Sean Elliott vs. Jonas Valanciunas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jonas Valanciunas and Sean Elliott, 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.

Sean Elliott and Jonas Valanciunas both played 12 years in the NBA. Sean Elliott had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, 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
Sean Elliott	12	9	1989-90 to 2000-01
Jonas Valanciunas	12	8	2012-13 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Sean Elliott	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1989-90	2012-13
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Sean Elliott	81	25.1	10.0	1.6	2.1	3.7	1.9	0.6	0.2	1.4	2.1	3.8	8.0	.481	0.0	0.1	.111	2.3	2.7	.866
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		%
Sean Elliott	10	29.1	12.7	1.1	3.0	4.1	1.8	0.9	0.6	1.5	3.7	5.3	9.6	.552	0.0	0.1	.000	2.1	2.9	.724
Jonas Valanciunas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Sean Elliott	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1990-91	2013-14
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Sean Elliott	82	37.1	15.9	1.7	3.8	5.6	2.9	0.8	0.4	1.8	2.3	5.8	11.9	.490	0.2	0.8	.313	4.0	4.9	.808
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		%
Sean Elliott	4	33.0	14.8	2.0	3.5	5.5	4.0	1.0	0.3	2.3	2.3	4.3	10.0	.425	0.0	0.8	.000	6.3	8.0	.781
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
	Sean Elliott	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1991-92	2014-15
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Sean Elliott	82	38.0	16.3	1.7	3.6	5.4	2.6	1.0	0.4	1.9	1.8	6.3	12.7	.494	0.3	1.0	.305	3.5	4.0	.861
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		%
Sean Elliott	3	45.7	19.7	1.3	3.0	4.3	2.7	1.0	1.3	2.0	2.0	6.3	13.3	.475	1.7	2.7	.625	5.3	6.0	.889
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
	Sean Elliott	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1992-93	2015-16
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Sean Elliott	70	37.2	17.2	1.2	3.4	4.6	3.8	1.0	0.4	2.2	1.9	6.4	13.1	.491	0.5	1.5	.356	3.8	4.8	.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		%
Sean Elliott	10	38.1	15.8	0.8	4.0	4.8	3.6	0.8	0.3	2.2	2.2	5.9	12.5	.472	0.3	1.4	.214	3.7	4.0	.925
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
	Sean Elliott	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1993-94	2016-17
Team	Detroit Pistons	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Sean Elliott	73	33.0	12.1	0.9	2.7	3.6	2.7	0.7	0.4	1.8	2.4	4.9	10.8	.455	0.4	1.2	.299	1.9	2.4	.803
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		%
Sean Elliott	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Sean Elliott	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1994-95	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		%
Sean Elliott	81	35.3	18.1	0.8	2.8	3.5	2.5	1.0	0.5	1.9	2.7	6.2	13.2	.468	1.7	4.1	.408	4.0	5.0	.807
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		%
Sean Elliott	15	38.3	17.3	1.5	3.3	4.8	2.7	0.7	0.5	1.8	2.5	5.8	13.3	.435	1.3	3.7	.364	4.4	5.7	.776
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
	Sean Elliott	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1995-96	2018-19
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Toronto Raptors, Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Sean Elliott	77	37.7	20.0	0.9	4.2	5.1	2.7	0.9	0.4	2.6	2.3	6.8	14.6	.466	2.1	5.1	.411	4.2	5.5	.771
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		%
Sean Elliott	10	38.9	15.5	1.1	2.8	3.9	2.5	1.1	0.4	3.0	2.4	4.7	11.7	.402	1.0	3.4	.294	5.1	6.4	.797
Jonas Valanciunas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Sean Elliott	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1996-97	2019-20
Team	San Antonio Spurs	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		%
Sean Elliott	39	35.7	14.9	1.2	3.6	4.9	3.2	0.6	0.6	2.3	2.7	5.0	11.9	.422	1.1	3.2	.333	3.8	5.0	.755
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		%
Sean Elliott	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jonas Valanciunas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Sean Elliott	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1997-98	2020-21
Team	San Antonio Spurs	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		%
Sean Elliott	36	28.1	9.3	0.4	3.0	3.4	1.7	0.7	0.4	1.6	2.6	3.4	8.4	.403	0.9	2.5	.378	1.6	2.2	.718
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		%
Sean Elliott	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Sean Elliott	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1998-99	2021-22
Team	San Antonio Spurs	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Sean Elliott	50	30.2	11.2	0.7	3.6	4.3	2.3	0.5	0.3	1.4	2.1	4.2	10.1	.410	0.8	2.4	.328	2.1	2.8	.757
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		%
Sean Elliott	17	33.8	11.9	0.6	2.8	3.4	2.6	0.5	0.2	1.2	2.9	4.0	9.0	.444	1.3	3.2	.400	2.6	3.5	.763
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
	Sean Elliott	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1999-00	2022-23
Team	San Antonio Spurs	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Sean Elliott	19	20.6	6.0	0.3	2.2	2.5	1.5	0.6	0.1	1.0	1.8	2.0	5.6	.358	0.7	1.9	.351	1.3	1.7	.781
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		%
Sean Elliott	4	29.8	10.0	0.3	5.3	5.5	1.3	0.0	0.5	1.0	3.3	3.8	10.0	.375	1.3	3.3	.385	1.3	2.0	.625
Jonas Valanciunas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Sean Elliott	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	2000-01	2023-24
Team	San Antonio Spurs	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Sean Elliott	52	23.6	7.9	0.3	2.9	3.3	1.6	0.4	0.5	1.0	1.5	2.8	6.5	.434	1.1	2.5	.426	1.2	1.6	.714
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		%
Sean Elliott	12	19.9	4.8	0.3	1.9	2.2	1.2	0.4	0.5	1.1	1.8	1.6	4.3	.373	0.7	1.8	.364	0.9	0.9	1.000
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

Sean Elliott vs. Jonas Valanciunas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jonas Valanciunas and Sean Elliott, 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