Howard Eisley vs. Arvydas Sabonis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Arvydas Sabonis and Howard Eisley, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Howard Eisley played 12 years in the NBA, 5 more than Arvydas Sabonis, who played 7. Howard Eisley had the first of his seasons in 1994-95, while Arvydas Sabonis had his rookie season in 1995-96. 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
Howard Eisley	12	6	1994-95 to 2005-06
Arvydas Sabonis	7	7	1995-96 to 2002-03

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Howard Eisley	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1994-95	1995-96
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves, San Antonio Spurs	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
Howard Eisley	49	11.3	2.4	0.2	0.7	1.0	1.9	0.4	0.1	1.0	1.7	0.8	2.5	.328	0.2	0.8	.243	0.6	0.8	.775
Arvydas Sabonis	73	23.8	14.5	2.0	6.0	8.1	1.8	0.9	1.1	2.1	2.9	5.4	9.9	.545	0.5	1.4	.375	3.2	4.2	.757

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Howard Eisley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Arvydas Sabonis	5	35.4	23.6	2.4	7.8	10.2	1.8	0.8	0.6	2.0	3.4	7.0	16.2	.432	1.0	1.8	.556	8.6	12.0	.717


Season 2
	Howard Eisley	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1995-96	1996-97
Team	Utah Jazz	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals	Trail Blazers 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		%
Howard Eisley	65	14.8	4.4	0.3	0.9	1.2	2.2	0.4	0.0	1.2	2.0	1.6	3.7	.430	0.2	1.0	.226	1.0	1.2	.844
Arvydas Sabonis	69	25.5	13.4	1.7	6.3	7.9	2.1	0.9	1.2	2.2	2.9	4.8	9.5	.498	0.7	1.9	.371	3.2	4.2	.777

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Howard Eisley	18	11.2	2.9	0.2	1.0	1.2	2.4	0.2	0.1	0.6	1.6	0.9	2.3	.381	0.2	0.5	.333	1.0	1.2	.818
Arvydas Sabonis	4	26.8	11.3	2.0	4.5	6.5	2.3	0.8	0.8	2.3	4.8	4.5	10.5	.429	0.5	2.0	.250	1.8	2.0	.875


Season 3
	Howard Eisley	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1996-97	1997-98
Team	Utah Jazz	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost NBA Finals	Trail Blazers 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		%
Howard Eisley	82	13.2	4.5	0.2	0.8	1.0	2.4	0.5	0.1	1.3	1.7	1.7	3.8	.451	0.2	0.9	.278	0.9	1.1	.787
Arvydas Sabonis	73	32.0	16.0	2.0	7.9	10.0	3.0	0.9	1.1	2.6	3.7	5.6	11.3	.493	0.4	1.6	.261	4.4	5.5	.798

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Howard Eisley	20	11.0	5.6	0.2	0.7	0.9	2.0	0.2	0.0	0.9	1.4	1.9	3.8	.500	0.5	1.0	.474	1.4	1.4	.964
Arvydas Sabonis	4	26.8	12.3	1.8	6.0	7.8	1.5	1.8	0.8	2.5	4.8	4.5	10.0	.450	0.3	0.5	.500	3.0	3.5	.857


Season 4
	Howard Eisley	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1997-98	1998-99
Team	Utah Jazz	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost NBA Finals	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Howard Eisley	82	21.0	7.7	0.3	1.7	2.0	4.2	0.7	0.2	2.0	2.2	2.8	6.3	.441	0.6	1.4	.407	1.5	1.8	.852
Arvydas Sabonis	50	27.0	12.1	1.8	6.1	7.9	2.4	0.7	1.3	1.7	2.9	4.6	9.6	.485	0.1	0.5	.292	2.7	3.5	.771

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Howard Eisley	20	18.4	5.6	0.2	1.8	2.0	4.1	0.6	0.3	1.6	2.1	2.3	6.3	.368	0.4	1.4	.296	0.6	0.7	.923
Arvydas Sabonis	13	30.1	10.0	0.9	7.8	8.8	2.2	1.2	1.2	1.5	2.7	3.5	8.7	.398	0.1	0.4	.200	3.0	3.3	.907


Season 5
	Howard Eisley	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1998-99	1999-00
Team	Utah Jazz	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Howard Eisley	50	20.8	7.4	0.2	1.6	1.9	3.7	0.6	0.0	2.2	2.4	2.8	6.3	.446	0.4	1.0	.420	1.3	1.6	.838
Arvydas Sabonis	66	25.6	11.8	1.5	6.3	7.8	1.8	0.7	1.2	1.5	2.8	4.6	9.1	.505	0.1	0.3	.368	2.5	3.0	.843

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Howard Eisley	11	21.8	7.4	0.3	1.5	1.8	2.9	0.6	0.3	1.8	2.5	2.4	6.5	.366	0.5	2.2	.208	2.2	2.6	.828
Arvydas Sabonis	16	30.8	11.3	1.2	5.5	6.7	1.9	0.9	0.8	1.6	3.7	4.3	9.4	.453	0.4	1.3	.286	2.4	3.1	.796


Season 6
	Howard Eisley	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1999-00	2000-01
Team	Utah Jazz	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Trail Blazers 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		%
Howard Eisley	82	25.6	8.6	0.3	1.8	2.1	4.2	0.7	0.1	1.6	2.7	3.4	8.2	.418	0.7	2.0	.368	1.0	1.2	.824
Arvydas Sabonis	61	21.3	10.1	0.8	4.6	5.4	1.5	0.7	1.0	1.4	2.2	4.0	8.5	.479	0.0	0.2	.067	2.0	2.6	.776

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Howard Eisley	10	19.8	5.1	0.1	1.7	1.8	1.9	0.6	0.1	1.3	2.4	1.7	5.5	.309	0.9	1.9	.474	0.8	0.9	.889
Arvydas Sabonis	3	35.0	11.3	2.7	5.7	8.3	2.7	0.3	2.3	0.7	4.0	4.7	9.7	.483	0.0	0.7	.000	2.0	2.7	.750

Note: Arvydas Sabonis didn't play in 2001-02.


Season 7
	Howard Eisley	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	2000-01	2002-03
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	Trail Blazers 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		%
Howard Eisley	82	29.6	9.0	0.3	2.1	2.4	3.6	1.2	0.1	1.2	2.7	3.2	8.2	.393	1.3	3.3	.398	1.3	1.5	.825
Arvydas Sabonis	78	15.5	6.1	1.1	3.2	4.3	1.8	0.8	0.6	1.0	1.8	2.2	4.6	.476	0.0	0.1	.500	1.7	2.1	.787

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Howard Eisley	9	21.8	5.8	0.1	1.2	1.3	1.9	0.6	0.1	1.4	2.0	2.1	5.9	.358	1.1	2.9	.385	0.4	0.4	1.000
Arvydas Sabonis	6	14.5	10.0	1.0	3.0	4.0	0.8	0.7	0.7	1.0	2.3	4.0	6.0	.667	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.5	.800


Season 8
	Howard Eisley	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	2001-02	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
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		%
Howard Eisley	39	15.6	4.4	0.2	1.0	1.3	2.6	0.6	0.1	1.4	1.4	1.5	4.5	.337	0.4	1.5	.241	1.0	1.3	.796
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Howard Eisley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Howard Eisley	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	2002-03	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
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		%
Howard Eisley	82	27.4	9.1	0.3	2.0	2.3	5.4	0.9	0.1	1.8	2.7	3.2	7.7	.417	1.6	4.1	.389	1.1	1.3	.848
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Howard Eisley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Howard Eisley	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	2003-04	-
Team	New York Knicks, Phoenix Suns	-
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		%
Howard Eisley	67	21.7	6.9	0.3	1.6	1.9	4.1	0.8	0.1	1.5	2.0	2.5	6.7	.368	0.8	2.4	.319	1.1	1.3	.854
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Howard Eisley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Howard Eisley	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	2004-05	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
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		%
Howard Eisley	74	19.3	5.6	0.2	1.0	1.2	3.4	0.6	0.1	1.5	2.1	2.2	5.5	.398	0.4	1.4	.262	0.9	1.1	.795
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Howard Eisley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Howard Eisley	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	2005-06	-
Team	Los Angeles Clippers, Denver Nuggets	-
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		%
Howard Eisley	32	12.3	3.2	0.1	0.9	1.0	2.2	0.3	0.1	0.7	1.1	1.1	3.2	.330	0.4	1.3	.310	0.6	0.8	.833
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Howard Eisley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Howard Eisley vs. Arvydas Sabonis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Arvydas Sabonis and Howard Eisley, 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