Ray Allen vs. Ricky Rubio Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ricky Rubio and Ray Allen, 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.

Ray Allen played 18 years in the NBA, 6 more than Ricky Rubio, who played 12. Ray Allen had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, 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
Ray Allen	18	11	1996-97 to 2013-14
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
	Ray Allen	Ricky Rubio
Season	1996-97	2011-12
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second 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		%
Ray Allen	82	30.9	13.4	1.2	2.8	4.0	2.6	0.9	0.1	1.8	2.7	4.8	11.1	.430	1.4	3.6	.393	2.5	3.0	.823
difference:	+41	+3.3	+2.8	+0.7	+0.9	+0.2	+5.6	+1.3	+0.1	-1.4	-0.3	+1.4	+1.6	+.073	+0.6	+1.3	+.053	+0.6	+0.8	+.020
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 Ray Allen nor Ricky Rubio played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Ray Allen	Ricky Rubio
Season	1997-98	2012-13
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	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		%
Ray Allen	82	40.1	19.5	1.5	3.4	4.9	4.3	1.4	0.1	3.2	3.0	6.9	16.0	.428	1.6	4.5	.364	4.2	4.8	.875
difference:	+25	+10.4	+8.8	+0.7	+0.2	+0.9	+3.0	+1.0		-0.2	-0.5	+3.7	+7.0	+.068	+1.1	+2.9	+.071	+0.5	+0.2	+.076
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 Ray Allen nor Ricky Rubio played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Ray Allen	Ricky Rubio
Season	1998-99	2013-14
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Ray Allen	50	34.4	17.1	1.1	3.1	4.2	3.6	1.1	0.1	2.4	2.3	6.1	13.5	.450	1.5	4.2	.356	3.5	3.9	.903
difference:	+32	+2.2	+7.6	+0.4	+0.3		+5.0	+1.2		-0.3	-0.4	+3.0	+5.3	+.069	+1.0	+2.6	+.025	+0.7	+0.4	+.101
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		%
Ray Allen	3	40.0	22.3	2.7	4.7	7.3	4.3	1.0	0.3	3.7	3.0	8.3	15.7	.532	3.0	6.3	.474	2.7	4.3	.615
Ricky Rubio	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Ray Allen	Ricky Rubio
Season	1999-00	2014-15
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Ray Allen	82	37.4	22.1	1.0	3.4	4.4	3.8	1.3	0.2	2.2	2.3	7.8	17.2	.455	2.1	5.0	.423	4.3	4.9	.887
difference:	+60	+5.9	+11.8	+0.1	+1.4	+1.3	+5.0	+0.4	+0.2	-0.7	-0.4	+4.3	+7.2	+.099	+1.5	+2.7	+.168	+1.7	+1.7	+.084
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		%
Ray Allen	5	37.4	22.0	2.0	4.6	6.6	2.6	1.6	0.0	1.8	2.0	8.0	18.0	.444	2.0	5.2	.385	4.0	4.4	.909
Ricky Rubio	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Ray Allen	Ricky Rubio
Season	2000-01	2015-16
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Ray Allen	82	38.2	22.0	1.2	4.0	5.2	4.6	1.5	0.2	2.5	2.3	7.7	16.0	.480	2.5	5.7	.433	4.2	4.8	.888
difference:	+6	+7.6	+11.9	+0.7	+0.2	+0.9	+4.1	+0.6	+0.1		-0.3	+4.8	+8.3	+.106	+1.7	+3.2	+.107	+0.7	+0.7	+.041
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		%
Ray Allen	18	42.7	25.1	1.1	3.1	4.1	6.0	1.3	0.6	2.4	2.4	8.8	18.4	.477	3.2	6.6	.479	4.4	4.8	.919
Ricky Rubio	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Ray Allen	Ricky Rubio
Season	2001-02	2016-17
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Ray Allen	69	36.6	21.8	1.2	3.3	4.5	3.9	1.3	0.3	2.3	2.3	7.7	16.6	.462	3.3	7.7	.434	3.1	3.6	.873
difference:	+6	+3.7	+10.7	+0.3	+0.1	+0.4	+5.2	+0.4	+0.2	-0.3	-0.4	+4.2	+7.9	+.060	+2.5	+5.1	+.128	+0.3	+0.2	+.018
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 Ray Allen nor Ricky Rubio played in the postseason in their season 6


Season 7
	Ray Allen	Ricky Rubio
Season	2002-03	2017-18
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, Seattle Supersonics	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		%
Ray Allen	76	37.9	22.5	1.2	3.8	5.0	4.4	1.4	0.2	2.6	2.9	7.9	17.9	.439	2.6	7.0	.377	4.2	4.5	.916
difference:	+1	+8.6	+9.4	+0.6	+0.2	+0.4	+0.9	+0.2	+0.1	-0.1	-0.2	+3.4	+7.2	+.021	+1.4	+3.5	+.025	+1.3	+1.2	+.050
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		%
Ray Allen	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
	Ray Allen	Ricky Rubio
Season	2003-04	2018-19
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Ray Allen	56	38.4	23.0	1.2	3.9	5.1	4.8	1.3	0.2	2.8	2.4	8.0	18.2	.440	2.6	6.8	.392	4.4	4.8	.904
difference:	+12	+10.5	+10.3	+0.7	+0.8	+1.5	+1.3		+0.1	-0.2	-0.2	+3.7	+7.5	+.036	+1.4	+3.1	+.081	+1.5	+1.4	+.049
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		%
Ray Allen	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
	Ray Allen	Ricky Rubio
Season	2004-05	2019-20
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Ray Allen	78	39.3	23.9	1.0	3.4	4.4	3.7	1.1	0.1	2.2	2.1	8.2	19.2	.428	2.7	7.1	.376	4.8	5.5	.883
difference:	+13	+8.3	+10.9	+0.3	+0.6	+0.3	+5.1	+0.3	+0.1	-0.5	-0.5	+3.8	+8.6	+.013	+1.5	+3.8	+.015	+1.8	+2.0	+.020
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		%
Ray Allen	11	39.6	26.5	1.1	3.2	4.3	3.9	1.3	0.4	3.1	2.0	9.3	19.5	.474	2.8	7.5	.378	5.1	5.7	.889
Ricky Rubio	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Ray Allen	Ricky Rubio
Season	2005-06	2020-21
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Ray Allen	78	38.7	25.1	0.9	3.3	4.3	3.7	1.3	0.2	2.4	1.9	8.7	19.2	.454	3.4	8.4	.412	4.2	4.6	.903
difference:	+10	+12.6	+16.5	+0.5	+0.4	+1.0	+2.7	+0.1	+0.1	-0.8	-0.1	+5.9	+11.9	+.066	+2.4	+5.3	+.104	+2.3	+2.4	+.036
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
* Neiher Ray Allen nor Ricky Rubio played in the postseason in their season 10


Season 11
	Ray Allen	Ricky Rubio
Season	2006-07	2021-22
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Ray Allen	55	40.3	26.4	1.0	3.5	4.5	4.1	1.5	0.2	2.8	2.1	9.2	21.0	.438	3.0	8.1	.372	5.1	5.6	.903
difference:	+21	+11.8	+13.3	+0.6	+0.2	+0.4	+2.5	+0.1		-0.2	-0.1	+4.8	+8.9	+.075	+1.3	+3.0	+.033	+2.5	+2.6	+.049
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
* Neiher Ray Allen nor Ricky Rubio played in the postseason in their season 11


Season 12
	Ray Allen	Ricky Rubio
Season	2007-08	2022-23
Team	Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Ray Allen	73	35.9	17.4	1.0	2.6	3.7	3.1	0.9	0.2	1.7	2.0	6.0	13.5	.445	2.5	6.2	.398	2.9	3.2	.907
difference:	+40	+18.7	+12.2	+0.7	+0.8	+1.6	+0.4	+0.1		-0.8	-0.5	+4.2	+8.1	+.102	+1.9	+3.7	+.142	+2.1	+2.1	+.107
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		%
Ray Allen	26	38.0	15.6	1.0	2.8	3.8	2.7	0.9	0.3	1.5	2.4	5.1	12.0	.428	2.1	5.3	.396	3.2	3.5	.913
difference:	+23	+32.3	+15.6	+0.3	+1.5	+1.8	+1.7	+0.6	+0.3	-0.2	-0.7	+5.1	+11.7	+.428	+2.1	+5.3		+3.2	+3.5
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
* Ray Allen played 6 seasons more than Ricky Rubio in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 13 to 18, from 2009 to 2014—Ray Allen played in 6 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 6 extra years over Ricky Rubio, Ray Allen got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Star Game

Ray Allen vs. Ricky Rubio Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ricky Rubio and Ray Allen, 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