Mike Riordan vs. Domantas Sabonis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Domantas Sabonis and Mike Riordan, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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 Riordan played 9 years in the NBA, 1 more than Domantas Sabonis, who played 8. Mike Riordan had the first of his seasons in 1968-69, 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.

Season 2
	Mike Riordan	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1969-70	2017-18
Team	New York Knicks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Mike Riordan	81	20.7	7.7	-	-	2.4	2.5	-	-	-	2.4	3.1	6.8	.464	-	-	-	1.4	2.0	.691
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		%
Mike Riordan	19	15.6	6.9	-	-	2.4	1.4	-	-	-	1.7	2.8	5.7	.486	-	-	-	1.3	1.8	.714
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 4
	Mike Riordan	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1971-72	2019-20
Team	New York Knicks, Baltimore Bullets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets 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		%
Mike Riordan	58	23.7	9.5	-	-	2.2	2.2	-	-	-	2.2	4.0	8.6	.467	-	-	-	1.4	2.1	.677
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		%
Mike Riordan	6	26.8	13.8	-	-	2.5	1.8	-	-	-	3.0	5.5	9.5	.579	-	-	-	2.8	3.5	.810
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Mike Riordan	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1972-73	2020-21
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets 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		%
Mike Riordan	82	42.3	18.1	-	-	4.9	5.2	-	-	-	2.6	8.0	15.6	.510	-	-	-	2.2	2.7	.821
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		%
Mike Riordan	5	46.2	15.0	-	-	3.6	3.0	-	-	-	3.2	5.6	12.4	.452	-	-	-	3.8	4.8	.792
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Mike Riordan	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1974-75	2022-23
Team	Washington Bullets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Mike Riordan	74	29.6	15.4	1.2	2.6	3.8	2.7	1.0	0.1	-	3.2	7.0	14.3	.492	-	-	-	1.3	1.6	.838
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		%
Mike Riordan	17	22.2	7.9	0.7	1.7	2.4	1.6	0.9	0.1	-	2.9	3.5	8.9	.397	-	-	-	0.8	1.1	.778
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
	Mike Riordan	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1975-76	2023-24
Team	Washington Bullets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	Bullets 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		%
Mike Riordan	78	24.9	8.4	0.6	1.8	2.4	1.6	0.7	0.2	-	2.6	3.7	8.5	.440	-	-	-	0.9	1.2	.740
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		%
Mike Riordan	6	5.2	1.0	0.2	0.8	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	0.5	1.3	.375	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-