Cliff Levingston vs. Domantas Sabonis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Domantas Sabonis and Cliff Levingston, 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.

Cliff Levingston played 11 years in the NBA, 3 more than Domantas Sabonis, who played 8. Cliff Levingston had the first of his seasons in 1982-83, while Domantas Sabonis had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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
Cliff Levingston	11	8	1982-83 to 1994-95
Domantas Sabonis	8	4	2016-17 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Cliff Levingston	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1982-83	2016-17
Team	Detroit Pistons	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Cliff Levingston	62	14.2	5.6	1.7	2.1	3.7	0.8	0.4	0.6	1.2	2.0	2.1	4.4	.485	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.4	.571
Domantas Sabonis	81	20.1	5.9	0.6	3.0	3.6	1.0	0.5	0.4	1.0	2.5	2.4	5.9	.399	0.6	2.0	.321	0.5	0.8	.657

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cliff Levingston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Domantas Sabonis	2	3.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.5	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	2.0	2.0	1.000


Season 2
	Cliff Levingston	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1983-84	2017-18
Team	Detroit Pistons	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pacers 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		%
Cliff Levingston	80	21.8	7.3	2.9	3.9	6.8	1.4	0.6	1.0	1.0	3.5	2.9	5.5	.525	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.3	.672
Domantas Sabonis	74	24.5	11.6	2.2	5.5	7.7	2.0	0.5	0.4	1.9	3.0	4.6	8.9	.514	0.2	0.5	.351	2.3	3.0	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cliff Levingston	5	20.2	8.0	2.2	2.6	4.8	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.6	3.0	3.0	3.8	.789	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.2	.625
Domantas Sabonis	7	23.7	12.4	2.0	2.6	4.6	0.7	0.1	0.3	1.0	3.1	5.1	8.9	.581	0.1	1.0	.143	2.0	2.6	.778


Season 3
	Cliff Levingston	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1984-85	2018-19
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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		%
Cliff Levingston	74	27.3	9.8	3.1	4.5	7.6	1.4	0.9	0.9	1.8	3.1	3.9	7.5	.527	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	3.0	.653
Domantas Sabonis	74	24.8	14.1	2.5	6.8	9.3	2.9	0.6	0.4	2.2	3.2	5.6	9.5	.590	0.1	0.2	.529	2.8	3.9	.715

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cliff Levingston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Domantas Sabonis	4	24.0	8.5	1.8	5.5	7.3	4.0	0.8	0.3	1.3	3.0	3.0	7.3	.414	0.3	1.0	.250	2.3	3.5	.643


Season 4
	Cliff Levingston	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1985-86	2019-20
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Cliff Levingston	81	24.0	9.3	2.4	4.2	6.6	0.9	0.9	0.5	1.4	3.2	3.6	6.8	.534	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	3.0	.678
Domantas Sabonis	62	34.8	18.5	3.0	9.4	12.4	5.0	0.8	0.5	2.7	3.1	7.4	13.7	.540	0.3	1.1	.254	3.5	4.8	.723

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cliff Levingston	9	20.0	5.8	1.7	2.9	4.6	0.3	0.4	1.0	1.0	2.6	2.4	4.1	.595	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.8	1.0	.778
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Cliff Levingston	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1986-87	2020-21
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Cliff Levingston	82	22.5	8.0	2.7	3.8	6.5	0.5	0.6	0.8	0.9	3.2	3.1	6.0	.506	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	2.6	.731
Domantas Sabonis	62	36.0	20.3	2.4	9.5	12.0	6.7	1.2	0.5	3.4	3.3	7.8	14.6	.535	0.8	2.6	.321	3.9	5.3	.732

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cliff Levingston	9	12.0	3.1	1.3	2.4	3.8	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.4	2.3	0.8	2.0	.389	0.0	0.1	.000	1.6	2.0	.778
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Cliff Levingston	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1987-88	2021-22
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Indiana Pacers, Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Cliff Levingston	82	26.0	10.0	2.8	3.4	6.1	0.9	0.6	1.0	1.1	3.5	3.8	6.9	.557	0.0	0.0	.500	2.3	3.0	.772
Domantas Sabonis	62	34.5	18.9	3.2	8.9	12.1	5.2	1.0	0.4	3.1	3.3	7.1	12.5	.573	0.6	2.0	.312	4.0	5.4	.741

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cliff Levingston	12	13.6	5.0	1.2	1.0	2.2	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.7	2.1	2.0	4.2	.480	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.750
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Cliff Levingston	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1988-89	2022-23
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Kings 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		%
Cliff Levingston	80	27.3	9.2	2.4	3.8	6.2	0.9	1.2	0.9	1.3	3.4	3.8	7.1	.528	0.0	0.1	.200	1.7	2.4	.696
Domantas Sabonis	79	34.6	19.1	3.2	9.1	12.3	7.3	0.8	0.5	2.9	3.5	7.3	11.9	.615	0.4	1.1	.373	4.1	5.5	.742

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cliff Levingston	5	15.4	3.2	1.2	2.2	3.4	0.4	0.0	0.6	0.6	3.0	0.6	2.2	.273	0.2	0.2	1.000	1.8	2.0	.900
Domantas Sabonis	7	34.7	16.4	4.4	6.6	11.0	4.7	1.4	0.9	3.7	4.0	7.0	14.1	.495	0.1	0.7	.200	2.3	4.0	.571


Season 8
	Cliff Levingston	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1989-90	2023-24
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	Rebounds Leader
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		%
Cliff Levingston	75	22.7	6.9	1.5	2.7	4.3	1.1	0.7	0.5	0.7	2.9	2.9	5.7	.509	0.0	0.1	.200	1.1	1.6	.680
Domantas Sabonis	82	35.7	19.4	3.6	10.1	13.7	8.2	0.9	0.6	3.3	3.0	7.7	13.0	.594	0.4	1.1	.379	3.6	5.1	.704

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cliff Levingston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Cliff Levingston	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1990-91	-
Team	Chicago Bulls	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cliff Levingston	78	13.0	4.0	1.3	1.6	2.9	0.7	0.4	0.6	0.6	1.8	1.6	3.6	.450	0.0	0.1	.250	0.8	1.2	.648
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cliff Levingston	17	11.3	2.6	1.3	1.1	2.4	0.4	0.6	0.4	0.1	1.6	1.2	2.4	.512	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.500
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Cliff Levingston	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1991-92	-
Team	Chicago Bulls	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cliff Levingston	79	12.9	3.9	1.4	1.5	2.9	0.8	0.3	0.6	0.5	1.7	1.6	3.2	.498	0.0	0.1	.167	0.8	1.2	.625
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cliff Levingston	22	8.7	2.9	0.8	1.1	1.9	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.5	1.4	1.1	2.6	.439	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	1.3	.500
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Cliff Levingston didn't play in 1992-93 and 1993-94.


Season 11
	Cliff Levingston	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1994-95	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
Cliff Levingston	57	8.2	2.3	0.9	1.3	2.2	0.5	0.2	0.4	0.4	1.6	1.0	2.3	.423	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	0.8	.422
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cliff Levingston	3	11.7	2.3	2.0	1.0	3.0	0.3	1.0	0.7	0.7	1.3	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.500
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Cliff Levingston vs. Domantas Sabonis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Domantas Sabonis and Cliff Levingston, 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