Brandin Podziemski vs. Arvydas Sabonis Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Arvydas Sabonis and Brandin Podziemski, 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.
Brandin Podziemski played 2 years in the NBA, 5 less than Arvydas Sabonis, who played 7. Brandin Podziemski had the first of his seasons in 2023-24, while Arvydas Sabonis had his rookie season in 1995-96. 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.
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Brandin Podziemski |
74 |
26.6 |
9.2 |
1.6 |
4.2 |
5.8 |
3.7 |
0.8 |
0.2 |
1.2 |
1.6 |
3.7 |
8.1 |
.454 |
1.2 |
3.2 |
.385 |
0.7 |
1.1 |
.633 |
| difference: | +1 | +2.8 | +5.3 | +0.4 | +1.8 | +2.3 | +1.9 | +0.1 | +0.9 | -0.9 | -1.3 | +1.7 | +1.8 | +.091 | +0.7 | +1.8 | +.010 | +2.5 | +3.1 | +.124 |
| 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 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Brandin Podziemski |
DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 |
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2nd Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Brandin Podziemski |
64 |
26.8 |
11.7 |
1.0 |
4.1 |
5.1 |
3.4 |
1.1 |
0.2 |
1.2 |
1.5 |
4.4 |
9.8 |
.445 |
1.8 |
4.8 |
.372 |
1.1 |
1.5 |
.758 |
| difference: | +5 | +1.3 | +1.7 | +0.7 | +2.2 | +2.8 | +1.3 | +0.2 | +1.0 | -1.0 | -1.4 | +0.4 | +0.3 | +.053 | +1.1 | +2.9 | +.001 | +2.1 | +2.7 | +.019 |
| 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 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Brandin Podziemski |
12 |
32.1 |
11.3 |
1.3 |
3.7 |
5.0 |
3.1 |
1.3 |
0.2 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
4.0 |
11.0 |
.364 |
1.8 |
5.6 |
.328 |
1.4 |
2.0 |
.708 |
| difference: | +8 | +5.3 | | +0.7 | +0.8 | +1.5 | +0.8 | +0.5 | +0.6 | -0.8 | -3.3 | +0.5 | +0.5 | +.065 | +1.3 | +3.6 | +.078 | +0.4 | | +.167 |
| 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 |
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Additional Years |
* Arvydas Sabonis played 5 seasons more than Brandin Podziemski in the NBA.
In that period—his seasons 3 to 7, from 1998 to 2003—Arvydas Sabonis played in 5 Playoffs. |
All-Rookie First Team