Darrell Armstrong vs. Ricky Rubio Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ricky Rubio and Darrell Armstrong, 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

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.

Darrell Armstrong played 14 years in the NBA, 2 more than Ricky Rubio, who played 12. Darrell Armstrong had the first of his seasons in 1994-95, 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
Darrell Armstrong	14	8	1994-95 to 2007-08
Ricky Rubio	12	3	2011-12 to 2022-23

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Darrell Armstrong	Ricky Rubio
Season	1994-95	2011-12
Team	Orlando Magic	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		%
Darrell Armstrong	3	2.7	3.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	1.0	2.7	.375	0.7	2.0	.333	0.7	0.7	1.000
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		%
Darrell Armstrong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Darrell Armstrong	Ricky Rubio
Season	1995-96	2012-13
Team	Orlando Magic	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		%
Darrell Armstrong	13	3.2	3.2	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.3	1.2	2.5	.500	0.5	0.9	.500	0.3	0.3	1.000
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		%
Darrell Armstrong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Darrell Armstrong	Ricky Rubio
Season	1996-97	2013-14
Team	Orlando Magic	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost East 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		%
Darrell Armstrong	67	15.1	6.1	0.5	0.6	1.1	2.6	0.9	0.1	1.5	1.7	2.0	5.1	.383	0.8	2.7	.304	1.4	1.6	.868
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		%
Darrell Armstrong	5	28.8	11.4	0.6	3.6	4.2	3.4	1.6	0.2	1.4	1.2	4.0	8.4	.476	1.2	3.6	.333	2.2	2.6	.846
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Darrell Armstrong	Ricky Rubio
Season	1997-98	2014-15
Team	Orlando Magic	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		%
Darrell Armstrong	48	25.8	9.2	1.4	2.0	3.3	4.9	1.2	0.1	2.3	2.0	3.3	7.9	.411	0.5	1.4	.368	2.2	2.6	.854
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		%
Darrell Armstrong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Darrell Armstrong	Ricky Rubio
Season	1998-99	2015-16
Team	Orlando Magic	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East 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		%
Darrell Armstrong	50	30.0	13.8	1.1	2.5	3.6	6.7	2.2	0.1	3.2	1.8	4.6	10.4	.441	1.4	3.8	.365	3.2	3.6	.904
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		%
Darrell Armstrong	4	40.8	14.8	1.5	3.5	5.0	6.3	2.3	0.0	6.3	4.0	4.3	11.5	.370	2.3	6.0	.375	4.0	4.0	1.000
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Darrell Armstrong	Ricky Rubio
Season	1999-00	2016-17
Team	Orlando Magic	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		%
Darrell Armstrong	82	31.6	16.2	0.8	2.5	3.3	6.1	2.1	0.1	3.0	1.7	5.9	13.6	.433	1.7	4.9	.340	2.7	3.0	.911
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		%
Darrell Armstrong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Darrell Armstrong	Ricky Rubio
Season	2000-01	2017-18
Team	Orlando Magic	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic 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		%
Darrell Armstrong	75	36.9	15.9	1.3	3.3	4.6	7.0	1.8	0.2	2.7	2.1	5.5	13.4	.412	1.9	5.4	.355	2.9	3.3	.884
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		%
Darrell Armstrong	4	41.5	13.3	1.3	4.3	5.5	4.8	2.0	0.5	2.8	2.5	4.3	11.3	.378	1.8	4.8	.368	3.0	3.3	.923
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
	Darrell Armstrong	Ricky Rubio
Season	2001-02	2018-19
Team	Orlando Magic	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Darrell Armstrong	82	33.3	12.4	1.0	2.9	3.9	5.5	1.9	0.1	2.1	2.0	4.2	10.1	.419	1.7	4.9	.349	2.2	2.5	.888
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		%
Darrell Armstrong	4	39.5	15.3	0.8	2.0	2.8	3.3	1.3	0.0	1.8	3.5	5.0	10.5	.476	1.0	4.3	.235	4.3	5.3	.810
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
	Darrell Armstrong	Ricky Rubio
Season	2002-03	2019-20
Team	Orlando Magic	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost East 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		%
Darrell Armstrong	82	28.7	9.4	1.1	2.5	3.6	3.9	1.6	0.2	2.0	2.0	3.2	7.8	.409	1.0	2.8	.336	2.0	2.3	.878
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		%
Darrell Armstrong	7	32.1	9.4	1.0	1.4	2.4	3.7	0.9	0.0	2.4	3.1	2.9	6.3	.455	0.9	2.6	.333	2.9	3.1	.909
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Darrell Armstrong	Ricky Rubio
Season	2003-04	2020-21
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East 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		%
Darrell Armstrong	79	28.4	10.6	0.8	2.1	2.9	3.9	1.7	0.2	2.0	1.9	3.7	9.3	.395	1.7	5.4	.315	1.6	1.8	.854
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		%
Darrell Armstrong	7	21.4	3.4	0.9	1.3	2.1	2.3	0.9	0.0	1.9	1.4	1.1	4.9	.235	0.7	3.6	.200	0.4	0.4	1.000
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Darrell Armstrong	Ricky Rubio
Season	2004-05	2021-22
Team	New Orleans Hornets, Dallas Mavericks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
Darrell Armstrong	66	15.0	4.0	0.5	1.2	1.7	2.7	0.7	0.1	1.0	1.4	1.3	4.2	.321	0.4	1.7	.252	0.9	1.0	.853
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		%
Darrell Armstrong	9	6.9	2.0	0.3	0.1	0.4	1.0	0.3	0.2	0.2	1.0	0.9	1.8	.500	0.2	0.9	.250	0.0	0.0	-
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Darrell Armstrong	Ricky Rubio
Season	2005-06	2022-23
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Darrell Armstrong	62	10.0	2.1	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.4	0.4	0.0	0.9	1.1	0.7	2.1	.336	0.2	0.8	.229	0.5	0.7	.786
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		%
Darrell Armstrong	11	4.3	0.7	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.8	0.3	1.4	.200	0.0	0.6	.000	0.2	0.2	1.000
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
	Darrell Armstrong	Ricky Rubio
Season	2006-07	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Darrell Armstrong	81	15.7	5.6	0.4	1.2	1.7	2.4	0.9	0.1	0.9	1.3	1.9	4.7	.414	0.9	2.6	.336	0.9	1.1	.785
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 14
	Darrell Armstrong	Ricky Rubio
Season	2007-08	-
Team	New Jersey Nets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Darrell Armstrong	50	11.0	2.5	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.5	0.6	0.0	0.8	1.1	0.8	2.2	.364	0.5	1.4	.333	0.4	0.6	.667
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Darrell Armstrong vs. Ricky Rubio Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ricky Rubio and Darrell Armstrong, 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