Jeff Ruland vs. John Wall Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Wall and Jeff Ruland, 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.

Jeff Ruland played 8 years in the NBA, 3 less than John Wall, who played 11. Jeff Ruland had the first of his seasons in 1981-82, while John Wall had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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
Jeff Ruland	8	4	1981-82 to 1992-93
John Wall	11	4	2010-11 to 2022-23

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jeff Ruland	John Wall
Season	1981-82	2010-11
Team	Washington Bullets	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East 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		%
Jeff Ruland	82	27.0	14.4	3.1	6.2	9.3	1.6	0.5	0.7	2.9	3.9	5.1	9.1	.561	0.0	0.0	.333	4.2	5.5	.752
John Wall	69	37.8	16.4	0.5	4.1	4.6	8.3	1.8	0.5	3.8	2.5	5.8	14.1	.409	0.5	1.7	.296	4.4	5.7	.766

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Ruland	7	33.9	17.0	4.1	5.3	9.4	0.7	0.4	0.6	3.3	3.4	5.4	11.3	.481	0.0	0.1	.000	6.1	8.0	.768
John Wall	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Jeff Ruland	John Wall
Season	1982-83	2011-12
Team	Washington Bullets	Washington Wizards
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		%
Jeff Ruland	79	36.2	19.4	3.7	7.3	11.0	3.0	0.9	1.0	3.8	3.9	7.3	13.3	.552	0.0	0.0	.333	4.7	6.9	.689
John Wall	66	36.2	16.3	0.7	3.8	4.5	8.0	1.4	0.9	3.9	2.1	5.7	13.5	.423	0.0	0.6	.071	4.8	6.1	.789

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Ruland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Wall	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Jeff Ruland	John Wall
Season	1983-84	2012-13
Team	Washington Bullets	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets 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		%
Jeff Ruland	75	41.1	22.2	3.5	8.8	12.3	3.9	0.9	1.0	4.6	3.8	8.0	13.8	.579	0.0	0.1	.143	6.2	8.5	.733
John Wall	49	32.7	18.5	0.7	3.3	4.0	7.6	1.3	0.8	3.2	2.4	6.6	15.0	.441	0.2	0.9	.267	5.0	6.2	.804

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Ruland	4	46.8	24.0	4.0	8.8	12.8	7.8	0.5	0.8	4.8	3.8	9.3	17.8	.521	0.0	0.3	.000	5.5	6.8	.815
John Wall	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Jeff Ruland	John Wall
Season	1984-85	2013-14
Team	Washington Bullets	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jeff Ruland	37	38.8	18.9	3.4	7.6	11.1	4.4	0.8	0.7	4.8	3.5	6.8	11.9	.569	0.0	0.1	.000	5.4	7.9	.685
John Wall	82	36.3	19.3	0.5	3.6	4.1	8.8	1.8	0.5	3.6	2.7	7.1	16.3	.433	1.3	3.8	.351	3.9	4.8	.805

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Ruland	4	40.5	17.5	3.0	5.5	8.5	5.3	2.3	1.0	5.8	3.8	7.0	11.8	.596	0.0	0.5	.000	3.5	5.0	.700
John Wall	11	38.2	16.3	0.5	3.5	4.0	7.1	1.6	0.7	3.3	2.6	5.5	14.9	.366	0.6	2.9	.219	4.7	6.2	.765


Season 5
	Jeff Ruland	John Wall
Season	1985-86	2014-15
Team	Washington Bullets	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jeff Ruland	30	37.1	19.0	3.6	7.1	10.7	5.3	0.8	0.8	4.0	3.3	7.1	12.8	.554	0.0	0.1	.000	4.8	6.7	.725
John Wall	79	35.9	17.6	0.5	4.2	4.6	10.0	1.7	0.6	3.8	2.3	6.6	14.8	.445	0.8	2.7	.300	3.6	4.6	.785

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Ruland	2	27.0	14.0	2.5	3.5	6.0	5.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	3.0	3.5	7.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	7.0	8.5	.824
John Wall	7	39.0	17.4	0.7	4.0	4.7	11.9	1.4	1.4	3.9	1.9	6.1	15.7	.391	0.4	2.4	.176	4.7	5.6	.846


Season 6
	Jeff Ruland	John Wall
Season	1986-87	2015-16
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Jeff Ruland	5	23.2	9.4	2.4	3.2	5.6	2.0	0.0	0.8	2.0	2.6	3.8	5.6	.679	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.4	.750
John Wall	77	36.2	19.9	0.5	4.4	4.9	10.2	1.9	0.8	4.1	2.1	7.4	17.5	.424	1.5	4.3	.351	3.5	4.5	.791

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Ruland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Wall	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Jeff Ruland didn't play in 1987-88, 1988-89, 1989-90 and 1990-91.


Season 7
	Jeff Ruland	John Wall
Season	1991-92	2016-17
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
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		%
Jeff Ruland	13	16.1	3.9	1.2	2.4	3.6	0.4	0.5	0.3	1.5	3.5	1.5	2.9	.526	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.688
John Wall	78	36.4	23.1	0.8	3.4	4.2	10.7	2.0	0.6	4.1	1.9	8.3	18.4	.451	1.1	3.5	.327	5.4	6.8	.801

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Ruland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Wall	13	39.0	27.2	0.5	3.2	3.7	10.3	1.7	1.2	4.2	2.0	9.8	21.6	.452	1.6	4.7	.344	6.0	7.2	.839


Season 8
	Jeff Ruland	John Wall
Season	1992-93	2017-18
Team	Detroit Pistons	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Jeff Ruland	11	5.0	1.1	0.8	0.8	1.6	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.5	1.5	0.5	1.0	.455	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.500
John Wall	41	34.4	19.4	0.5	3.1	3.7	9.6	1.4	1.1	3.9	2.0	6.8	16.3	.420	1.5	4.1	.371	4.3	5.9	.726

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Ruland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Wall	6	39.0	26.0	0.5	5.2	5.7	11.5	2.3	1.3	4.5	2.7	9.3	21.2	.441	0.7	3.5	.190	6.7	7.8	.851


Season 9
	Jeff Ruland	John Wall
Season	-	2018-19
Team	-	Washington Wizards
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		%
Jeff Ruland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Wall	32	34.5	20.7	0.5	3.2	3.6	8.7	1.5	0.9	3.8	2.2	7.7	17.3	.444	1.6	5.3	.302	3.8	5.5	.697

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Ruland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Wall	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: John Wall didn't play in 2019-20.


Season 10
	Jeff Ruland	John Wall
Season	-	2020-21
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		%
Jeff Ruland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Wall	40	32.2	20.6	0.4	2.8	3.2	6.9	1.1	0.8	3.5	1.2	7.3	18.2	.404	2.0	6.2	.317	4.0	5.3	.749

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Ruland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Wall	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: John Wall didn't play in 2021-22.


Season 11
	Jeff Ruland	John Wall
Season	-	2022-23
Team	-	Los Angeles Clippers
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		%
Jeff Ruland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Wall	34	22.2	11.4	0.4	2.3	2.7	5.2	0.8	0.4	2.4	1.7	4.1	9.9	.408	1.0	3.2	.303	2.3	3.3	.681

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Ruland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Wall	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Jeff Ruland vs. John Wall Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Wall and Jeff Ruland, 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