Trevor Ariza vs. Ricky Rubio Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ricky Rubio and Trevor Ariza, 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.

Trevor Ariza played 18 years in the NBA, 6 more than Ricky Rubio, who played 12. Trevor Ariza had the first of his seasons in 2004-05, 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.

Rookie Season
	Trevor Ariza	Ricky Rubio
Season	2004-05	2011-12
Team	New York Knicks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Trevor Ariza	80	17.3	5.9	1.1	1.9	3.0	1.1	0.9	0.2	0.9	1.9	2.2	4.9	.442	0.0	0.2	.231	1.5	2.2	.695
difference:	+39	+16.9	+4.7	+0.6	+1.8	+1.2	+7.1	+1.3		-2.3	-0.5	+1.2	+4.6	+.085	+0.8	+2.1	+.109	+1.6	+1.6	+.108
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 Trevor Ariza nor Ricky Rubio played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 5
	Trevor Ariza	Ricky Rubio
Season	2008-09	2015-16
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Trevor Ariza	82	24.4	8.9	1.4	2.9	4.3	1.8	1.7	0.3	1.1	2.0	3.3	7.3	.460	0.7	2.3	.319	1.5	2.1	.710
difference:	+6	+6.2	+1.2	+0.9	+0.9		+6.9	+0.4	+0.2	-1.4	-0.6	+0.4	+0.4	+.086	+0.1	+0.2	+.007	+2.0	+2.0	+.137
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		%
Trevor Ariza	23	31.4	11.3	1.0	3.3	4.2	2.3	1.6	0.4	1.7	3.2	4.0	8.0	.497	1.7	3.7	.476	1.6	2.8	.563
Ricky Rubio	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-