Ricky Rubio vs. Buck Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Buck Williams and Ricky Rubio, 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.

Ricky Rubio played 12 years in the NBA, 5 less than Buck Williams, who played 17. Ricky Rubio had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while Buck Williams 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
Ricky Rubio	12	3	2011-12 to 2022-23
Buck Williams	17	14	1981-82 to 1997-98

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Ricky Rubio	Buck Williams
Season	2011-12	1981-82
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets 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		%
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
Buck Williams	82	34.5	15.5	4.2	8.0	12.3	1.3	1.0	1.0	2.9	3.5	6.3	10.7	.582	0.0	0.0	.000	3.0	4.7	.624

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buck Williams	2	39.5	17.5	5.5	5.0	10.5	1.5	0.5	1.0	2.0	3.5	7.0	13.0	.538	0.0	0.0	-	3.5	7.5	.467


Season 2
	Ricky Rubio	Buck Williams
Season	2012-13	1982-83
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets 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		%
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
Buck Williams	82	36.1	17.0	4.5	8.1	12.5	1.5	1.1	1.3	3.0	3.3	6.5	11.1	.588	0.0	0.0	.000	4.0	6.4	.620

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buck Williams	2	42.5	19.0	4.5	7.0	11.5	2.0	1.0	1.0	2.5	6.0	5.5	11.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	8.0	10.0	.800


Season 3
	Ricky Rubio	Buck Williams
Season	2013-14	1983-84
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets 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		%
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
Buck Williams	81	37.1	15.7	4.4	8.0	12.3	1.6	1.0	1.5	2.9	3.7	6.1	11.4	.535	0.0	0.0	.000	3.5	6.1	.570

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buck Williams	11	43.0	15.5	5.2	8.9	14.1	1.5	1.4	1.5	2.6	4.0	5.7	11.8	.485	0.0	0.0	-	4.1	7.4	.556


Season 4
	Ricky Rubio	Buck Williams
Season	2014-15	1984-85
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets 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		%
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
Buck Williams	82	38.8	18.2	3.9	8.3	12.3	2.0	0.8	1.3	2.9	3.6	7.0	13.3	.530	0.0	0.0	.250	4.1	6.6	.625

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buck Williams	3	41.0	24.7	4.7	6.0	10.7	0.3	1.0	1.7	2.0	4.0	8.7	13.3	.650	0.0	0.0	-	7.3	10.0	.733


Season 5
	Ricky Rubio	Buck Williams
Season	2015-16	1985-86
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets 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		%
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
Buck Williams	82	37.4	15.9	4.0	8.0	12.0	1.6	0.9	1.2	3.0	3.6	6.1	11.7	.523	0.0	0.0	.000	3.7	5.4	.676

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buck Williams	3	42.0	20.7	4.0	6.3	10.3	0.7	2.0	0.3	2.0	5.0	7.0	9.7	.724	0.0	0.0	-	6.7	8.7	.769


Season 6
	Ricky Rubio	Buck Williams
Season	2016-17	1986-87
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New Jersey Nets
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		%
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
Buck Williams	82	36.3	18.0	3.9	8.5	12.5	1.6	1.0	1.1	3.4	3.8	6.4	11.4	.557	0.0	0.0	.000	5.2	7.2	.731

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buck Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Ricky Rubio	Buck Williams
Season	2017-18	1987-88
Team	Utah Jazz	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West 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		%
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
Buck Williams	70	37.7	18.3	4.3	7.7	11.9	1.6	1.0	0.6	2.7	3.8	6.7	11.9	.560	0.0	0.0	1.000	4.9	7.4	.668

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Buck Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Ricky Rubio	Buck Williams
Season	2018-19	1988-89
Team	Utah Jazz	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
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
Buck Williams	74	33.1	13.0	3.4	6.0	9.4	1.1	0.8	0.5	1.9	3.0	5.0	9.5	.531	0.0	0.0	.000	2.9	4.3	.666

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Buck Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Ricky Rubio	Buck Williams
Season	2019-20	1989-90
Team	Phoenix Suns	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Buck Williams	82	34.2	13.6	3.0	6.7	9.8	1.4	0.8	0.5	2.0	3.5	5.0	9.2	.548	0.0	0.0	.000	3.5	5.0	.706

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buck Williams	21	37.0	13.0	3.2	6.0	9.2	1.9	0.6	0.3	2.0	3.5	4.8	9.5	.508	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	5.0	.676


Season 10
	Ricky Rubio	Buck Williams
Season	2020-21	1990-91
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Buck Williams	80	32.3	11.7	2.8	6.6	9.4	1.2	0.6	0.6	1.7	3.1	4.5	7.4	.602	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	3.9	.705

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buck Williams	16	35.8	10.3	3.3	5.6	8.9	0.9	0.6	0.3	1.5	3.4	4.1	8.1	.500	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.6	.603


Season 11
	Ricky Rubio	Buck Williams
Season	2021-22	1991-92
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Buck Williams	80	31.5	11.3	3.3	5.6	8.8	1.4	0.8	0.5	1.6	3.1	4.3	7.0	.604	0.0	0.0	.000	2.8	3.7	.754

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buck Williams	21	36.1	9.6	2.9	5.6	8.5	1.0	1.3	0.8	2.1	3.5	3.1	6.2	.508	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.3	.758


Season 12
	Ricky Rubio	Buck Williams
Season	2022-23	1992-93
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers 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		%
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
Buck Williams	82	30.5	8.3	2.8	5.6	8.4	0.9	1.0	0.7	1.2	3.3	3.3	6.4	.511	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.6	.645

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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	-
Buck Williams	4	29.8	8.8	3.0	4.3	7.3	0.3	0.3	0.8	1.5	3.0	2.8	5.8	.478	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.8	.684


Season 13
	Ricky Rubio	Buck Williams
Season	-	1993-94
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Trail Blazers 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		%
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buck Williams	81	32.5	9.7	3.9	6.5	10.4	1.0	0.7	0.6	1.4	3.0	3.6	6.5	.555	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	3.7	.679

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buck Williams	4	31.3	12.8	3.5	5.3	8.8	0.5	1.0	0.5	2.0	2.8	4.8	7.0	.679	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	3.8	.867


Season 14
	Ricky Rubio	Buck Williams
Season	-	1994-95
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Trail Blazers 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		%
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buck Williams	82	29.5	9.2	3.1	5.1	8.2	1.0	0.8	0.8	1.5	3.1	3.8	7.4	.512	0.0	0.0	.500	1.7	2.5	.673

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buck Williams	3	34.3	8.3	2.7	3.7	6.3	0.3	1.3	0.7	1.3	4.7	3.0	5.0	.600	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.7	.636


Season 15
	Ricky Rubio	Buck Williams
Season	-	1995-96
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Trail Blazers 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		%
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buck Williams	70	23.9	7.3	2.3	3.5	5.8	0.6	0.6	0.7	1.3	2.7	2.7	5.5	.500	0.0	0.0	.667	1.8	2.7	.668

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buck Williams	5	26.6	4.8	2.6	2.4	5.0	0.2	0.2	0.8	1.0	3.6	1.8	4.6	.391	0.2	0.4	.500	1.0	1.4	.714


Season 16
	Ricky Rubio	Buck Williams
Season	-	1996-97
Team	-	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Knicks 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		%
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buck Williams	74	20.2	6.3	2.2	3.1	5.4	0.7	0.5	0.5	1.1	2.8	2.4	4.4	.537	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.4	.642

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buck Williams	10	19.2	4.3	1.3	2.7	4.0	0.6	0.3	0.4	0.4	3.4	1.7	3.5	.486	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.7	.529


Season 17
	Ricky Rubio	Buck Williams
Season	-	1997-98
Team	-	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Knicks 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		%
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buck Williams	41	18.0	4.9	1.9	2.6	4.5	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.9	2.3	1.8	3.6	.503	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.7	.732

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buck Williams	3	15.0	4.7	2.3	3.0	5.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	1.7	1.3	3.0	.444	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.7	.750

Ricky Rubio vs. Buck Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Buck Williams and Ricky Rubio, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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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

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17