Arvydas Sabonis vs. Marreese Speights Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marreese Speights 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 Marreese Speights, who played 10. Arvydas Sabonis had the first of his seasons in 1995-96, while Marreese Speights had his rookie season in 2008-09. 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
Marreese Speights	10	7	2008-09 to 2017-18

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Arvydas Sabonis	Marreese Speights
Season	1995-96	2008-09
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	76ers 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	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
Marreese Speights	79	16.0	7.7	1.6	2.2	3.7	0.4	0.3	0.7	0.6	2.3	3.2	6.4	.502	0.0	0.1	.250	1.3	1.7	.773

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
Marreese Speights	3	9.7	3.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.7	1.0	2.3	.429	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.750


Season 2
	Arvydas Sabonis	Marreese Speights
Season	1996-97	2009-10
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Philadelphia 76ers
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
Marreese Speights	62	16.4	8.6	1.4	2.7	4.1	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.8	2.5	3.4	7.2	.477	0.0	0.1	.000	1.7	2.3	.745

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
Marreese Speights	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Arvydas Sabonis	Marreese Speights
Season	1997-98	2010-11
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	76ers 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	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
Marreese Speights	64	11.5	5.4	1.0	2.3	3.3	0.5	0.1	0.3	0.6	1.9	2.3	4.5	.495	0.0	0.1	.250	0.9	1.1	.753

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
Marreese Speights	2	10.5	2.0	0.5	2.5	3.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	2.0	1.0	6.0	.167	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 4
	Arvydas Sabonis	Marreese Speights
Season	1998-99	2011-12
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals	Grizzlies 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
Marreese Speights	60	22.4	8.8	2.2	4.0	6.2	0.8	0.4	0.5	1.2	2.5	3.7	8.1	.453	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	1.8	.771

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
Marreese Speights	7	14.3	6.6	1.9	2.4	4.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.7	1.9	2.9	5.9	.488	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.4	.600


Season 5
	Arvydas Sabonis	Marreese Speights
Season	1999-00	2012-13
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Memphis Grizzlies, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
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	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
Marreese Speights	79	16.5	8.3	1.8	3.0	4.9	0.6	0.3	0.7	1.0	2.2	3.3	7.4	.445	0.0	0.1	.300	1.7	2.2	.771

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
Marreese Speights	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Arvydas Sabonis	Marreese Speights
Season	2000-01	2013-14
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors 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	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
Marreese Speights	79	12.4	6.4	1.3	2.4	3.7	0.4	0.1	0.4	0.8	1.9	2.5	5.6	.441	0.1	0.4	.258	1.4	1.7	.821

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
Marreese Speights	7	9.7	6.3	1.3	1.9	3.1	0.4	0.3	0.6	0.3	1.7	2.7	5.1	.528	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.7	.500

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


Season 7
	Arvydas Sabonis	Marreese Speights
Season	2002-03	2014-15
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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
Marreese Speights	76	15.9	10.4	1.4	2.8	4.3	0.9	0.3	0.4	1.1	2.5	4.2	8.5	.492	0.1	0.2	.278	2.0	2.3	.843

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
Marreese Speights	10	6.7	3.7	0.8	1.3	2.1	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.4	1.4	1.4	4.2	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.5	.600


Season 8
	Arvydas Sabonis	Marreese Speights
Season	-	2015-16
Team	-	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Warriors 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marreese Speights	72	11.6	7.1	1.1	2.3	3.3	0.8	0.3	0.5	0.9	1.6	2.7	6.3	.432	0.3	0.9	.387	1.3	1.6	.825

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marreese Speights	24	8.4	5.6	0.6	1.3	2.0	0.5	0.1	0.3	0.8	1.8	1.9	4.9	.390	0.8	1.8	.419	1.0	1.3	.774


Season 9
	Arvydas Sabonis	Marreese Speights
Season	-	2016-17
Team	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marreese Speights	82	15.7	8.7	1.1	3.5	4.5	0.8	0.3	0.5	0.8	2.8	3.0	6.7	.445	1.3	3.4	.372	1.5	1.7	.876

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marreese Speights	7	14.0	6.6	0.6	2.3	2.9	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.4	1.9	2.3	5.3	.432	1.0	2.9	.350	1.0	1.4	.700


Season 10
	Arvydas Sabonis	Marreese Speights
Season	-	2017-18
Team	-	Orlando Magic
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marreese Speights	52	13.0	7.7	0.4	2.2	2.6	0.8	0.2	0.4	0.8	2.0	2.7	6.7	.395	1.7	4.5	.369	0.8	1.1	.727

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

Arvydas Sabonis vs. Marreese Speights Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marreese Speights 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