1.0	0.4	0.2	0.7	1.7	1.3	2.7	.497	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.4	.706
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kurt Rambis	4	13.3	1.0	2.0	1.5	3.5	1.0	1.3	0.3	1.0	1.5	0.5	1.3	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Kurt Rambis	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1991-92	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
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		%
Kurt Rambis	28	13.6	3.2	0.8	3.0	3.8	1.3	0.4	0.5	0.9	1.6	1.4	2.9	.463	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.6	.778
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 12
	Kurt Rambis	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1992-93	-
Team	Phoenix Suns, Sacramento Kings	-
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		%
Kurt Rambis	72	11.4	2.5	1.1	2.1	3.2	0.7	0.6	0.3	0.6	1.7	0.9	1.8	.519	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	0.9	.662
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 13
	Kurt Rambis	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1993-94	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
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		%
Kurt Rambis	50	12.7	3.3	1.7	2.1	3.8	0.6	0.4	0.5	0.5	1.8	1.2	2.3	.518	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.4	.648
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 14
	Kurt Rambis	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1994-95	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
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		%
Kurt Rambis	26	7.5	1.7	0.4	0.9	1.3	0.6	0.1	0.3	0.3	1.3	0.7	1.3	.514	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.667
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Kurt Rambis vs. Domantas Sabonis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Domantas Sabonis and Kurt Rambis, 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