Ersan Ilyasova vs. Ricky Rubio Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ricky Rubio and Ersan Ilyasova, 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.

Ersan Ilyasova played 13 years in the NBA, 1 more than Ricky Rubio, who played 12. Ersan Ilyasova had the first of his seasons in 2006-07, 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
Ersan Ilyasova	13	8	2006-07 to 2020-21
Ricky Rubio	12	3	2011-12 to 2022-23

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Ersan Ilyasova	Ricky Rubio
Season	2006-07	2011-12
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	66	14.7	6.1	0.9	2.0	2.9	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.8	2.2	2.1	5.5	.383	0.8	2.2	.365	1.1	1.3	.787
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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Ersan Ilyasova didn't play in 2007-08 and 2008-09.


Season 2
	Ersan Ilyasova	Ricky Rubio
Season	2009-10	2012-13
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	81	23.4	10.4	1.9	4.4	6.4	1.0	0.7	0.3	0.9	3.1	4.0	9.0	.443	1.0	3.0	.336	1.4	2.0	.715
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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	7	22.4	9.7	3.0	4.6	7.6	0.4	0.7	0.1	1.4	2.0	3.4	7.1	.480	0.7	2.0	.357	2.1	2.6	.833
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Ersan Ilyasova	Ricky Rubio
Season	2010-11	2013-14
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	60	25.1	9.5	1.8	4.3	6.1	0.9	0.9	0.4	1.1	2.7	3.7	8.5	.436	0.6	2.0	.298	1.6	1.7	.894
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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Ersan Ilyasova	Ricky Rubio
Season	2011-12	2014-15
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	60	27.6	13.0	3.3	5.6	8.8	1.2	0.7	0.7	1.3	2.2	4.9	10.0	.492	0.9	1.9	.455	2.4	3.1	.781
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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Ersan Ilyasova	Ricky Rubio
Season	2012-13	2015-16
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	73	27.6	13.2	2.1	5.0	7.1	1.6	0.9	0.5	1.0	2.5	5.1	11.0	.462	1.3	2.9	.444	1.7	2.2	.796
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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	4	29.3	11.5	2.5	4.8	7.3	1.8	1.3	0.3	1.5	2.0	5.0	11.5	.435	1.0	2.5	.400	0.5	0.5	1.000
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Ersan Ilyasova	Ricky Rubio
Season	2013-14	2016-17
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	55	26.9	11.2	1.9	4.3	6.2	1.3	0.8	0.1	1.1	2.5	4.3	10.5	.409	0.7	2.4	.282	1.9	2.4	.823
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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Ersan Ilyasova	Ricky Rubio
Season	2014-15	2017-18
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	58	22.7	11.5	1.4	3.4	4.8	1.0	0.6	0.3	0.8	2.6	4.5	9.6	.472	1.3	3.3	.389	1.2	1.8	.645
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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	6	23.7	8.7	1.0	2.8	3.8	0.5	0.8	0.5	0.8	1.7	3.3	10.2	.328	0.8	3.8	.217	1.2	1.7	.700
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
	Ersan Ilyasova	Ricky Rubio
Season	2015-16	2018-19
Team	Detroit Pistons, Orlando Magic	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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	74	25.4	10.4	1.9	3.5	5.4	0.9	0.7	0.4	1.0	2.3	3.8	8.9	.424	1.3	3.5	.371	1.5	2.1	.721
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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Ersan Ilyasova	Ricky Rubio
Season	2016-17	2019-20
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder, Philadelphia 76ers, Atlanta Hawks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	82	26.1	13.1	1.4	4.5	5.9	1.7	0.7	0.3	1.4	2.6	4.7	10.9	.431	1.7	4.9	.353	2.0	2.5	.778
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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	6	15.0	4.0	2.3	2.8	5.2	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.8	1.2	1.3	3.8	.348	0.2	0.8	.200	1.2	1.5	.778
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Ersan Ilyasova	Ricky Rubio
Season	2017-18	2020-21
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East 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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	69	25.1	10.9	1.7	4.2	5.9	1.3	0.9	0.4	1.0	2.3	4.0	8.9	.452	1.3	3.7	.360	1.5	2.0	.778
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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	10	23.3	9.3	2.6	5.0	7.6	1.3	0.7	0.4	1.0	2.5	3.6	8.4	.429	0.9	3.1	.290	1.2	2.1	.571
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Ersan Ilyasova	Ricky Rubio
Season	2018-19	2021-22
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	67	18.4	6.8	1.4	3.1	4.5	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.7	2.6	2.5	5.7	.438	0.9	2.4	.363	0.9	1.1	.824
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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	15	18.1	6.8	1.3	3.4	4.7	1.4	0.7	0.4	0.5	2.7	2.3	5.4	.432	0.8	2.7	.300	1.3	1.7	.800
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Ersan Ilyasova	Ricky Rubio
Season	2019-20	2022-23
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	63	15.7	6.6	1.0	3.8	4.8	0.8	0.4	0.3	0.5	1.5	2.3	5.0	.466	0.8	2.2	.365	1.1	1.4	.828
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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	3	7.7	3.0	0.0	1.3	1.3	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.3	1.0	1.0	3.0	.333	0.3	1.7	.200	0.7	0.7	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
	Ersan Ilyasova	Ricky Rubio
Season	2020-21	-
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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	17	8.7	3.8	0.4	1.3	1.7	0.2	0.6	0.2	0.5	1.7	1.2	3.2	.389	1.1	2.4	.439	0.3	0.3	1.000
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ersan Ilyasova	1	3.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	1.0	.000	2.0	2.0	1.000
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Ersan Ilyasova vs. Ricky Rubio Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ricky Rubio and Ersan Ilyasova, 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