Donatas Motiejunas vs. Ricky Rubio Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ricky Rubio and Donatas Motiejunas, 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.

Donatas Motiejunas played 6 years in the NBA, 6 less than Ricky Rubio, who played 12. Donatas Motiejunas had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, 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
	Donatas Motiejunas	Ricky Rubio
Season	2012-13	2011-12
Team	Houston Rockets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Donatas Motiejunas	44	12.2	5.7	0.8	1.3	2.1	0.7	0.2	0.2	0.8	1.7	2.2	4.8	.455	0.5	1.9	.289	0.7	1.2	.627
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		%
Donatas Motiejunas	1	5.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Donatas Motiejunas didn't play in 2017-18.