Mike Gminski vs. Jonas Valanciunas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jonas Valanciunas and Mike Gminski, 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.

Mike Gminski played 14 years in the NBA, 2 more than Jonas Valanciunas, who played 12. Mike Gminski had the first of his seasons in 1980-81, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Mike Gminski	14	8	1980-81 to 1993-94
Jonas Valanciunas	12	8	2012-13 to 2023-24

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


Rookie Season
	Mike Gminski	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1980-81	2012-13
Team	New Jersey Nets	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
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		%
Mike Gminski	56	28.2	13.2	2.4	5.0	7.5	1.3	1.0	1.8	2.3	2.3	5.2	12.3	.423	0.0	0.0	.000	2.8	3.6	.767
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		%
Mike Gminski	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jonas Valanciunas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Mike Gminski	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1981-82	2013-14
Team	New Jersey Nets	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Mike Gminski	64	11.6	5.2	1.1	1.8	2.9	0.6	0.3	0.8	0.9	1.1	1.9	4.2	.441	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	1.8	.822
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		%
Mike Gminski	1	10.0	5.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	.667	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.0	.500
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
	Mike Gminski	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1982-83	2014-15
Team	New Jersey Nets	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Mike Gminski	80	15.7	7.5	1.9	2.9	4.8	0.8	0.4	1.5	1.6	1.5	2.7	5.3	.500	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	2.8	.778
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		%
Mike Gminski	2	14.5	7.5	2.0	2.5	4.5	0.5	0.0	2.0	0.5	1.0	3.0	4.5	.667	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.0	.750
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


Season 4
	Mike Gminski	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1983-84	2015-16
Team	New Jersey Nets	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	Raptors Lost East 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		%
Mike Gminski	82	20.2	7.6	2.0	3.3	5.3	1.1	0.5	0.9	1.5	2.0	2.9	5.6	.513	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	2.2	.799
Jonas Valanciunas	60	26.0	12.8	3.1	6.1	9.1	0.7	0.4	1.3	1.4	2.6	5.1	8.9	.565	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	3.6	.761

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Gminski	11	20.3	8.5	2.0	3.0	5.0	0.5	0.6	1.4	0.8	1.5	2.6	4.5	.580	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.7	.692
Jonas Valanciunas	12	26.8	13.8	4.0	6.8	10.8	0.9	0.8	1.2	1.5	2.7	5.7	10.0	.567	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.3	.744


Season 5
	Mike Gminski	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1984-85	2016-17
Team	New Jersey Nets	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Raptors Lost East 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		%
Mike Gminski	81	29.9	12.8	2.8	5.0	7.8	2.0	0.5	1.1	1.7	1.7	4.7	10.1	.465	0.0	0.0	.000	3.4	4.0	.841
Jonas Valanciunas	80	25.8	12.0	2.8	6.7	9.5	0.7	0.5	0.8	1.3	2.7	4.9	8.8	.557	0.0	0.0	.500	2.2	2.7	.811

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Gminski	3	27.0	14.0	1.3	5.0	6.3	1.3	1.0	1.7	3.3	1.7	6.0	11.0	.545	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.0	1.000
Jonas Valanciunas	10	22.6	11.2	0.9	5.8	6.7	0.2	0.2	0.6	1.3	2.2	4.4	8.1	.543	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.3	.727


Season 6
	Mike Gminski	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1985-86	2017-18
Team	New Jersey Nets	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Raptors Lost East 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		%
Mike Gminski	81	31.2	16.5	2.5	5.7	8.2	1.6	0.7	0.9	1.7	2.0	6.1	11.7	.517	0.0	0.0	.000	4.3	4.9	.893
Jonas Valanciunas	77	22.4	12.7	2.4	6.2	8.6	1.1	0.4	0.9	1.5	2.5	5.1	8.9	.568	0.4	1.0	.405	2.2	2.7	.806

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Gminski	3	36.3	19.3	3.7	6.3	10.0	1.7	1.3	0.7	3.0	3.7	5.3	14.3	.372	0.0	0.0	-	8.7	9.0	.963
Jonas Valanciunas	10	24.4	14.6	3.0	7.5	10.5	1.2	0.4	1.5	1.9	2.2	5.8	10.7	.542	0.2	0.5	.400	2.8	3.4	.824


Season 7
	Mike Gminski	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1986-87	2018-19
Team	New Jersey Nets	Toronto Raptors, Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
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		%
Mike Gminski	72	31.6	16.4	2.7	6.1	8.8	1.4	0.7	1.0	1.8	2.2	6.0	13.2	.457	0.0	0.0	-	4.3	5.1	.846
Jonas Valanciunas	49	22.3	15.6	2.2	6.4	8.6	1.4	0.4	1.1	1.8	3.0	6.1	11.0	.559	0.3	1.0	.292	3.0	3.8	.795

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Gminski	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jonas Valanciunas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Mike Gminski	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1987-88	2019-20
Team	New Jersey Nets, Philadelphia 76ers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
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		%
Mike Gminski	81	36.6	16.9	3.0	7.0	10.0	1.7	0.8	1.5	2.2	2.2	6.2	13.9	.448	0.0	0.0	.000	4.4	4.8	.906
Jonas Valanciunas	70	26.4	14.9	3.0	8.2	11.3	1.9	0.4	1.1	1.8	2.6	6.2	10.6	.585	0.5	1.3	.352	2.1	2.9	.740

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Gminski	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jonas Valanciunas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Mike Gminski	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1988-89	2020-21
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Grizzlies 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		%
Mike Gminski	82	33.4	17.2	2.6	6.8	9.4	1.7	0.6	1.3	1.6	1.7	6.8	14.2	.477	0.0	0.1	.000	3.6	4.2	.871
Jonas Valanciunas	62	28.3	17.1	4.1	8.4	12.5	1.8	0.6	0.9	1.6	2.9	7.1	12.0	.592	0.3	0.9	.368	2.5	3.3	.773

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Gminski	3	39.3	16.3	2.0	5.7	7.7	0.7	0.0	2.7	0.7	2.7	6.3	16.0	.396	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	5.3	.688
Jonas Valanciunas	5	33.2	15.0	4.0	5.8	9.8	2.6	0.6	0.6	2.0	3.6	6.6	11.6	.569	0.4	1.6	.250	1.4	1.6	.875


Season 10
	Mike Gminski	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1989-90	2021-22
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Pelicans 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		%
Mike Gminski	81	32.8	13.7	2.4	6.1	8.5	1.6	0.5	1.3	1.2	1.7	5.7	12.4	.457	0.0	0.2	.176	2.4	2.9	.821
Jonas Valanciunas	74	30.3	17.8	3.1	8.3	11.4	2.6	0.6	0.8	2.4	3.3	6.9	12.7	.544	0.8	2.1	.361	3.2	3.9	.820

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Gminski	10	34.2	12.8	0.8	4.6	5.4	1.1	0.8	2.3	1.7	2.7	5.7	11.7	.487	0.0	0.5	.000	1.4	1.5	.933
Jonas Valanciunas	6	29.2	14.5	5.5	8.8	14.3	3.0	0.7	0.2	2.0	2.8	5.5	11.3	.485	0.2	1.0	.167	3.3	4.3	.769


Season 11
	Mike Gminski	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1990-91	2022-23
Team	Philadelphia 76ers, Charlotte Hornets	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
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		%
Mike Gminski	80	27.5	10.6	2.3	5.0	7.3	1.2	0.5	0.7	1.1	1.2	4.5	10.1	.442	0.0	0.2	.143	1.6	2.0	.810
Jonas Valanciunas	79	24.9	14.1	2.8	7.3	10.2	1.8	0.3	0.7	2.0	3.1	5.6	10.3	.547	0.5	1.4	.349	2.3	2.8	.826

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Gminski	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jonas Valanciunas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Mike Gminski	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1991-92	2023-24
Team	Charlotte Hornets	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pelicans 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		%
Mike Gminski	35	14.3	5.8	1.1	2.3	3.4	0.9	0.3	0.5	0.6	1.1	2.6	5.7	.452	0.0	0.1	.333	0.6	0.8	.750
Jonas Valanciunas	82	23.5	12.2	2.3	6.5	8.8	2.1	0.4	0.8	1.4	2.7	4.9	8.8	.559	0.5	1.5	.308	2.0	2.5	.785

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Gminski	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jonas Valanciunas	4	22.5	14.5	4.5	6.5	11.0	1.3	0.5	0.0	2.5	2.3	5.5	10.5	.524	0.0	0.3	.000	3.5	4.3	.824


Season 13
	Mike Gminski	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1992-93	-
Team	Charlotte Hornets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East 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		%
Mike Gminski	34	7.4	2.7	1.0	1.5	2.5	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.8	1.2	2.4	.506	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.3	.900
Jonas Valanciunas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Gminski	2	2.5	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Jonas Valanciunas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Mike Gminski	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1993-94	-
Team	Charlotte Hornets, 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		%
Mike Gminski	29	10.7	3.0	0.8	1.8	2.6	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.4	0.8	1.2	3.6	.350	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.6	.778
Jonas Valanciunas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Gminski	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jonas Valanciunas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Mike Gminski vs. Jonas Valanciunas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jonas Valanciunas and Mike Gminski, 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