Ricky Rubio vs. Kenny Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kenny Smith 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, 2 more than Kenny Smith, who played 10. Ricky Rubio had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while Kenny Smith had his rookie season in 1987-88. 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	Kenny Smith
Season	2011-12	1987-88
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First 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		%
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:	+20	+1.4	+3.2	+0.2	+2.1	+1.9	+1.1	+0.7	+0.1	-0.2	-0.1	+2.0	+1.9	+.120	+0.6	+1.7	+.032	+0.4	+0.5	+.016
Kenny Smith	61	35.6	13.8	0.7	1.6	2.3	7.1	1.5	0.1	3.0	2.3	5.4	11.4	.477	0.2	0.6	.308	2.7	3.3	.819
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Ricky Rubio nor Kenny Smith played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 7
	Ricky Rubio	Kenny Smith
Season	2017-18	1993-94
Team	Utah Jazz	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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:	+1	+1.0	+1.5	+0.3	+2.5	+2.8	+1.1	+0.8		-1.1	-1.1	+0.1	+1.6	+.062	+0.1	+0.7	+.053	+1.2	+1.3	+.005
Kenny Smith	78	28.3	11.6	0.3	1.5	1.8	4.2	0.8	0.1	1.6	1.6	4.4	9.1	.480	1.1	2.8	.405	1.7	2.0	.871
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:	+17	+0.1	+3.2	+0.6	+4.4	+5.0	+2.9	+0.3	+0.3	-1.6	-0.5	+1.0	+5.0	+.101	+0.2	+2.0	+.134	+1.2	+1.5	+.025
Kenny Smith	23	30.3	10.8	0.2	2.1	2.3	4.1	1.0	0.2	1.4	1.7	3.7	8.2	.455	1.5	3.3	.447	1.8	2.3	.808

Season 8
	Ricky Rubio	Kenny Smith
Season	2018-19	1994-95
Team	Utah Jazz	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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:	+13	+2.8	+2.3	+0.2	+1.5	+1.7	+2.1	+0.4		-1.1	-1.3	+0.8	+3.4	+.080	+0.6	+0.4	+.118	+1.3	+1.6	+.004
Kenny Smith	81	25.1	10.4	0.3	1.6	1.9	4.0	0.9	0.1	1.5	1.3	3.5	7.3	.484	1.8	4.1	.429	1.6	1.8	.851
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
difference:	+17	+4.0	+4.6	+0.3	+0.7	+1.0	+4.1	+1.8	+0.1	-1.6	-0.7	+2.1	+5.1	+.014	+1.3	+0.7	+.242	+1.8	+2.2	+.050
Kenny Smith	22	29.6	10.8	0.3	1.9	2.2	4.5	0.6	0.1	1.4	2.1	3.5	8.1	.438	2.1	4.7	.442	1.6	1.8	.900