Boris Diaw vs. Ricky Rubio Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ricky Rubio and Boris Diaw, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Boris Diaw played 14 years in the NBA, 2 more than Ricky Rubio, who played 12. Boris Diaw had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, while Ricky Rubio had his rookie season in 2011-12. 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
Boris Diaw	14	10	2003-04 to 2016-17
Ricky Rubio	12	3	2011-12 to 2022-23

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14


Rookie Season
	Boris Diaw	Ricky Rubio
Season	2003-04	2011-12
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First 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		%
Boris Diaw	76	25.3	4.5	1.5	3.0	4.5	2.4	0.8	0.5	1.7	2.5	1.8	4.1	.447	0.1	0.3	.231	0.7	1.2	.602
Ricky Rubio	41	34.2	10.6	0.5	3.7	4.2	8.2	2.2	0.2	3.2	2.4	3.4	9.5	.357	0.8	2.3	.340	3.1	3.8	.803

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Boris Diaw	Ricky Rubio
Season	2004-05	2012-13
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Minnesota Timberwolves
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		%
Boris Diaw	66	18.2	4.8	0.8	1.8	2.6	2.3	0.6	0.3	1.3	1.9	1.9	4.5	.422	0.1	0.8	.180	0.9	1.2	.740
Ricky Rubio	57	29.7	10.7	0.8	3.2	4.0	7.3	2.4	0.1	3.0	2.5	3.2	9.0	.360	0.5	1.6	.293	3.7	4.6	.799

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Boris Diaw	Ricky Rubio
Season	2005-06	2013-14
Team	Phoenix Suns	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Boris Diaw	81	35.5	13.3	2.0	4.9	6.9	6.2	0.7	1.0	2.3	3.2	5.5	10.5	.526	0.1	0.4	.267	2.1	2.9	.731
Ricky Rubio	82	32.2	9.5	0.7	3.4	4.2	8.6	2.3	0.1	2.7	2.7	3.1	8.2	.381	0.5	1.6	.331	2.8	3.5	.802

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	20	39.8	18.7	2.0	4.7	6.7	5.2	0.9	1.1	2.8	3.2	7.6	14.5	.526	0.2	0.4	.429	3.4	4.4	.761
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Boris Diaw	Ricky Rubio
Season	2006-07	2014-15
Team	Phoenix Suns	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Boris Diaw	73	31.1	9.7	1.2	3.1	4.3	4.8	0.4	0.5	2.1	2.4	4.2	7.8	.538	0.2	0.6	.333	1.1	1.6	.683
Ricky Rubio	22	31.5	10.3	0.9	4.8	5.7	8.8	1.7	0.0	2.9	2.7	3.5	10.0	.356	0.6	2.3	.255	2.6	3.2	.803

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	10	23.5	6.6	1.3	1.9	3.2	3.0	0.7	0.2	1.7	1.8	2.8	5.9	.475	0.0	0.6	.000	1.0	1.5	.667
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Boris Diaw	Ricky Rubio
Season	2007-08	2015-16
Team	Phoenix Suns	Minnesota Timberwolves
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		%
Boris Diaw	82	28.1	8.8	1.2	3.4	4.6	3.9	0.7	0.5	1.9	2.0	3.8	7.9	.477	0.2	0.5	.317	1.2	1.6	.744
Ricky Rubio	76	30.6	10.1	0.5	3.8	4.3	8.7	2.1	0.1	2.5	2.6	2.9	7.7	.374	0.8	2.5	.326	3.5	4.1	.847

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	5	35.6	14.6	1.4	4.2	5.6	4.6	0.6	0.8	2.2	4.4	7.0	12.8	.547	0.0	1.4	.000	0.6	1.2	.500
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Boris Diaw	Ricky Rubio
Season	2008-09	2016-17
Team	Phoenix Suns, Charlotte Bobcats	Minnesota Timberwolves
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		%
Boris Diaw	81	34.0	13.2	1.5	3.9	5.3	4.1	0.8	0.7	2.7	2.5	5.5	10.9	.507	0.9	2.2	.414	1.2	1.8	.687
Ricky Rubio	75	32.9	11.1	0.9	3.2	4.1	9.1	1.7	0.1	2.6	2.7	3.5	8.7	.402	0.8	2.6	.306	3.4	3.8	.891

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Boris Diaw	Ricky Rubio
Season	2009-10	2017-18
Team	Charlotte Bobcats	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bobcats Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West 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		%
Boris Diaw	82	35.4	11.3	1.6	3.6	5.2	4.0	0.7	0.7	2.2	2.7	4.5	9.4	.483	0.8	2.5	.320	1.4	1.8	.769
Ricky Rubio	77	29.3	13.1	0.6	4.0	4.6	5.3	1.6	0.1	2.7	2.7	4.5	10.7	.418	1.2	3.5	.352	2.9	3.3	.866

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	4	38.0	7.5	1.8	3.3	5.0	4.0	0.3	0.8	3.0	2.8	3.5	7.0	.500	0.3	2.3	.111	0.3	0.5	.500
Ricky Rubio	6	30.2	14.0	0.8	6.5	7.3	7.0	1.3	0.5	3.0	2.2	4.7	13.2	.354	1.7	5.3	.313	3.0	3.8	.783


Season 8
	Boris Diaw	Ricky Rubio
Season	2010-11	2018-19
Team	Charlotte Bobcats	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz 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		%
Boris Diaw	82	33.9	11.3	1.3	3.8	5.0	4.1	0.9	0.6	2.0	2.3	4.6	9.4	.492	1.0	2.8	.345	1.0	1.5	.683
Ricky Rubio	68	27.9	12.7	0.5	3.1	3.6	6.1	1.3	0.1	2.6	2.6	4.3	10.7	.404	1.2	3.7	.311	2.9	3.4	.855

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Rubio	5	33.6	15.4	0.6	2.6	3.2	8.6	2.4	0.2	3.0	2.8	5.6	13.2	.424	0.8	4.0	.200	3.4	4.0	.850


Season 9
	Boris Diaw	Ricky Rubio
Season	2011-12	2019-20
Team	Charlotte Bobcats, San Antonio Spurs	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Boris Diaw	57	25.0	6.4	1.2	3.7	4.9	3.6	0.6	0.4	2.0	2.2	2.7	6.2	.444	0.5	1.7	.313	0.4	0.6	.629
Ricky Rubio	65	31.0	13.0	0.7	4.0	4.7	8.8	1.4	0.2	2.7	2.6	4.4	10.6	.415	1.2	3.3	.361	3.0	3.5	.863

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	14	24.7	6.2	2.0	3.2	5.2	2.5	0.8	0.3	1.1	2.1	2.6	5.0	.514	0.6	1.3	.500	0.4	0.6	.750
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Boris Diaw	Ricky Rubio
Season	2012-13	2020-21
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Boris Diaw	75	22.8	5.8	0.9	2.5	3.4	2.4	0.7	0.4	1.1	1.9	2.4	4.4	.539	0.4	1.0	.385	0.6	0.9	.723
Ricky Rubio	68	26.1	8.6	0.4	2.9	3.3	6.4	1.4	0.1	1.6	2.0	2.8	7.3	.388	1.0	3.1	.308	1.9	2.2	.867

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	16	17.1	4.1	0.5	2.0	2.5	1.8	0.3	0.2	0.8	1.8	1.5	3.4	.444	0.3	0.8	.385	0.8	0.9	.857
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Boris Diaw	Ricky Rubio
Season	2013-14	2021-22
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Boris Diaw	79	25.0	9.1	0.9	3.2	4.1	2.8	0.6	0.4	1.5	1.8	3.8	7.3	.521	0.6	1.4	.402	0.9	1.2	.739
Ricky Rubio	34	28.5	13.1	0.4	3.7	4.1	6.6	1.4	0.2	2.6	2.2	4.4	12.1	.363	1.7	5.1	.339	2.6	3.0	.854

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	23	26.3	9.2	1.1	3.7	4.8	3.4	0.6	0.1	1.3	1.9	3.5	7.0	.500	0.8	2.0	.400	1.4	2.1	.688
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Boris Diaw	Ricky Rubio
Season	2014-15	2022-23
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers 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		%
Boris Diaw	81	24.5	8.7	1.0	3.3	4.3	2.9	0.4	0.3	1.6	1.8	3.6	7.8	.460	0.7	2.1	.320	0.9	1.1	.774
Ricky Rubio	33	17.2	5.2	0.3	1.8	2.1	3.5	0.8	0.2	0.9	1.5	1.8	5.4	.343	0.6	2.5	.256	0.8	1.1	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	7	28.3	11.6	1.9	4.3	6.1	3.6	0.7	0.4	1.3	3.4	4.9	10.1	.479	0.6	2.6	.222	1.3	1.9	.692
Ricky Rubio	3	5.7	0.0	0.7	1.3	2.0	1.0	0.3	0.0	1.7	1.7	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 13
	Boris Diaw	Ricky Rubio
Season	2015-16	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Boris Diaw	76	18.2	6.4	0.8	2.3	3.1	2.3	0.3	0.3	1.3	1.3	2.7	5.0	.527	0.3	0.9	.362	0.7	1.0	.737
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	9	17.7	5.2	0.2	1.9	2.1	2.3	0.2	0.4	0.7	1.0	2.3	5.1	.457	0.2	0.7	.333	0.3	0.4	.750
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Boris Diaw	Ricky Rubio
Season	2016-17	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West 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		%
Boris Diaw	73	17.6	4.6	0.6	1.5	2.2	2.3	0.2	0.1	1.2	1.1	2.0	4.5	.446	0.3	1.1	.247	0.4	0.5	.743
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	11	18.5	5.7	0.3	1.6	1.9	2.0	0.6	0.4	1.3	1.1	2.2	4.4	.500	0.5	1.3	.429	0.8	0.9	.900
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Boris Diaw vs. Ricky Rubio Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ricky Rubio and Boris Diaw, 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

Season 13

Season 14