Cedric Ceballos vs. Jonas Valanciunas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jonas Valanciunas and Cedric Ceballos, 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.

Cedric Ceballos played 11 years in the NBA, 1 less than Jonas Valanciunas, who played 12. Cedric Ceballos had the first of his seasons in 1990-91, while Jonas Valanciunas had his rookie season in 2012-13. 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
Cedric Ceballos	11	8	1990-91 to 2000-01
Jonas Valanciunas	12	8	2012-13 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Rookie Season
	Cedric Ceballos	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1990-91	2012-13
Team	Phoenix Suns	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Cedric Ceballos	63	11.6	8.2	1.2	1.2	2.4	0.6	0.3	0.1	1.1	1.1	3.2	6.7	.487	0.0	0.1	.167	1.7	2.6	.663
Jonas Valanciunas	62	23.9	8.9	2.0	4.0	6.0	0.7	0.3	1.3	1.5	3.0	3.3	5.9	.557	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.0	.789

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cedric Ceballos	3	8.0	5.3	1.0	0.7	1.7	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	2.3	4.0	.583	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	2.0	.333
Jonas Valanciunas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Cedric Ceballos	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1991-92	2013-14
Team	Phoenix Suns	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Raptors 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		%
Cedric Ceballos	64	11.3	7.2	0.9	1.4	2.4	0.8	0.3	0.2	1.1	0.8	2.8	5.7	.482	0.0	0.1	.167	1.7	2.3	.736
Jonas Valanciunas	81	28.2	11.3	2.8	6.0	8.8	0.7	0.3	0.9	1.7	3.1	4.4	8.3	.531	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	3.2	.762

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cedric Ceballos	8	23.5	13.5	2.5	3.9	6.4	1.5	0.8	0.8	1.4	1.8	5.5	10.0	.550	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.8	.667
Jonas Valanciunas	7	28.6	10.9	2.7	7.0	9.7	0.3	0.0	1.0	2.7	3.1	4.4	7.0	.633	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.1	.636

Season 3
	Cedric Ceballos	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1992-93	2014-15
Team	Phoenix Suns	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost NBA Finals	Raptors 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		%
Cedric Ceballos	74	21.7	12.8	2.3	3.2	5.5	1.0	0.7	0.4	1.4	1.4	5.1	8.9	.576	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	3.5	.725
Jonas Valanciunas	80	26.2	12.0	2.7	6.0	8.7	0.5	0.4	1.2	1.4	2.8	4.7	8.2	.572	0.0	0.0	.000	2.7	3.5	.786

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cedric Ceballos	16	11.6	6.0	0.8	1.5	2.3	0.8	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.8	2.5	4.4	.571	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.4	.727
Jonas Valanciunas	4	26.5	11.3	2.3	7.0	9.3	0.5	0.5	0.3	1.0	1.8	4.8	9.5	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.0	.875

Season 4
	Cedric Ceballos	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1993-94	2015-16
Team	Phoenix Suns	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Raptors Lost East 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		%
Cedric Ceballos	53	30.2	19.1	2.9	3.6	6.5	1.7	1.1	0.4	1.8	2.3	8.0	15.0	.535	0.0	0.2	.000	3.0	4.2	.724
Jonas Valanciunas	60	26.0	12.8	3.1	6.1	9.1	0.7	0.4	1.3	1.4	2.6	5.1	8.9	.565	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	3.6	.761

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cedric Ceballos	10	21.2	10.1	1.6	2.8	4.4	0.8	0.8	0.2	1.1	0.9	4.3	9.3	.462	0.0	0.2	.000	1.5	1.8	.833
Jonas Valanciunas	12	26.8	13.8	4.0	6.8	10.8	0.9	0.8	1.2	1.5	2.7	5.7	10.0	.567	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.3	.744

Season 5
	Cedric Ceballos	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1994-95	2016-17
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cedric Ceballos	58	35.0	21.7	2.9	5.1	8.0	1.8	1.0	0.3	2.5	2.3	8.6	16.8	.509	1.0	2.5	.397	3.6	5.0	.716
Jonas Valanciunas	80	25.8	12.0	2.8	6.7	9.5	0.7	0.5	0.8	1.3	2.7	4.9	8.8	.557	0.0	0.0	.500	2.2	2.7	.811

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cedric Ceballos	10	34.0	14.2	1.1	5.0	6.1	1.8	1.2	0.7	2.1	2.1	4.8	12.6	.381	1.8	5.0	.360	2.8	3.8	.737
Jonas Valanciunas	10	22.6	11.2	0.9	5.8	6.7	0.2	0.2	0.6	1.3	2.2	4.4	8.1	.543	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.3	.727

Season 6
	Cedric Ceballos	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1995-96	2017-18
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cedric Ceballos	78	33.7	21.2	2.8	4.1	6.9	1.5	1.2	0.3	2.1	1.8	8.2	15.4	.530	0.7	2.4	.277	4.2	5.2	.804
Jonas Valanciunas	77	22.4	12.7	2.4	6.2	8.6	1.1	0.4	0.9	1.5	2.5	5.1	8.9	.568	0.4	1.0	.405	2.2	2.7	.806

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cedric Ceballos	4	35.5	19.0	2.8	5.5	8.3	1.3	1.0	0.3	2.0	2.3	7.5	15.5	.484	1.3	4.0	.313	2.8	3.0	.917
Jonas Valanciunas	10	24.4	14.6	3.0	7.5	10.5	1.2	0.4	1.5	1.9	2.2	5.8	10.7	.542	0.2	0.5	.400	2.8	3.4	.824

Season 7
	Cedric Ceballos	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1996-97	2018-19
Team	Los Angeles Lakers, Phoenix Suns	Toronto Raptors, Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Cedric Ceballos	50	28.5	14.6	2.0	4.6	6.6	1.3	0.7	0.5	1.7	2.3	5.6	12.3	.457	0.5	2.0	.255	2.8	3.7	.747
Jonas Valanciunas	49	22.3	15.6	2.2	6.4	8.6	1.4	0.4	1.1	1.8	3.0	6.1	11.0	.559	0.3	1.0	.292	3.0	3.8	.795

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cedric Ceballos	5	21.6	6.6	1.8	3.4	5.2	0.6	0.8	0.6	1.6	2.4	2.2	6.6	.333	0.6	2.4	.250	1.6	1.6	1.000
Jonas Valanciunas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Cedric Ceballos	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1997-98	2019-20
Team	Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Cedric Ceballos	47	21.1	11.4	1.6	3.1	4.7	1.3	0.7	0.3	1.5	1.9	4.3	8.8	.492	0.4	1.5	.300	2.3	3.1	.738
Jonas Valanciunas	70	26.4	14.9	3.0	8.2	11.3	1.9	0.4	1.1	1.8	2.6	6.2	10.6	.585	0.5	1.3	.352	2.1	2.9	.740

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cedric Ceballos	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jonas Valanciunas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Cedric Ceballos	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1998-99	2020-21
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Cedric Ceballos	13	27.1	12.5	1.8	4.8	6.5	0.9	0.5	0.4	2.2	1.8	4.5	10.8	.421	0.8	2.2	.393	2.6	3.8	.694
Jonas Valanciunas	62	28.3	17.1	4.1	8.4	12.5	1.8	0.6	0.9	1.6	2.9	7.1	12.0	.592	0.3	0.9	.368	2.5	3.3	.773

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cedric Ceballos	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jonas Valanciunas	5	33.2	15.0	4.0	5.8	9.8	2.6	0.6	0.6	2.0	3.6	6.6	11.6	.569	0.4	1.6	.250	1.4	1.6	.875

Season 10
	Cedric Ceballos	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1999-00	2021-22
Team	Dallas Mavericks	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pelicans 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		%
Cedric Ceballos	69	29.9	16.6	2.5	4.2	6.7	1.3	0.8	0.3	1.8	2.4	6.5	14.5	.446	0.6	1.9	.328	3.0	3.6	.843
Jonas Valanciunas	74	30.3	17.8	3.1	8.3	11.4	2.6	0.6	0.8	2.4	3.3	6.9	12.7	.544	0.8	2.1	.361	3.2	3.9	.820

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cedric Ceballos	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jonas Valanciunas	6	29.2	14.5	5.5	8.8	14.3	3.0	0.7	0.2	2.0	2.8	5.5	11.3	.485	0.2	1.0	.167	3.3	4.3	.769

Season 11
	Cedric Ceballos	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	2000-01	2022-23
Team	Detroit Pistons, Miami Heat	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost East 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		%
Cedric Ceballos	40	14.0	6.5	0.9	1.8	2.7	0.5	0.4	0.2	0.8	1.5	2.5	5.7	.441	0.6	1.8	.301	0.9	1.1	.860
Jonas Valanciunas	79	24.9	14.1	2.8	7.3	10.2	1.8	0.3	0.7	2.0	3.1	5.6	10.3	.547	0.5	1.4	.349	2.3	2.8	.826

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cedric Ceballos	3	5.0	1.7	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.0	0.7	2.3	.286	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.500
Jonas Valanciunas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 12
	Cedric Ceballos	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pelicans 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		%
Cedric Ceballos	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jonas Valanciunas	82	23.5	12.2	2.3	6.5	8.8	2.1	0.4	0.8	1.4	2.7	4.9	8.8	.559	0.5	1.5	.308	2.0	2.5	.785

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cedric Ceballos	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jonas Valanciunas	4	22.5	14.5	4.5	6.5	11.0	1.3	0.5	0.0	2.5	2.3	5.5	10.5	.524	0.0	0.3	.000	3.5	4.3	.824

Cedric Ceballos vs. Jonas Valanciunas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jonas Valanciunas and Cedric Ceballos, 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

Season 11

Season 12