Shawn Kemp vs. Ricky Rubio Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ricky Rubio 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, 2 more than Ricky Rubio, who played 12. Shawn Kemp had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, 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 |
Shawn Kemp |
14 |
10 |
1989-90 to 2002-03 |
Ricky Rubio |
12 |
3 |
2011-12 to 2022-23 |
Comparison Season by Season |
Rookie Season |
|
Shawn Kemp |
Ricky Rubio |
Season |
1989-90 | 2011-12 |
Team |
Seattle Supersonics | 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 |
% |
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 |
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 |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ricky Rubio |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
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 |
% |
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 |
Ricky Rubio |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
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 |
% |
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 |
Ricky Rubio |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
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 |
% |
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 |
Ricky Rubio |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
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 |
% |
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 |
Ricky Rubio |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
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 |
% |
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 |
Ricky Rubio |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
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 |
% |
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 |
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 |
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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 |
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 |
% |
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 |
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 |
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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 |
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 |
% |
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 |
Ricky Rubio |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
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 |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ricky Rubio |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
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 |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ricky Rubio |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
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 |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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 |
- |
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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 |
Ricky Rubio |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
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 |
Ricky Rubio |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Ricky Rubio |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
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 |
Ricky Rubio |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |