Jamal Crawford vs. Ricky Rubio Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ricky Rubio and Jamal Crawford, 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 / Stats Rankings / 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.

Jamal Crawford played 20 years in the NBA, 8 more than Ricky Rubio, who played 12. Jamal Crawford had the first of his seasons in 2000-01, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Jamal Crawford	20	8	2000-01 to 2019-20
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


Rookie Season
	Jamal Crawford	Ricky Rubio
Season	2000-01	2011-12
Team	Chicago Bulls	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		%
Jamal Crawford	61	17.2	4.6	0.1	1.3	1.5	2.3	0.7	0.2	1.4	1.1	1.8	5.0	.352	0.7	1.9	.350	0.4	0.6	.794
difference:	+20	+17.0	+6.0	+0.4	+2.4	+2.7	+5.9	+1.5		-1.8	-1.3	+1.6	+4.5	+.005	+0.1	+0.4	+.010	+2.7	+3.2	+.009
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 Jamal Crawford nor Ricky Rubio played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Jamal Crawford	Ricky Rubio
Season	2001-02	2012-13
Team	Chicago Bulls	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jamal Crawford	23	20.9	9.3	0.2	1.3	1.5	2.4	0.8	0.2	1.4	0.8	3.9	8.1	.476	1.1	2.5	.448	0.4	0.6	.769
difference:	+34	+8.8	+1.4	+0.6	+1.9	+2.5	+4.9	+1.6	+0.1	-1.6	-1.7	+0.7	+0.9	+.116	+0.6	+0.9	+.155	+3.3	+4.0	+.030
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
* Neiher Jamal Crawford nor Ricky Rubio played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Jamal Crawford	Ricky Rubio
Season	2002-03	2013-14
Team	Chicago Bulls	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jamal Crawford	80	24.9	10.7	0.3	2.1	2.3	4.2	1.0	0.3	1.7	1.6	4.2	10.1	.413	1.1	3.0	.355	1.3	1.6	.806
difference:	+2	+7.3	+1.2	+0.4	+1.3	+1.9	+4.4	+1.3	+0.2	-1.0	-1.1	+1.1	+1.9	+.032	+0.6	+1.4	+.024	+1.5	+1.9	+.004
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
* Neiher Jamal Crawford nor Ricky Rubio played in the postseason in their season 3


Season 4
	Jamal Crawford	Ricky Rubio
Season	2003-04	2014-15
Team	Chicago Bulls	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jamal Crawford	80	35.1	17.3	0.6	3.0	3.5	5.1	1.4	0.4	2.4	2.0	6.4	16.5	.386	2.1	6.5	.317	2.5	3.0	.833
difference:	+58	+3.6	+7.0	+0.3	+1.8	+2.2	+3.7	+0.3	+0.4	-0.5	-0.7	+2.9	+6.5	+.030	+1.5	+4.2	+.062	+0.1	+0.2	+.030
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
* Neiher Jamal Crawford nor Ricky Rubio played in the postseason in their season 4


Season 5
	Jamal Crawford	Ricky Rubio
Season	2004-05	2015-16
Team	New York Knicks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jamal Crawford	70	38.4	17.7	0.5	2.4	2.9	4.3	1.3	0.3	2.1	1.9	6.2	15.7	.398	2.6	7.3	.361	2.6	3.1	.843
difference:	+6	+7.8	+7.6		+1.4	+1.4	+4.4	+0.8	+0.2	-0.4	-0.7	+3.3	+8.0	+.024	+1.8	+4.8	+.035	+0.9	+1.0	+.004
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
* Neiher Jamal Crawford nor Ricky Rubio played in the postseason in their season 5


Season 6
	Jamal Crawford	Ricky Rubio
Season	2005-06	2016-17
Team	New York Knicks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jamal Crawford	79	32.3	14.3	0.5	2.7	3.1	3.8	1.1	0.2	2.2	1.9	4.6	11.1	.416	1.3	3.7	.345	3.7	4.5	.826
difference:	+4	+0.6	+3.2	+0.4	+0.5	+1.0	+5.3	+0.6	+0.1	-0.4	-0.8	+1.1	+2.4	+.014	+0.5	+1.1	+.039	+0.3	+0.7	+.065
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
* Neiher Jamal Crawford nor Ricky Rubio played in the postseason in their season 6


Season 7
	Jamal Crawford	Ricky Rubio
Season	2006-07	2017-18
Team	New York Knicks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Jamal Crawford	59	37.3	17.6	0.7	2.5	3.2	4.4	1.0	0.1	2.7	1.9	6.0	15.0	.400	1.7	5.5	.320	3.9	4.6	.838
difference:	+18	+8.0	+4.5	+0.1	+1.5	+1.4	+0.9	+0.6			-0.8	+1.5	+4.3	+.018	+0.5	+2.0	+.032	+1.0	+1.3	+.028
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		%
Jamal Crawford	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Jamal Crawford	Ricky Rubio
Season	2007-08	2018-19
Team	New York Knicks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Jamal Crawford	80	39.9	20.6	0.5	2.1	2.6	5.0	1.0	0.2	2.4	1.8	7.1	17.4	.410	2.2	6.2	.356	4.1	4.8	.864
difference:	+12	+12.0	+7.9		+1.0	+1.0	+1.1	+0.3	+0.1	-0.2	-0.8	+2.8	+6.7	+.006	+1.0	+2.5	+.045	+1.2	+1.4	+.009
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		%
Jamal Crawford	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Jamal Crawford	Ricky Rubio
Season	2008-09	2019-20
Team	New York Knicks, Golden State Warriors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Jamal Crawford	65	38.1	19.7	0.4	2.6	3.0	4.4	0.9	0.2	2.3	1.4	6.4	15.7	.410	2.2	6.1	.360	4.6	5.3	.872
difference:		+7.1	+6.7	+0.3	+1.4	+1.7	+4.4	+0.5		-0.4	-1.2	+2.0	+5.1	+.005	+1.0	+2.8	+.001	+1.6	+1.8	+.009
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
* Neiher Jamal Crawford nor Ricky Rubio played in the postseason in their season 9


Season 10
	Jamal Crawford	Ricky Rubio
Season	2009-10	2020-21
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Jamal Crawford	79	31.1	18.0	0.4	2.1	2.5	3.0	0.8	0.2	1.7	1.7	6.3	14.0	.449	2.1	5.4	.382	3.4	4.0	.857
difference:	+11	+5.0	+9.4		+0.8	+0.8	+3.4	+0.6	+0.1	-0.1	-0.3	+3.5	+6.7	+.061	+1.1	+2.3	+.074	+1.5	+1.8	+.010
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		%
Jamal Crawford	11	31.9	16.3	0.1	2.6	2.7	2.7	0.8	0.1	1.8	2.4	5.1	14.0	.364	1.6	4.5	.360	4.5	5.3	.845
Ricky Rubio	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Jamal Crawford	Ricky Rubio
Season	2010-11	2021-22
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Jamal Crawford	76	30.2	14.2	0.3	1.4	1.7	3.2	0.8	0.2	1.9	1.3	4.8	11.5	.421	1.6	4.6	.341	2.9	3.4	.854
difference:	+42	+1.7	+1.1	+0.1	+2.3	+2.4	+3.4	+0.6		-0.7	-0.9	+0.4	+0.6	+.058	+0.1	+0.5	+.002	+0.3	+0.4
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		%
Jamal Crawford	12	29.8	15.4	0.1	1.3	1.3	2.5	0.8	0.3	1.3	1.4	5.1	12.9	.394	1.8	5.0	.350	3.5	4.3	.824
Ricky Rubio	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Jamal Crawford	Ricky Rubio
Season	2011-12	2022-23
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Jamal Crawford	60	26.9	14.0	0.3	1.7	2.0	3.2	0.9	0.2	1.9	1.2	4.7	12.3	.384	1.3	4.3	.308	3.2	3.4	.927
difference:	+27	+9.7	+8.8		+0.1	+0.1	+0.3	+0.1		-1.0	-0.3	+2.9	+6.9	+.041	+0.7	+1.8	+.052	+2.4	+2.3	+.127
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		%
Jamal Crawford	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
* Jamal Crawford played 8 seasons more than Ricky Rubio in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 13 to 20, from 2013 to 2020—Jamal Crawford played in 6 Playoffs. In those 8 extra years over Ricky Rubio, Jamal Crawford got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 Sixth Man of the Year

Jamal Crawford vs. Ricky Rubio Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ricky Rubio and Jamal Crawford, 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years