Mark Olberding vs. Jonas Valanciunas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jonas Valanciunas and Mark Olberding, 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.

Mark Olberding played 11 years in the NBA, 1 less than Jonas Valanciunas, who played 12. Mark Olberding had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Jonas Valanciunas had his rookie season in 2012-13. 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
Mark Olberding	11	8	1976-77 to 1986-87
Jonas Valanciunas	12	8	2012-13 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Mark Olberding	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1976-77	2012-13
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Mark Olberding	82	23.8	10.4	2.0	3.5	5.5	1.5	0.7	0.4	-	3.4	3.7	7.3	.503	-	-	-	3.1	3.9	.794
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Olberding	2	21.0	6.5	1.0	2.5	3.5	1.0	0.0	0.5	-	4.0	2.5	4.5	.556	-	-	-	1.5	3.0	.500
Jonas Valanciunas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Mark Olberding	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1977-78	2013-14
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf Semis	Raptors 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		%
Mark Olberding	79	22.4	8.2	1.3	3.4	4.7	1.7	0.6	0.3	1.5	3.0	2.9	6.1	.481	-	-	-	2.3	2.9	.811
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Olberding	6	25.3	10.5	1.5	3.5	5.0	2.3	1.0	1.0	1.3	3.8	4.2	8.5	.490	-	-	-	2.2	2.5	.867
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


Season 3
	Mark Olberding	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1978-79	2014-15
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf Finals	Raptors 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		%
Mark Olberding	80	23.6	9.4	1.2	4.2	5.4	2.6	0.7	0.2	2.0	3.5	3.3	6.9	.474	-	-	-	2.9	3.6	.803
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Olberding	14	25.6	7.9	0.9	4.1	4.9	2.4	0.9	0.4	2.1	3.8	2.9	7.4	.398	-	-	-	2.1	2.6	.784
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


Season 4
	Mark Olberding	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1979-80	2015-16
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Raptors Lost East 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		%
Mark Olberding	75	28.1	10.6	1.1	4.5	5.6	4.4	0.9	0.3	2.4	3.7	3.9	8.1	.478	0.0	0.0	.000	2.8	3.5	.795
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Olberding	3	32.3	9.7	1.7	5.7	7.3	3.7	0.7	0.3	1.0	4.7	4.3	7.7	.565	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.750
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


Season 5
	Mark Olberding	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1980-81	2016-17
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Mark Olberding	82	29.4	12.3	1.8	4.0	5.7	3.4	0.9	0.4	2.5	3.7	4.2	8.4	.508	0.0	0.1	.143	3.8	4.6	.829
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Olberding	7	36.3	19.7	1.6	4.3	5.9	4.3	0.6	0.0	2.4	4.4	8.3	15.0	.552	0.1	0.4	.333	3.0	3.6	.840
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


Season 6
	Mark Olberding	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1981-82	2017-18
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Mark Olberding	68	30.9	13.8	1.7	4.7	6.5	3.0	0.8	0.4	2.0	3.7	4.9	10.4	.472	0.0	0.2	.167	4.0	5.0	.808
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Olberding	9	36.4	14.7	2.2	4.2	6.4	3.6	1.0	0.7	3.0	4.3	5.9	13.3	.442	0.0	0.1	.000	2.9	3.4	.839
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


Season 7
	Mark Olberding	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1982-83	2018-19
Team	Chicago Bulls	Toronto Raptors, Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
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		%
Mark Olberding	80	22.7	8.7	1.4	3.1	4.5	1.6	0.6	0.1	1.9	3.1	3.1	6.5	.481	0.0	0.2	.167	2.4	3.1	.782
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

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


Season 8
	Mark Olberding	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1983-84	2019-20
Team	Kansas City Kings	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Kings Lost West 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		%
Mark Olberding	81	26.7	9.4	1.5	4.0	5.5	2.4	0.6	0.3	2.0	3.6	3.1	6.2	.494	0.0	0.0	.000	3.2	3.9	.821
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Olberding	3	20.0	6.7	1.3	3.7	5.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	2.0	2.0	5.0	.400	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	4.7	.571
Jonas Valanciunas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Mark Olberding	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1984-85	2020-21
Team	Kansas City Kings	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Mark Olberding	81	28.1	10.2	1.7	4.6	6.3	3.0	0.7	0.1	2.3	3.7	3.3	6.5	.502	0.0	0.0	.000	3.6	4.3	.832
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Olberding	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 10
	Mark Olberding	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1985-86	2021-22
Team	Sacramento Kings	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Mark Olberding	81	26.6	7.6	1.4	3.8	5.2	3.3	0.5	0.3	1.8	3.4	2.8	5.0	.558	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	2.6	.771
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Olberding	3	24.7	5.0	1.3	3.0	4.3	1.0	0.7	0.3	2.3	3.0	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.0	.750
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


Season 11
	Mark Olberding	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1986-87	2022-23
Team	Sacramento Kings	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
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		%
Mark Olberding	76	13.2	3.3	0.7	1.8	2.4	1.2	0.2	0.1	0.7	1.9	0.9	2.2	.418	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	1.7	.885
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

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


Season 12
	Mark Olberding	Jonas Valanciunas
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		%
Mark Olberding	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Olberding	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Mark Olberding vs. Jonas Valanciunas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jonas Valanciunas and Mark Olberding, 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