Ricky Rubio vs. Domantas Sabonis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Domantas Sabonis 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.

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, 3 more than Domantas Sabonis, who played 9. Ricky Rubio had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while Domantas Sabonis had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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.

Rookie Season
	Ricky Rubio	Domantas Sabonis
Season	2011-12	2016-17
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+40	+14.1	+4.7	+0.1	+0.7	+0.6	+7.2	+1.7	+0.2	-2.2	-0.1	+1.0	+3.6	+.042	+0.2	+0.3	+.019	+2.6	+3.0	+.146
Domantas Sabonis	81	20.1	5.9	0.6	3.0	3.6	1.0	0.5	0.4	1.0	2.5	2.4	5.9	.399	0.6	2.0	.321	0.5	0.8	.657
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ricky Rubio	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Domantas Sabonis	2	3.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.5	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	2.0	2.0	1.000

Season 4
	Ricky Rubio	Domantas Sabonis
Season	2014-15	2019-20
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
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
difference:	+40	+3.3	+8.2	+2.1	+4.6	+6.7	+3.8	+0.9	+0.5	-0.2	-0.4	+3.9	+3.7	+.184	+0.3	+1.2	+.001	+0.9	+1.6	+.080
Domantas Sabonis	62	34.8	18.5	3.0	9.4	12.4	5.0	0.8	0.5	2.7	3.1	7.4	13.7	.540	0.3	1.1	.254	3.5	4.8	.723
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Ricky Rubio nor Domantas Sabonis played in the postseason in their season 4

Season 5
	Ricky Rubio	Domantas Sabonis
Season	2015-16	2020-21
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
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
difference:	+14	+5.4	+10.2	+1.9	+5.7	+7.7	+2.0	+0.9	+0.4	-0.9	-0.7	+4.9	+6.9	+.161		+0.1	+.005	+0.4	+1.2	+.115
Domantas Sabonis	62	36.0	20.3	2.4	9.5	12.0	6.7	1.2	0.5	3.4	3.3	7.8	14.6	.535	0.8	2.6	.321	3.9	5.3	.732
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Ricky Rubio nor Domantas Sabonis played in the postseason in their season 5

Season 7
	Ricky Rubio	Domantas Sabonis
Season	2017-18	2022-23
Team	Utah Jazz	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+2	+5.3	+6.0	+2.6	+5.1	+7.7	+2.0	+0.8	+0.4	-0.2	-0.8	+2.8	+1.2	+.197	+0.8	+2.4	+.021	+1.2	+2.2	+.124
Domantas Sabonis	79	34.6	19.1	3.2	9.1	12.3	7.3	0.8	0.5	2.9	3.5	7.3	11.9	.615	0.4	1.1	.373	4.1	5.5	.742
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
difference:	+1	+4.5	+2.4	+3.6	+0.1	+3.7	+2.3	+0.1	+0.4	-0.7	-1.8	+2.3	+0.9	+.141	+1.6	+4.6	+.113	+0.7	+0.2	+.212
Domantas Sabonis	7	34.7	16.4	4.4	6.6	11.0	4.7	1.4	0.9	3.7	4.0	7.0	14.1	.495	0.1	0.7	.200	2.3	4.0	.571

Season 8
	Ricky Rubio	Domantas Sabonis
Season	2018-19	2023-24
Team	Utah Jazz	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+14	+7.8	+6.7	+3.1	+7.0	+10.1	+2.1	+0.4	+0.5	-0.7	-0.4	+3.4	+2.3	+.190	+0.8	+2.6	+.068	+0.7	+1.7	+.151
Domantas Sabonis	82	35.7	19.4	3.6	10.1	13.7	8.2	0.9	0.6	3.3	3.0	7.7	13.0	.594	0.4	1.1	.379	3.6	5.1	.704
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
Domantas Sabonis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Ricky Rubio	Domantas Sabonis
Season	2019-20	2024-25
Team	Phoenix Suns	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	Rebounds Leader
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		%
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
difference:	+5	+3.7	+6.1	+3.1	+6.1	+9.2	+2.8	+0.7	+0.2	-0.2	-0.7	+3.1	+2.2	+.175	+0.3	+1.1	+.056	+0.1	+0.6	+.109
Domantas Sabonis	70	34.7	19.1	3.8	10.1	13.9	6.0	0.7	0.4	2.9	3.3	7.5	12.8	.590	0.9	2.2	.417	3.1	4.1	.754
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Ricky Rubio nor Domantas Sabonis played in the postseason in their season 9