Vernon Maxwell vs. Domantas Sabonis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Domantas Sabonis and Vernon Maxwell, 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.

Vernon Maxwell played 13 years in the NBA, 5 more than Domantas Sabonis, who played 8. Vernon Maxwell had the first of his seasons in 1988-89, 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 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
Vernon Maxwell	13	7	1988-89 to 2000-01
Domantas Sabonis	8	4	2016-17 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13


Rookie Season
	Vernon Maxwell	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1988-89	2016-17
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vernon Maxwell	79	26.1	11.7	0.6	1.9	2.6	3.8	1.1	0.1	2.3	1.7	4.5	10.5	.432	0.4	1.6	.248	2.3	3.1	.745
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		%
Vernon Maxwell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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 2
	Vernon Maxwell	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1989-90	2017-18
Team	San Antonio Spurs, Houston Rockets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vernon Maxwell	79	25.2	9.0	0.6	2.3	2.9	3.7	1.1	0.1	1.8	1.9	3.5	7.9	.439	0.4	1.3	.267	1.7	2.7	.645
Domantas Sabonis	74	24.5	11.6	2.2	5.5	7.7	2.0	0.5	0.4	1.9	3.0	4.6	8.9	.514	0.2	0.5	.351	2.3	3.0	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vernon Maxwell	4	39.8	19.8	1.3	1.8	3.0	4.3	1.3	0.0	1.5	3.0	7.5	20.3	.370	2.0	6.5	.308	2.8	5.3	.524
Domantas Sabonis	7	23.7	12.4	2.0	2.6	4.6	0.7	0.1	0.3	1.0	3.1	5.1	8.9	.581	0.1	1.0	.143	2.0	2.6	.778


Season 3
	Vernon Maxwell	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1990-91	2018-19
Team	Houston Rockets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vernon Maxwell	82	35.0	17.0	0.5	2.4	2.9	3.7	1.5	0.2	2.1	2.2	6.1	15.2	.404	2.1	6.2	.337	2.6	3.6	.733
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		%
Vernon Maxwell	3	37.7	18.7	0.3	2.3	2.7	3.0	0.7	0.3	2.3	2.7	7.7	18.7	.411	3.0	9.0	.333	0.3	0.7	.500
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
	Vernon Maxwell	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1991-92	2019-20
Team	Houston Rockets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vernon Maxwell	80	33.8	17.2	0.5	2.6	3.0	4.1	1.3	0.4	2.2	2.5	6.3	15.2	.413	2.0	5.9	.342	2.6	3.3	.772
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		%
Vernon Maxwell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Vernon Maxwell	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1992-93	2020-21
Team	Houston Rockets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vernon Maxwell	71	31.7	13.8	0.4	2.7	3.1	4.2	1.2	0.1	2.0	1.7	4.9	12.1	.407	1.7	5.1	.332	2.3	3.2	.719
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vernon Maxwell	9	34.2	14.0	0.3	2.1	2.4	3.6	1.2	0.2	1.9	1.9	5.2	13.0	.402	1.2	5.1	.239	2.3	2.7	.875
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Vernon Maxwell	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1993-94	2021-22
Team	Houston Rockets	Indiana Pacers, Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vernon Maxwell	75	34.3	13.6	0.6	2.5	3.1	5.1	1.7	0.3	2.5	1.9	5.1	13.0	.389	1.6	5.4	.298	1.9	2.5	.749
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vernon Maxwell	23	38.3	13.8	0.5	3.0	3.5	4.2	0.9	0.1	2.1	2.4	5.1	13.7	.376	2.0	6.0	.326	1.6	2.3	.685
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Vernon Maxwell	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1994-95	2022-23
Team	Houston Rockets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vernon Maxwell	64	31.8	13.3	0.3	2.3	2.6	4.3	1.2	0.2	2.1	2.5	4.8	12.1	.394	2.2	6.9	.324	1.5	2.3	.688
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		%
Vernon Maxwell	1	16.0	3.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	7.0	.143	0.0	2.0	.000	1.0	1.0	1.000
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
	Vernon Maxwell	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1995-96	2023-24
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vernon Maxwell	75	32.9	16.2	0.5	2.5	3.1	4.4	1.3	0.2	2.9	2.4	5.5	14.0	.390	1.9	6.1	.317	3.3	4.4	.756
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vernon Maxwell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Vernon Maxwell	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1996-97	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vernon Maxwell	72	28.7	12.9	0.4	1.8	2.2	2.1	1.2	0.3	1.7	2.3	4.7	12.6	.375	1.6	5.2	.309	1.9	2.5	.744
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vernon Maxwell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Vernon Maxwell	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1997-98	-
Team	Orlando Magic, Charlotte Hornets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vernon Maxwell	42	15.1	6.9	0.3	1.0	1.4	1.2	0.4	0.1	1.0	1.7	2.5	6.1	.399	0.9	2.7	.330	1.1	1.4	.800
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vernon Maxwell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Vernon Maxwell	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1998-99	-
Team	Sacramento Kings	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd	-

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vernon Maxwell	46	21.9	10.7	0.3	1.6	1.8	1.7	0.7	0.1	1.5	2.4	3.6	9.2	.390	1.7	5.0	.346	1.8	2.5	.737
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vernon Maxwell	5	25.8	11.2	0.8	1.4	2.2	1.0	1.2	0.0	1.2	2.4	3.8	12.0	.317	2.2	7.0	.314	1.4	2.0	.700
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Vernon Maxwell	Domantas Sabonis
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Seattle Supersonics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vernon Maxwell	47	21.0	10.9	0.3	1.4	1.7	1.6	0.8	0.2	1.1	1.8	3.6	10.4	.345	1.4	4.7	.300	2.3	3.1	.730
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vernon Maxwell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Vernon Maxwell	Domantas Sabonis
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers, Dallas Mavericks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	-

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vernon Maxwell	43	15.3	4.7	0.1	1.4	1.5	1.1	0.5	0.1	0.8	1.5	1.7	5.2	.327	0.8	2.6	.306	0.5	0.7	.656
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vernon Maxwell	4	10.8	1.0	0.3	1.3	1.5	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.5	0.5	2.5	.200	0.0	1.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Domantas Sabonis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Vernon Maxwell vs. Domantas Sabonis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Domantas Sabonis and Vernon Maxwell, 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

Season 13