Arvydas Sabonis vs. Bobby Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bobby Simmons and Arvydas Sabonis, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Arvydas Sabonis played 7 years in the NBA, 3 less than Bobby Simmons, who played 10. Arvydas Sabonis had the first of his seasons in 1995-96, while Bobby Simmons had his rookie season in 2001-02. 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
Arvydas Sabonis	7	7	1995-96 to 2002-03
Bobby Simmons	10	2	2001-02 to 2011-12

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Arvydas Sabonis	Bobby Simmons
Season	1995-96	2001-02
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
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
Bobby Simmons	30	11.4	3.7	0.8	0.9	1.7	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.5	1.0	1.4	3.2	.453	0.1	0.5	.286	0.7	1.0	.733

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Bobby Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Arvydas Sabonis	Bobby Simmons
Season	1996-97	2002-03
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
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
Bobby Simmons	36	10.5	3.3	0.9	1.2	2.1	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.2	1.4	1.2	3.1	.393	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.0	.914

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Bobby Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Arvydas Sabonis	Bobby Simmons
Season	1997-98	2003-04
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
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
Bobby Simmons	56	24.6	7.8	2.1	2.6	4.7	1.7	0.9	0.3	1.3	3.0	2.6	6.7	.394	0.0	0.2	.167	2.5	3.0	.834

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Bobby Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Arvydas Sabonis	Bobby Simmons
Season	1998-99	2004-05
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	Most Improved Player
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
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
Bobby Simmons	75	37.3	16.4	1.7	4.2	5.9	2.7	1.4	0.2	1.8	3.0	6.3	13.6	.466	0.7	1.5	.435	3.1	3.6	.846

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Bobby Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Arvydas Sabonis	Bobby Simmons
Season	1999-00	2005-06
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals	Bucks 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		%
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
Bobby Simmons	75	33.8	13.4	1.2	3.2	4.4	2.3	1.1	0.3	1.6	3.4	4.9	10.8	.453	1.4	3.3	.420	2.2	2.7	.825

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Bobby Simmons	5	31.8	6.6	0.8	2.8	3.6	2.0	1.8	0.2	1.2	2.2	2.8	8.4	.333	1.0	2.4	.417	0.0	0.0	-

Note: Bobby Simmons didn't play in 2006-07.


Season 6
	Arvydas Sabonis	Bobby Simmons
Season	2000-01	2007-08
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
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
Bobby Simmons	70	21.7	7.6	1.0	2.3	3.2	1.1	0.7	0.1	1.1	2.0	3.0	7.1	.421	0.9	2.4	.351	0.8	1.0	.757

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Bobby Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Arvydas Sabonis didn't play in 2001-02.


Season 7
	Arvydas Sabonis	Bobby Simmons
Season	2002-03	2008-09
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
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
Bobby Simmons	71	24.4	7.8	1.0	2.9	3.9	1.3	0.7	0.1	0.9	2.6	2.8	6.2	.449	1.6	3.7	.447	0.6	0.8	.741

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Bobby Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Arvydas Sabonis	Bobby Simmons
Season	-	2009-10
Team	-	New Jersey Nets
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		%
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Simmons	23	17.2	5.3	0.5	2.3	2.7	0.7	0.7	0.1	0.8	2.3	1.8	5.1	.359	0.9	2.7	.317	0.8	0.9	.900

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


Season 9
	Arvydas Sabonis	Bobby Simmons
Season	-	2010-11
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
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		%
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Simmons	2	8.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.5	.000	0.0	1.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-

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


Season 10
	Arvydas Sabonis	Bobby Simmons
Season	-	2011-12
Team	-	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Clippers 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		%
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Simmons	28	14.9	2.9	0.6	1.4	2.0	0.4	0.5	0.1	0.4	1.5	1.0	3.2	.311	0.7	2.1	.333	0.1	0.3	.571

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Simmons	4	8.0	2.8	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.8	1.3	2.3	.556	0.3	1.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-

Arvydas Sabonis vs. Bobby Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bobby Simmons and Arvydas Sabonis, 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