Arvydas Sabonis vs. Chris Webber Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chris Webber 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.

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, 8 less than Chris Webber, who played 15. Arvydas Sabonis had the first of his seasons in 1995-96, while Chris Webber had his rookie season in 1993-94. 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Arvydas Sabonis	Chris Webber
Season	1995-96	1993-94
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+3	+8.3	+3.0	+2.0	+0.9	+1.0	+1.8	+0.3	+1.1	-0.6	-0.4	+2.1	+3.7	+.007	+0.5	+1.2	+.375	+0.7	+0.5	+.225
Chris Webber	76	32.1	17.5	4.0	5.1	9.1	3.6	1.2	2.2	2.7	3.3	7.5	13.6	.552	0.0	0.2	.000	2.5	4.7	.532
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
difference:	+2	+0.9	+7.9	+1.9	+3.5	+1.5	+7.2	+0.2	+2.4	-1.0	-0.3	+0.3	+2.9	+.118	+1.0	+1.1	+.556	+7.6	+8.7	+.417
Chris Webber	3	36.3	15.7	4.3	4.3	8.7	9.0	1.0	3.0	3.0	3.7	7.3	13.3	.550	0.0	0.7	.000	1.0	3.3	.300

Season 4
	Arvydas Sabonis	Chris Webber
Season	1998-99	1996-97
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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4th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+22	+12.0	+8.0	+1.5	+0.9	+2.4	+2.2	+1.0	+0.6	-1.5	-0.7	+3.8	+6.6	+.033	+0.7	+1.6	+.105	+0.2	+0.8	+.206
Chris Webber	72	39.0	20.1	3.3	7.0	10.3	4.6	1.7	1.9	3.2	3.6	8.4	16.2	.518	0.8	2.1	.397	2.5	4.3	.565
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
difference:	+10	+5.6	+5.7	+1.4	+2.1	+0.8	+1.1	+0.5	+1.1	-3.8	-3.3	+2.8	+1.3	+.235	+1.6	+3.3	+.255	+1.7	+0.6	+.407
Chris Webber	3	35.7	15.7	2.3	5.7	8.0	3.3	0.7	2.3	5.3	6.0	6.3	10.0	.633	1.7	3.7	.455	1.3	2.7	.500

Season 6
	Arvydas Sabonis	Chris Webber
Season	2000-01	1998-99
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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6th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+19	+19.6	+9.9	+2.7	+4.8	+7.6	+2.6	+0.7	+1.1	-2.1	-1.3	+5.0	+10.0	+.007	+0.1	+0.6	+.051	+0.1	+1.5	+.322
Chris Webber	42	40.9	20.0	3.5	9.4	13.0	4.1	1.4	2.1	3.5	3.5	9.0	18.5	.486	0.1	0.8	.118	1.9	4.1	.454
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
difference:	+2	+3.4	+3.5	+0.1	+1.1	+1.1	+1.3	+1.5	+1.3	-3.3		+1.5	+6.3	+.095	+0.4	+0.7	+.286		+2.3	+.350
Chris Webber	5	38.4	14.8	2.6	6.8	9.4	4.0	1.8	1.0	4.0	4.0	6.2	16.0	.388	0.4	1.4	.286	2.0	5.0	.400

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

Season 7
	Arvydas Sabonis	Chris Webber
Season	2002-03	1999-00
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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7th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+3	+22.9	+18.4	+1.4	+4.8	+6.2	+2.8	+0.8	+1.1	-1.9	-1.7	+7.8	+16.0	+.007	+0.4	+1.2	+.216	+2.4	+3.4	+.036
Chris Webber	75	38.4	24.5	2.5	8.0	10.5	4.6	1.6	1.7	2.9	3.5	10.0	20.6	.483	0.4	1.3	.284	4.1	5.5	.751
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
difference:	+1	+24.7	+14.4	+1.8	+3.8	+5.6	+4.6	+0.9	+1.3	-0.6	-0.5	+5.4	+16.0	+.240	+0.2	+1.0		+3.4	+4.3	+.006
Chris Webber	5	39.2	24.4	2.8	6.8	9.6	5.4	1.6	2.0	1.6	2.8	9.4	22.0	.427	0.2	1.0	.200	5.4	6.8	.794

Additional Years
* Chris Webber played 8 seasons more than Arvydas Sabonis in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 15, from 2001 to 2008—Chris Webber played in 6 Playoffs. In those 8 extra years over Arvydas Sabonis, Chris Webber got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-Star Game