Vinny Del Negro vs. Jonas Valanciunas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jonas Valanciunas and Vinny Del Negro, 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.

Vinny Del Negro and Jonas Valanciunas both played 12 years in the NBA. Vinny Del Negro had the first of his seasons in 1988-89, 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
Vinny Del Negro	12	7	1988-89 to 2001-02
Jonas Valanciunas	12	8	2012-13 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Vinny Del Negro	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1988-89	2012-13
Team	Sacramento Kings	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
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		%
Vinny Del Negro	80	19.5	7.1	0.6	1.5	2.1	2.6	0.8	0.2	1.0	2.0	3.0	6.3	.475	0.1	0.3	.300	1.1	1.3	.850
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		%
Vinny Del Negro	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jonas Valanciunas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Vinny Del Negro	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1989-90	2013-14
Team	Sacramento Kings	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Vinny Del Negro	76	24.4	9.7	0.5	2.1	2.6	3.3	0.8	0.1	1.5	2.4	3.9	8.5	.462	0.1	0.4	.313	1.8	2.0	.871
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		%
Vinny Del Negro	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Note: Vinny Del Negro didn't play in 1990-91 and 1991-92.


Season 3
	Vinny Del Negro	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1992-93	2014-15
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Vinny Del Negro	73	20.9	7.4	0.3	2.0	2.2	4.0	0.6	0.0	1.3	2.0	3.0	5.9	.507	0.1	0.3	.250	1.4	1.6	.863
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		%
Vinny Del Negro	8	14.0	5.0	0.8	1.6	2.4	3.0	0.1	0.1	0.4	1.6	2.1	4.8	.447	0.3	1.1	.222	0.5	0.5	1.000
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
	Vinny Del Negro	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1993-94	2015-16
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Vinny Del Negro	77	25.3	10.0	0.4	1.7	2.1	4.2	0.8	0.0	1.3	2.2	4.0	8.2	.487	0.2	0.6	.349	1.8	2.2	.824
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		%
Vinny Del Negro	4	23.3	7.3	0.3	1.5	1.8	4.5	0.3	0.0	1.5	1.5	3.0	6.8	.444	0.5	1.0	.500	0.8	1.3	.600
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
	Vinny Del Negro	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1994-95	2016-17
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		%
Vinny Del Negro	75	31.5	12.5	0.4	2.2	2.6	3.0	0.8	0.2	0.7	2.4	5.0	10.2	.486	0.9	2.2	.407	1.7	2.2	.790
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		%
Vinny Del Negro	15	25.5	8.7	0.3	1.9	2.1	2.5	0.5	0.1	1.1	1.5	3.4	7.9	.432	0.6	1.3	.450	1.3	1.6	.833
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
	Vinny Del Negro	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1995-96	2017-18
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Vinny Del Negro	82	33.7	14.5	0.4	2.9	3.3	3.8	1.0	0.1	1.2	2.0	5.8	11.7	.497	0.7	1.8	.380	2.2	2.6	.832
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		%
Vinny Del Negro	10	37.9	14.3	0.4	2.2	2.6	2.9	1.3	0.3	0.6	1.9	5.7	12.4	.460	1.6	2.7	.593	1.3	1.9	.684
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
	Vinny Del Negro	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1996-97	2018-19
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Toronto Raptors, 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		%
Vinny Del Negro	72	31.2	12.3	0.5	2.4	2.9	3.2	0.8	0.1	1.3	1.8	5.1	10.8	.467	0.6	1.9	.314	1.6	1.8	.868
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		%
Vinny Del Negro	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jonas Valanciunas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Vinny Del Negro	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1997-98	2019-20
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
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		%
Vinny Del Negro	54	31.9	9.5	0.2	2.6	2.8	3.4	0.7	0.1	1.0	2.1	3.9	8.9	.441	0.3	0.7	.436	1.4	1.7	.796
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		%
Vinny Del Negro	9	31.6	10.7	0.2	2.4	2.7	3.2	0.9	0.0	1.4	3.3	4.3	9.0	.481	0.2	1.1	.200	1.8	1.9	.941
Jonas Valanciunas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Vinny Del Negro	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1998-99	2020-21
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	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		%
Vinny Del Negro	48	22.8	5.9	0.3	1.8	2.1	3.6	0.7	0.1	1.1	1.3	2.4	5.6	.422	0.3	0.6	.433	0.8	1.0	.800
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		%
Vinny Del Negro	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Vinny Del Negro	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1999-00	2021-22
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Vinny Del Negro	67	18.1	5.2	0.1	1.5	1.6	2.4	0.5	0.0	0.7	1.2	2.3	4.9	.471	0.1	0.4	.333	0.5	0.6	.897
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		%
Vinny Del Negro	5	18.6	5.2	0.0	1.6	1.6	1.8	0.6	0.0	0.6	0.8	2.6	6.0	.433	0.0	0.4	.000	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Vinny Del Negro	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	2000-01	2022-23
Team	Golden State Warriors, Phoenix Suns	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Vinny Del Negro	65	14.2	3.9	0.2	1.1	1.3	1.9	0.4	0.0	0.5	1.2	1.6	3.6	.453	0.0	0.2	.077	0.6	0.7	.932
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		%
Vinny Del Negro	3	8.7	2.7	0.0	0.7	0.7	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.3	2.3	.571	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Jonas Valanciunas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Vinny Del Negro	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	2001-02	2023-24
Team	Phoenix Suns	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Vinny Del Negro	2	3.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	2.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
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		%
Vinny Del Negro	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Vinny Del Negro vs. Jonas Valanciunas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jonas Valanciunas and Vinny Del Negro, 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