Etan Thomas vs. Fred VanVleet Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Fred VanVleet and Etan Thomas, 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.

Etan Thomas played 9 years in the NBA, 1 more than Fred VanVleet, who played 8. Etan Thomas had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while Fred VanVleet had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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
Etan Thomas	9	5	2001-02 to 2010-11
Fred VanVleet	8	5	2016-17 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Etan Thomas	Fred VanVleet
Season	2001-02	2016-17
Team	Washington Wizards	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Raptors 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		%
Etan Thomas	47	13.1	4.3	1.2	2.7	3.9	0.1	0.4	0.7	0.6	1.6	1.7	3.2	.536	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.6	.554
Fred VanVleet	37	7.9	2.9	0.1	1.0	1.1	0.9	0.4	0.1	0.4	1.0	1.1	3.0	.351	0.3	0.8	.379	0.5	0.6	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Etan Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fred VanVleet	7	4.1	2.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.9	1.3	.667	0.3	0.7	.400	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Etan Thomas	Fred VanVleet
Season	2002-03	2017-18
Team	Washington Wizards	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Raptors 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		%
Etan Thomas	38	13.5	4.8	1.8	2.5	4.3	0.1	0.2	0.6	0.9	1.7	1.6	3.3	.492	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.5	.638
Fred VanVleet	76	20.0	8.6	0.3	2.1	2.4	3.2	0.9	0.3	1.0	1.7	3.1	7.2	.426	1.4	3.4	.414	1.1	1.3	.832

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Etan Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fred VanVleet	6	19.0	6.8	0.0	1.7	1.7	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.3	2.2	6.5	.333	1.3	4.7	.286	1.2	1.3	.875


Season 3
	Etan Thomas	Fred VanVleet
Season	2003-04	2018-19
Team	Washington Wizards	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Etan Thomas	79	24.1	8.9	2.3	4.4	6.7	0.9	0.5	1.6	1.4	2.8	3.3	6.7	.489	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.7	.647
Fred VanVleet	64	27.5	11.0	0.3	2.3	2.6	4.8	0.9	0.3	1.3	1.7	3.8	9.4	.410	1.8	4.6	.378	1.5	1.8	.843

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Etan Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fred VanVleet	24	24.7	8.0	0.3	1.4	1.7	2.6	0.8	0.3	0.9	2.0	2.7	6.9	.392	1.6	4.1	.388	1.0	1.3	.774


Season 4
	Etan Thomas	Fred VanVleet
Season	2004-05	2019-20
Team	Washington Wizards	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis	Raptors 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		%
Etan Thomas	47	20.8	7.1	1.8	3.4	5.2	0.4	0.4	1.1	1.1	2.8	2.7	5.4	.502	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	3.1	.528
Fred VanVleet	54	35.7	17.6	0.3	3.4	3.8	6.6	1.9	0.3	2.2	2.4	5.9	14.3	.413	2.7	6.9	.390	3.1	3.7	.848

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Etan Thomas	8	16.1	6.0	1.5	3.0	4.5	0.3	0.0	0.9	1.1	2.9	2.4	3.6	.655	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.8	.455
Fred VanVleet	11	39.1	19.6	0.5	3.9	4.4	6.9	1.6	0.6	2.0	2.5	6.9	17.3	.400	3.9	10.0	.391	1.9	2.3	.840


Season 5
	Etan Thomas	Fred VanVleet
Season	2005-06	2020-21
Team	Washington Wizards	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Wizards 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		%
Etan Thomas	71	15.8	4.7	1.4	2.5	3.9	0.2	0.3	1.0	0.7	2.1	1.8	3.5	.533	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.8	.600
Fred VanVleet	52	36.5	19.6	0.6	3.6	4.2	6.3	1.7	0.7	1.8	2.3	6.5	16.7	.389	3.3	9.2	.366	3.3	3.7	.885

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Etan Thomas	3	6.0	2.0	0.7	1.3	2.0	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.0	1.0	0.7	1.7	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.3	.500
Fred VanVleet	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Etan Thomas	Fred VanVleet
Season	2006-07	2021-22
Team	Washington Wizards	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Raptors 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		%
Etan Thomas	65	19.2	6.1	2.1	3.7	5.8	0.4	0.3	1.4	1.1	2.5	2.4	4.3	.574	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.1	.558
Fred VanVleet	65	37.9	20.3	0.7	3.8	4.4	6.7	1.7	0.5	2.6	2.5	6.8	16.9	.403	3.7	9.9	.377	3.0	3.4	.874

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Etan Thomas	4	21.0	5.0	0.5	5.0	5.5	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.5	2.3	1.8	4.3	.412	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.3	.667
Fred VanVleet	4	35.0	13.8	0.5	2.5	3.0	6.3	1.8	1.0	1.0	3.0	4.8	13.5	.352	3.0	9.0	.333	1.3	1.5	.833

Note: Etan Thomas didn't play in 2007-08.


Season 7
	Etan Thomas	Fred VanVleet
Season	2008-09	2022-23
Team	Washington Wizards	Toronto Raptors
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		%
Etan Thomas	26	11.8	3.1	1.0	1.6	2.5	0.2	0.1	0.7	0.7	1.3	1.2	2.5	.485	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.9	.696
Fred VanVleet	69	36.7	19.3	0.4	3.6	4.1	7.2	1.8	0.6	2.0	2.8	6.3	16.1	.393	3.0	8.8	.342	3.7	4.1	.898

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Etan Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fred VanVleet	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Etan Thomas	Fred VanVleet
Season	2009-10	2023-24
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder 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		%
Etan Thomas	23	14.0	3.3	0.8	2.0	2.8	0.0	0.2	0.7	0.8	1.7	1.3	3.0	.456	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.0	.591
Fred VanVleet	73	36.8	17.4	0.5	3.4	3.8	8.1	1.4	0.8	1.7	2.5	5.8	13.9	.416	3.1	8.0	.387	2.7	3.1	.860

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Etan Thomas	2	8.5	6.0	0.5	1.5	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	2.5	3.0	.833	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000
Fred VanVleet	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Etan Thomas	Fred VanVleet
Season	2010-11	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Etan Thomas	13	6.3	2.5	0.5	1.3	1.8	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.8	0.8	1.6	.476	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.2	.800
Fred VanVleet	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Etan Thomas	1	7.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Fred VanVleet	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Etan Thomas vs. Fred VanVleet Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Fred VanVleet and Etan Thomas, 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