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Arvydas Sabonis
Arvydas Sabonis advanced stats and career rankings
16.0 average league finish
1,284 total value
Bottom line · Career overview
Arvydas Sabonis ranks #126 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #12.7. His full-career value ranks #344, so this placement is driven more by dominance than longevity. Explore Arvydas Sabonis's advanced stats by season, era-adjusted impact, workload, and historical comparisons.
Career standing
How Arvydas Sabonis ranks all time
These are league placements, not raw scores. Each season is judged against that season's qualified player pool.
Best in the league
Elite finishes
Upper-tier finishes
Standard deviations across scoring seasons
Career Composite17.9
Equal average of Best 3, Prime 5, and Best 10 league finishes. The overlapping windows make this explicitly peak-weighted. Lower is better.
- Best 3 weight
- 63.3%
- Score
- 17.9
- Qualified seasons
- 7
- All-time rank
- #126
Strongest seasons
Every season
Arvydas Sabonis advanced stats by season
Era-centered box impact supports comparisons through time. Impact Rate and its rank compare players only within that season.
| Season | Team | Age | GP | MP | Era-centered box impact | Impact Rate | Rate rank | Season Value | Value percentile | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002–03Historical Defense Estimate | POR | 38 | 78 | 1,209 | +4.66 | 95.3 | #16 | 149.9 | 80th | Strong |
| 2000–01Historical Defense Estimate | POR | 36 | 61 | 1,299 | +1.22 | 79.5 | #68 | 77.6 | 69th | Strong |
| 1999–00Historical Defense Estimate | POR | 35 | 66 | 1,688 | +2.87 | 92.2 | #26 | 154.1 | 82nd | Strong |
| 1998–99Historical Defense Estimate | POR | 34 | 50 | 1,349 | +3.80 | 92.0 | #23 | 145.3 | 89th | Strong |
| 1997–98Historical Defense Estimate | POR | 33 | 73 | 2,333 | +4.02 | 95.3 | #16 | 263.3 | 94th | Strong |
| 1996–97Historical Defense Estimate | POR | 32 | 69 | 1,762 | +4.40 | 94.3 | #19 | 213.4 | 88th | Strong |
| 1995–96Historical Defense Estimate | POR | 31 | 73 | 1,735 | +6.39 | 98.5 | #6 | 280.8 | 95th | Strong |
Career movement
Arvydas Sabonis's career impact by season
Peak +6.39 in 1995–96 · 7 seasons · 11,375 minutes
The same historical box-score model is used for every season, making the career shape comparable through time. This is separate from the current lineup-context ranking.
Era-centered box impactMinutes
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Across-era box estimateWorkload
Career comparison
Compare the shape, not the calendar
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Arvydas SabonisEd Macauley
NBA season number · fixed impact axis −5 to +15
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