RJ Barrett vs. Domantas Sabonis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Domantas Sabonis and RJ Barrett, 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.

RJ Barrett played 7 years in the NBA, 3 less than Domantas Sabonis, who played 10. RJ Barrett had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, 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.

Season 4
	RJ Barrett	Domantas Sabonis
Season	2022-23	2019-20
Team	New York Knicks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
RJ Barrett	73	33.9	19.6	0.8	4.2	5.0	2.8	0.4	0.2	2.2	2.5	7.0	16.1	.434	1.7	5.3	.310	4.0	5.4	.740
difference:	+11	+0.9	+1.1	+2.2	+5.2	+7.4	+2.2	+0.4	+0.3	-0.5	-0.6	+0.4	+2.4	+.106	+1.4	+4.2	+.056	+0.5	+0.6	+.017
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
RJ Barrett	11	34.3	19.3	0.5	4.0	4.5	2.8	0.8	0.2	2.3	2.3	6.5	14.9	.433	1.8	5.5	.328	4.5	5.9	.769
Domantas Sabonis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	RJ Barrett	Domantas Sabonis
Season	2023-24	2020-21
Team	New York Knicks, Toronto Raptors	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		%
RJ Barrett	58	31.7	20.2	0.9	4.5	5.4	3.3	0.5	0.4	2.2	2.2	7.5	15.2	.495	1.6	4.3	.360	3.6	5.0	.715
difference:	+4	+4.3	+0.1	+1.5	+5.0	+6.6	+3.4	+0.7	+0.1	-1.2	-1.1	+0.3	+0.6	+.040	+0.8	+1.7	+.039	+0.3	+0.3	+.017
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 RJ Barrett nor Domantas Sabonis played in the postseason in their season 5

Season 7
	RJ Barrett	Domantas Sabonis
Season	2025-26	2022-23
Team	Toronto Raptors	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	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		%
RJ Barrett	8	32.4	20.8	0.4	4.5	4.9	3.5	1.3	0.5	2.0	2.5	7.8	14.0	.554	2.1	5.4	.395	3.1	4.4	.714
difference:	+71	+2.2	+1.7	+2.8	+4.6	+7.4	+3.8	+0.5		-0.9	-1.0	+0.5	+2.1	+.061	+1.7	+4.3	+.022	+1.0	+1.1	+.028
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		%
RJ Barrett	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

Additional Years
* Domantas Sabonis played 3 seasons more than RJ Barrett in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 10, from 2024 to 2026—Domantas Sabonis didn't play in the postseason. In those 3 extra years over RJ Barrett, Domantas Sabonis got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 2 Rebounds Leader