Dave Piontek vs. Domantas Sabonis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Domantas Sabonis and Dave Piontek, 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.

Dave Piontek played 7 years in the NBA, 1 less than Domantas Sabonis, who played 8. Dave Piontek had the first of his seasons in 1956-57, while Domantas Sabonis had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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.

Season 4
	Dave Piontek	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1959-60	2019-20
Team	Cincinnati Royals, St. Louis Hawks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Dave Piontek	77	23.8	9.3	-	-	6.0	1.5	-	-	-	2.7	3.8	9.5	.401	-	-	-	1.7	2.6	.639
Domantas Sabonis	62	34.8	18.5	3.0	9.4	12.4	5.0	0.8	0.5	2.7	3.1	7.4	13.7	.540	0.3	1.1	.254	3.5	4.8	.723
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Piontek	14	15.7	5.1	-	-	2.9	1.3	-	-	-	2.0	1.9	5.6	.342	-	-	-	1.3	1.8	.720
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Dave Piontek	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1960-61	2020-21
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Dave Piontek	29	8.8	3.8	-	-	2.3	0.7	-	-	-	1.1	1.6	3.3	.490	-	-	-	0.6	1.1	.516
Domantas Sabonis	62	36.0	20.3	2.4	9.5	12.0	6.7	1.2	0.5	3.4	3.3	7.8	14.6	.535	0.8	2.6	.321	3.9	5.3	.732
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Piontek	1	10.0	2.0	-	-	3.0	1.0	-	-	-	2.0	1.0	7.0	.143	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Dave Piontek	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1962-63	2022-23
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Finals	Kings 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		%
Dave Piontek	48	9.5	2.7	-	-	2.0	0.5	-	-	-	1.4	1.3	3.3	.380	-	-	-	0.2	0.3	.625
Domantas Sabonis	79	34.6	19.1	3.2	9.1	12.3	7.3	0.8	0.5	2.9	3.5	7.3	11.9	.615	0.4	1.1	.373	4.1	5.5	.742
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Piontek	8	8.5	2.5	-	-	2.0	0.1	-	-	-	0.9	1.0	2.1	.471	-	-	-	0.5	0.9	.571
Domantas Sabonis	7	34.7	16.4	4.4	6.6	11.0	4.7	1.4	0.9	3.7	4.0	7.0	14.1	.495	0.1	0.7	.200	2.3	4.0	.571

Season 8
	Dave Piontek	Domantas Sabonis
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
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		%
Dave Piontek	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Domantas Sabonis	82	35.7	19.4	3.6	10.1	13.7	8.2	0.9	0.6	3.3	3.0	7.7	13.0	.594	0.4	1.1	.379	3.6	5.1	.704
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Piontek	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-