Dorian Finney-Smith vs. Domantas Sabonis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Domantas Sabonis and Dorian Finney-Smith, 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.

Dorian Finney-Smith and Domantas Sabonis both played 9 years in the NBA. Dorian Finney-Smith had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, 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 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.

Season 4
	Dorian Finney-Smith	Domantas Sabonis
Season	2019-20	2019-20
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dorian Finney-Smith	71	29.9	9.5	2.0	3.7	5.7	1.6	0.6	0.5	1.0	2.5	3.4	7.4	.466	1.6	4.3	.376	1.1	1.5	.722
difference:	+9	+4.9	+9.0	+1.0	+5.7	+6.7	+3.4	+0.2		-1.7	-0.6	+4.0	+6.3	+.074	+1.3	+3.2	+.122	+2.4	+3.3	+.001
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		%
Dorian Finney-Smith	6	31.8	10.2	2.0	3.7	5.7	3.2	1.2	0.5	1.5	3.7	3.8	8.7	.442	1.8	5.0	.367	0.7	0.8	.800
Domantas Sabonis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Dorian Finney-Smith	Domantas Sabonis
Season	2020-21	2020-21
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dorian Finney-Smith	60	32.0	9.8	1.6	3.8	5.4	1.7	0.9	0.4	0.8	2.3	3.7	7.8	.472	2.0	5.0	.394	0.5	0.7	.756
difference:	+2	+4.0	+10.5	+0.8	+5.7	+6.6	+5.0	+0.3	+0.1	-2.6	-1.0	+4.1	+6.8	+.063	+1.2	+2.4	+.073	+3.4	+4.6	+.024
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		%
Dorian Finney-Smith	7	38.7	10.3	2.4	4.1	6.6	2.1	1.1	0.3	1.7	3.3	3.7	9.1	.406	2.3	5.3	.432	0.6	0.7	.800
Domantas Sabonis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Dorian Finney-Smith	Domantas Sabonis
Season	2022-23	2022-23
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Brooklyn Nets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dorian Finney-Smith	66	30.4	8.3	1.7	3.1	4.8	1.5	0.8	0.5	0.9	2.2	3.0	7.6	.391	1.7	5.1	.337	0.7	0.9	.763
difference:	+13	+4.2	+10.8	+1.5	+6.0	+7.5	+5.8			-2.0	-1.3	+4.3	+4.3	+.224	+1.3	+4.0	+.036	+3.4	+4.6	+.021
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		%
Dorian Finney-Smith	4	25.3	6.3	1.5	3.0	4.5	0.8	0.8	0.5	1.3	1.8	2.3	5.8	.391	1.8	4.3	.412	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+3	+9.4	+10.1	+2.9	+3.6	+6.5	+3.9	+0.6	+0.4	-2.4	-2.2	+4.7	+8.3	+.104	+1.7	+3.6	+.212	+2.3	+4.0
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
	Dorian Finney-Smith	Domantas Sabonis
Season	2023-24	2023-24
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dorian Finney-Smith	68	28.4	8.5	1.6	3.1	4.7	1.6	0.8	0.6	0.9	2.2	3.2	7.5	.421	1.7	4.9	.348	0.5	0.7	.717
difference:	+14	+7.3	+10.9	+2.0	+7.0	+9.0	+6.6	+0.1		-2.4	-0.8	+4.5	+5.5	+.173	+1.3	+3.8	+.031	+3.1	+4.4	+.013
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
* Neiher Dorian Finney-Smith nor Domantas Sabonis played in the postseason in their season 8

Season 9
	Dorian Finney-Smith	Domantas Sabonis
Season	2024-25	2024-25
Team	Brooklyn Nets, Los Angeles Lakers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dorian Finney-Smith	63	28.9	8.7	1.3	2.7	3.9	1.4	0.9	0.4	0.9	2.2	3.1	6.9	.448	2.0	5.0	.411	0.5	0.7	.667
difference:	+7	+5.8	+10.4	+2.5	+7.4	+10.0	+4.6	+0.2		-2.0	-1.1	+4.4	+5.9	+.142	+1.1	+2.8	+.006	+2.6	+3.4	+.087
Domantas Sabonis	70	34.7	19.1	3.8	10.1	13.9	6.0	0.7	0.4	2.9	3.3	7.5	12.8	.590	0.9	2.2	.417	3.1	4.1	.754
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dorian Finney-Smith	5	34.0	6.2	2.0	2.2	4.2	2.6	0.2	0.4	1.0	3.4	2.4	5.8	.414	1.4	3.8	.368	0.0	0.0	-
Domantas Sabonis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-