Arvydas Sabonis vs. Kevin Willis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Willis 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, 14 less than Kevin Willis, who played 21. Arvydas Sabonis had the first of his seasons in 1995-96, while Kevin Willis 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 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Arvydas Sabonis	7	7	1995-96 to 2002-03
Kevin Willis	21	11	1984-85 to 2006-07

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Arvydas Sabonis	Kevin Willis
Season	1995-96	1984-85
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+9	+2.0	+5.2	+0.2	+1.8	+1.7	+1.4	+0.5	+0.5	-0.8	-0.1	+1.5	+1.5	+.078	+0.5	+1.3	+.153	+1.7	+2.0	+.100
Kevin Willis	82	21.8	9.3	2.2	4.2	6.4	0.4	0.4	0.6	1.3	2.8	3.9	8.4	.467	0.0	0.1	.222	1.5	2.2	.657

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
Kevin Willis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Arvydas Sabonis	Kevin Willis
Season	1996-97	1985-86
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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2nd 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	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
difference:	+13	+2.5	+1.1	+1.3	+0.7	+0.7	+1.6	+0.1	+0.7		-0.7	+0.3	+0.4	+.019	+0.7	+1.8	+.371	+1.1	+1.0	+.123
Kevin Willis	82	28.0	12.3	3.0	5.6	8.6	0.5	0.8	0.5	2.2	3.6	5.1	9.9	.517	0.0	0.1	.000	2.1	3.2	.654

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
difference:	+5	+4.3	+2.6	+1.4	+0.7	+0.7	+1.7		+0.1	-0.6	-0.6	+1.6	+0.4	+.132	+0.5	+2.0		+0.1	+0.6	+.223
Kevin Willis	9	31.1	13.9	3.4	3.8	7.2	0.6	0.8	0.9	1.7	4.2	6.1	10.9	.561	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.6	.652


Season 3
	Arvydas Sabonis	Kevin Willis
Season	1997-98	1986-87
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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3rd 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	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
difference:	+8	+0.4	+0.1	+2.0	+1.4	+0.5	+2.2	+0.1	+0.3	-0.5	-0.2	+1.0	+1.1	+.043	+0.4	+1.6		+1.6	+1.5	+.089
Kevin Willis	81	32.4	16.1	4.0	6.5	10.5	0.8	0.8	0.8	2.1	3.9	6.6	12.4	.536	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	4.0	.709

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
difference:	+5	+12.8	+3.4	+1.9	+0.4	+1.4	+0.8	+0.8		-0.6	-1.1	+2.2	+2.8	+.072	+0.3	+0.5		+0.7	+0.1	+.180
Kevin Willis	9	39.6	15.7	3.7	5.6	9.2	0.7	1.0	0.8	1.9	3.7	6.7	12.8	.522	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.4	.677


Season 4
	Arvydas Sabonis	Kevin Willis
Season	1998-99	1987-88
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+25	+0.9	+0.5	+1.3	+1.9	+0.6	+2.0	+0.2	+0.8	-0.1	-0.3	+0.1	+0.4	+.033	+0.1	+0.5		+0.6	+0.2	+.122
Kevin Willis	75	27.9	11.6	3.1	4.2	7.3	0.4	0.9	0.5	1.8	3.2	4.7	9.2	.518	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	3.3	.649

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:	+1	+8.4	+6.2	+2.1	+1.8	+0.2	+1.3	+0.4	+0.4	-0.6	-1.6	+3.2	+2.8	+.182	+0.1	+0.3	+.200	+0.2	+0.9	+.227
Kevin Willis	12	38.5	16.2	3.0	6.0	9.0	0.9	0.8	0.8	2.1	4.3	6.7	11.5	.580	0.0	0.1	.000	2.8	4.2	.680

Note: Kevin Willis didn't play in 1988-89.


Season 5
	Arvydas Sabonis	Kevin Willis
Season	1999-00	1989-90
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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5th 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	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
difference:	+15	+2.5	+0.6	+1.6	+1.5	+0.2	+1.1	+0.1	+0.6	-0.3	-0.4	+0.6	+0.8	+.014	+0.1	+0.2	+.082	+0.4		+.160
Kevin Willis	81	28.1	12.4	3.1	4.8	8.0	0.7	0.8	0.6	1.8	3.2	5.2	9.9	.519	0.0	0.1	.286	2.1	3.0	.683

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
Kevin Willis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Arvydas Sabonis	Kevin Willis
Season	2000-01	1990-91
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost East 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	+8.4	+3.0	+2.4	+1.0	+3.4	+0.3	+0.1	+0.5	-0.5	-0.7	+1.6	+2.5	+.025	+0.1	+0.1	+.333		+0.4	+.108
Kevin Willis	80	29.7	13.1	3.2	5.6	8.8	1.2	0.8	0.5	1.9	2.9	5.6	11.0	.504	0.1	0.1	.400	2.0	3.0	.668

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	+3.2	+4.1	+0.9	+0.3	+0.7	+1.7	+0.3	+2.1	-0.3	-0.4	+0.7	+3.7	+.080	+0.4	+0.1	+.667	+2.2	+3.3	+.050
Kevin Willis	5	31.8	15.4	3.6	5.4	9.0	1.0	0.6	0.2	0.4	4.4	5.4	13.4	.403	0.4	0.6	.667	4.2	6.0	.700

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


Season 7
	Arvydas Sabonis	Kevin Willis
Season	2002-03	1991-92
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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	+21.1	+12.2	+4.1	+7.2	+11.2	+0.3	+0.1	+0.1	-1.4	-1.0	+5.1	+10.5	+.007	+0.1	+0.4	+.338	+1.9	+2.4	+.017
Kevin Willis	81	36.6	18.3	5.2	10.4	15.5	2.1	0.9	0.7	2.4	2.8	7.3	15.1	.483	0.1	0.5	.162	3.6	4.5	.804

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
Kevin Willis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years

* Kevin Willis played 14 seasons more than Arvydas Sabonis in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 8 to 21, from 1993 to 2007—Kevin Willis played in 7 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship.

Arvydas Sabonis vs. Kevin Willis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Willis 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years