Pete Maravich vs. Domantas Sabonis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Domantas Sabonis and Pete Maravich, 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.

Pete Maravich played 10 years in the NBA, 1 more than Domantas Sabonis, who played 9. Pete Maravich had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Pete Maravich	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1970-71	2016-17
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	81	36.1	23.2	-	-	3.7	4.4	-	-	-	2.9	9.1	19.9	.458	-	-	-	5.0	6.2	.800
difference:		+16.0	+17.3			+0.1	+3.4				-0.4	+6.7	+14.0	+.059				+4.5	+5.4	+.143
Domantas Sabonis	81	20.1	5.9	0.6	3.0	3.6	1.0	0.5	0.4	1.0	2.5	2.4	5.9	.399	0.6	2.0	.321	0.5	0.8	.657
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	5	39.8	22.0	-	-	5.2	4.8	-	-	-	2.8	9.2	24.4	.377	-	-	-	3.6	5.2	.692
difference:	+3	+36.8	+20.0			+4.2	+4.8				-0.8	+9.2	+22.9	+.377				+1.6	+3.2	+.308
Domantas Sabonis	2	3.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.5	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	2.0	2.0	1.000

Season 3
	Pete Maravich	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1972-73	2018-19
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	79	39.1	26.1	-	-	4.4	6.9	-	-	-	3.1	10.0	22.6	.441	-	-	-	6.1	7.7	.800
difference:	+5	+14.3	+12.0			+4.9	+4.0				-0.1	+4.4	+13.1	+.149				+3.3	+3.8	+.085
Domantas Sabonis	74	24.8	14.1	2.5	6.8	9.3	2.9	0.6	0.4	2.2	3.2	5.6	9.5	.590	0.1	0.2	.529	2.8	3.9	.715
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	6	39.0	26.2	-	-	4.8	6.7	-	-	-	4.0	10.8	25.8	.419	-	-	-	4.5	5.7	.794
difference:	+2	+15.0	+17.7			+2.5	+2.7				-1.0	+7.8	+18.5	+.005				+2.2	+2.2	+.151
Domantas Sabonis	4	24.0	8.5	1.8	5.5	7.3	4.0	0.8	0.3	1.3	3.0	3.0	7.3	.414	0.3	1.0	.250	2.3	3.5	.643

Season 4
	Pete Maravich	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1973-74	2019-20
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	76	38.2	27.7	1.3	3.6	4.9	5.2	1.5	0.2	-	3.4	10.8	23.6	.457	-	-	-	6.2	7.5	.826
difference:	+14	+3.4	+9.2	+1.7	+5.8	+7.5	+0.2	+0.7	+0.3		-0.3	+3.4	+9.9	+.083				+2.7	+2.7	+.103
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
* Neiher Pete Maravich nor Domantas Sabonis played in the postseason in their season 4

Season 5
	Pete Maravich	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1974-75	2020-21
Team	New Orleans Jazz	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	79	36.1	21.5	1.2	4.2	5.3	6.2	1.5	0.2	-	2.9	8.3	19.8	.419	-	-	-	4.9	6.1	.811
difference:	+17	+0.1	+1.2	+1.2	+5.3	+6.7	+0.5	+0.3	+0.3		-0.4	+0.5	+5.2	+.116				+1.0	+0.8	+.079
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
* Neiher Pete Maravich nor Domantas Sabonis played in the postseason in their season 5

Season 6
	Pete Maravich	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1975-76	2021-22
Team	New Orleans Jazz	Indiana Pacers, Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	62	38.3	25.9	0.7	4.1	4.8	5.4	1.4	0.4	-	3.2	9.7	21.2	.459	-	-	-	6.4	7.9	.811
difference:		+3.8	+7.0	+2.5	+4.8	+7.3	+0.2	+0.4			-0.1	+2.6	+8.7	+.114				+2.4	+2.5	+.070
Domantas Sabonis	62	34.5	18.9	3.2	8.9	12.1	5.2	1.0	0.4	3.1	3.3	7.1	12.5	.573	0.6	2.0	.312	4.0	5.4	.741
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Pete Maravich nor Domantas Sabonis played in the postseason in their season 6

Season 7
	Pete Maravich	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1976-77	2022-23
Team	New Orleans Jazz	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	73	41.7	31.1	1.2	3.9	5.1	5.4	1.2	0.3	-	2.6	12.1	28.0	.433	-	-	-	6.9	8.2	.835
difference:	+6	+7.1	+12.0	+2.0	+5.2	+7.2	+1.9	+0.4	+0.2		-0.9	+4.8	+16.1	+.182				+2.8	+2.7	+.093
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		%
Pete Maravich	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Pete Maravich	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1977-78	2023-24
Team	New Orleans Jazz	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	50	40.8	27.0	1.0	2.6	3.6	6.7	2.0	0.2	5.0	2.3	11.1	25.1	.444	-	-	-	4.8	5.5	.870
difference:	+32	+5.1	+7.6	+2.6	+7.5	+10.1	+1.5	+1.1	+0.4	-1.7	-0.7	+3.4	+12.1	+.150				+1.2	+0.4	+.166
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
* Neiher Pete Maravich nor Domantas Sabonis played in the postseason in their season 8

Season 9
	Pete Maravich	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1978-79	2024-25
Team	New Orleans Jazz	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	49	37.2	22.6	0.7	1.8	2.5	5.0	1.2	0.4	4.1	2.1	8.9	21.1	.421	-	-	-	4.8	5.7	.841
difference:	+21	+2.5	+3.5	+3.1	+8.3	+11.4	+1.0	+0.5		-1.2	-1.2	+1.4	+8.3	+.169				+1.7	+1.6	+.087
Domantas Sabonis	70	34.7	19.1	3.8	10.1	13.9	6.0	0.7	0.4	2.9	3.3	7.5	12.8	.590	0.9	2.2	.417	3.1	4.1	.754
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Pete Maravich nor Domantas Sabonis played in the postseason in their season 9