Bill Cartwright vs. Ricky Rubio Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ricky Rubio and Bill Cartwright, 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.

Bill Cartwright played 15 years in the NBA, 3 more than Ricky Rubio, who played 12. Bill Cartwright had the first of his seasons in 1979-80, 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 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bill Cartwright	Ricky Rubio
Season	1979-80	2011-12
Team	New York Knicks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Bill Cartwright	82	38.4	21.7	2.4	6.5	8.9	2.0	0.6	1.2	2.7	3.4	8.1	14.8	.547	0.0	0.0	-	5.5	6.9	.797
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Bill Cartwright didn't play in 1984-85.

Season 11
	Bill Cartwright	Ricky Rubio
Season	1990-91	2021-22
Team	Chicago Bulls	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Bill Cartwright	79	28.8	9.6	2.1	4.0	6.2	1.6	0.4	0.2	1.4	2.1	4.0	8.2	.490	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.3	.697
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	17	30.1	9.5	1.5	3.2	4.7	1.9	0.5	0.4	1.2	3.2	4.1	7.9	.519	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.9	.688
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 12
	Bill Cartwright	Ricky Rubio
Season	1991-92	2022-23
Team	Chicago Bulls	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Cavaliers 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		%
Bill Cartwright	64	23.0	8.0	1.5	3.6	5.1	1.4	0.3	0.2	1.2	2.0	3.3	7.0	.467	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.5	.604
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		%
Bill Cartwright	22	27.8	5.6	1.3	3.1	4.5	1.7	0.5	0.2	1.2	3.2	2.5	5.3	.474	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.4	.419
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	-

Season 13
	Bill Cartwright	Ricky Rubio
Season	1992-93	-
Team	Chicago Bulls	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	63	19.9	5.6	1.3	2.4	3.7	1.3	0.3	0.2	1.0	2.4	2.2	5.4	.411	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.6	.735
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	19	23.4	6.3	1.5	3.0	4.5	1.5	0.6	0.2	0.7	2.7	2.4	5.2	.465	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	1.9	.778
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-