Shawn Marion vs. Arvydas Sabonis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Arvydas Sabonis and Shawn Marion, 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.

Shawn Marion played 16 years in the NBA, 9 more than Arvydas Sabonis, who played 7. Shawn Marion had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, while Arvydas Sabonis had his rookie season in 1995-96. 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
	Shawn Marion	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	1999-00	1995-96
Team	Phoenix Suns	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Trail Blazers 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		%
Shawn Marion	51	24.7	10.2	2.1	4.5	6.5	1.4	0.7	1.0	1.0	2.2	4.4	9.2	.471	0.1	0.4	.182	1.4	1.7	.847
difference:	+22	+0.9	+4.3	+0.1	+1.5	+1.6	+0.4	+0.2	+0.1	-1.1	-0.7	+1.0	+0.7	+.074	+0.4	+1.0	+.193	+1.8	+2.5	+.090
Arvydas Sabonis	73	23.8	14.5	2.0	6.0	8.1	1.8	0.9	1.1	2.1	2.9	5.4	9.9	.545	0.5	1.4	.375	3.2	4.2	.757
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Marion	9	31.3	9.1	2.3	6.4	8.8	0.8	0.7	1.6	0.8	1.9	4.0	9.6	.419	0.1	0.7	.167	1.0	1.2	.818
difference:	+4	+4.1	+14.5	+0.1	+1.4	+1.4	+1.0	+0.1	+1.0	-1.2	-1.5	+3.0	+6.6	+.013	+0.9	+1.1	+.389	+7.6	+10.8	+.101
Arvydas Sabonis	5	35.4	23.6	2.4	7.8	10.2	1.8	0.8	0.6	2.0	3.4	7.0	16.2	.432	1.0	1.8	.556	8.6	12.0	.717

Season 4
	Shawn Marion	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	2002-03	1998-99
Team	Phoenix Suns	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Shawn Marion	81	41.6	21.2	2.5	7.1	9.5	2.4	2.3	1.2	1.9	2.6	8.2	18.1	.452	1.7	4.5	.387	3.1	3.6	.851
difference:	+31	+14.6	+9.1	+0.7	+1.0	+1.6		+1.6	+0.1	-0.2	-0.3	+3.6	+8.5	+.033	+1.6	+4.0	+.095	+0.4	+0.1	+.080
Arvydas Sabonis	50	27.0	12.1	1.8	6.1	7.9	2.4	0.7	1.3	1.7	2.9	4.6	9.6	.485	0.1	0.5	.292	2.7	3.5	.771
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Marion	6	47.2	18.5	3.5	8.2	11.7	2.0	1.8	1.8	2.2	2.8	6.7	17.8	.374	1.5	4.7	.321	3.7	4.3	.846
difference:	+7	+17.1	+8.5	+2.6	+0.4	+2.9	+0.2	+0.6	+0.6	-0.7	-0.1	+3.2	+9.1	+.024	+1.4	+4.3	+.121	+0.7	+1.0	+.061
Arvydas Sabonis	13	30.1	10.0	0.9	7.8	8.8	2.2	1.2	1.2	1.5	2.7	3.5	8.7	.398	0.1	0.4	.200	3.0	3.3	.907

Season 6
	Shawn Marion	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	2004-05	2000-01
Team	Phoenix Suns	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Shawn Marion	81	38.8	19.4	2.9	8.4	11.3	1.9	2.0	1.5	1.5	2.5	7.6	15.9	.476	1.4	4.2	.334	2.8	3.4	.833
difference:	+20	+17.5	+9.3	+2.1	+3.8	+5.9	+0.4	+1.3	+0.5	-0.1	-0.3	+3.6	+7.4	+.003	+1.4	+4.0	+.267	+0.8	+0.8	+.057
Arvydas Sabonis	61	21.3	10.1	0.8	4.6	5.4	1.5	0.7	1.0	1.4	2.2	4.0	8.5	.479	0.0	0.2	.067	2.0	2.6	.776
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Marion	15	42.3	17.6	3.1	8.7	11.8	1.5	1.4	1.7	1.4	3.1	7.2	14.9	.484	1.2	2.9	.419	2.0	2.6	.769
difference:	+12	+7.3	+6.3	+0.4	+3.0	+3.5	+1.2	+1.1	+0.6	-0.7	-0.9	+2.5	+5.2	+.001	+1.2	+2.2	+.419		+0.1	+.019
Arvydas Sabonis	3	35.0	11.3	2.7	5.7	8.3	2.7	0.3	2.3	0.7	4.0	4.7	9.7	.483	0.0	0.7	.000	2.0	2.7	.750

Note: Arvydas Sabonis didn't play in 2001-02.

Season 7
	Shawn Marion	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	2005-06	2002-03
Team	Phoenix Suns	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Trail Blazers 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		%
Shawn Marion	81	40.3	21.8	3.1	8.8	11.8	1.8	2.0	1.7	1.5	2.8	8.8	16.9	.525	1.2	3.6	.331	3.0	3.7	.809
difference:	+3	+24.8	+15.7	+2.0	+5.6	+7.5		+1.2	+1.1	-0.5	-1.0	+6.6	+12.3	+.049	+1.2	+3.5	+.169	+1.3	+1.6	+.022
Arvydas Sabonis	78	15.5	6.1	1.1	3.2	4.3	1.8	0.8	0.6	1.0	1.8	2.2	4.6	.476	0.0	0.1	.500	1.7	2.1	.787
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Marion	20	42.5	20.4	2.9	8.8	11.7	1.6	1.9	1.2	1.1	3.3	8.2	16.7	.489	1.1	3.5	.314	3.0	3.4	.881
difference:	+14	+28.0	+10.4	+1.9	+5.8	+7.7	+0.8	+1.2	+0.5	-0.1	-1.0	+4.2	+10.7	+.178	+1.1	+3.5		+1.0	+0.9	+.081
Arvydas Sabonis	6	14.5	10.0	1.0	3.0	4.0	0.8	0.7	0.7	1.0	2.3	4.0	6.0	.667	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.5	.800

Additional Years
* Shawn Marion played 9 seasons more than Arvydas Sabonis in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 16, from 2007 to 2015—Shawn Marion played in 6 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 9 extra years over Arvydas Sabonis, Shawn Marion got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game