Derrick McKey vs. Ricky Rubio Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ricky Rubio and Derrick McKey, 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.

Derrick McKey played 15 years in the NBA, 3 more than Ricky Rubio, who played 12. Derrick McKey had the first of his seasons in 1987-88, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Derrick McKey	15	13	1987-88 to 2001-02
Ricky Rubio	12	3	2011-12 to 2022-23

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Derrick McKey	Ricky Rubio
Season	1987-88	2011-12
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Supersonics 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		%
Derrick McKey	82	20.8	8.5	1.4	2.6	4.0	1.3	0.9	0.8	1.3	2.9	3.1	6.3	.491	0.1	0.4	.367	2.1	2.7	.772
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		%
Derrick McKey	5	21.8	12.0	1.4	2.6	4.0	1.6	0.6	1.0	1.0	2.4	4.8	7.6	.632	0.4	1.2	.333	2.0	3.4	.588
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Derrick McKey	Ricky Rubio
Season	1988-89	2012-13
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Derrick McKey	82	34.2	15.9	2.0	3.6	5.7	2.7	1.3	0.9	2.3	3.2	5.9	11.8	.502	0.4	1.1	.337	3.7	4.6	.803
Ricky Rubio	57	29.7	10.7	0.8	3.2	4.0	7.3	2.4	0.1	3.0	2.5	3.2	9.0	.360	0.5	1.6	.293	3.7	4.6	.799

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick McKey	8	35.8	13.3	2.6	3.9	6.5	2.3	0.8	1.9	2.9	4.1	5.5	11.1	.494	0.1	1.1	.111	2.1	2.6	.810
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Derrick McKey	Ricky Rubio
Season	1989-90	2013-14
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Minnesota Timberwolves
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		%
Derrick McKey	80	34.4	15.7	2.1	4.0	6.1	2.3	1.1	1.0	2.4	3.1	5.9	11.9	.493	0.0	0.3	.130	3.9	5.0	.782
Ricky Rubio	82	32.2	9.5	0.7	3.4	4.2	8.6	2.3	0.1	2.7	2.7	3.1	8.2	.381	0.5	1.6	.331	2.8	3.5	.802

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick McKey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Derrick McKey	Ricky Rubio
Season	1990-91	2014-15
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics 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		%
Derrick McKey	73	34.3	15.3	2.4	3.4	5.8	2.3	1.2	0.8	2.2	3.0	6.0	11.6	.517	0.1	0.3	.211	3.2	3.8	.845
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick McKey	4	28.5	9.5	1.8	4.0	5.8	2.0	0.8	0.0	1.5	3.3	4.0	7.0	.571	0.0	0.3	.000	1.5	2.8	.545
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Derrick McKey	Ricky Rubio
Season	1991-92	2015-16
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Derrick McKey	52	33.8	14.9	1.8	3.3	5.2	2.3	1.2	0.9	2.2	2.7	5.5	11.6	.472	0.4	1.0	.380	3.6	4.3	.847
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		%
Derrick McKey	9	35.0	16.3	1.9	3.0	4.9	2.7	0.8	1.3	2.4	4.1	5.8	11.0	.525	0.6	1.8	.313	4.2	5.0	.844
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Derrick McKey	Ricky Rubio
Season	1992-93	2016-17
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics 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		%
Derrick McKey	77	31.7	13.4	1.6	2.7	4.2	2.6	1.4	0.8	2.0	2.7	5.0	10.1	.496	0.5	1.5	.357	2.9	3.9	.741
Ricky Rubio	75	32.9	11.1	0.9	3.2	4.1	9.1	1.7	0.1	2.6	2.7	3.5	8.7	.402	0.8	2.6	.306	3.4	3.8	.891

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick McKey	19	34.1	11.3	2.7	2.5	5.2	3.7	0.6	0.9	1.9	2.7	4.4	8.3	.525	0.1	0.3	.400	2.4	3.6	.667
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Derrick McKey	Ricky Rubio
Season	1993-94	2017-18
Team	Indiana Pacers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	Jazz Lost West 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		%
Derrick McKey	76	34.4	12.0	1.7	3.6	5.3	4.3	1.5	0.6	3.0	3.3	4.7	9.3	.500	0.1	0.4	.290	2.5	3.3	.756
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick McKey	16	36.7	9.7	2.0	4.1	6.1	4.2	1.6	0.6	2.5	3.7	3.6	8.9	.408	0.5	1.5	.333	1.9	2.9	.660
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


Season 8
	Derrick McKey	Ricky Rubio
Season	1994-95	2018-19
Team	Indiana Pacers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	Jazz 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		%
Derrick McKey	81	34.6	13.3	1.5	3.3	4.9	3.4	1.5	0.6	2.1	3.2	5.1	10.3	.493	0.4	1.1	.360	2.7	3.7	.744
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick McKey	17	34.8	12.8	1.7	3.1	4.8	3.8	1.0	0.6	2.1	3.8	4.5	10.2	.437	0.6	2.1	.314	3.2	3.6	.871
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


Season 9
	Derrick McKey	Ricky Rubio
Season	1995-96	2019-20
Team	Indiana Pacers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Derrick McKey	75	32.5	11.7	1.6	3.2	4.8	3.5	1.1	0.6	1.9	3.3	4.6	9.5	.486	0.2	0.9	.250	2.3	2.9	.769
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick McKey	5	36.0	12.8	1.6	5.0	6.6	2.0	1.4	0.2	2.8	4.0	4.8	11.4	.421	1.0	2.4	.417	2.2	2.6	.846
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Derrick McKey	Ricky Rubio
Season	1996-97	2020-21
Team	Indiana Pacers	Minnesota Timberwolves
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		%
Derrick McKey	50	29.0	8.0	1.6	3.2	4.8	2.7	0.9	0.6	1.7	2.8	3.0	7.6	.391	0.3	1.2	.259	1.8	2.5	.724
Ricky Rubio	68	26.1	8.6	0.4	2.9	3.3	6.4	1.4	0.1	1.6	2.0	2.8	7.3	.388	1.0	3.1	.308	1.9	2.2	.867

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick McKey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Derrick McKey	Ricky Rubio
Season	1997-98	2021-22
Team	Indiana Pacers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Derrick McKey	57	23.1	6.3	1.3	2.4	3.7	1.5	1.0	0.5	1.4	2.7	2.6	5.7	.459	0.1	0.3	.235	1.0	1.4	.714
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		%
Derrick McKey	15	18.9	4.5	0.5	2.1	2.7	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.7	3.3	1.5	4.6	.333	0.2	0.7	.300	1.2	1.5	.783
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Derrick McKey	Ricky Rubio
Season	1998-99	2022-23
Team	Indiana Pacers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Derrick McKey	13	18.8	4.6	1.4	1.8	3.2	1.0	0.9	0.3	0.9	1.8	1.8	4.0	.442	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.3	.824
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		%
Derrick McKey	13	18.8	3.6	1.3	2.0	3.3	1.5	0.9	0.3	0.8	3.1	1.2	3.1	.375	0.0	0.3	.000	1.3	2.0	.654
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
	Derrick McKey	Ricky Rubio
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost NBA Finals	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick McKey	32	19.8	4.3	0.9	3.3	4.2	1.1	0.9	0.4	0.6	2.5	1.3	3.4	.398	0.3	0.7	.435	1.3	1.8	.768
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick McKey	23	15.3	2.0	1.1	2.3	3.4	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.8	2.0	0.7	1.4	.469	0.0	0.3	.167	0.7	0.9	.800
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Derrick McKey	Ricky Rubio
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Derrick McKey	66	15.0	2.2	0.7	1.9	2.7	1.1	0.7	0.2	0.7	2.1	0.9	2.1	.441	0.1	0.3	.200	0.3	0.4	.778
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick McKey	4	8.8	1.5	1.0	1.3	2.3	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.8	0.5	1.3	.400	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.3	0.5	.500
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Derrick McKey	Ricky Rubio
Season	2001-02	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Derrick McKey	41	19.1	2.9	1.2	1.9	3.1	1.1	1.0	0.1	0.5	2.2	1.3	3.0	.426	0.1	0.3	.417	0.2	0.3	.714
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick McKey	4	10.0	2.0	0.8	0.8	1.5	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.3	1.3	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Derrick McKey vs. Ricky Rubio Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ricky Rubio and Derrick McKey, 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

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15