Chauncey Billups vs. Ricky Rubio Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ricky Rubio and Chauncey Billups, 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.

Chauncey Billups played 17 years in the NBA, 5 more than Ricky Rubio, who played 12. Chauncey Billups had the first of his seasons in 1997-98, 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Chauncey Billups	Ricky Rubio
Season	1997-98	2011-12
Team	Boston Celtics, Toronto Raptors	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chauncey Billups	80	27.7	11.2	0.8	1.6	2.4	3.9	1.3	0.1	2.2	2.2	3.5	9.4	.374	1.3	4.1	.329	2.8	3.3	.850
difference:	+39	+6.5	+0.6	+0.3	+2.1	+1.8	+4.3	+0.9	+0.1	-1.0	-0.2	+0.1	+0.1	+.017	+0.5	+1.8	+.011	+0.3	+0.5	+.047
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
* Neiher Chauncey Billups nor Ricky Rubio played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 7
	Chauncey Billups	Ricky Rubio
Season	2003-04	2017-18
Team	Detroit Pistons	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chauncey Billups	78	35.4	16.9	0.4	3.1	3.5	5.7	1.1	0.1	2.4	2.3	5.0	12.8	.394	1.7	4.3	.388	5.2	5.9	.878
difference:	+1	+6.1	+3.8	+0.2	+0.9	+1.1	+0.4	+0.5		-0.3	-0.4	+0.5	+2.1	+.024	+0.5	+0.8	+.036	+2.3	+2.6	+.012
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		%
Chauncey Billups	23	38.4	16.4	0.6	2.4	3.0	5.9	1.3	0.1	2.6	2.5	4.8	12.4	.385	1.6	4.7	.346	5.3	5.9	.890
difference:	+17	+8.2	+2.4	+0.2	+4.1	+4.3	+1.1		+0.4	-0.4	-0.3	+0.1	+0.8	+.031	+0.1	+0.6	+.033	+2.3	+2.1	+.107
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
	Chauncey Billups	Ricky Rubio
Season	2004-05	2018-19
Team	Detroit Pistons	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost NBA Finals	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chauncey Billups	80	35.8	16.5	0.6	2.8	3.4	5.8	1.0	0.1	2.3	2.4	5.1	11.4	.442	2.1	4.8	.426	4.3	4.8	.898
difference:	+12	+7.9	+3.8	+0.1	+0.3	+0.2	+0.3	+0.3		-0.3	-0.2	+0.8	+0.7	+.038	+0.9	+1.1	+.115	+1.4	+1.4	+.043
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		%
Chauncey Billups	25	39.5	18.7	0.9	3.4	4.3	6.5	1.0	0.2	2.0	2.8	5.8	13.6	.428	1.8	5.0	.349	5.3	6.0	.893
difference:	+20	+5.9	+3.3	+0.3	+0.8	+1.1	+2.1	+1.4		-1.0		+0.2	+0.4	+.004	+1.0	+1.0	+.149	+1.9	+2.0	+.043
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
	Chauncey Billups	Ricky Rubio
Season	2005-06	2019-20
Team	Detroit Pistons	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chauncey Billups	81	36.1	18.5	0.5	2.6	3.1	8.6	0.9	0.1	2.1	2.0	5.2	12.5	.418	2.3	5.2	.433	5.7	6.4	.894
difference:	+16	+5.1	+5.5	+0.2	+1.4	+1.6	+0.2	+0.5	+0.1	-0.6	-0.6	+0.8	+1.9	+.003	+1.1	+1.9	+.072	+2.7	+2.9	+.031
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		%
Chauncey Billups	18	39.2	17.9	0.4	3.0	3.4	6.5	1.2	0.1	2.4	2.4	5.2	12.7	.406	1.8	5.2	.340	5.8	6.4	.905
Ricky Rubio	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Chauncey Billups	Ricky Rubio
Season	2006-07	2020-21
Team	Detroit Pistons	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chauncey Billups	70	36.2	17.0	0.3	3.1	3.4	7.2	1.2	0.2	2.0	2.3	5.0	11.6	.427	1.6	4.5	.345	5.5	6.2	.883
difference:	+2	+10.1	+8.4	+0.1	+0.2	+0.1	+0.8	+0.2	+0.1	-0.4	-0.3	+2.2	+4.3	+.039	+0.6	+1.4	+.037	+3.6	+4.0	+.016
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		%
Chauncey Billups	16	40.6	18.6	0.4	2.9	3.3	5.7	1.2	0.1	2.9	2.4	5.3	12.1	.435	2.2	5.6	.389	5.9	7.1	.832
Ricky Rubio	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Chauncey Billups	Ricky Rubio
Season	2007-08	2021-22
Team	Detroit Pistons	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chauncey Billups	78	32.3	17.0	0.5	2.2	2.7	6.8	1.3	0.2	2.1	1.7	5.0	11.2	.448	1.8	4.4	.401	5.1	5.6	.918
difference:	+44	+3.8	+3.9	+0.1	+1.5	+1.4	+0.2	+0.1		-0.5	-0.5	+0.6	+0.9	+.085	+0.1	+0.7	+.062	+2.5	+2.6	+.064
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		%
Chauncey Billups	15	32.0	16.1	0.4	2.5	2.9	5.5	0.8	0.1	1.3	2.1	4.6	11.5	.401	1.6	4.3	.375	5.3	6.3	.832
Ricky Rubio	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 12
	Chauncey Billups	Ricky Rubio
Season	2008-09	2022-23
Team	Detroit Pistons, Denver Nuggets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chauncey Billups	79	35.3	17.7	0.4	2.6	3.0	6.4	1.2	0.2	2.2	2.0	5.2	12.4	.418	2.1	5.0	.408	5.3	5.8	.913
difference:	+46	+18.1	+12.5	+0.1	+0.8	+0.9	+2.9	+0.4		-1.3	-0.5	+3.4	+7.0	+.075	+1.5	+2.5	+.152	+4.5	+4.7	+.113
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		%
Chauncey Billups	16	38.7	20.6	0.3	3.5	3.8	6.8	1.3	0.3	1.9	2.4	5.6	12.3	.457	2.8	5.9	.468	6.6	7.3	.906
difference:	+13	+33.0	+20.6	+0.4	+2.2	+1.8	+5.8	+1.0	+0.3	-0.2	-0.7	+5.6	+12.0	+.457	+2.8	+5.9		+6.6	+7.3
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	-

Additional Years
* Chauncey Billups played 5 seasons more than Ricky Rubio in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 13 to 17, from 2010 to 2014—Chauncey Billups played in 3 Playoffs. In those 5 extra years over Ricky Rubio, Chauncey Billups got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game