Fred VanVleet vs. Chet Walker Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chet Walker and Fred VanVleet, 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.

Fred VanVleet played 8 years in the NBA, 5 less than Chet Walker, who played 13. Fred VanVleet had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Chet Walker had his rookie season in 1962-63. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13
Rookie Season
	Fred VanVleet	Chet Walker
Season	2016-17	1962-63
Team	Toronto Raptors	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	Nationals Lost East Div Semis

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Chet Walker	78	25.5	12.3	-	-	7.2	1.1	-	-	-	2.8	4.5	9.6	.469	-	-	-	3.2	4.6	.699
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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	-
Chet Walker	5	26.0	15.2	-	-	9.4	1.8	-	-	-	1.6	5.4	10.6	.509	-	-	-	4.4	6.0	.733

Season 2
	Fred VanVleet	Chet Walker
Season	2017-18	1963-64
Team	Toronto Raptors	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	76ers Lost East Div Semis

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Chet Walker	76	36.5	17.3	-	-	10.3	1.6	-	-	-	3.1	6.5	14.7	.440	-	-	-	4.3	6.1	.711
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Chet Walker	5	38.0	18.8	-	-	10.4	2.6	-	-	-	3.0	6.0	15.4	.390	-	-	-	6.8	9.2	.739

Season 3
	Fred VanVleet	Chet Walker
Season	2018-19	1964-65
Team	Toronto Raptors	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	76ers Lost East Div Finals

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Chet Walker	79	27.7	13.2	-	-	6.7	1.7	-	-	-	2.5	4.8	11.8	.403	-	-	-	3.6	4.9	.742
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Chet Walker	11	42.6	20.3	-	-	7.2	1.6	-	-	-	3.5	7.5	15.7	.480	-	-	-	5.2	6.8	.760

Season 4
	Fred VanVleet	Chet Walker
Season	2019-20	1965-66
Team	Toronto Raptors	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	76ers Lost East Div Finals

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Chet Walker	80	32.5	15.3	-	-	8.0	2.5	-	-	-	3.0	5.5	12.3	.451	-	-	-	4.2	5.9	.716
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Chet Walker	5	36.2	14.6	-	-	7.4	3.0	-	-	-	3.6	4.8	12.8	.375	-	-	-	5.0	6.2	.806

Season 5
	Fred VanVleet	Chet Walker
Season	2020-21	1966-67
Team	Toronto Raptors	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Chet Walker	81	33.2	19.3	-	-	8.1	2.3	-	-	-	2.9	6.9	14.2	.488	-	-	-	5.5	7.2	.766
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred VanVleet	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chet Walker	15	36.7	21.7	-	-	7.6	2.1	-	-	-	2.9	7.7	16.4	.467	-	-	-	6.4	7.9	.807

Season 6
	Fred VanVleet	Chet Walker
Season	2021-22	1967-68
Team	Toronto Raptors	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd	76ers Lost East Div Finals

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Chet Walker	82	32.0	17.9	-	-	7.4	1.9	-	-	-	3.1	6.6	14.3	.460	-	-	-	4.7	6.5	.726
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Chet Walker	13	37.3	19.1	-	-	7.4	1.8	-	-	-	3.4	6.6	16.2	.410	-	-	-	5.8	8.6	.679

Season 8
	Fred VanVleet	Chet Walker
Season	2023-24	1969-70
Team	Houston Rockets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls Lost West Div Semis

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Chet Walker	78	34.9	21.5	-	-	7.7	2.5	-	-	-	2.6	7.6	16.0	.477	-	-	-	6.2	7.3	.850
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred VanVleet	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chet Walker	5	35.6	19.4	-	-	8.4	2.2	-	-	-	2.8	7.0	16.6	.422	-	-	-	5.4	6.6	.818

Season 9
	Fred VanVleet	Chet Walker
Season	-	1970-71
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Bulls Lost West Conf Semis

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred VanVleet	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chet Walker	81	36.1	22.0	-	-	7.3	2.2	-	-	-	2.3	8.0	17.3	.465	-	-	-	5.9	6.9	.859
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred VanVleet	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chet Walker	7	33.4	15.0	-	-	7.1	3.1	-	-	-	2.9	6.3	14.3	.440	-	-	-	2.4	3.4	.708

Season 11
	Fred VanVleet	Chet Walker
Season	-	1972-73
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Bulls Lost West Conf Semis

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred VanVleet	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chet Walker	79	31.1	19.9	-	-	5.0	2.3	-	-	-	2.1	7.6	15.8	.478	-	-	-	4.8	5.7	.832
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred VanVleet	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chet Walker	7	32.7	16.7	-	-	8.9	2.0	-	-	-	2.1	6.0	17.3	.347	-	-	-	4.7	5.3	.892

Season 12
	Fred VanVleet	Chet Walker
Season	-	1973-74
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Bulls Lost West Conf Finals

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred VanVleet	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chet Walker	82	32.5	19.3	1.6	3.4	5.0	2.4	0.8	0.0	-	2.5	7.0	14.4	.486	-	-	-	5.4	6.1	.875
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred VanVleet	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chet Walker	11	36.6	20.9	2.4	3.2	5.5	1.6	0.9	0.1	-	2.4	7.4	14.5	.509	-	-	-	6.2	7.2	.861