Jannero Pargo vs. Ricky Rubio Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ricky Rubio and Jannero Pargo, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Jannero Pargo played 11 years in the NBA, 1 less than Ricky Rubio, who played 12. Jannero Pargo had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, 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
Jannero Pargo	11	7	2002-03 to 2014-15
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


Rookie Season
	Jannero Pargo	Ricky Rubio
Season	2002-03	2011-12
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Jannero Pargo	34	10.1	2.5	0.3	0.8	1.1	1.1	0.4	0.1	0.7	1.3	1.1	2.7	.398	0.2	0.7	.292	0.1	0.1	1.000
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		%
Jannero Pargo	11	11.7	2.1	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.7	0.1	0.6	2.0	0.7	2.2	.333	0.4	1.4	.267	0.3	0.4	.750
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Jannero Pargo	Ricky Rubio
Season	2003-04	2012-13
Team	Los Angeles Lakers, Toronto Raptors, Chicago Bulls	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		%
Jannero Pargo	31	15.5	6.7	0.3	0.9	1.2	2.3	0.4	0.2	1.5	1.6	2.6	6.4	.407	0.7	2.0	.355	0.7	0.9	.852
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		%
Jannero Pargo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Jannero Pargo	Ricky Rubio
Season	2004-05	2013-14
Team	Chicago Bulls	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Jannero Pargo	32	14.2	6.4	0.4	1.1	1.5	2.4	0.5	0.0	1.4	1.7	2.6	6.7	.385	0.7	2.1	.348	0.5	0.7	.739
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		%
Jannero Pargo	5	15.0	10.4	0.2	0.8	1.0	2.0	0.6	0.0	1.6	2.8	3.6	10.2	.353	2.6	6.4	.406	0.6	1.0	.600
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Jannero Pargo	Ricky Rubio
Season	2005-06	2014-15
Team	Chicago Bulls	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Jannero Pargo	57	11.3	4.8	0.1	0.9	1.1	1.6	0.4	0.0	1.1	1.0	1.9	5.1	.373	0.7	1.8	.379	0.3	0.4	.810
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		%
Jannero Pargo	5	3.8	3.4	0.2	1.0	1.2	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0	1.0	2.4	.417	0.6	1.0	.600	0.8	1.0	.800
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Jannero Pargo	Ricky Rubio
Season	2006-07	2015-16
Team	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets	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		%
Jannero Pargo	82	20.9	9.2	0.2	2.0	2.2	2.5	0.6	0.0	1.5	1.5	3.5	8.4	.409	1.0	2.5	.388	1.3	1.5	.852
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		%
Jannero Pargo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Jannero Pargo	Ricky Rubio
Season	2007-08	2016-17
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets 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		%
Jannero Pargo	80	18.7	8.1	0.3	1.3	1.6	2.4	0.6	0.1	1.2	1.5	3.2	8.2	.390	0.8	2.3	.349	0.9	1.0	.877
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		%
Jannero Pargo	12	22.1	10.2	0.4	2.1	2.5	2.3	1.0	0.2	0.9	1.8	3.8	9.7	.388	1.3	3.6	.349	1.4	2.0	.708
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Jannero Pargo didn't play in 2008-09.


Season 7
	Jannero Pargo	Ricky Rubio
Season	2009-10	2017-18
Team	Chicago Bulls	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jannero Pargo	63	13.2	5.5	0.1	1.1	1.2	1.4	0.5	0.0	0.8	1.1	2.1	6.0	.346	0.6	2.2	.275	0.7	0.7	.933
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		%
Jannero Pargo	2	4.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	2.5	.200	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-
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

Note: Jannero Pargo didn't play in 2010-11.


Season 8
	Jannero Pargo	Ricky Rubio
Season	2011-12	2018-19
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jannero Pargo	50	13.4	5.6	0.2	1.3	1.5	1.9	0.4	0.0	1.0	1.3	2.1	5.1	.415	1.1	2.8	.384	0.4	0.4	.950
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		%
Jannero Pargo	5	9.2	3.2	0.2	0.8	1.0	1.2	0.4	0.0	0.6	1.0	1.2	4.2	.286	0.8	2.4	.333	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Jannero Pargo	Ricky Rubio
Season	2012-13	2019-20
Team	Washington Wizards, Atlanta Hawks, Charlotte Bobcats	Phoenix Suns
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		%
Jannero Pargo	32	15.8	6.5	0.3	0.8	1.1	2.1	0.6	0.1	1.3	1.3	2.4	6.6	.368	1.2	3.6	.336	0.4	0.4	.923
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		%
Jannero Pargo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Jannero Pargo	Ricky Rubio
Season	2013-14	2020-21
Team	Charlotte Bobcats	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bobcats 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		%
Jannero Pargo	29	8.3	4.7	0.0	0.7	0.7	1.8	0.5	0.0	0.9	0.6	1.8	4.1	.441	0.8	2.1	.400	0.3	0.4	.727
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		%
Jannero Pargo	1	3.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Jannero Pargo	Ricky Rubio
Season	2014-15	2021-22
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Cleveland Cavaliers
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		%
Jannero Pargo	9	8.1	4.6	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.9	1.7	3.9	.429	1.0	2.4	.409	0.2	0.2	1.000
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		%
Jannero Pargo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Rubio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Jannero Pargo	Ricky Rubio
Season	-	2022-23
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Jannero Pargo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Jannero Pargo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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	-

Jannero Pargo vs. Ricky Rubio Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ricky Rubio and Jannero Pargo, 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