Jonas Valanciunas vs. Wang Zhizhi Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Wang Zhizhi and Jonas Valanciunas, 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.

Jonas Valanciunas played 12 years in the NBA, 7 more than Wang Zhizhi, who played 5. Jonas Valanciunas had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Wang Zhizhi had his rookie season in 2000-01. 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
Jonas Valanciunas	12	8	2012-13 to 2023-24
Wang Zhizhi	5	3	2000-01 to 2004-05

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jonas Valanciunas	Wang Zhizhi
Season	2012-13	2000-01
Team	Toronto Raptors	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jonas Valanciunas	62	23.9	8.9	2.0	4.0	6.0	0.7	0.3	1.3	1.5	3.0	3.3	5.9	.557	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.0	.789
Wang Zhizhi	5	7.6	4.8	0.2	1.2	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	1.6	1.6	3.8	.421	0.0	0.4	.000	1.6	2.0	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jonas Valanciunas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wang Zhizhi	5	4.8	2.0	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.6	1.6	.375	0.2	0.4	.500	0.6	0.6	1.000


Season 2
	Jonas Valanciunas	Wang Zhizhi
Season	2013-14	2001-02
Team	Toronto Raptors	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jonas Valanciunas	81	28.2	11.3	2.8	6.0	8.8	0.7	0.3	0.9	1.7	3.1	4.4	8.3	.531	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	3.2	.762
Wang Zhizhi	55	10.9	5.6	0.3	1.7	2.0	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.5	1.5	2.0	4.5	.440	0.9	2.1	.414	0.8	1.0	.737

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jonas Valanciunas	7	28.6	10.9	2.7	7.0	9.7	0.3	0.0	1.0	2.7	3.1	4.4	7.0	.633	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.1	.636
Wang Zhizhi	8	5.4	2.5	0.6	0.4	1.0	0.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.4	0.9	2.0	.438	0.4	0.8	.500	0.4	0.8	.500


Season 3
	Jonas Valanciunas	Wang Zhizhi
Season	2014-15	2002-03
Team	Toronto Raptors	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jonas Valanciunas	80	26.2	12.0	2.7	6.0	8.7	0.5	0.4	1.2	1.4	2.8	4.7	8.2	.572	0.0	0.0	.000	2.7	3.5	.786
Wang Zhizhi	41	10.0	4.4	0.6	1.2	1.9	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.8	1.0	1.5	4.0	.383	0.4	1.1	.340	1.0	1.4	.724

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jonas Valanciunas	4	26.5	11.3	2.3	7.0	9.3	0.5	0.5	0.3	1.0	1.8	4.8	9.5	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.0	.875
Wang Zhizhi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Jonas Valanciunas	Wang Zhizhi
Season	2015-16	2003-04
Team	Toronto Raptors	Los Angeles Clippers, Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Finals	Heat Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jonas Valanciunas	60	26.0	12.8	3.1	6.1	9.1	0.7	0.4	1.3	1.4	2.6	5.1	8.9	.565	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	3.6	.761
Wang Zhizhi	16	7.1	2.9	0.3	0.9	1.1	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.8	1.1	2.9	.370	0.3	0.9	.286	0.6	0.6	.900

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jonas Valanciunas	12	26.8	13.8	4.0	6.8	10.8	0.9	0.8	1.2	1.5	2.7	5.7	10.0	.567	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.3	.744
Wang Zhizhi	3	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 5
	Jonas Valanciunas	Wang Zhizhi
Season	2016-17	2004-05
Team	Toronto Raptors	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Raptors 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		%
Jonas Valanciunas	80	25.8	12.0	2.8	6.7	9.5	0.7	0.5	0.8	1.3	2.7	4.9	8.8	.557	0.0	0.0	.500	2.2	2.7	.811
Wang Zhizhi	20	4.6	2.2	0.3	0.6	0.9	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.9	1.8	.472	0.1	0.2	.667	0.4	0.6	.583

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jonas Valanciunas	10	22.6	11.2	0.9	5.8	6.7	0.2	0.2	0.6	1.3	2.2	4.4	8.1	.543	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.3	.727
Wang Zhizhi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Jonas Valanciunas	Wang Zhizhi
Season	2017-18	-
Team	Toronto Raptors	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jonas Valanciunas	77	22.4	12.7	2.4	6.2	8.6	1.1	0.4	0.9	1.5	2.5	5.1	8.9	.568	0.4	1.0	.405	2.2	2.7	.806
Wang Zhizhi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jonas Valanciunas	10	24.4	14.6	3.0	7.5	10.5	1.2	0.4	1.5	1.9	2.2	5.8	10.7	.542	0.2	0.5	.400	2.8	3.4	.824
Wang Zhizhi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Jonas Valanciunas	Wang Zhizhi
Season	2018-19	-
Team	Toronto Raptors, Memphis Grizzlies	-
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		%
Jonas Valanciunas	49	22.3	15.6	2.2	6.4	8.6	1.4	0.4	1.1	1.8	3.0	6.1	11.0	.559	0.3	1.0	.292	3.0	3.8	.795
Wang Zhizhi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jonas Valanciunas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wang Zhizhi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Jonas Valanciunas	Wang Zhizhi
Season	2019-20	-
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	-
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		%
Jonas Valanciunas	70	26.4	14.9	3.0	8.2	11.3	1.9	0.4	1.1	1.8	2.6	6.2	10.6	.585	0.5	1.3	.352	2.1	2.9	.740
Wang Zhizhi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jonas Valanciunas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wang Zhizhi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Jonas Valanciunas	Wang Zhizhi
Season	2020-21	-
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies 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		%
Jonas Valanciunas	62	28.3	17.1	4.1	8.4	12.5	1.8	0.6	0.9	1.6	2.9	7.1	12.0	.592	0.3	0.9	.368	2.5	3.3	.773
Wang Zhizhi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jonas Valanciunas	5	33.2	15.0	4.0	5.8	9.8	2.6	0.6	0.6	2.0	3.6	6.6	11.6	.569	0.4	1.6	.250	1.4	1.6	.875
Wang Zhizhi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Jonas Valanciunas	Wang Zhizhi
Season	2021-22	-
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pelicans 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		%
Jonas Valanciunas	74	30.3	17.8	3.1	8.3	11.4	2.6	0.6	0.8	2.4	3.3	6.9	12.7	.544	0.8	2.1	.361	3.2	3.9	.820
Wang Zhizhi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jonas Valanciunas	6	29.2	14.5	5.5	8.8	14.3	3.0	0.7	0.2	2.0	2.8	5.5	11.3	.485	0.2	1.0	.167	3.3	4.3	.769
Wang Zhizhi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Jonas Valanciunas	Wang Zhizhi
Season	2022-23	-
Team	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		%
Jonas Valanciunas	79	24.9	14.1	2.8	7.3	10.2	1.8	0.3	0.7	2.0	3.1	5.6	10.3	.547	0.5	1.4	.349	2.3	2.8	.826
Wang Zhizhi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jonas Valanciunas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wang Zhizhi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Jonas Valanciunas	Wang Zhizhi
Season	2023-24	-
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pelicans 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		%
Jonas Valanciunas	82	23.5	12.2	2.3	6.5	8.8	2.1	0.4	0.8	1.4	2.7	4.9	8.8	.559	0.5	1.5	.308	2.0	2.5	.785
Wang Zhizhi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jonas Valanciunas	4	22.5	14.5	4.5	6.5	11.0	1.3	0.5	0.0	2.5	2.3	5.5	10.5	.524	0.0	0.3	.000	3.5	4.3	.824
Wang Zhizhi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Jonas Valanciunas vs. Wang Zhizhi Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Wang Zhizhi and Jonas Valanciunas, 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