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.

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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Ruffin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Luka Doncic	Michael Ruffin
Season	2019-20	2000-01
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
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
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Luka Doncic	Michael Ruffin
Season	2020-21	2001-02
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
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
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.

Season 4
	Luka Doncic	Michael Ruffin
Season	2021-22	2003-04
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
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
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Luka Doncic	Michael Ruffin
Season	2022-23	2004-05
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Wizards 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		%
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
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

Season 6
	Luka Doncic	Michael Ruffin
Season	2023-24	2005-06
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks TBD	Wizards 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		%
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	11	41.8	27.1	1.1	8.5	9.6	9.0	1.4	0.5	3.8	2.5	9.5	22.9	.413	2.7	9.7	.280	5.5	7.1	.769
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