Arvydas Sabonis 
#40 C | 7-3, 288lbs | Suns | Experience: 5 years
Born: 12/19/1964 (27) | 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
  1991  1992  1993  1994  1995  1996  1997  1998 
 Value: $4,025,000  $4,550,000  $5,075,000  $5,600,000  $6,125,000  $6,650,000  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 5                

 Season Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1991 NBA PHX 63 63 33.4 30.9 3.7 9.7 5.8 1.7 3.51 0.8 1.5 2.8 .505 .918 .448  
 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     473 473 34.0 26.9 3.4 9.2 5.4 1.7 3.29 0.8 1.1 2.9 .507 .888 .434  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1991 NBA PHX 12.4 24.6 .505 3.4 3.7 .918 4.9 8.1 .610 4.9 10.8 .457 2.6 5.8 .448  
 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     10.9 21.6 .507 2.8 3.2 .888 4.9 8.0 .607 3.9 8.5 .457 2.2 5.0 .434  

 Season Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1991 63 63 2106 784 1552 214 233 163 364 1945 236 847 365 53 104 53 97 177 721 
 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 473 473 16097 5179 10207 1329 1496 1035 2383 12722 1616 5956 2572 402 781 402 534 1359 3800 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1991 NBA PHX .587 1.25 17.2 4.9 34.7 11.4 29.9 20.6 39.2 899.9 30.0 11.4 114.6 98.1  
 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 18.1 5.5 30.2 10.7 28.8 19.7 32.7 5310.4 177.0 8.0 114.9 103.3  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1991 NBA PHX 6 6 33.8 31.5 2.8 9.3 6.7 1.0 6.67 1.5 1.5 2.3 .478 .842 .500  
 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     91 91 33.5 26.6 3.2 9.0 5.7 1.7 3.31 0.9 1.1 3.0 .500 .870 .466  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1991 NBA PHX 12.7 26.5 .478 2.7 3.2 .842 5.0 9.3 .536 4.2 10.2 .410 3.5 7.0 .500  
 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     10.9 21.8 .500 2.4 2.7 .870 4.6 7.8 .585 3.9 8.7 .444 2.5 5.3 .466  

 Playoff Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1991 6 6 203 76 159 16 19 21 42 189 17 73 40 9 6 9 9 14 43 
 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 91 91 3046 993 1985 214 246 224 481 2424 292 1111 519 82 157 82 98 277 392 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1991 NBA PHX .563 1.19 18.8 2.8 34.7 7.7 27.1 17.0 30.4 59.9 2.0 7.2 113.0 103.4  
 1990 NBA PHX .564 1.19 20.9 6.2 31.1 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     .579 1.22 18.7 5.7 28.7 9.9 31.1 19.9 25.6 679.6 22.7 4.3 115.0 108.3  

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 52 9 26 12 4 6 5 20 42 13 14 6 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 +/-
 10/15 PHI W 35 7 25 6 6 3 7 23 2 11 6 1 0 3 4 21
 10/19 NJN L 34 15 26 1 2 4 7 35 2 7 4 1 1 0 2 -9
 10/20 SAS W 35 12 27 2 2 3 9 29 2 9 7 1 1 0 3 18
 10/22 BAL W 37 17 30 2 3 4 7 40 4 15 5 0 2 0 1 24
 10/25 POR L 37 22 27 4 6 3 6 51 3 13 7 3 0 0 2 12
 10/26 DET L 37 9 28 0 0 2 10 20 6 15 6 0 1 3 4 -13
 10/30 HOU L 35 16 36 1 2 0 7 33 8 19 4 2 1 2 2 -9
 10/31 CHI W 30 17 25 1 2 3 6 38 1 8 4 0 4 0 3 15
 11/2 HOU L 29 8 22 1 2 1 4 18 3 12 7 0 1 5 3 -20
 11/4 LVE W 17 9 12 2 2 2 3 22 1 6 4 0 0 0 3 21
 11/5 STL L 27 6 17 0 0 1 3 13 3 6 4 0 1 3 4 -28
 11/9 LVE W 37 12 22 2 2 1 5 27 8 20 5 0 0 1 2 15
 11/10 IND L 34 15 27 2 2 2 7 34 4 15 6 3 2 2 4 0
 11/12 LAL W 37 16 35 4 4 3 7 39 4 16 10 2 3 2 3 9
 11/14 GSW W 33 14 23 6 6 5 6 39 4 18 6 0 0 4 1 32
 11/16 ORL L 35 12 18 3 3 3 4 30 4 14 12 3 1 1 4 -12
 11/18 DEN W 36 20 30 6 6 3 4 49 5 15 4 3 2 2 2 12
 11/19 SLS L 36 16 29 1 1 3 4 36 2 15 5 3 1 3 3 -3
 11/23 HOU W 38 13 27 5 6 5 7 36 3 9 7 3 0 4 4 18
 11/24 SEA L 36 12 26 1 1 2 5 27 0 15 3 1 0 3 1 -13
 11/27 POR L 33 11 31 2 3 3 9 27 3 12 5 0 1 1 2 -6
 11/28 SEA W 30 16 23 2 2 4 5 38 2 12 11 3 1 1 3 24
 11/30 NOJ W 22 12 18 0 0 4 6 28 1 9 6 0 0 1 4 9
 12/2 NYK W 31 9 19 5 6 4 7 27 5 13 4 0 0 2 4 15
 12/3 BAL W 36 10 24 4 4 2 4 26 7 18 5 4 1 1 1 17
 12/7 MIN W 31 17 28 6 6 1 5 41 5 13 8 1 2 0 2 45
 12/8 GSW W 30 6 16 1 2 1 5 14 2 11 3 3 1 3 1 38
 12/12 DAL L 24 8 15 2 2 1 4 19 2 6 2 3 0 1 4 -2
 12/13 SEA W 35 15 28 8 8 2 4 40 5 17 4 1 2 2 2 23
 12/16 LVE W 28 10 21 0 0 3 5 23 5 20 4 1 2 0 3 25
 12/17 CHA W 32 15 28 5 5 3 7 38 7 19 9 0 4 1 2 41
 12/20 SAC L 17 4 9 1 2 1 2 10 4 7 1 2 0 0 5 -12
 12/22 MIA L 37 13 25 0 0 4 5 30 6 20 9 2 1 3 3 8
 12/23 PHI W 35 11 22 10 11 3 6 35 5 15 6 3 0 1 4 15
 12/26 SLS W 46 17 37 11 12 1 3 46 6 26 8 4 1 1 2 12
 12/27 PHI L 40 15 33 7 9 6 7 43 5 11 6 4 0 1 2 -16
 12/29 DET W 43 12 26 13 14 1 5 38 1 11 7 0 1 1 2 14
 12/31 SLS W 35 18 23 4 5 4 5 44 3 13 7 2 0 0 4 28
 1/2 ATL W 34 15 30 2 2 5 10 37 1 9 7 2 0 2 3 29
 1/5 LAL W 42 13 29 5 6 3 8 34 5 15 10 1 3 1 5 14
 1/6 SAC L 31 3 23 3 4 0 3 9 1 8 5 1 0 0 5 -3
 1/8 ANA L 41 10 25 4 4 0 7 24 4 15 5 0 0 6 3 -14
 1/10 ANA W 34 16 30 3 4 1 4 36 1 7 3 1 0 2 4 10
 1/12 POR L 54 16 42 0 0 3 13 35 9 22 10 4 1 2 4 -1
 1/14 NOJ L 12 7 12 0 0 0 2 14 1 7 2 1 0 0 5 -4
 1/16 STL W 38 20 30 6 6 6 9 52 3 19 10 5 1 2 3 18
 1/19 SAS W 39 8 19 4 4 4 8 24 5 18 9 4 2 2 3 22
 1/20 BAL W 44 16 32 2 2 2 9 36 5 15 6 1 0 0 2 17
 1/24 SAS W 30 11 16 6 6 0 0 28 5 10 1 1 1 0 2 21
 1/26 MIN W 31 17 29 2 2 3 6 39 2 13 5 2 4 1 4 26
 1/28 CLE W 29 13 17 0 0 3 4 29 0 10 6 3 0 3 1 31
 1/30 ORL W 32 12 26 4 4 1 3 29 5 21 9 3 0 2 2 31
 1/31 NJN W 31 7 16 4 4 6 9 24 3 11 2 1 0 1 0 35
 2/3 NJN W 30 7 22 2 2 1 4 17 5 12 9 0 0 1 1 29
 2/4 DAL L 22 10 16 0 0 1 4 21 0 3 2 1 1 1 1 -1
 3/20 STL W 34 9 15 2 2 3 5 23 4 12 4 3 0 0 2 0
 3/24 POR W 35 15 18 2 2 4 5 36 2 10 6 1 2 0 3 24
 3/25 MIL W 40 13 29 4 4 2 6 32 5 17 4 0 0 0 2 7
 3/27 DEN W 38 14 30 6 7 4 9 38 4 17 9 1 1 2 5 4
 3/28 MIA L 38 10 32 8 8 1 7 29 4 14 2 3 0 2 2 6
 4/1 IND W 32 9 18 1 2 3 4 22 1 11 4 0 0 2 2 7
 4/2 SAS L 33 9 21 3 3 2 4 23 4 17 3 2 0 3 4 -2
 4/4 ANA W 35 15 29 2 2 5 8 37 5 14 9 0 0 1 3 18
 4/5 HOU W 33 12 30 0 0 2 8 26 4 12 8 1 1 1 4 24
 4/9 CHI L 34 14 35 2 2 4 11 34 4 9 2 4 0 1 2 -20
 4/12 BOS W 32 12 26 7 7 5 10 36 6 13 8 0 2 3 1 24
 4/13 DET W 38 18 27 8 8 2 5 46 4 13 8 2 0 1 4 13
 4/15 GSW W 31 14 25 3 3 2 6 33 4 16 3 3 0 1 3 28
 4/16 MIN W 34 14 28 3 3 3 7 34 6 16 8 0 1 2 3 13
 4/18 SEA W 29 11 20 5 6 3 4 30 3 11 4 2 3 0 0 15
 4/19 SEA W 39 11 28 4 4 5 9 31 3 13 8 0 1 0 3 4
 4/21 SEA L 38 14 27 0 0 4 9 32 2 12 5 0 1 4 2 11
 4/22 SEA L 40 16 33 6 7 3 8 41 4 15 8 1 2 3 4 5
 4/24 SEA L 38 17 33 0 0 4 8 38 4 17 12 1 1 1 1 6
 4/26 SEA L 19 7 18 1 2 2 4 17 1 5 3 2 1 1 4 2

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 186
 Total Player of the Week: 28
 Total Player of the Month: 7
 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: 2
 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
 1991 NBA All-League Third Team

 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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