Danny Green vs. Ricky Sobers Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ricky Sobers and Danny Green, 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.

Danny Green played 15 years in the NBA, 4 more than Ricky Sobers, who played 11. Danny Green had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, while Ricky Sobers had his rookie season in 1975-76. 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
Danny Green	15	13	2009-10 to 2023-24
Ricky Sobers	11	3	1975-76 to 1985-86

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Danny Green	Ricky Sobers
Season	2009-10	1975-76
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns 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		%
Danny Green	20	5.8	2.0	0.4	0.5	0.9	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.8	2.0	.385	0.3	1.1	.273	0.2	0.3	.667
Ricky Sobers	78	24.3	9.2	1.0	2.3	3.3	2.8	1.4	0.1	-	3.2	3.6	8.0	.449	-	-	-	2.0	2.5	.823

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Sobers	19	29.6	13.0	1.1	2.3	3.3	4.2	0.9	0.3	-	4.1	5.1	10.8	.468	-	-	-	2.9	3.5	.833


Season 2
	Danny Green	Ricky Sobers
Season	2010-11	1976-77
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Danny Green	8	11.5	5.1	0.4	1.5	1.9	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.6	0.9	2.1	4.4	.486	0.9	2.4	.368	0.0	0.0	-
Ricky Sobers	79	25.4	13.6	1.0	1.9	3.0	3.0	1.2	0.2	-	3.3	5.2	10.6	.496	-	-	-	3.1	3.7	.841

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Green	4	1.8	1.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	1.5	.333	0.3	1.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-
Ricky Sobers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Danny Green	Ricky Sobers
Season	2011-12	1977-78
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Danny Green	66	23.1	9.1	0.8	2.6	3.5	1.3	0.9	0.7	1.0	1.6	3.2	7.2	.442	1.5	3.5	.436	1.2	1.5	.790
Ricky Sobers	79	38.2	18.2	1.2	3.0	4.1	7.4	2.2	0.3	4.5	3.9	7.0	15.5	.453	-	-	-	4.2	5.1	.825

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Green	14	20.6	7.4	0.2	3.0	3.2	1.1	0.5	0.7	1.1	1.7	2.7	6.5	.418	1.4	4.1	.345	0.5	0.7	.700
Ricky Sobers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Danny Green	Ricky Sobers
Season	2012-13	1978-79
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost NBA 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		%
Danny Green	80	27.5	10.5	0.5	2.6	3.1	1.8	1.2	0.7	1.2	1.6	3.7	8.3	.448	2.2	5.2	.429	0.8	1.0	.848
Ricky Sobers	81	34.9	17.3	1.5	2.3	3.7	5.6	1.7	0.3	3.8	3.9	6.8	14.7	.463	-	-	-	3.7	4.2	.882

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Green	21	31.9	11.1	0.9	3.3	4.1	1.5	1.0	1.1	0.9	2.4	4.0	8.9	.446	2.6	5.4	.482	0.6	0.7	.800
Ricky Sobers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Danny Green	Ricky Sobers
Season	2013-14	1979-80
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Danny Green	68	24.3	9.1	0.4	3.0	3.4	1.5	1.0	0.9	1.1	1.6	3.2	7.4	.432	1.9	4.7	.415	0.7	0.9	.794
Ricky Sobers	82	32.6	14.2	0.9	2.0	3.0	5.2	1.7	0.2	3.4	3.6	5.7	12.2	.469	0.3	0.8	.309	2.4	2.9	.837

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Green	23	23.0	9.3	0.4	2.6	3.0	0.9	1.4	0.7	0.9	2.2	3.4	6.9	.491	2.1	4.4	.475	0.4	0.5	.818
Ricky Sobers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Danny Green	Ricky Sobers
Season	2014-15	1980-81
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bulls 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		%
Danny Green	81	28.5	11.7	0.7	3.6	4.2	2.0	1.2	1.1	1.1	2.0	4.0	9.1	.436	2.4	5.6	.418	1.4	1.6	.874
Ricky Sobers	71	25.4	13.5	0.6	1.4	2.0	4.0	1.4	0.2	2.9	3.2	5.0	10.8	.462	0.2	0.9	.258	3.3	3.5	.935

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Green	7	29.1	8.3	1.0	2.1	3.1	2.1	1.0	1.0	0.7	1.7	3.0	8.7	.344	1.7	5.7	.300	0.6	0.9	.667
Ricky Sobers	6	27.0	13.2	0.5	1.3	1.8	3.7	0.7	0.0	2.5	4.3	5.8	13.5	.432	0.2	1.0	.167	1.3	1.5	.889


Season 7
	Danny Green	Ricky Sobers
Season	2015-16	1981-82
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Danny Green	79	26.1	7.2	0.6	3.2	3.8	1.8	1.0	0.8	0.9	1.8	2.7	7.1	.376	1.5	4.4	.332	0.4	0.6	.739
Ricky Sobers	80	24.2	11.8	0.5	1.3	1.8	3.8	0.9	0.2	2.7	3.0	4.5	10.0	.453	0.2	1.0	.250	2.4	3.2	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Green	10	26.7	8.6	0.0	3.1	3.1	0.7	2.1	0.8	0.6	2.0	3.0	6.5	.462	2.4	4.8	.500	0.2	0.3	.667
Ricky Sobers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Danny Green	Ricky Sobers
Season	2016-17	1982-83
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Danny Green	68	26.6	7.3	0.5	2.8	3.3	1.8	1.0	0.8	1.1	1.8	2.6	6.6	.392	1.7	4.6	.379	0.4	0.5	.844
Ricky Sobers	41	35.1	15.7	0.9	1.6	2.5	5.3	1.5	0.3	3.6	3.9	5.7	13.0	.438	0.6	1.3	.418	3.8	4.5	.832

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Green	16	27.3	7.8	0.8	2.8	3.6	1.4	0.6	0.9	1.1	1.9	2.8	6.9	.405	1.6	4.8	.342	0.5	0.9	.571
Ricky Sobers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Danny Green	Ricky Sobers
Season	2017-18	1983-84
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bullets 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		%
Danny Green	70	25.6	8.6	0.6	3.0	3.6	1.6	0.9	1.1	1.1	1.7	3.1	8.0	.387	1.7	4.6	.363	0.7	0.9	.769
Ricky Sobers	81	32.4	15.6	0.6	1.6	2.2	4.7	1.4	0.2	2.7	3.4	6.3	13.8	.456	0.4	1.4	.261	2.7	3.3	.837

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Green	5	20.6	4.2	0.8	1.4	2.2	0.2	0.2	0.8	0.4	1.6	1.6	6.0	.267	1.0	4.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-
Ricky Sobers	4	37.5	15.3	0.5	0.8	1.3	4.0	1.3	0.5	2.3	4.8	6.3	14.3	.439	0.8	2.5	.300	2.0	2.5	.800


Season 10
	Danny Green	Ricky Sobers
Season	2018-19	1984-85
Team	Toronto Raptors	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Danny Green	80	27.7	10.3	0.8	3.2	4.0	1.6	0.9	0.7	0.9	2.1	3.7	7.9	.465	2.5	5.4	.455	0.5	0.6	.841
Ricky Sobers	71	21.0	9.9	0.4	1.1	1.5	3.5	0.7	0.1	2.2	2.2	3.9	8.8	.446	0.1	0.4	.286	1.9	2.3	.815

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Green	24	28.5	6.9	0.7	2.9	3.6	1.1	1.3	0.5	1.1	2.5	2.2	6.5	.342	1.6	5.0	.328	0.9	1.0	.913
Ricky Sobers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Danny Green	Ricky Sobers
Season	2019-20	1985-86
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Danny Green	68	24.8	8.0	0.8	2.6	3.3	1.3	1.3	0.5	0.9	2.0	2.9	7.0	.416	1.8	4.8	.367	0.5	0.7	.688
Ricky Sobers	78	16.4	7.7	0.4	0.9	1.3	2.3	0.6	0.0	1.1	1.8	3.1	6.9	.444	0.2	0.6	.302	1.4	1.6	.880

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Green	21	25.0	8.0	1.2	2.0	3.1	1.2	1.0	0.8	0.6	2.3	2.8	8.1	.347	1.9	5.5	.339	0.5	0.7	.667
Ricky Sobers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Danny Green	Ricky Sobers
Season	2020-21	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Danny Green	69	28.0	9.5	0.8	3.0	3.8	1.7	1.3	0.8	1.0	1.8	3.2	7.9	.412	2.5	6.3	.405	0.4	0.6	.775
Ricky Sobers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Green	8	24.9	7.0	1.1	1.5	2.6	2.6	1.1	1.0	0.6	1.6	2.6	6.0	.438	1.8	4.6	.378	0.0	0.0	-
Ricky Sobers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Danny Green	Ricky Sobers
Season	2021-22	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Danny Green	62	21.8	5.9	0.5	2.0	2.5	1.0	1.0	0.6	0.7	1.7	2.0	5.2	.394	1.7	4.4	.380	0.2	0.2	.786
Ricky Sobers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Green	12	26.6	8.6	0.8	2.3	3.1	0.8	1.0	0.3	1.1	1.9	3.0	7.4	.404	2.6	6.3	.408	0.0	0.1	.000
Ricky Sobers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Danny Green	Ricky Sobers
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Memphis Grizzlies, Cleveland Cavaliers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers 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		%
Danny Green	11	12.6	5.5	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.9	1.5	2.0	4.5	.449	1.5	3.4	.432	0.1	0.1	1.000
Ricky Sobers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Green	4	10.0	0.8	0.5	1.3	1.8	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.5	1.8	0.3	1.3	.200	0.3	1.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-
Ricky Sobers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Danny Green	Ricky Sobers
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	-
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		%
Danny Green	2	9.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Ricky Sobers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Sobers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Danny Green vs. Ricky Sobers Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ricky Sobers and Danny Green, 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

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15