Maurice Stokes vs. Jonas Valanciunas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jonas Valanciunas and Maurice Stokes, 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.

Maurice Stokes played 3 years in the NBA, 9 less than Jonas Valanciunas, who played 12. Maurice Stokes had the first of his seasons in 1955-56, while Jonas Valanciunas had his rookie season in 2012-13. 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
	Maurice Stokes	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1955-56	2012-13
Team	Rochester Royals	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Maurice Stokes	67	34.7	16.8	-	-	16.3	4.9	-	-	-	4.1	6.0	17.0	.354	-	-	-	4.8	6.7	.714
Jonas Valanciunas	62	23.9	8.9	2.0	4.0	6.0	0.7	0.3	1.3	1.5	3.0	3.3	5.9	.557	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.0	.789
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Stokes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jonas Valanciunas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Maurice Stokes	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1956-57	2013-14
Team	Rochester Royals	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Raptors 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		%
Maurice Stokes	72	38.3	15.6	-	-	17.4	4.6	-	-	-	4.0	6.0	17.3	.347	-	-	-	3.6	5.3	.665
Jonas Valanciunas	81	28.2	11.3	2.8	6.0	8.8	0.7	0.3	0.9	1.7	3.1	4.4	8.3	.531	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	3.2	.762
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Stokes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jonas Valanciunas	7	28.6	10.9	2.7	7.0	9.7	0.3	0.0	1.0	2.7	3.1	4.4	7.0	.633	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.1	.636

Season 3
	Maurice Stokes	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1957-58	2014-15
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Royals Lost West Div Semis	Raptors 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		%
Maurice Stokes	63	39.0	16.9	-	-	18.1	6.4	-	-	-	3.6	6.6	18.7	.351	-	-	-	3.8	5.3	.715
Jonas Valanciunas	80	26.2	12.0	2.7	6.0	8.7	0.5	0.4	1.2	1.4	2.8	4.7	8.2	.572	0.0	0.0	.000	2.7	3.5	.786
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Stokes	1	39.0	12.0	-	-	15.0	2.0	-	-	-	3.0	3.0	12.0	.250	-	-	-	6.0	7.0	.857
Jonas Valanciunas	4	26.5	11.3	2.3	7.0	9.3	0.5	0.5	0.3	1.0	1.8	4.8	9.5	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.0	.875