J.R. Reid vs. Domantas Sabonis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Domantas Sabonis and J.R. 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.

J.R. Reid played 11 years in the NBA, 3 more than Domantas Sabonis, who played 8. J.R. Reid had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, 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
J.R. Reid	11	6	1989-90 to 2000-01
Domantas Sabonis	8	4	2016-17 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	J.R. Reid	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1989-90	2016-17
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
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		%
J.R. Reid	82	33.6	11.1	2.4	6.0	8.4	1.2	1.1	0.7	2.1	3.6	4.4	9.9	.440	0.0	0.1	.000	2.3	3.5	.664
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		%
J.R. Reid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	J.R. Reid	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1990-91	2017-18
Team	Charlotte Hornets	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		%
J.R. Reid	80	30.8	11.3	1.9	4.4	6.3	1.1	1.1	0.6	1.9	3.6	4.5	9.7	.466	0.0	0.0	.000	2.3	3.2	.703
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		%
J.R. Reid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	J.R. Reid	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1991-92	2018-19
Team	Charlotte Hornets	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		%
J.R. Reid	51	24.6	11.0	1.9	4.3	6.2	1.6	1.0	0.5	1.6	3.1	4.2	8.5	.490	0.0	0.1	.000	2.6	3.7	.705
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		%
J.R. Reid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	J.R. Reid	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1992-93	2019-20
Team	Charlotte Hornets, San Antonio Spurs	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West 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		%
J.R. Reid	83	22.7	9.4	1.4	4.0	5.5	1.0	0.6	0.4	1.5	3.2	3.4	7.2	.476	0.0	0.1	.000	2.6	3.4	.764
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		%
J.R. Reid	10	22.0	8.5	1.6	3.4	5.0	1.5	0.8	0.8	1.3	3.1	2.9	6.0	.483	0.0	0.2	.000	2.7	3.5	.771
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	J.R. Reid	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1993-94	2020-21
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
J.R. Reid	70	19.2	9.0	1.3	1.8	3.1	1.0	0.6	0.4	1.2	2.4	3.7	7.6	.491	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.2	.699
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		%
J.R. Reid	4	14.0	3.8	0.8	2.3	3.0	0.8	0.3	0.5	0.3	2.5	1.5	5.3	.286	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.3	.600
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	J.R. Reid	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1994-95	2021-22
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Indiana Pacers, Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
J.R. Reid	81	19.3	7.0	1.5	3.4	4.9	0.7	0.7	0.4	1.4	2.8	2.5	4.9	.508	0.0	0.0	.500	2.0	2.9	.687
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		%
J.R. Reid	15	13.9	6.1	0.9	1.9	2.8	0.6	0.5	0.3	1.0	2.4	1.9	3.9	.492	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	2.6	.846
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	J.R. Reid	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1995-96	2022-23
Team	San Antonio Spurs, New York Knicks	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
J.R. Reid	65	20.2	6.6	1.1	2.8	3.9	0.6	0.7	0.3	1.2	2.9	2.5	5.0	.494	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.2	.754
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		%
J.R. Reid	1	7.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
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

Note: J.R. Reid didn't play in 1996-97.


Season 8
	J.R. Reid	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1997-98	2023-24
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	Hornets 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		%
J.R. Reid	79	14.0	4.9	0.9	1.7	2.7	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.8	2.2	1.8	4.0	.459	0.0	0.1	.375	1.1	1.5	.730
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		%
J.R. Reid	9	12.8	3.3	0.8	1.4	2.2	0.2	0.3	0.2	1.2	2.6	1.2	3.1	.393	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.1	.800
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	J.R. Reid	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1998-99	-
Team	Charlotte Hornets, Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
J.R. Reid	41	25.1	9.0	1.1	4.1	5.2	1.2	0.9	0.2	1.2	3.3	3.2	6.8	.477	0.0	0.0	.000	2.6	3.3	.766
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
J.R. Reid	8	22.4	3.3	1.1	4.1	5.3	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.3	4.1	1.3	3.5	.357	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.0	.750
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	J.R. Reid	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1999-00	-
Team	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		%
J.R. Reid	34	17.7	4.4	0.9	2.6	3.4	0.5	0.6	0.1	0.6	2.4	1.6	3.7	.417	0.0	0.2	.143	1.3	1.6	.768
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
J.R. Reid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	J.R. Reid	Domantas Sabonis
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	-
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		%
J.R. Reid	6	6.5	1.7	0.8	0.5	1.3	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.7	0.3	0.8	.400	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.750
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
J.R. Reid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

J.R. Reid vs. Domantas Sabonis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Domantas Sabonis and J.R. 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