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Arvydas Sabonis

Arvydas Romas Sabonis

Position: Center ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 7-3 ▪ Weight: 279 lbs.
Born: December 19, 1964 in Kaunas, Lithuania
Draft: Portland Trail Blazers, 1st round (24th pick, 24th overall), 1986 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: November 3, 1995
Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2011 (Full List)

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Totals

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1995-96 31 POR NBA C 73 21 1735 394 723 .545 39 104 .375 231 305 .757 147 441 588 130 64 78 154 211 1058
1996-97 32 POR NBA C 69 68 1762 328 658 .498 49 132 .371 223 287 .777 114 433 547 146 63 84 151 203 928
1997-98 33 POR NBA C 73 73 2333 407 826 .493 30 115 .261 323 405 .798 149 580 729 218 65 80 190 267 1167
1998-99 34 POR NBA C 50 48 1349 232 478 .485 7 24 .292 135 175 .771 88 305 393 119 34 63 85 147 606
1999-00 35 POR NBA C 66 61 1688 302 598 .505 7 19 .368 167 198 .843 97 416 513 118 43 78 97 184 778
2000-01 36 POR NBA C 61 42 1299 247 516 .479 1 15 .067 121 156 .776 51 280 331 91 40 62 85 137 616
2002-03 38 POR NBA C 78 1 1209 172 361 .476 3 6 .500 129 164 .787 88 247 335 142 61 49 75 141 476
Career NBA 470 314 11375 2082 4160 .500 136 415 .328 1329 1690 .786 734 2702 3436 964 370 494 837 1290 5629

Per Game

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1995-96 31 POR NBA C 73 21 23.8 5.4 9.9 .545 0.5 1.4 .375 3.2 4.2 .757 2.0 6.0 8.1 1.8 0.9 1.1 2.1 2.9 14.5
1996-97 32 POR NBA C 69 68 25.5 4.8 9.5 .498 0.7 1.9 .371 3.2 4.2 .777 1.7 6.3 7.9 2.1 0.9 1.2 2.2 2.9 13.4
1997-98 33 POR NBA C 73 73 32.0 5.6 11.3 .493 0.4 1.6 .261 4.4 5.5 .798 2.0 7.9 10.0 3.0 0.9 1.1 2.6 3.7 16.0
1998-99 34 POR NBA C 50 48 27.0 4.6 9.6 .485 0.1 0.5 .292 2.7 3.5 .771 1.8 6.1 7.9 2.4 0.7 1.3 1.7 2.9 12.1
1999-00 35 POR NBA C 66 61 25.6 4.6 9.1 .505 0.1 0.3 .368 2.5 3.0 .843 1.5 6.3 7.8 1.8 0.7 1.2 1.5 2.8 11.8
2000-01 36 POR NBA C 61 42 21.3 4.0 8.5 .479 0.0 0.2 .067 2.0 2.6 .776 0.8 4.6 5.4 1.5 0.7 1.0 1.4 2.2 10.1
2002-03 38 POR NBA C 78 1 15.5 2.2 4.6 .476 0.0 0.1 .500 1.7 2.1 .787 1.1 3.2 4.3 1.8 0.8 0.6 1.0 1.8 6.1
Career NBA 470 314 24.2 4.4 8.9 .500 0.3 0.9 .328 2.8 3.6 .786 1.6 5.7 7.3 2.1 0.8 1.1 1.8 2.7 12.0

Per 36 Minutes

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1995-96 31 POR NBA C 73 21 1735 8.2 15.0 .545 0.8 2.2 .375 4.8 6.3 .757 3.1 9.2 12.2 2.7 1.3 1.6 3.2 4.4 22.0
1996-97 32 POR NBA C 69 68 1762 6.7 13.4 .498 1.0 2.7 .371 4.6 5.9 .777 2.3 8.8 11.2 3.0 1.3 1.7 3.1 4.1 19.0
1997-98 33 POR NBA C 73 73 2333 6.3 12.7 .493 0.5 1.8 .261 5.0 6.2 .798 2.3 8.9 11.2 3.4 1.0 1.2 2.9 4.1 18.0
1998-99 34 POR NBA C 50 48 1349 6.2 12.8 .485 0.2 0.6 .292 3.6 4.7 .771 2.3 8.1 10.5 3.2 0.9 1.7 2.3 3.9 16.2
1999-00 35 POR NBA C 66 61 1688 6.4 12.8 .505 0.1 0.4 .368 3.6 4.2 .843 2.1 8.9 10.9 2.5 0.9 1.7 2.1 3.9 16.6
2000-01 36 POR NBA C 61 42 1299 6.8 14.3 .479 0.0 0.4 .067 3.4 4.3 .776 1.4 7.8 9.2 2.5 1.1 1.7 2.4 3.8 17.1
2002-03 38 POR NBA C 78 1 1209 5.1 10.7 .476 0.1 0.2 .500 3.8 4.9 .787 2.6 7.4 10.0 4.2 1.8 1.5 2.2 4.2 14.2
Career NBA 470 314 11375 6.6 13.2 .500 0.4 1.3 .328 4.2 5.3 .786 2.3 8.6 10.9 3.1 1.2 1.6 2.6 4.1 17.8

Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1995-96 31 POR NBA C 73 1735 24.7 .617 .572 9.7 28.8 19.3 13.8 1.9 3.4 15.2 25.5 116 97 4.5 3.9 8.4 .233
1996-97 32 POR NBA C 69 1762 21.8 .592 .536 7.9 28.3 18.4 14.6 1.9 3.7 16.1 23.9 113 97 3.7 3.9 7.5 .205
1997-98 33 POR NBA C 73 2333 20.9 .581 .511 7.7 27.9 18.2 16.9 1.5 2.5 15.9 23.2 112 97 5.1 4.6 9.7 .200
1998-99 34 POR NBA C 50 1349 20.4 .546 .493 7.8 25.2 16.8 16.2 1.4 3.5 13.3 21.7 110 94 3.0 2.9 5.8 .207
1999-00 35 POR NBA C 66 1688 20.3 .568 .511 7.1 27.6 17.9 12.0 1.4 3.4 12.4 21.4 112 96 3.6 3.5 7.1 .203
2000-01 36 POR NBA C 61 1299 18.4 .527 .480 4.9 24.9 15.2 12.3 1.7 3.5 12.7 24.0 103 97 1.5 2.3 3.7 .138
2002-03 38 POR NBA C 78 1209 20.5 .549 .481 8.8 24.7 16.7 19.3 2.7 3.1 14.8 19.4 113 97 2.6 2.3 4.9 .196
Career NBA 470 11375 21.2 .574 .517 7.8 27.0 17.7 15.0 1.7 3.2 14.6 22.9 112 97 24.0 23.3 47.3 .200

Playoffs Totals

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1995-96 31 POR NBA C 5 5 177 35 81 .432 5 9 .556 43 60 .717 12 39 51 9 4 3 10 17 118
1996-97 32 POR NBA C 4 4 108 18 42 .429 2 8 .250 7 8 .875 8 18 26 9 3 3 9 19 45
1997-98 33 POR NBA C 4 4 107 18 40 .450 1 2 .500 12 14 .857 7 24 31 6 7 3 10 19 49
1998-99 34 POR NBA C 13 13 392 45 113 .398 1 5 .200 39 43 .907 12 102 114 29 15 15 19 35 130
1999-00 35 POR NBA C 16 16 493 68 150 .453 6 21 .286 39 49 .796 19 88 107 31 14 13 26 59 181
2000-01 36 POR NBA C 3 3 104 14 29 .483 0 2 .000 6 8 .750 8 17 25 8 1 7 2 12 34
2002-03 38 POR NBA C 6 1 86 24 36 .667 0 0 12 15 .800 6 18 24 5 4 4 6 14 60
Career NBA 51 46 1467 222 491 .452 15 47 .319 158 197 .802 72 306 378 97 48 48 82 175 617

Playoffs Per Game

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1995-96 31 POR NBA C 5 5 35.4 7.0 16.2 .432 1.0 1.8 .556 8.6 12.0 .717 2.4 7.8 10.2 1.8 0.8 0.6 2.0 3.4 23.6
1996-97 32 POR NBA C 4 4 27.0 4.5 10.5 .429 0.5 2.0 .250 1.8 2.0 .875 2.0 4.5 6.5 2.3 0.8 0.8 2.3 4.8 11.3
1997-98 33 POR NBA C 4 4 26.8 4.5 10.0 .450 0.3 0.5 .500 3.0 3.5 .857 1.8 6.0 7.8 1.5 1.8 0.8 2.5 4.8 12.3
1998-99 34 POR NBA C 13 13 30.2 3.5 8.7 .398 0.1 0.4 .200 3.0 3.3 .907 0.9 7.8 8.8 2.2 1.2 1.2 1.5 2.7 10.0
1999-00 35 POR NBA C 16 16 30.8 4.3 9.4 .453 0.4 1.3 .286 2.4 3.1 .796 1.2 5.5 6.7 1.9 0.9 0.8 1.6 3.7 11.3
2000-01 36 POR NBA C 3 3 34.7 4.7 9.7 .483 0.0 0.7 .000 2.0 2.7 .750 2.7 5.7 8.3 2.7 0.3 2.3 0.7 4.0 11.3
2002-03 38 POR NBA C 6 1 14.3 4.0 6.0 .667 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.5 .800 1.0 3.0 4.0 0.8 0.7 0.7 1.0 2.3 10.0
Career NBA 51 46 28.8 4.4 9.6 .452 0.3 0.9 .319 3.1 3.9 .802 1.4 6.0 7.4 1.9 0.9 0.9 1.6 3.4 12.1

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1995-96 31 POR NBA C 5 5 177 7.1 16.5 .432 1.0 1.8 .556 8.7 12.2 .717 2.4 7.9 10.4 1.8 0.8 0.6 2.0 3.5 24.0
1996-97 32 POR NBA C 4 4 108 6.0 14.0 .429 0.7 2.7 .250 2.3 2.7 .875 2.7 6.0 8.7 3.0 1.0 1.0 3.0 6.3 15.0
1997-98 33 POR NBA C 4 4 107 6.1 13.5 .450 0.3 0.7 .500 4.0 4.7 .857 2.4 8.1 10.4 2.0 2.4 1.0 3.4 6.4 16.5
1998-99 34 POR NBA C 13 13 392 4.1 10.4 .398 0.1 0.5 .200 3.6 3.9 .907 1.1 9.4 10.5 2.7 1.4 1.4 1.7 3.2 11.9
1999-00 35 POR NBA C 16 16 493 5.0 11.0 .453 0.4 1.5 .286 2.8 3.6 .796 1.4 6.4 7.8 2.3 1.0 0.9 1.9 4.3 13.2
2000-01 36 POR NBA C 3 3 104 4.8 10.0 .483 0.0 0.7 .000 2.1 2.8 .750 2.8 5.9 8.7 2.8 0.3 2.4 0.7 4.2 11.8
2002-03 38 POR NBA C 6 1 86 10.0 15.1 .667 0.0 0.0 5.0 6.3 .800 2.5 7.5 10.0 2.1 1.7 1.7 2.5 5.9 25.1
Career NBA 51 46 1467 5.4 12.0 .452 0.4 1.2 .319 3.9 4.8 .802 1.8 7.5 9.3 2.4 1.2 1.2 2.0 4.3 15.1

Playoffs Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1995-96 31 POR NBA C 5 177 24.7 .549 .463 7.6 27.5 17.0 12.1 1.3 1.3 8.5 30.7 115 109 0.5 0.1 0.7 .177
1996-97 32 POR NBA C 4 108 13.8 .494 .452 8.9 21.9 15.2 16.2 1.5 2.3 16.5 24.1 97 109 0.0 0.1 0.1 .031
1997-98 33 POR NBA C 4 107 16.4 .531 .463 7.5 28.7 17.5 9.6 3.4 2.3 17.8 23.3 100 106 0.0 0.1 0.1 .065
1998-99 34 POR NBA C 13 392 17.5 .493 .403 3.9 31.9 18.1 14.9 2.2 3.1 12.6 19.2 100 95 0.3 0.7 1.0 .128
1999-00 35 POR NBA C 16 493 14.9 .528 .473 4.9 22.6 13.8 11.7 1.6 2.2 13.2 19.6 104 100 0.5 0.8 1.2 .121
2000-01 36 POR NBA C 3 104 17.1 .523 .483 8.5 18.4 13.4 14.5 0.5 4.9 5.8 15.5 117 111 0.2 0.0 0.2 .108
2002-03 38 POR NBA C 6 86 32.0 .704 .667 8.1 24.6 16.3 12.1 2.5 3.7 12.3 25.7 130 107 0.4 0.1 0.5 .271
Career NBA 51 1467 18.0 .534 .467 5.9 25.9 15.8 13.0 1.8 2.6 12.4 21.5 106 102 2.0 1.9 3.9 .127

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)
Thru 7 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Arvydas Sabonis 9.7 8.4 7.5 7.1 5.8 4.9 3.7
Arnie Risen 94.0 10.6 9.3 7.8 6.8 5.8 4.6 3.9
Swen Nater 93.4 9.7 8.7 6.9 6.8 6.8 5.5 3.1
Vlade Divac 92.9 9.5 8.3 7.4 6.1 5.6 5.0 1.8
Billy Paultz 91.2 9.0 8.9 8.7 7.0 5.6 5.3 5.0
Dave Robisch 90.6 10.1 9.1 8.5 7.8 5.2 5.0 2.3
Jim Eakins 90.4 9.0 8.5 7.6 7.4 7.4 6.6 2.9
Tree Rollins 89.3 9.2 7.3 6.4 6.4 5.5 5.0 2.6
Clifford Ray 87.2 8.7 8.2 8.1 7.0 6.9 6.7 5.7
Red Rocha 86.5 7.8 7.2 7.0 6.5 5.1 5.0 4.6
Alvan Adams 85.6 7.7 7.6 7.2 7.2 7.0 6.3 4.9
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Arvydas Sabonis 9.7 8.4 7.5 7.1 5.8 4.9 3.7
Arnie Risen 84.6 10.6 9.3 7.8 6.8 5.8 4.6 3.9 2.7 2.6 1.8
Joakim Noah 82.3 9.0 7.3 6.7 6.4 6.2 3.8
Jim Eakins 81.7 9.0 8.5 7.6 7.4 7.4 6.6 3.6 3.6 2.9 0.9
Emeka Okafor 81.7 8.2 7.1 6.5 5.8 5.5 4.5 4.0 1.7 1.0
Swen Nater 81.6 9.7 8.7 8.6 6.9 6.8 6.8 5.5 3.1 1.2 1.2 -0.1
Chuck Share 81.0 8.6 8.1 6.7 4.7 4.2 4.0 3.3 1.3
Red Rocha 79.7 7.8 7.2 7.0 6.5 5.1 5.0 4.6 3.6 1.0
Clifford Ray 79.2 8.7 8.2 8.1 7.0 6.9 6.7 5.7 3.8 1.9 -0.3
Tom Owens 78.9 10.4 8.3 8.0 6.9 6.9 6.0 4.8 3.2 2.9 2.5 0.9 0.6
Andrew Bynum 77.3 8.0 7.8 6.6 5.5 4.8 4.2 0.1

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Weekly & Monthly Awards

Player of the Week: 1 time (Show/Hide)

Rookie of the Month: 1 time (Show/Hide)
Honors
1995-96 NBA All-Rookie (1st)
MVP Award Shares
1998-99 NBA 0.003 (13)
Career 0.003 (211)
Games
1998-99 NBA 50 (1)
Defensive Rebounds
1997-98 NBA 580 (6)
Field Goal Pct
1995-96 NBA .545 (7)
Rebounds Per Game
1997-98 NBA 10.0 (9)
Player Efficiency Rating
1995-96 NBA 24.7 (8)
1996-97 NBA 21.8 (10)
True Shooting Pct
1995-96 NBA .617 (9)
Effective Field Goal Pct
1995-96 NBA .572 (5)
Career NBA .517 (98)
Defensive Rebound Pct
1995-96 NBA 28.8 (2)
1996-97 NBA 28.3 (3)
1997-98 NBA 27.9 (3)
1998-99 NBA 25.2 (4)
1999-00 NBA 27.6 (3)
Total Rebound Pct
1995-96 NBA 19.3 (5)
1996-97 NBA 18.4 (10)
1997-98 NBA 18.2 (8)
1999-00 NBA 17.9 (10)
Defensive Rating
1995-96 NBA 97.3 (3)
1996-97 NBA 97.2 (4)
1997-98 NBA 97.4 (7)
1998-99 NBA 93.7 (7)
1999-00 NBA 95.8 (6)
Win Shares Per 48 Minutes
1995-96 NBA .233 (5)
1996-97 NBA .205 (7)
1997-98 NBA .200 (7)
1998-99 NBA .207 (8)
1999-00 NBA .203 (7)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.001 (619)
  

Transactions

June 18, 1985: Drafted by the Atlanta Hawks in the 4th round (77th pick) of the 1985 NBA Draft.

September 6, 1985: Traded by the Boston Celtics (as a 1986 1st round draft pick) with Cedric Maxwell to the Los Angeles Clippers for Bill Walton.

January 14, 1986: Traded by the Los Angeles Clippers (as a 1986 1st round draft pick) with a 1988 2nd round draft pick (Rolando Ferreira) to the Portland Trail Blazers for Darnell Valentine and a 1988 2nd round draft pick (Tom Garrick).

June 17, 1986: Drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1st round (24th pick) of the 1986 NBA Draft.

August 14, 2003: Waived by the Portland Trail Blazers.

Salaries

Season Team Lg Salary
1995-96 Portland Trail Blazers NBA $2,200,000
1996-97 Portland Trail Blazers NBA $2,640,000
1997-98 Portland Trail Blazers NBA $3,080,000
1998-99 Portland Trail Blazers NBA $9,000,000
1999-00 Portland Trail Blazers NBA $9,818,481
2000-01 Portland Trail Blazers NBA $11,250,000
2002-03 Portland Trail Blazers NBA $6,850,000
2004-05 Portland Trail Blazers NBA $3,000,000
Career (may be incomplete) $47,838,481

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