Taj Gibson vs. Arvydas Sabonis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Arvydas Sabonis and Taj Gibson, 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.

Taj Gibson played 15 years in the NBA, 8 more than Arvydas Sabonis, who played 7. Taj Gibson had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, 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
Taj Gibson	15	9	2009-10 to 2023-24
Arvydas Sabonis	7	7	1995-96 to 2002-03

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Taj Gibson	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	2009-10	1995-96
Team	Chicago Bulls	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Taj Gibson	82	26.9	9.0	2.8	4.7	7.5	0.9	0.6	1.3	1.4	3.4	3.8	7.7	.494	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.1	.646
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		%
Taj Gibson	5	29.0	7.6	1.8	5.2	7.0	0.6	0.2	0.6	0.4	3.4	3.2	7.6	.421	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.2	.545
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
	Taj Gibson	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	2010-11	1996-97
Team	Chicago Bulls	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 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		%
Taj Gibson	80	21.8	7.1	2.0	3.7	5.7	0.7	0.5	1.3	0.9	2.5	2.9	6.3	.466	0.0	0.1	.125	1.3	1.9	.676
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		%
Taj Gibson	16	17.8	5.9	1.6	2.5	4.1	0.6	0.3	1.4	0.9	2.0	2.7	4.8	.566	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	0.9	.600
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
	Taj Gibson	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	2011-12	1997-98
Team	Chicago Bulls	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Taj Gibson	63	20.4	7.7	2.1	3.1	5.3	0.7	0.4	1.3	1.0	2.1	3.2	6.4	.495	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.1	.622
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		%
Taj Gibson	6	22.8	9.5	2.5	4.0	6.5	0.7	0.7	1.7	0.5	3.2	3.5	7.7	.457	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.7	.682
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
	Taj Gibson	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	2012-13	1998-99
Team	Chicago Bulls	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Taj Gibson	65	22.4	8.0	1.9	3.4	5.3	0.9	0.4	1.4	1.2	2.6	3.3	6.8	.485	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	2.0	.679
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		%
Taj Gibson	12	17.2	6.5	1.3	1.8	3.0	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.8	3.1	2.6	5.5	.470	0.0	0.2	.000	1.3	1.8	.727
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
	Taj Gibson	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	2013-14	1999-00
Team	Chicago Bulls	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East 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		%
Taj Gibson	82	28.7	13.0	2.4	4.4	6.8	1.1	0.5	1.4	1.8	2.5	5.2	10.9	.479	0.0	0.1	.000	2.6	3.4	.751
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		%
Taj Gibson	5	30.8	18.2	4.2	2.0	6.2	0.4	0.4	2.4	1.6	2.4	6.4	11.4	.561	0.0	0.0	-	5.4	7.2	.750
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
	Taj Gibson	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	2014-15	2000-01
Team	Chicago Bulls	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Taj Gibson	62	27.3	10.3	2.6	3.8	6.4	1.1	0.6	1.2	1.2	2.6	4.1	8.2	.502	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	3.0	.717
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		%
Taj Gibson	12	23.0	7.4	2.1	3.4	5.5	1.0	0.3	1.0	0.9	2.1	2.8	6.0	.472	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.5	.700
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
	Taj Gibson	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	2015-16	2002-03
Team	Chicago Bulls	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		%
Taj Gibson	73	26.5	8.6	2.8	4.1	6.9	1.5	0.6	1.1	1.1	2.5	3.6	6.8	.526	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.0	.692
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		%
Taj Gibson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Taj Gibson	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	2016-17	-
Team	Chicago Bulls, Oklahoma City Thunder	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Taj Gibson	78	25.5	10.8	2.0	4.2	6.2	0.9	0.5	0.8	1.3	2.1	4.7	9.1	.515	0.0	0.2	.231	1.4	2.0	.715
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Taj Gibson	5	23.6	9.8	0.6	3.0	3.6	0.6	0.2	0.0	1.6	2.6	4.2	7.0	.600	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.6	.875
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Taj Gibson	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	2017-18	-
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves 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		%
Taj Gibson	82	33.2	12.2	2.4	4.8	7.1	1.2	0.8	0.7	1.1	2.7	5.2	9.0	.577	0.1	0.4	.200	1.7	2.3	.768
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Taj Gibson	5	24.6	6.2	1.4	2.6	4.0	0.4	0.2	0.4	0.8	1.6	2.8	4.4	.636	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.6	1.000
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Taj Gibson	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	2018-19	-
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	-
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		%
Taj Gibson	70	24.1	10.8	2.5	4.1	6.5	1.2	0.8	0.6	1.0	2.7	4.3	7.7	.566	0.2	0.5	.324	1.9	2.5	.757
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 11
	Taj Gibson	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	2019-20	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
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		%
Taj Gibson	62	16.5	6.1	1.8	2.5	4.3	0.8	0.4	0.5	0.8	2.0	2.7	4.6	.584	0.1	0.2	.286	0.7	0.9	.732
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 12
	Taj Gibson	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	2020-21	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Taj Gibson	45	20.8	5.4	2.2	3.4	5.6	0.8	0.7	1.1	0.5	2.2	2.2	3.5	.627	0.1	0.3	.200	0.9	1.2	.727
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Taj Gibson	5	27.6	5.0	3.2	3.8	7.0	0.8	1.6	1.0	0.6	2.6	2.4	4.0	.600	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.2	1.000
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Taj Gibson	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	2021-22	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
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		%
Taj Gibson	52	18.2	4.4	1.7	2.7	4.4	0.6	0.4	0.8	0.5	2.6	1.7	3.2	.518	0.3	0.7	.395	0.8	1.0	.808
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 14
	Taj Gibson	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Washington Wizards	-
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		%
Taj Gibson	49	9.8	3.4	0.7	1.2	1.9	0.7	0.3	0.2	0.5	1.7	1.3	2.6	.520	0.2	0.5	.333	0.6	0.9	.714
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 15
	Taj Gibson	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	2023-24	-
Team	New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons	-
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		%
Taj Gibson	20	10.3	1.7	0.6	1.3	1.9	0.6	0.2	0.4	0.3	1.6	0.8	1.9	.405	0.1	0.5	.200	0.1	0.1	1.000
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Taj Gibson vs. Arvydas Sabonis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Arvydas Sabonis and Taj Gibson, 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

Season 15