Arvydas Sabonis vs. Danny Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Danny Young 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

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 Danny Young, who played 10. Arvydas Sabonis had the first of his seasons in 1995-96, while Danny Young had his rookie season in 1984-85. 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
Danny Young	10	6	1984-85 to 1994-95

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Arvydas Sabonis	Danny Young
Season	1995-96	1984-85
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Seattle Supersonics
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
Danny Young	3	8.7	1.3	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.7	1.0	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.7	3.3	.200	0.0	0.3	.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	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
Danny Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Arvydas Sabonis	Danny Young
Season	1996-97	1985-86
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Seattle Supersonics
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
Danny Young	82	23.2	6.9	0.4	1.1	1.5	3.7	1.3	0.1	1.1	1.4	2.8	5.5	.506	0.3	0.9	.324	1.1	1.3	.849

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
Danny Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Arvydas Sabonis	Danny Young
Season	1997-98	1986-87
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Supersonics Lost West Conf Finals

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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
Danny Young	73	20.3	4.8	0.3	1.2	1.5	4.8	1.0	0.0	1.2	1.0	1.8	3.9	.458	0.4	1.1	.367	0.8	1.0	.831

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
Danny Young	14	14.9	4.1	0.3	0.9	1.1	3.4	1.1	0.0	0.5	1.5	1.5	3.7	.404	0.4	1.1	.313	0.7	0.7	1.000


Season 4
	Arvydas Sabonis	Danny Young
Season	1998-99	1987-88
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals	Supersonics 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		%
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
Danny Young	77	12.3	3.2	0.2	0.7	1.0	2.8	0.7	0.0	0.5	0.9	1.2	2.8	.408	0.3	1.0	.286	0.6	0.7	.811

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
Danny Young	5	19.0	6.4	0.6	1.4	2.0	3.8	0.4	0.4	1.4	1.4	2.2	4.2	.524	0.0	0.6	.000	2.0	2.0	1.000


Season 5
	Arvydas Sabonis	Danny Young
Season	1999-00	1988-89
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals	Trail Blazers 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		%
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
Danny Young	48	19.8	6.2	0.4	1.2	1.5	2.6	1.1	0.1	0.9	1.0	2.4	5.2	.460	0.4	1.0	.340	1.0	1.3	.781

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
Danny Young	3	22.0	9.3	0.7	2.0	2.7	4.0	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.7	4.0	8.7	.462	1.0	2.7	.375	0.3	0.7	.500


Season 6
	Arvydas Sabonis	Danny Young
Season	2000-01	1989-90
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers Lost NBA Finals

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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
Danny Young	82	17.0	4.7	0.4	1.1	1.5	2.8	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.7	4.0	.421	0.2	0.7	.271	1.1	1.4	.813

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
Danny Young	21	14.0	4.1	0.5	0.9	1.4	1.5	0.7	0.1	0.8	1.4	1.3	3.4	.389	0.5	1.4	.379	0.9	1.3	.704

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


Season 7
	Arvydas Sabonis	Danny Young
Season	2002-03	1990-91
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals

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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
Danny Young	75	12.0	3.8	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.9	0.7	0.1	0.7	0.7	1.4	3.6	.380	0.5	1.4	.346	0.5	0.6	.911

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
Danny Young	7	5.1	1.7	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.9	1.6	.545	0.0	0.1	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 8
	Arvydas Sabonis	Danny Young
Season	-	1991-92
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Clippers 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		%
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Young	62	16.5	4.5	0.3	1.0	1.2	2.8	0.7	0.1	0.8	0.9	1.6	4.1	.392	0.4	1.1	.329	0.9	1.1	.851

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Young	3	3.7	1.3	0.0	0.0	0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.7	1.3	.500	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 9
	Arvydas Sabonis	Danny Young
Season	-	1992-93
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Young	65	12.9	2.9	0.2	0.5	0.7	1.8	0.5	0.1	0.5	0.6	1.1	2.6	.413	0.3	1.0	.324	0.4	0.5	.875

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

Note: Danny Young didn't play in 1993-94.


Season 10
	Arvydas Sabonis	Danny Young
Season	-	1994-95
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		%
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Young	7	11.0	3.4	0.1	0.6	0.7	1.7	0.6	0.0	0.6	1.1	1.3	2.4	.529	0.7	1.7	.417	0.1	0.1	1.000

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

Arvydas Sabonis vs. Danny Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Danny Young 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