Luka Doncic vs. Michael Ruffin Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Michael Ruffin and Luka Doncic, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.
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.
Luka Doncic played 6 years in the NBA, 3 less than Michael Ruffin, who played 9. Luka Doncic had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Michael Ruffin had his rookie season in 1999-00. 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 |
Luka Doncic |
6 |
4 |
2018-19 to 2023-24 |
Michael Ruffin |
9 |
4 |
1999-00 to 2008-09 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season |
|
Luka Doncic |
Michael Ruffin |
Season |
2018-19 | 1999-00 |
Team |
Dallas Mavericks | Chicago Bulls |
Honors & Awards |
Rookie of the Year | - |
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 |
% |
Luka Doncic |
72 |
32.2 |
21.2 |
1.2 |
6.6 |
7.8 |
6.0 |
1.1 |
0.3 |
3.4 |
1.9 |
7.0 |
16.5 |
.427 |
2.3 |
7.1 |
.327 |
4.8 |
6.7 |
.713 |
Michael Ruffin |
71 |
13.7 |
2.2 |
1.6 |
1.9 |
3.5 |
0.6 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.8 |
2.4 |
0.8 |
1.9 |
.420 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.6 |
1.2 |
.489 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Luka Doncic |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Michael Ruffin |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Luka Doncic |
61 |
33.6 |
28.8 |
1.3 |
8.1 |
9.4 |
8.8 |
1.0 |
0.2 |
4.3 |
2.5 |
9.5 |
20.6 |
.463 |
2.8 |
8.9 |
.316 |
7.0 |
9.2 |
.758 |
Michael Ruffin |
45 |
19.5 |
2.6 |
2.2 |
3.6 |
5.8 |
0.9 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
1.0 |
2.9 |
0.9 |
2.0 |
.444 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.9 |
1.7 |
.506 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Luka Doncic |
6 |
35.8 |
31.0 |
0.7 |
9.2 |
9.8 |
8.7 |
1.2 |
0.5 |
5.2 |
2.8 |
10.7 |
21.3 |
.500 |
2.7 |
7.3 |
.364 |
7.0 |
10.7 |
.656 |
Michael Ruffin |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Luka Doncic |
66 |
34.3 |
27.7 |
0.8 |
7.2 |
8.0 |
8.6 |
1.0 |
0.5 |
4.3 |
2.3 |
9.8 |
20.5 |
.479 |
2.9 |
8.3 |
.350 |
5.2 |
7.1 |
.730 |
Michael Ruffin |
15 |
11.3 |
1.1 |
1.5 |
1.9 |
3.4 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
0.7 |
1.5 |
0.5 |
1.7 |
.269 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.1 |
0.5 |
.250 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Luka Doncic |
7 |
40.1 |
35.7 |
0.6 |
7.3 |
7.9 |
10.3 |
1.3 |
0.4 |
4.6 |
2.4 |
13.7 |
28.0 |
.490 |
4.4 |
10.9 |
.408 |
3.9 |
7.3 |
.529 |
Michael Ruffin |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Note: Michael Ruffin didn't play in 2002-03.
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Luka Doncic |
65 |
35.4 |
28.4 |
0.9 |
8.3 |
9.1 |
8.7 |
1.2 |
0.6 |
4.5 |
2.2 |
9.9 |
21.6 |
.457 |
3.1 |
8.8 |
.353 |
5.6 |
7.5 |
.744 |
Michael Ruffin |
41 |
17.9 |
2.2 |
1.9 |
3.1 |
5.0 |
1.0 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
1.0 |
2.5 |
0.9 |
2.9 |
.325 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.4 |
0.9 |
.421 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Luka Doncic |
15 |
36.8 |
31.7 |
0.7 |
9.1 |
9.8 |
6.4 |
1.8 |
0.6 |
3.9 |
2.9 |
10.7 |
23.5 |
.455 |
3.4 |
9.9 |
.345 |
6.9 |
9.0 |
.770 |
Michael Ruffin |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Luka Doncic |
66 |
36.2 |
32.4 |
0.8 |
7.8 |
8.6 |
8.0 |
1.4 |
0.5 |
3.6 |
2.5 |
10.9 |
22.0 |
.496 |
2.8 |
8.2 |
.342 |
7.8 |
10.5 |
.742 |
Michael Ruffin |
79 |
16.0 |
1.4 |
2.0 |
2.2 |
4.2 |
0.8 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
2.4 |
0.5 |
1.3 |
.414 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
0.4 |
0.8 |
.433 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Luka Doncic |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Michael Ruffin |
9 |
17.3 |
2.6 |
1.7 |
2.4 |
4.1 |
1.0 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
3.7 |
0.8 |
1.1 |
.700 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
1.0 |
1.8 |
.563 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Luka Doncic |
70 |
37.5 |
33.9 |
0.8 |
8.4 |
9.2 |
9.8 |
1.4 |
0.5 |
4.0 |
2.1 |
11.5 |
23.6 |
.487 |
4.1 |
10.6 |
.382 |
6.8 |
8.7 |
.786 |
Michael Ruffin |
76 |
13.3 |
1.4 |
1.6 |
2.0 |
3.6 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
2.4 |
0.4 |
1.0 |
.442 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
0.5 |
1.0 |
.500 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Luka Doncic |
20 |
41.2 |
28.9 |
0.8 |
8.8 |
9.6 |
8.4 |
1.8 |
0.4 |
4.1 |
2.5 |
10.1 |
22.7 |
.444 |
3.3 |
9.7 |
.340 |
5.5 |
7.1 |
.780 |
Michael Ruffin |
6 |
11.7 |
0.3 |
1.0 |
1.7 |
2.7 |
0.7 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
1.7 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
.500 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.0 |
0.3 |
.000 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Luka Doncic |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Michael Ruffin |
30 |
9.0 |
0.6 |
1.2 |
0.9 |
2.1 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
1.4 |
0.2 |
0.6 |
.278 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.2 |
0.6 |
.368 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Luka Doncic |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Michael Ruffin |
4 |
7.0 |
0.5 |
1.3 |
1.0 |
2.3 |
0.0 |
0.8 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
0.3 |
0.8 |
.333 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
.000 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Luka Doncic |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Michael Ruffin |
46 |
13.7 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
2.1 |
4.0 |
0.5 |
0.7 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
2.0 |
0.7 |
1.3 |
.532 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.5 |
1.4 |
.397 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Luka Doncic |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Michael Ruffin |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Luka Doncic |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Michael Ruffin |
11 |
3.2 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.6 |
0.2 |
0.6 |
.286 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.2 |
0.2 |
1.000 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Luka Doncic |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Michael Ruffin |
1 |
5.0 |
1.0 |
3.0 |
2.0 |
5.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
.000 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
1.0 |
2.0 |
.500 |