Joakim Noah vs. Jeff Ruland Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jeff Ruland and Joakim Noah, 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.

Joakim Noah played 13 years in the NBA, 5 more than Jeff Ruland, who played 8. Joakim Noah had the first of his seasons in 2007-08, while Jeff Ruland had his rookie season in 1981-82. 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
Joakim Noah	13	8	2007-08 to 2019-20
Jeff Ruland	8	4	1981-82 to 1992-93

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Joakim Noah	Jeff Ruland
Season	2007-08	1981-82
Team	Chicago Bulls	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets Lost East 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		%
Joakim Noah	74	20.7	6.6	2.4	3.3	5.6	1.1	0.9	0.9	1.2	2.3	2.4	5.0	.482	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	2.6	.691
Jeff Ruland	82	27.0	14.4	3.1	6.2	9.3	1.6	0.5	0.7	2.9	3.9	5.1	9.1	.561	0.0	0.0	.333	4.2	5.5	.752

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joakim Noah	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Ruland	7	33.9	17.0	4.1	5.3	9.4	0.7	0.4	0.6	3.3	3.4	5.4	11.3	.481	0.0	0.1	.000	6.1	8.0	.768


Season 2
	Joakim Noah	Jeff Ruland
Season	2008-09	1982-83
Team	Chicago Bulls	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Joakim Noah	80	24.2	6.7	3.1	4.5	7.6	1.3	0.6	1.4	1.0	3.0	2.6	4.7	.556	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.3	.676
Jeff Ruland	79	36.2	19.4	3.7	7.3	11.0	3.0	0.9	1.0	3.8	3.9	7.3	13.3	.552	0.0	0.0	.333	4.7	6.9	.689

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joakim Noah	7	38.7	10.1	4.0	9.1	13.1	2.3	0.9	2.1	1.1	4.4	3.7	7.3	.510	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	3.6	.760
Jeff Ruland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Joakim Noah	Jeff Ruland
Season	2009-10	1983-84
Team	Chicago Bulls	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bullets 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		%
Joakim Noah	64	30.1	10.7	3.4	7.6	11.0	2.1	0.5	1.6	1.8	3.1	4.1	8.1	.504	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.4	.744
Jeff Ruland	75	41.1	22.2	3.5	8.8	12.3	3.9	0.9	1.0	4.6	3.8	8.0	13.8	.579	0.0	0.1	.143	6.2	8.5	.733

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joakim Noah	5	37.6	14.8	4.0	9.0	13.0	2.6	1.8	1.4	3.0	4.0	5.6	10.6	.528	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	3.8	.947
Jeff Ruland	4	46.8	24.0	4.0	8.8	12.8	7.8	0.5	0.8	4.8	3.8	9.3	17.8	.521	0.0	0.3	.000	5.5	6.8	.815


Season 4
	Joakim Noah	Jeff Ruland
Season	2010-11	1984-85
Team	Chicago Bulls	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	Bullets 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		%
Joakim Noah	48	32.8	11.7	3.8	6.6	10.4	2.2	1.0	1.5	1.9	3.3	4.4	8.4	.525	0.0	0.0	.000	2.9	3.9	.739
Jeff Ruland	37	38.8	18.9	3.4	7.6	11.1	4.4	0.8	0.7	4.8	3.5	6.8	11.9	.569	0.0	0.1	.000	5.4	7.9	.685

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joakim Noah	16	33.1	8.7	4.3	5.9	10.2	2.5	1.0	2.1	1.2	3.9	3.2	7.8	.411	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.2	.725
Jeff Ruland	4	40.5	17.5	3.0	5.5	8.5	5.3	2.3	1.0	5.8	3.8	7.0	11.8	.596	0.0	0.5	.000	3.5	5.0	.700


Season 5
	Joakim Noah	Jeff Ruland
Season	2011-12	1985-86
Team	Chicago Bulls	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bullets 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		%
Joakim Noah	64	30.4	10.2	3.8	6.0	9.8	2.5	0.6	1.4	1.4	2.5	3.9	7.7	.508	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	3.2	.748
Jeff Ruland	30	37.1	19.0	3.6	7.1	10.7	5.3	0.8	0.8	4.0	3.3	7.1	12.8	.554	0.0	0.1	.000	4.8	6.7	.725

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joakim Noah	3	33.0	15.0	3.0	6.3	9.3	3.0	0.7	1.3	0.3	1.7	6.3	8.7	.731	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.7	.636
Jeff Ruland	2	27.0	14.0	2.5	3.5	6.0	5.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	3.0	3.5	7.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	7.0	8.5	.824


Season 6
	Joakim Noah	Jeff Ruland
Season	2012-13	1986-87
Team	Chicago Bulls	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Joakim Noah	66	36.8	11.9	3.9	7.2	11.1	4.0	1.2	2.1	2.7	2.8	4.6	9.5	.481	0.0	0.1	.000	2.7	3.6	.751
Jeff Ruland	5	23.2	9.4	2.4	3.2	5.6	2.0	0.0	0.8	2.0	2.6	3.8	5.6	.679	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.4	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joakim Noah	12	34.1	10.8	4.3	5.3	9.6	2.3	0.8	2.2	2.0	3.6	4.3	9.9	.437	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	3.3	.641
Jeff Ruland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Jeff Ruland didn't play in 1987-88, 1988-89, 1989-90 and 1990-91.


Season 7
	Joakim Noah	Jeff Ruland
Season	2013-14	1991-92
Team	Chicago Bulls	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Joakim Noah	80	35.3	12.6	3.5	7.7	11.3	5.4	1.2	1.5	2.4	3.1	4.8	10.0	.475	0.0	0.0	.000	3.1	4.2	.737
Jeff Ruland	13	16.1	3.9	1.2	2.4	3.6	0.4	0.5	0.3	1.5	3.5	1.5	2.9	.526	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.688

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joakim Noah	5	42.0	10.4	3.0	9.8	12.8	4.6	1.0	1.4	3.8	3.8	4.2	8.2	.512	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.4	.588
Jeff Ruland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Joakim Noah	Jeff Ruland
Season	2014-15	1992-93
Team	Chicago Bulls	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Joakim Noah	67	30.6	7.2	3.3	6.4	9.6	4.7	0.7	1.1	1.8	3.0	2.8	6.4	.445	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.6	.603
Jeff Ruland	11	5.0	1.1	0.8	0.8	1.6	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.5	1.5	0.5	1.0	.455	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.500

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joakim Noah	12	32.9	5.8	3.8	7.3	11.0	3.2	0.8	1.2	1.7	3.1	2.6	6.3	.408	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.7	.350
Jeff Ruland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Joakim Noah	Jeff Ruland
Season	2015-16	-
Team	Chicago Bulls	-
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		%
Joakim Noah	29	21.9	4.3	3.0	5.8	8.8	3.8	0.6	1.0	1.8	2.7	1.8	4.6	.383	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.6	.489
Jeff Ruland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joakim Noah	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Ruland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Joakim Noah	Jeff Ruland
Season	2016-17	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
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		%
Joakim Noah	46	22.1	5.0	3.5	5.2	8.8	2.2	0.7	0.8	1.3	2.8	2.2	4.4	.490	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.7	.436
Jeff Ruland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joakim Noah	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Ruland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Joakim Noah	Jeff Ruland
Season	2017-18	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
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		%
Joakim Noah	7	5.7	1.7	0.9	1.1	2.0	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.7	0.7	1.4	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.6	.500
Jeff Ruland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joakim Noah	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Ruland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Joakim Noah	Jeff Ruland
Season	2018-19	-
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	-
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		%
Joakim Noah	42	16.5	7.1	1.4	4.3	5.7	2.1	0.5	0.7	1.2	2.3	2.6	5.1	.516	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	2.6	.716
Jeff Ruland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joakim Noah	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Ruland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Joakim Noah	Jeff Ruland
Season	2019-20	-
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers 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		%
Joakim Noah	5	10.0	2.8	1.0	2.2	3.2	1.4	0.2	0.2	1.2	1.8	0.8	1.6	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.6	.750
Jeff Ruland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joakim Noah	2	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Jeff Ruland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Joakim Noah vs. Jeff Ruland Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jeff Ruland and Joakim Noah, 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