Shawn Kemp vs. Jeff Ruland Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jeff Ruland and Shawn Kemp, 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.
Shawn Kemp played 14 years in the NBA, 6 more than Jeff Ruland, who played 8. Shawn Kemp had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, while Jeff Ruland had his rookie season in 1981-82. 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 |
Shawn Kemp |
14 |
10 |
1989-90 to 2002-03 |
Jeff Ruland |
8 |
4 |
1981-82 to 1992-93 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
81 |
13.8 |
6.5 |
1.8 |
2.5 |
4.3 |
0.3 |
0.6 |
0.9 |
1.3 |
2.5 |
2.5 |
5.2 |
.479 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.167 |
1.4 |
2.0 |
.736 |
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 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
81 |
30.1 |
15.0 |
3.3 |
5.1 |
8.4 |
1.8 |
1.0 |
1.5 |
2.5 |
3.9 |
5.7 |
11.2 |
.508 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.167 |
3.6 |
5.4 |
.661 |
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 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
5 |
29.8 |
13.2 |
2.6 |
4.6 |
7.2 |
1.2 |
0.6 |
0.8 |
3.2 |
4.0 |
4.4 |
11.4 |
.386 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
.000 |
4.4 |
5.4 |
.815 |
Jeff Ruland |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
64 |
28.3 |
15.5 |
4.1 |
6.3 |
10.4 |
1.3 |
1.1 |
1.9 |
2.4 |
4.1 |
5.7 |
11.2 |
.504 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
4.2 |
5.6 |
.748 |
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 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
9 |
37.6 |
17.4 |
5.2 |
7.0 |
12.2 |
0.4 |
0.6 |
1.6 |
3.0 |
4.6 |
5.3 |
11.2 |
.475 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
6.8 |
8.9 |
.763 |
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 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
78 |
33.1 |
17.8 |
3.7 |
7.0 |
10.7 |
2.0 |
1.5 |
1.9 |
2.8 |
4.2 |
6.6 |
13.4 |
.492 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
4.6 |
6.4 |
.712 |
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 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
19 |
34.9 |
16.5 |
4.2 |
5.8 |
10.0 |
2.6 |
1.5 |
2.1 |
2.8 |
4.1 |
5.8 |
11.3 |
.512 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
4.9 |
6.1 |
.809 |
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 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
79 |
32.9 |
18.1 |
3.9 |
6.8 |
10.8 |
2.6 |
1.8 |
2.1 |
3.3 |
3.9 |
6.7 |
12.5 |
.538 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.250 |
4.6 |
6.2 |
.741 |
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 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
5 |
41.2 |
14.8 |
4.0 |
5.8 |
9.8 |
3.4 |
2.0 |
2.4 |
2.8 |
3.6 |
5.2 |
14.0 |
.371 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
4.4 |
6.6 |
.667 |
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 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
82 |
32.7 |
18.7 |
3.9 |
7.0 |
10.9 |
1.8 |
1.2 |
1.5 |
3.2 |
4.1 |
6.6 |
12.2 |
.547 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.286 |
5.3 |
7.1 |
.749 |
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 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
4 |
40.0 |
24.8 |
4.3 |
7.8 |
12.0 |
2.8 |
2.0 |
1.8 |
3.8 |
4.3 |
8.3 |
14.3 |
.579 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
1.000 |
8.0 |
9.8 |
.821 |
Jeff Ruland |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Note: Jeff Ruland didn't play in 1987-88, 1988-89, 1989-90 and 1990-91.
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
79 |
33.3 |
19.6 |
3.5 |
7.9 |
11.4 |
2.2 |
1.2 |
1.6 |
4.0 |
3.8 |
6.7 |
11.9 |
.561 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
.417 |
6.2 |
8.4 |
.742 |
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 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
20 |
36.0 |
20.9 |
3.3 |
7.1 |
10.4 |
1.5 |
1.2 |
2.0 |
4.0 |
4.2 |
7.4 |
12.9 |
.570 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
.000 |
6.2 |
7.8 |
.795 |
Jeff Ruland |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
81 |
34.0 |
18.7 |
3.4 |
6.6 |
10.0 |
1.9 |
1.5 |
1.0 |
3.5 |
4.0 |
6.5 |
12.7 |
.510 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
.364 |
5.6 |
7.5 |
.742 |
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 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
12 |
36.8 |
21.6 |
4.3 |
8.0 |
12.3 |
3.0 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
3.9 |
4.6 |
7.1 |
14.6 |
.486 |
0.2 |
0.8 |
.200 |
7.3 |
8.8 |
.829 |
Jeff Ruland |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
80 |
34.6 |
18.0 |
2.7 |
6.6 |
9.3 |
2.5 |
1.4 |
1.1 |
3.4 |
3.9 |
6.5 |
14.6 |
.445 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.250 |
5.1 |
7.0 |
.727 |
Jeff Ruland |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
4 |
38.0 |
26.0 |
4.0 |
6.3 |
10.3 |
2.0 |
1.3 |
1.0 |
4.0 |
3.0 |
8.3 |
17.8 |
.465 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
9.5 |
11.3 |
.844 |
Jeff Ruland |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
42 |
35.1 |
20.5 |
3.1 |
6.1 |
9.2 |
2.4 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
3.0 |
3.8 |
6.6 |
13.7 |
.482 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.500 |
7.3 |
9.3 |
.789 |
Jeff Ruland |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Jeff Ruland |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
82 |
30.4 |
17.8 |
2.8 |
6.0 |
8.8 |
1.7 |
1.2 |
1.2 |
3.5 |
4.5 |
5.9 |
14.1 |
.417 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.333 |
6.0 |
7.7 |
.776 |
Jeff Ruland |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Jeff Ruland |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
68 |
15.9 |
6.5 |
0.9 |
2.9 |
3.8 |
1.0 |
0.7 |
0.3 |
1.5 |
2.7 |
2.5 |
6.1 |
.407 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
.364 |
1.5 |
1.9 |
.771 |
Jeff Ruland |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Jeff Ruland |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
75 |
16.4 |
6.1 |
1.2 |
2.6 |
3.8 |
0.7 |
0.6 |
0.4 |
1.1 |
2.5 |
2.3 |
5.4 |
.430 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
1.4 |
1.7 |
.794 |
Jeff Ruland |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
3 |
12.0 |
3.7 |
0.7 |
2.0 |
2.7 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.7 |
2.7 |
0.7 |
2.3 |
.286 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
2.3 |
3.3 |
.700 |
Jeff Ruland |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
79 |
20.7 |
6.8 |
1.9 |
3.8 |
5.7 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
0.4 |
1.3 |
3.0 |
2.7 |
6.4 |
.418 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
1.5 |
2.0 |
.742 |
Jeff Ruland |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
7 |
10.4 |
3.0 |
0.1 |
2.0 |
2.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.6 |
1.9 |
1.1 |
3.0 |
.381 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.7 |
0.9 |
.833 |
Jeff Ruland |
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