Eddie Johnson vs. Ricky Rubio Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ricky Rubio and Eddie Johnson, 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.

Eddie Johnson played 17 years in the NBA, 5 more than Ricky Rubio, who played 12. Eddie Johnson had the first of his seasons in 1981-82, 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
Eddie Johnson	17	10	1981-82 to 1998-99
Ricky Rubio	12	3	2011-12 to 2022-23

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Eddie Johnson	Ricky Rubio
Season	1981-82	2011-12
Team	Kansas City Kings	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
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		%
Eddie Johnson	74	20.5	9.3	1.7	2.6	4.4	1.5	0.7	0.2	1.3	2.8	4.0	8.7	.459	0.0	0.1	.091	1.3	2.0	.664
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		%
Eddie Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Eddie Johnson	Ricky Rubio
Season	1982-83	2012-13
Team	Kansas City Kings	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		%
Eddie Johnson	82	35.8	19.8	2.3	3.8	6.1	2.6	0.9	0.2	2.2	3.2	8.3	16.7	.494	0.2	0.9	.282	3.0	3.9	.779
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		%
Eddie Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Eddie Johnson	Ricky Rubio
Season	1983-84	2013-14
Team	Kansas City Kings	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Kings 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		%
Eddie Johnson	82	35.6	21.9	2.0	3.5	5.5	3.6	0.9	0.3	2.6	3.2	9.2	18.9	.485	0.2	0.8	.313	3.3	4.0	.810
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		%
Eddie Johnson	3	35.7	17.0	1.3	2.0	3.3	4.0	1.0	0.3	0.7	2.7	7.0	16.0	.438	0.7	1.7	.400	2.3	2.3	1.000
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Eddie Johnson	Ricky Rubio
Season	1984-85	2014-15
Team	Kansas City Kings	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		%
Eddie Johnson	82	36.9	22.9	1.8	3.1	5.0	3.3	1.0	0.3	2.7	2.9	9.4	19.1	.491	0.2	0.7	.241	4.0	4.5	.871
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		%
Eddie Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Eddie Johnson	Ricky Rubio
Season	1985-86	2015-16
Team	Sacramento Kings	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Kings 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		%
Eddie Johnson	82	30.7	18.7	2.1	3.0	5.1	2.6	0.7	0.2	2.3	2.9	7.6	16.0	.475	0.0	0.2	.200	3.4	4.2	.816
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		%
Eddie Johnson	3	32.0	18.7	3.3	3.7	7.0	1.3	1.0	0.3	2.0	2.3	8.0	18.3	.436	0.0	1.0	.000	2.7	3.0	.889
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Eddie Johnson	Ricky Rubio
Season	1986-87	2016-17
Team	Sacramento Kings	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		%
Eddie Johnson	81	30.3	18.7	1.8	2.6	4.4	3.1	0.5	0.2	2.0	2.7	7.5	16.2	.463	0.5	1.5	.314	3.3	4.0	.829
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		%
Eddie Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Eddie Johnson	Ricky Rubio
Season	1987-88	2017-18
Team	Phoenix Suns	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Eddie Johnson	73	29.8	17.7	1.7	2.7	4.4	2.5	0.5	0.1	1.9	2.6	7.3	15.2	.480	0.3	1.3	.255	2.8	3.3	.850
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		%
Eddie Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Eddie Johnson	Ricky Rubio
Season	1988-89	2018-19
Team	Phoenix Suns	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West 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		%
Eddie Johnson	70	29.2	21.5	1.3	3.1	4.4	2.3	0.7	0.1	1.7	2.8	8.7	17.5	.497	1.0	2.5	.413	3.1	3.6	.868
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		%
Eddie Johnson	12	32.7	17.8	2.3	4.9	7.3	2.1	1.0	0.2	1.5	3.4	7.1	17.2	.413	1.1	3.2	.342	2.5	3.3	.769
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
	Eddie Johnson	Ricky Rubio
Season	1989-90	2019-20
Team	Phoenix Suns	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Eddie Johnson	64	28.3	16.9	1.1	2.8	3.8	1.7	0.5	0.2	1.7	2.7	6.4	14.2	.453	1.1	2.9	.380	2.9	3.2	.917
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		%
Eddie Johnson	16	21.1	12.3	0.9	2.6	3.6	1.1	0.6	0.3	1.3	2.5	4.5	10.0	.450	0.9	2.4	.395	2.3	2.9	.787
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Eddie Johnson	Ricky Rubio
Season	1990-91	2020-21
Team	Phoenix Suns, 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		%
Eddie Johnson	81	25.7	16.7	1.3	2.0	3.3	1.4	0.7	0.1	1.5	2.2	6.7	13.9	.484	0.5	1.5	.325	2.8	3.2	.891
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		%
Eddie Johnson	5	34.2	24.0	2.4	1.8	4.2	1.4	1.4	0.2	1.6	2.6	9.2	17.8	.517	0.8	3.0	.267	4.8	5.8	.828
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Eddie Johnson	Ricky Rubio
Season	1991-92	2021-22
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Cleveland Cavaliers
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		%
Eddie Johnson	81	29.2	17.1	1.5	2.1	3.6	2.0	0.7	0.1	1.6	2.5	6.6	14.4	.459	0.3	1.3	.252	3.6	4.2	.861
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		%
Eddie Johnson	9	27.4	18.4	0.9	2.1	3.0	0.9	0.3	0.3	1.7	2.1	7.2	15.2	.474	0.4	2.4	.182	3.6	3.8	.941
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Eddie Johnson	Ricky Rubio
Season	1992-93	2022-23
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West 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		%
Eddie Johnson	82	22.8	14.4	1.5	1.8	3.3	1.6	0.4	0.0	1.6	2.1	5.6	12.1	.467	0.2	0.7	.304	2.9	3.1	.911
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		%
Eddie Johnson	19	20.1	10.8	0.9	1.5	2.4	0.9	0.2	0.1	1.0	2.3	4.3	11.1	.390	0.6	1.9	.333	1.5	1.6	.935
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
	Eddie Johnson	Ricky Rubio
Season	1993-94	-
Team	Charlotte Hornets	-
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		%
Eddie Johnson	73	20.0	11.5	1.1	2.0	3.1	1.7	0.5	0.1	1.2	2.0	4.6	10.1	.459	0.8	2.1	.393	1.4	1.7	.780
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Note: Eddie Johnson didn't play in 1994-95.


Season 14
	Eddie Johnson	Ricky Rubio
Season	1995-96	-
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		%
Eddie Johnson	62	16.2	7.7	0.7	1.7	2.5	1.1	0.3	0.1	0.9	1.7	2.9	7.0	.413	0.7	2.1	.352	1.1	1.3	.886
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eddie Johnson	1	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	.000	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Eddie Johnson	Ricky Rubio
Season	1996-97	-
Team	Indiana Pacers, Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 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		%
Eddie Johnson	52	17.6	8.2	0.5	2.1	2.7	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.9	1.6	3.1	7.0	.442	0.9	2.5	.374	1.1	1.3	.809
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eddie Johnson	16	17.7	8.3	0.9	1.3	2.3	0.6	0.3	0.0	0.4	1.1	3.0	7.3	.410	0.9	2.9	.298	1.4	1.5	.958
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Eddie Johnson	Ricky Rubio
Season	1997-98	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Eddie Johnson	75	19.9	8.4	0.7	1.4	2.0	1.2	0.4	0.0	0.8	1.2	3.0	7.3	.417	0.9	2.6	.333	1.5	1.8	.831
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eddie Johnson	5	17.6	5.6	0.8	0.8	1.6	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.6	2.0	1.8	5.4	.333	0.6	2.0	.300	1.4	1.6	.875
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Eddie Johnson	Ricky Rubio
Season	1998-99	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
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		%
Eddie Johnson	3	6.0	4.0	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.0	2.0	4.3	.462	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Eddie Johnson vs. Ricky Rubio Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ricky Rubio and Eddie Johnson, 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

Season 16

Season 17