Lou Hudson vs. Arvydas Sabonis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Arvydas Sabonis and Lou Hudson, 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.

Lou Hudson played 13 years in the NBA, 6 more than Arvydas Sabonis, who played 7. Lou Hudson 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
	Lou Hudson	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1966-67	1995-96
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div 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		%
Lou Hudson	80	30.6	18.4	-	-	5.4	1.2	-	-	-	3.5	7.8	16.6	.467	-	-	-	2.9	4.1	.706
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		%
Lou Hudson	9	35.2	22.6	-	-	5.3	1.7	-	-	-	3.9	8.6	19.9	.430	-	-	-	5.4	7.6	.721
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

Season 3
	Lou Hudson	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1968-69	1997-98
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div 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		%
Lou Hudson	81	35.4	21.9	-	-	6.6	2.7	-	-	-	3.1	8.8	18.0	.492	-	-	-	4.2	5.4	.777
Arvydas Sabonis	73	32.0	16.0	2.0	7.9	10.0	3.0	0.9	1.1	2.6	3.7	5.6	11.3	.493	0.4	1.6	.261	4.4	5.5	.798
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lou Hudson	11	38.5	22.0	-	-	5.4	2.9	-	-	-	3.9	9.2	19.6	.468	-	-	-	3.6	4.7	.769
Arvydas Sabonis	4	26.8	12.3	1.8	6.0	7.8	1.5	1.8	0.8	2.5	4.8	4.5	10.0	.450	0.3	0.5	.500	3.0	3.5	.857

Season 4
	Lou Hudson	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1969-70	1998-99
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	Trail Blazers 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		%
Lou Hudson	80	38.6	25.4	-	-	4.7	3.5	-	-	-	2.8	10.4	19.6	.531	-	-	-	4.6	5.6	.824
Arvydas Sabonis	50	27.0	12.1	1.8	6.1	7.9	2.4	0.7	1.3	1.7	2.9	4.6	9.6	.485	0.1	0.5	.292	2.7	3.5	.771
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lou Hudson	9	40.0	21.9	-	-	4.4	3.7	-	-	-	3.8	8.7	20.8	.417	-	-	-	4.6	5.6	.820
Arvydas Sabonis	13	30.1	10.0	0.9	7.8	8.8	2.2	1.2	1.2	1.5	2.7	3.5	8.7	.398	0.1	0.4	.200	3.0	3.3	.907

Season 5
	Lou Hudson	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1970-71	1999-00
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Trail Blazers 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		%
Lou Hudson	76	41.0	26.8	-	-	5.1	3.4	-	-	-	2.4	10.9	22.5	.484	-	-	-	5.0	6.6	.759
Arvydas Sabonis	66	25.6	11.8	1.5	6.3	7.8	1.8	0.7	1.2	1.5	2.8	4.6	9.1	.505	0.1	0.3	.368	2.5	3.0	.843
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lou Hudson	5	42.6	25.4	-	-	7.0	3.0	-	-	-	3.8	9.8	21.6	.454	-	-	-	5.8	7.8	.744
Arvydas Sabonis	16	30.8	11.3	1.2	5.5	6.7	1.9	0.9	0.8	1.6	3.7	4.3	9.4	.453	0.4	1.3	.286	2.4	3.1	.796

Season 6
	Lou Hudson	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1971-72	2000-01
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Lou Hudson	77	39.5	24.7	-	-	5.0	4.0	-	-	-	2.9	10.1	20.0	.503	-	-	-	4.5	5.6	.812
Arvydas Sabonis	61	21.3	10.1	0.8	4.6	5.4	1.5	0.7	1.0	1.4	2.2	4.0	8.5	.479	0.0	0.2	.067	2.0	2.6	.776
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lou Hudson	6	44.3	25.0	-	-	5.5	3.5	-	-	-	2.2	10.5	23.2	.453	-	-	-	4.0	4.8	.828
Arvydas Sabonis	3	35.0	11.3	2.7	5.7	8.3	2.7	0.3	2.3	0.7	4.0	4.7	9.7	.483	0.0	0.7	.000	2.0	2.7	.750

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

Season 7
	Lou Hudson	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1972-73	2002-03
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Lou Hudson	75	40.4	27.1	-	-	6.2	3.4	-	-	-	2.6	10.9	22.8	.477	-	-	-	5.3	6.4	.825
Arvydas Sabonis	78	15.5	6.1	1.1	3.2	4.3	1.8	0.8	0.6	1.0	1.8	2.2	4.6	.476	0.0	0.1	.500	1.7	2.1	.787
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lou Hudson	6	42.5	29.7	-	-	7.8	2.8	-	-	-	2.7	12.7	27.7	.458	-	-	-	4.3	4.8	.897
Arvydas Sabonis	6	14.5	10.0	1.0	3.0	4.0	0.8	0.7	0.7	1.0	2.3	4.0	6.0	.667	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.5	.800

Season 8
	Lou Hudson	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1973-74	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Lou Hudson	65	39.8	25.4	1.9	3.4	5.4	3.3	2.5	0.4	-	3.2	10.4	20.9	.500	-	-	-	4.5	5.4	.836
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lou Hudson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-