Robert Reid vs. Arvydas Sabonis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Arvydas Sabonis and Robert Reid, 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.

Robert Reid played 13 years in the NBA, 6 more than Arvydas Sabonis, who played 7. Robert Reid had the first of his seasons in 1977-78, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Robert Reid	13	9	1977-78 to 1990-91
Arvydas Sabonis	7	7	1995-96 to 2002-03

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Robert Reid	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1977-78	1995-96
Team	Houston Rockets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Robert Reid	80	23.1	7.3	1.4	3.1	4.5	1.5	0.8	0.6	1.0	3.5	3.3	7.2	.455	-	-	-	0.8	1.2	.656
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		%
Robert Reid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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 2
	Robert Reid	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1978-79	1996-97
Team	Houston Rockets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Robert Reid	82	27.5	10.9	1.6	4.3	5.9	2.8	0.9	0.6	1.6	3.7	4.7	9.5	.492	-	-	-	1.6	2.3	.704
Arvydas Sabonis	69	25.5	13.4	1.7	6.3	7.9	2.1	0.9	1.2	2.2	2.9	4.8	9.5	.498	0.7	1.9	.371	3.2	4.2	.777

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Reid	2	22.5	10.0	2.5	2.0	4.5	1.0	0.5	1.0	2.5	3.5	3.5	8.5	.412	-	-	-	3.0	4.5	.667
Arvydas Sabonis	4	26.8	11.3	2.0	4.5	6.5	2.3	0.8	0.8	2.3	4.8	4.5	10.5	.429	0.5	2.0	.250	1.8	2.0	.875


Season 3
	Robert Reid	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1979-80	1997-98
Team	Houston Rockets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Robert Reid	76	30.3	13.0	1.8	4.0	5.8	3.2	1.7	0.8	2.2	3.7	5.5	11.3	.487	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	2.7	.736
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		%
Robert Reid	7	38.0	18.0	2.0	5.9	7.9	3.7	0.9	1.0	2.7	4.0	7.4	14.6	.510	0.0	0.1	.000	3.1	3.7	.846
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
	Robert Reid	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1980-81	1998-99
Team	Houston Rockets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost NBA 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		%
Robert Reid	82	36.1	15.9	2.0	5.1	7.1	4.2	2.0	0.8	2.4	4.0	6.5	13.6	.482	0.0	0.0	.000	2.8	3.7	.756
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		%
Robert Reid	21	41.3	16.1	2.7	4.1	6.8	4.7	2.4	1.1	2.1	3.8	6.6	14.4	.459	0.0	0.1	.000	2.9	4.4	.663
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
	Robert Reid	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1981-82	1999-00
Team	Houston Rockets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Robert Reid	77	37.8	13.4	2.3	4.4	6.6	4.1	1.5	0.6	2.0	3.9	5.7	12.4	.456	0.0	0.1	.100	2.1	2.8	.748
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		%
Robert Reid	3	38.3	11.3	3.0	5.7	8.7	3.0	1.7	0.7	0.0	3.3	5.0	10.3	.484	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.7	.800
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

Note: Robert Reid didn't play in 1982-83.


Season 6
	Robert Reid	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1983-84	2000-01
Team	Houston Rockets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Robert Reid	64	30.3	14.0	1.5	3.8	5.3	3.4	1.4	0.5	1.4	3.8	6.3	13.4	.474	0.0	0.1	.250	1.3	1.9	.659
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		%
Robert Reid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Robert Reid	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1984-85	2002-03
Team	Houston Rockets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Robert Reid	82	21.5	8.7	1.0	2.3	3.3	2.1	0.6	0.3	1.2	2.4	3.8	7.9	.481	0.0	0.2	.063	1.1	1.5	.698
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		%
Robert Reid	5	17.4	7.6	0.6	2.8	3.4	1.0	0.8	0.4	1.2	4.4	3.8	9.0	.422	0.0	0.8	.000	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Robert Reid	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1985-86	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost NBA 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		%
Robert Reid	82	26.3	12.0	0.8	2.9	3.7	2.7	1.1	0.2	1.2	2.8	5.0	10.7	.464	0.1	0.4	.182	2.0	2.6	.757
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Reid	20	38.7	14.9	0.7	3.5	4.2	6.9	1.4	0.1	2.1	3.7	6.2	14.4	.431	0.2	1.1	.143	2.4	3.0	.797
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Robert Reid	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1986-87	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West 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		%
Robert Reid	75	34.6	13.7	0.6	3.2	3.9	4.3	1.0	0.3	1.4	3.1	5.6	13.4	.417	0.7	2.2	.327	1.8	2.4	.768
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Reid	10	43.1	12.9	0.6	3.0	3.6	4.8	1.0	0.3	2.7	3.6	5.6	15.5	.361	0.2	1.7	.118	1.5	2.3	.652
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Robert Reid	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1987-88	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Robert Reid	62	15.8	6.3	0.6	1.4	2.0	1.1	0.4	0.1	0.7	1.9	2.7	5.7	.463	0.2	0.5	.382	0.8	1.0	.794
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Reid	4	28.5	8.8	0.8	3.0	3.8	2.0	0.5	0.0	0.8	3.3	3.8	8.3	.455	0.8	1.8	.429	0.5	0.8	.667
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Robert Reid	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1988-89	-
Team	Charlotte Hornets	-
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		%
Robert Reid	82	26.2	14.7	1.0	2.7	3.7	1.9	0.6	0.2	1.3	2.9	6.3	14.8	.428	0.2	0.6	.327	1.9	2.4	.776
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Reid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Robert Reid	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1989-90	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers, Charlotte Hornets	-
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		%
Robert Reid	72	16.7	5.8	0.5	1.6	2.1	1.3	0.5	0.2	0.6	2.1	2.4	6.2	.391	0.1	0.4	.313	0.8	1.2	.628
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Reid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Robert Reid	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1990-91	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Robert Reid	3	12.3	1.3	0.7	2.3	3.0	1.3	0.3	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.7	4.7	.143	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Reid	7	5.9	0.9	0.1	1.0	1.1	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.3	1.0	0.4	1.3	.333	0.0	0.1	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Robert Reid vs. Arvydas Sabonis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Arvydas Sabonis and Robert Reid, 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