Arvydas Sabonis 
#40 C | 7-3, 298lbs | Suns | Experience: 4 years
Born: 12/19/1964 (26) | College: | Kaunas, Lithuania

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  
 Potential: - - - - - - - - - - - -          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  1990  1991  1992  1993  1994  1995  1996  1997 
 Value: $3,500,000  $4,025,000  $4,550,000  $5,075,000  $5,600,000  $6,125,000  $6,650,000  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 4                

 Season Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1990 NBA PHX 82 82 32.8 29.2 3.2 9.1 5.7 1.5 3.73 1.0 1.2 2.8 .527 .853 .449  
 1989 NBA PHX 82 82 34.5 27.1 3.3 9.6 5.9 1.5 3.96 0.8 1.3 3.0 .503 .875 .449  
 1988 NBA PHX 82 82 33.3 27.8 3.2 9.5 5.7 1.8 3.26 1.0 1.1 2.8 .528 .867 .456  
 1987 NBA PHX 82 82 37.0 27.6 4.1 10.1 5.9 2.0 2.91 0.7 1.1 3.0 .510 .911 .408  
 1986 NBA PHX 82 82 32.9 19.7 3.0 7.1 3.6 1.4 2.53 0.8 0.7 2.8 .460 .911 .385  
 Career     410 410 34.1 26.3 3.4 9.1 5.4 1.7 3.26 0.9 1.1 2.9 .508 .883 .432  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1990 NBA PHX 12.1 23.0 .527 2.6 3.1 .853 5.0 7.9 .634 4.7 9.7 .482 2.4 5.4 .449  
 1989 NBA PHX 10.9 21.6 .503 3.1 3.5 .875 4.7 7.6 .623 3.8 8.9 .431 2.3 5.1 .449  
 1988 NBA PHX 11.4 21.7 .528 2.5 2.9 .867 5.2 8.4 .618 3.8 8.0 .479 2.4 5.3 .456  
 1987 NBA PHX 11.5 22.5 .510 2.6 2.9 .911 5.9 9.5 .617 3.6 8.1 .447 2.0 4.9 .408  
 1986 NBA PHX 7.7 16.8 .460 2.8 3.0 .911 3.5 6.6 .527 2.7 6.1 .437 1.5 4.0 .385  
 Career     10.7 21.1 .508 2.7 3.1 .883 4.9 8.0 .607 3.7 8.2 .457 2.1 4.9 .432  

 Season Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1990 82 82 2693 992 1884 215 252 197 439 2396 264 1012 470 84 126 84 96 231 916 
 1989 82 82 2833 891 1773 251 287 188 419 2221 272 1061 483 62 122 62 105 242 725 
 1988 82 82 2731 937 1776 209 241 198 434 2281 261 1041 470 81 144 81 93 226 566 
 1987 82 82 3034 942 1846 214 235 163 400 2261 340 1166 486 58 167 58 87 250 533 
 1986 82 82 2700 633 1376 226 248 126 327 1618 243 829 298 64 118 64 56 233 339 
 Career 410 410 13991 4395 8655 1115 1263 872 2019 10777 1380 5109 2207 349 677 349 437 1182 3079 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1990 NBA PHX .601 1.27 18.1 4.9 31.6 10.9 29.9 20.6 36.8 1053.5 35.1 11.2 121.4 104.8  
 1989 NBA PHX .585 1.25 19.3 4.9 29.9 10.3 31.2 20.6 32.3 919.0 30.6 8.8 117.5 104.3  
 1988 NBA PHX .606 1.28 18.8 5.8 31.2 10.6 30.8 20.8 34.6 979.2 32.6 6.9 117.0 106.5  
 1987 NBA PHX .580 1.22 18.7 6.4 29.3 11.2 27.7 19.4 30.5 900.7 30.0 6.5 109.3 101.2  
 1986 NBA PHX .545 1.18 15.7 6.2 25.5 9.6 23.4 16.5 24.4 558.0 18.6 4.1 110.0 104.2  
 Career     .585 1.25 18.2 5.6 29.5 10.5 28.6 19.5 31.7 4410.4 147.0 7.5 114.9 104.1  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1990 NBA PHX 23 23 34.5 27.0 3.5 8.9 6.9 2.0 3.36 0.9 1.1 3.3 .478 .885 .486  
 1989 NBA PHX 20 20 32.1 23.7 2.6 9.5 4.7 1.8 2.69 0.9 0.9 3.4 .467 .810 .457  
 1988 NBA PHX 22 22 34.6 31.6 3.5 9.2 6.3 1.5 4.18 1.1 1.4 2.8 .545 .918 .450  
 1987 NBA PHX 3 3 32.7 33.7 4.7 7.0 4.0 0.7 6.00 0.3 0.7 4.7 .539 1.000 .500  
 1986 NBA PHX 17 17 32.2 20.2 3.2 8.5 4.5 2.0 2.26 0.6 0.8 2.7 .507 .838 .431  
 Career     85 85 33.4 26.3 3.2 9.0 5.6 1.8 3.17 0.9 1.0 3.1 .502 .872 .462  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1990 NBA PHX 10.9 22.7 .478 2.3 2.7 .885 4.1 7.6 .546 3.8 9.2 .417 2.9 6.0 .486  
 1989 NBA PHX 9.6 20.6 .467 2.4 2.9 .810 3.8 6.9 .543 3.7 9.0 .413 2.2 4.7 .457  
 1988 NBA PHX 13.2 24.2 .545 2.5 2.8 .918 5.7 8.7 .660 4.8 9.5 .500 2.7 6.0 .450  
 1987 NBA PHX 13.7 25.3 .539 3.3 3.3 1.000 6.7 10.7 .625 4.0 8.7 .462 3.0 6.0 .500  
 1986 NBA PHX 8.5 16.7 .507 1.8 2.2 .838 4.2 7.2 .585 2.8 6.1 .456 1.5 3.4 .431  
 Career     10.8 21.5 .502 2.3 2.7 .872 4.6 7.7 .590 3.8 8.6 .447 2.4 5.2 .462  

 Playoff Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1990 23 23 794 250 523 54 61 67 138 621 80 285 158 20 47 20 25 75 159 
 1989 20 20 641 192 411 47 58 43 94 474 51 241 94 17 35 17 18 67 95 
 1988 22 22 762 290 532 56 61 59 131 695 76 278 138 24 33 24 30 61 54 
 1987 3 3 98 41 76 10 10 9 18 101 14 35 12 1 2 1 2 14 -10 
 1986 17 17 548 144 284 31 37 25 58 344 54 199 77 11 34 11 14 46 51 
 Career 85 85 2843 917 1826 198 227 203 439 2235 275 1038 479 73 151 73 89 263 349 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1990 NBA PHX .564 1.19 20.9 6.2 31.6 10.5 30.6 19.9 26.7 191.3 6.4 6.9 117.0 107.2  
 1989 NBA PHX .542 1.15 16.6 6.2 31.4 7.8 34.9 20.1 22.0 108.6 3.6 4.8 111.6 103.8  
 1988 NBA PHX .623 1.31 18.9 4.5 32.3 11.4 32.2 21.5 29.8 218.0 7.3 2.5 121.4 116.6  
 1987 NBA PHX .625 1.33 12.8 2.1 35.9 13.9 29.2 20.2 28.1 25.5 0.8 -3.3 108.4 109.5  
 1986 NBA PHX .573 1.21 18.7 8.3 26.6 9.9 28.2 18.8 20.0 76.3 2.5 3.0 109.4 105.1  
 Career     .580 1.22 18.7 5.9 30.9 10.1 31.4 20.1 25.2 619.6 20.7 4.1 115.1 108.6  

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 53 9 20 13 5 6 5 23 36 9 10 8 13  
 Playoff 51 8 21 13 4 5 4 23 35 9 11 9 14  
 Career 61 12 26 13 6 6 6 28 42 14 14 9 14  

 Game Logs
 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 10/16 HOU L 38 13 26 10 11 4 9 40 8 14 8 0 1 1 1 8
 10/17 CHI L 37 18 34 4 4 2 8 42 2 10 5 1 1 1 2 3
 10/19 NJN W 38 7 25 2 2 1 5 17 4 13 7 1 1 1 2 8
 10/22 STL L 35 18 31 1 2 2 5 39 6 13 4 3 0 0 3 -8
 10/25 GSW W 26 10 18 1 1 1 2 22 6 12 5 0 0 1 4 6
 10/26 GSW W 37 14 26 1 1 2 5 31 3 16 10 1 2 0 4 25
 10/30 PHI W 38 4 18 0 0 0 2 8 5 14 8 3 1 0 1 2
 10/31 IND W 39 13 36 2 2 1 6 29 4 14 6 3 2 2 4 23
 11/5 ORL W 23 6 10 0 0 1 1 13 2 8 6 2 1 1 4 16
 11/6 SAC W 33 11 31 1 2 4 9 27 3 20 9 1 1 2 3 19
 11/9 SLS W 35 14 20 2 2 1 3 31 3 11 10 0 1 3 2 24
 11/12 BAL W 37 13 26 4 5 3 6 33 3 12 7 1 0 1 2 10
 11/13 LAL L 25 14 21 6 6 3 6 37 1 8 3 2 0 0 3 2
 11/16 NOJ W 34 11 25 0 0 2 10 24 4 17 5 1 2 0 3 28
 11/17 SEA W 38 23 31 4 4 3 4 53 7 16 8 0 1 2 4 19
 11/19 ATL W 36 8 17 1 2 3 6 20 5 12 4 3 2 0 2 -2
 11/21 SEA L 35 9 27 4 4 4 13 26 1 16 5 0 0 2 5 -25
 11/22 ATL L 31 9 15 2 2 2 3 22 0 14 5 4 1 2 5 0
 11/26 DAL W 25 9 18 1 1 1 4 20 0 9 6 1 4 1 4 6
 11/27 SEA W 36 20 34 1 2 2 5 43 5 14 6 0 2 2 2 6
 11/30 NJN W 37 14 29 2 2 6 9 36 4 12 8 2 3 1 3 22
 12/4 MIL W 36 7 15 8 9 1 3 23 3 13 4 3 3 0 4 18
 12/5 STL W 16 4 15 0 0 0 3 8 0 4 2 1 0 0 3 -2
 12/8 NOJ L 33 16 28 7 8 3 7 42 4 11 7 1 1 3 5 -9
 12/9 ORL L 37 10 28 4 4 1 4 25 4 14 7 0 1 2 4 3
 12/12 MIL W 34 17 24 6 8 2 2 42 4 13 8 3 1 0 2 16
 12/14 SAS W 36 17 26 0 0 5 7 39 2 8 4 1 0 0 4 -3
 12/16 LAL W 31 10 18 2 2 2 6 24 3 9 7 0 1 2 1 21
 12/17 GSW W 36 15 23 6 8 1 2 37 5 17 5 1 1 2 2 20
 12/21 LVE L 37 11 27 2 2 2 6 26 6 19 5 1 1 2 2 3
 12/22 HOU W 36 12 28 2 2 3 5 29 3 18 9 4 1 2 3 15
 12/24 LVE W 31 11 18 0 0 3 5 25 2 17 6 2 0 1 2 34
 12/26 DAL W 32 15 22 2 2 3 6 35 1 11 4 1 1 2 0 31
 12/28 ANA L 45 13 32 3 3 3 8 32 5 16 4 4 3 1 3 -4
 12/29 HOU W 37 12 23 5 5 3 4 32 7 17 9 1 0 1 2 13
 12/31 CHI W 37 10 17 2 2 0 0 22 1 13 5 1 0 1 1 10
 1/2 SAC L 37 13 31 1 1 2 9 29 5 13 5 2 1 0 1 0
 1/4 DEN W 32 12 19 5 6 2 5 31 2 15 13 0 1 1 3 37
 1/8 HOU W 34 12 23 1 2 2 6 27 1 13 5 0 0 1 3 20
 1/9 POR L 37 10 23 1 1 1 5 22 6 19 5 1 1 2 2 -6
 1/12 GSW L 27 9 15 2 2 1 3 21 5 11 3 0 0 2 5 14
 1/16 GSW W 28 17 21 3 4 3 6 40 0 7 1 3 3 1 2 27
 1/17 ANA W 31 15 27 3 4 3 7 36 4 13 8 1 0 1 3 29
 1/19 CHA W 36 13 21 4 4 3 6 33 5 19 8 1 3 2 3 27
 1/20 PHI W 39 16 30 1 1 3 6 36 4 15 5 3 1 1 3 17
 1/24 SLS W 30 11 20 7 8 4 7 33 2 10 7 0 0 0 0 23
 1/25 MIN W 25 10 20 0 0 4 5 24 3 9 4 2 1 2 4 15
 1/27 LAL W 39 15 26 3 4 1 6 34 3 16 3 1 3 4 2 20
 1/28 CLE W 37 16 27 1 2 3 5 36 6 16 10 1 0 6 1 32
 2/1 BAL W 35 15 23 5 7 2 4 37 4 16 6 1 0 2 2 7
 2/2 NYK W 30 17 32 2 2 4 5 40 0 9 5 2 0 2 4 18
 2/6 DEN W 22 7 9 2 2 0 0 16 2 6 4 2 0 1 4 8
 2/7 NJN W 36 15 22 2 2 1 5 33 0 9 8 1 2 0 3 14
 2/10 EAS L 11 3 7 0 0 0 1 6 1 3 1 0 0 0 5 -14
 2/12 SAS L 35 18 28 2 2 2 4 40 4 10 5 2 0 0 3 -8
 2/13 MIN W 25 11 23 3 3 2 4 27 2 11 3 1 0 0 2 24
 2/15 DAL W 39 13 26 0 0 2 7 28 4 13 5 2 4 0 2 23
 2/16 DET W 35 11 20 2 2 1 4 25 9 17 7 0 0 2 2 11
 2/19 STL W 38 17 26 7 7 5 8 46 4 12 3 1 0 0 2 10
 2/20 LVE W 34 13 21 0 0 3 3 29 3 13 6 3 0 1 1 19
 2/23 IND L 37 12 24 4 4 4 9 32 1 12 5 1 1 0 2 -5
 2/24 ANA W 31 10 16 5 8 2 3 27 5 16 7 1 0 0 3 18
 2/26 DET W 34 9 20 2 2 0 1 20 3 15 6 2 1 0 3 12
 2/28 MIA L 34 12 19 7 10 1 2 32 2 6 7 3 1 2 4 -10
 3/2 NYK W 37 10 28 2 2 0 3 22 2 14 9 0 1 0 2 21
 3/4 LVE W 22 11 15 6 6 4 6 32 0 5 5 1 0 0 3 31
 3/5 STL L 29 10 21 0 0 3 6 23 1 7 3 4 0 0 4 -18
 3/8 STL W 10 4 9 0 0 0 0 8 2 4 1 1 0 0 4 11
 3/9 POR W 34 11 23 3 6 2 3 27 5 13 11 2 1 0 3 -3
 3/11 DEN W 34 12 24 5 7 4 8 33 5 14 4 3 2 0 3 14
 3/14 GSW W 34 10 21 7 7 1 3 28 0 8 6 2 0 3 4 18
 3/15 ANA W 37 12 29 0 0 4 6 28 4 13 7 2 2 0 3 3
 3/19 SAS L 25 7 13 4 4 2 3 20 3 9 2 2 1 0 3 6
 3/20 POR L 36 14 26 0 2 5 10 33 3 11 6 1 3 0 3 -9
 3/22 SLS W 33 16 26 0 0 1 6 33 1 11 8 5 0 2 5 4
 3/23 BOS L 36 13 25 2 2 3 5 31 2 8 8 0 1 1 3 -6
 3/26 MIA L 33 17 24 2 2 6 9 42 3 7 5 3 2 1 3 -18
 3/27 LAL W 27 14 25 9 9 1 4 38 3 8 5 1 0 1 4 26
 3/29 POR W 30 10 20 1 2 1 5 22 5 18 7 1 1 2 4 17
 3/30 MIN W 34 17 28 4 5 8 11 46 4 13 4 3 2 1 2 16
 4/3 SAS W 34 12 24 2 2 2 6 28 3 11 5 1 5 0 4 11
 4/4 SAC L 25 4 18 2 2 0 3 10 2 10 6 1 0 1 5 -1
 4/8 DAL W 33 10 21 0 0 2 6 22 6 14 2 2 0 1 2 15
 4/9 CHI W 37 16 35 5 6 5 8 42 5 11 6 3 0 1 3 18
 4/11 CHA W 33 12 27 5 6 4 13 33 8 20 4 2 1 1 2 21
 4/14 MIN W 38 14 27 1 2 3 10 32 3 15 7 0 1 3 2 3
 4/15 BOS W 31 12 24 1 1 2 6 27 1 11 2 2 2 3 2 20
 4/17 CLE W 30 11 18 0 0 4 5 26 3 10 4 0 1 3 2 37
 4/18 HOU L 28 6 19 0 0 1 4 13 4 9 7 0 0 1 2 -33
 4/20 LAL W 34 13 25 0 0 4 10 30 2 11 7 2 0 0 1 22
 4/21 LAL W 40 15 20 4 4 3 6 37 1 10 13 3 1 2 4 11
 4/23 LAL L 39 12 31 0 0 3 9 27 1 13 4 3 3 2 3 3
 4/24 LAL W 35 13 25 0 0 3 11 29 2 8 8 4 0 0 2 17
 4/26 LAL W 41 23 30 3 4 2 4 51 6 13 7 2 3 0 4 20
 5/2 HOU L 34 15 21 0 0 4 4 34 3 9 11 3 0 4 4 1
 5/3 HOU W 32 5 13 4 4 0 1 14 4 17 11 4 1 1 3 35
 5/5 HOU W 30 8 20 1 1 2 2 19 3 17 13 1 0 0 2 33
 5/6 HOU W 35 11 19 0 0 3 7 25 2 12 8 0 1 1 3 9
 5/8 HOU W 32 10 22 0 0 3 3 23 7 14 6 1 0 1 5 -1
 5/14 SAC L 19 1 13 2 2 0 2 4 2 8 2 2 0 0 4 -18
 5/15 SAC L 30 2 13 0 0 1 4 5 2 8 7 3 0 1 3 -19
 5/17 SAC W 37 12 32 4 4 9 14 37 6 15 5 3 1 3 4 8
 5/18 SAC W 32 9 26 2 2 1 5 21 6 15 5 2 0 0 4 12
 5/20 SAC L 28 8 14 2 2 2 5 20 2 12 3 3 2 1 4 -7
 5/22 SAC W 37 12 24 2 2 5 7 31 4 16 6 0 3 0 4 -2
 5/24 SAC W 37 5 25 5 6 0 3 15 3 12 8 1 2 2 1 9
 5/26 PHI W 36 9 21 4 4 3 6 25 6 17 9 0 0 1 4 8
 5/27 PHI W 34 13 22 4 4 1 2 31 3 8 5 3 0 2 2 10
 5/29 PHI L 40 10 24 2 2 4 8 26 7 18 6 4 1 1 4 0
 5/30 PHI W 38 15 27 3 6 6 8 39 3 7 7 0 2 1 4 7
 5/31 PHI L 37 11 29 5 6 6 14 33 1 11 6 2 0 1 4 -4
 6/2 PHI W 37 18 27 7 8 2 3 45 4 14 1 1 0 1 2 5

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 152
 Total Player of the Week: 24
 Total Player of the Month: 6
 Total All-Star Appearances: 4
 Total All-Star Game MVP: 1
 Total All-League First Team: 2
 Total All-League Second Team: 1
 Total All-League Third Team: 1
 Total All-Star Game MVP: 1
 Total Most Valuable Player: 1
 Total Championships: 2
 Total Rebounds Leader: 1
 1986 NBA Rookie Game Participant
 1986 NBA Rookie Game MVP
 1986 NBA All-Rookie First Team
 1987 NBA Rookie Game Participant
 1987 NBA All-Star
 1987 NBA Most Improved Player
 1987 NBA All-League First Team
 1987 NBA Rebounds Leader
 1988 NBA All-Star
 1988 NBA All-League Second Team
 1989 NBA All-Star
 1989 NBA All-Star Game MVP
 1989 NBA All-League Third Team
 1989 National Basketball Association Champion
 1990 NBA All-Star
 1990 NBA Most Valuable Player
 1990 NBA All-League First Team
 1990 National Basketball Association Champion

 Transactions
 Date Action
 6/25/1986 Drafted by the Suns with pick #3 of round 1.
 7/20/1990 Re-signed with the Suns for $35,525,000 over 7 years.

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