Dejounte Murray vs. Michael Ruffin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Michael Ruffin and Dejounte Murray, 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.

Dejounte Murray played 7 years in the NBA, 2 less than Michael Ruffin, who played 9. Dejounte Murray had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Michael Ruffin had his rookie season in 1999-00. 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
Dejounte Murray	7	3	2016-17 to 2023-24
Michael Ruffin	9	4	1999-00 to 2008-09

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Dejounte Murray	Michael Ruffin
Season	2016-17	1999-00
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Dejounte Murray	38	8.5	3.4	0.2	0.9	1.1	1.3	0.2	0.2	1.0	0.8	1.3	3.1	.431	0.2	0.6	.391	0.6	0.8	.700
Michael Ruffin	71	13.7	2.2	1.6	1.9	3.5	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.8	2.4	0.8	1.9	.420	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.2	.489

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dejounte Murray	11	15.3	5.7	0.4	2.1	2.5	2.5	1.5	0.1	1.5	1.3	2.1	5.5	.377	0.0	0.3	.000	1.5	2.3	.680
Michael Ruffin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Dejounte Murray	Michael Ruffin
Season	2017-18	2000-01
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Dejounte Murray	81	21.5	8.1	1.4	4.3	5.7	2.9	1.2	0.4	1.7	1.9	3.3	7.5	.443	0.1	0.4	.265	1.3	1.8	.709
Michael Ruffin	45	19.5	2.6	2.2	3.6	5.8	0.9	0.7	0.8	1.0	2.9	0.9	2.0	.444	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.7	.506

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dejounte Murray	5	19.2	7.8	0.8	3.4	4.2	1.8	1.0	0.4	1.0	2.2	2.8	6.2	.452	0.8	1.2	.667	1.4	1.8	.778
Michael Ruffin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Dejounte Murray didn't play in 2018-19.


Season 3
	Dejounte Murray	Michael Ruffin
Season	2019-20	2001-02
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Philadelphia 76ers
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		%
Dejounte Murray	66	25.6	10.9	1.0	4.8	5.8	4.1	1.7	0.3	1.9	2.2	4.5	9.7	.462	0.6	1.7	.369	1.4	1.7	.798
Michael Ruffin	15	11.3	1.1	1.5	1.9	3.4	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.7	1.5	0.5	1.7	.269	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.5	.250

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dejounte Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Ruffin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Michael Ruffin didn't play in 2002-03.


Season 4
	Dejounte Murray	Michael Ruffin
Season	2020-21	2003-04
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Utah Jazz
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		%
Dejounte Murray	67	31.9	15.7	0.9	6.2	7.1	5.4	1.5	0.1	1.7	2.0	6.6	14.5	.453	0.9	3.0	.317	1.6	2.0	.791
Michael Ruffin	41	17.9	2.2	1.9	3.1	5.0	1.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	2.5	0.9	2.9	.325	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.9	.421

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dejounte Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Ruffin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Dejounte Murray	Michael Ruffin
Season	2021-22	2004-05
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	Steals Leader	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Wizards 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		%
Dejounte Murray	68	34.8	21.1	1.2	7.1	8.3	9.2	2.0	0.3	2.6	2.0	8.4	18.3	.462	1.4	4.3	.327	2.9	3.6	.794
Michael Ruffin	79	16.0	1.4	2.0	2.2	4.2	0.8	0.5	0.5	0.6	2.4	0.5	1.3	.414	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.8	.433

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dejounte Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Ruffin	9	17.3	2.6	1.7	2.4	4.1	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.4	3.7	0.8	1.1	.700	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.8	.563


Season 6
	Dejounte Murray	Michael Ruffin
Season	2022-23	2005-06
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Wizards 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		%
Dejounte Murray	74	36.4	20.5	0.7	4.5	5.3	6.1	1.5	0.3	2.2	1.4	8.3	17.8	.464	1.8	5.2	.344	2.1	2.6	.832
Michael Ruffin	76	13.3	1.4	1.6	2.0	3.6	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5	2.4	0.4	1.0	.442	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	1.0	.500

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dejounte Murray	5	38.0	23.0	1.8	5.4	7.2	6.8	2.0	0.2	2.0	1.4	9.2	20.6	.447	2.8	7.4	.378	1.8	1.8	1.000
Michael Ruffin	6	11.7	0.3	1.0	1.7	2.7	0.7	0.2	0.3	0.3	1.7	0.2	0.3	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.3	.000


Season 7
	Dejounte Murray	Michael Ruffin
Season	2023-24	2006-07
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Wizards 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		%
Dejounte Murray	78	35.7	22.5	0.8	4.5	5.3	6.4	1.4	0.3	2.6	1.8	8.6	18.8	.459	2.6	7.1	.363	2.7	3.4	.794
Michael Ruffin	30	9.0	0.6	1.2	0.9	2.1	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.4	1.4	0.2	0.6	.278	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.6	.368

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dejounte Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Ruffin	4	7.0	0.5	1.3	1.0	2.3	0.0	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.3	0.8	.333	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 8
	Dejounte Murray	Michael Ruffin
Season	-	2007-08
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Dejounte Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Ruffin	46	13.7	2.0	2.0	2.1	4.0	0.5	0.7	0.4	0.4	2.0	0.7	1.3	.532	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.4	.397

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dejounte Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Ruffin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Dejounte Murray	Michael Ruffin
Season	-	2008-09
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		%
Dejounte Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Ruffin	11	3.2	0.5	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.6	0.2	0.6	.286	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.2	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dejounte Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Ruffin	1	5.0	1.0	3.0	2.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.0	.500

Dejounte Murray vs. Michael Ruffin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Michael Ruffin and Dejounte Murray, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9