Dwight Jones vs. Domantas Sabonis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Domantas Sabonis and Dwight Jones, 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.

Dwight Jones played 10 years in the NBA, 2 more than Domantas Sabonis, who played 8. Dwight Jones had the first of his seasons in 1973-74, 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
	Dwight Jones	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1976-77	2019-20
Team	Houston Rockets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost East 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		%
Dwight Jones	74	16.7	5.9	1.3	2.5	3.8	0.6	0.5	0.3	-	2.4	2.3	4.6	.494	-	-	-	1.4	1.7	.802
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		%
Dwight Jones	12	20.5	6.2	1.1	3.2	4.3	1.3	0.7	0.3	-	2.7	2.3	5.3	.444	-	-	-	1.5	1.9	.783
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Dwight Jones	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1977-78	2020-21
Team	Houston Rockets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Dwight Jones	82	30.2	10.6	2.6	5.2	7.8	1.3	0.9	0.5	2.0	3.2	4.2	9.5	.445	-	-	-	2.2	2.8	.777
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		%
Dwight Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Dwight Jones	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1979-80	2022-23
Team	Houston Rockets, Chicago Bulls, Houston Rockets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Dwight Jones	74	19.6	8.9	1.5	3.4	5.0	1.4	0.4	0.6	1.6	2.8	3.5	6.8	.508	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.7	.726
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		%
Dwight Jones	6	11.7	4.7	1.3	2.3	3.7	0.7	0.0	0.3	0.7	1.3	1.8	3.0	.611	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.5	.667
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
	Dwight Jones	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1980-81	2023-24
Team	Chicago Bulls	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East 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		%
Dwight Jones	81	19.4	7.6	1.6	3.4	5.0	1.2	0.5	0.4	1.6	2.5	3.0	6.3	.483	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.0	.776
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		%
Dwight Jones	6	36.2	12.5	3.0	6.8	9.8	1.8	0.8	0.5	2.7	3.5	4.8	10.2	.475	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	2.8	1.000
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-