James Johnson vs. Arvydas Sabonis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Arvydas Sabonis and James Johnson, 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.

James Johnson played 15 years in the NBA, 8 more than Arvydas Sabonis, who played 7. James Johnson had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, 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
James Johnson	15	6	2009-10 to 2023-24
Arvydas Sabonis	7	7	1995-96 to 2002-03

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	James Johnson	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	2009-10	1995-96
Team	Chicago Bulls	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
James Johnson	65	11.6	3.9	0.5	1.4	2.0	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.9	1.5	3.2	.452	0.2	0.7	.326	0.8	1.1	.729
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		%
James Johnson	4	5.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.5	2.8	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-
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
	James Johnson	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	2010-11	1996-97
Team	Chicago Bulls, Toronto Raptors	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
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		%
James Johnson	38	21.6	7.1	1.0	2.8	3.7	2.3	0.9	1.0	1.7	2.5	2.8	6.2	.456	0.2	0.9	.235	1.2	1.9	.662
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		%
James Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	James Johnson	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	2011-12	1997-98
Team	Toronto Raptors	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
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		%
James Johnson	62	25.2	9.1	1.2	3.5	4.7	2.0	1.1	1.4	1.6	2.9	3.8	8.4	.450	0.3	1.0	.317	1.3	1.9	.704
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		%
James Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	James Johnson	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	2012-13	1998-99
Team	Sacramento Kings	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
James Johnson	54	16.3	5.1	0.9	1.8	2.7	1.1	0.8	0.9	1.3	1.8	2.2	5.2	.413	0.0	0.4	.095	0.7	1.2	.597
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		%
James Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	James Johnson	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	2013-14	1999-00
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
James Johnson	52	18.4	7.4	1.2	2.0	3.2	2.1	0.8	1.1	1.3	2.0	2.8	5.9	.464	0.4	1.7	.253	1.5	1.7	.844
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		%
James Johnson	3	9.3	6.3	1.3	0.7	2.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.7	5.0	.333	0.7	1.7	.400	2.3	3.3	.700
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
	James Johnson	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	2014-15	2000-01
Team	Toronto Raptors	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
James Johnson	70	19.6	7.9	0.9	2.8	3.7	1.4	0.8	1.0	1.1	2.2	3.4	5.8	.589	0.2	0.7	.216	1.0	1.5	.657
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		%
James Johnson	2	6.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	3.0	.000
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
	James Johnson	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	2015-16	2002-03
Team	Toronto Raptors	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East 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		%
James Johnson	57	16.2	5.0	0.5	1.7	2.2	1.2	0.5	0.6	0.9	1.5	2.0	4.2	.475	0.4	1.2	.303	0.7	1.2	.574
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		%
James Johnson	10	9.8	3.0	0.3	1.2	1.5	0.6	0.3	0.0	0.7	1.3	1.2	2.5	.480	0.4	0.9	.444	0.2	0.3	.667
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
	James Johnson	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	2016-17	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
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		%
James Johnson	76	27.4	12.8	0.9	4.1	4.9	3.6	1.0	1.1	2.3	2.6	4.8	10.1	.479	1.1	3.4	.340	2.0	2.8	.707
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 9
	James Johnson	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	2017-18	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat 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		%
James Johnson	73	26.6	10.8	0.8	4.1	4.9	3.8	1.0	0.7	1.9	2.6	4.2	8.4	.503	0.8	2.5	.308	1.5	2.2	.698
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Johnson	5	32.2	12.4	0.6	5.4	6.0	4.8	1.2	1.2	2.0	3.4	4.6	8.4	.548	1.4	2.6	.538	1.8	2.8	.643
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	James Johnson	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	2018-19	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
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		%
James Johnson	55	21.2	7.8	0.4	2.8	3.2	2.5	0.6	0.5	1.3	2.1	3.0	6.9	.433	0.9	2.7	.336	0.9	1.3	.714
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 11
	James Johnson	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	2019-20	-
Team	Miami Heat, Minnesota Timberwolves	-
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		%
James Johnson	32	19.4	8.4	0.8	2.9	3.7	2.3	0.8	1.0	1.5	2.5	3.2	6.7	.479	1.0	2.8	.363	1.0	1.5	.646
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 12
	James Johnson	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	2020-21	-
Team	Dallas Mavericks, New Orleans Pelicans	-
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		%
James Johnson	51	20.5	7.2	0.6	2.8	3.5	1.9	0.8	0.8	1.1	2.4	2.9	6.4	.446	0.6	2.4	.258	0.9	1.5	.592
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 13
	James Johnson	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	2021-22	-
Team	Brooklyn Nets	-
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		%
James Johnson	62	19.2	5.5	0.8	2.6	3.5	2.1	0.5	0.5	0.8	2.6	2.3	5.0	.469	0.4	1.4	.271	0.5	0.9	.527
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 14
	James Johnson	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
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		%
James Johnson	18	9.0	2.8	0.2	1.4	1.7	0.8	0.4	0.3	0.4	1.8	1.2	2.7	.449	0.2	0.8	.200	0.2	0.4	.500
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 15
	James Johnson	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers TBD	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Johnson	9	5.2	0.9	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.9	0.6	0.1	0.6	1.0	0.3	1.1	.300	0.0	0.2	.000	0.2	0.2	1.000
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Johnson	1	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.0	.500
Arvydas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

James Johnson vs. Arvydas Sabonis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Arvydas Sabonis and James Johnson, 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