Mahdi Abdul-Rahman vs. Vince Carter Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Vince Carter and Mahdi Abdul-Rahman, 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.

Mahdi Abdul-Rahman played 10 years in the NBA, 12 less than Vince Carter, who played 22. Mahdi Abdul-Rahman had the first of his seasons in 1964-65, while Vince Carter had his rookie season in 1998-99. 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
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Rookie Season
	Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	Vince Carter
Season	1964-65	1998-99
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	66	13.9	4.2	-	-	1.7	2.1	-	-	-	2.0	1.8	4.6	.382	-	-	-	0.7	1.1	.648
Vince Carter	50	35.2	18.3	1.9	3.8	5.7	3.0	1.1	1.5	2.2	2.8	6.9	15.3	.450	0.4	1.3	.288	4.1	5.4	.761
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	7	16.9	7.6	-	-	2.6	4.3	-	-	-	2.6	2.7	8.1	.333	-	-	-	2.1	2.9	.750
Vince Carter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	Vince Carter
Season	1965-66	1999-00
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	80	27.5	13.7	-	-	2.7	4.9	-	-	-	2.8	5.7	12.5	.457	-	-	-	2.3	3.2	.708
Vince Carter	82	38.1	25.7	1.8	4.0	5.8	3.9	1.3	1.1	2.2	3.2	9.6	20.7	.465	1.2	2.9	.403	5.3	6.7	.791
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	14	24.3	11.9	-	-	2.9	3.1	-	-	-	2.9	5.0	10.1	.493	-	-	-	1.9	3.0	.619
Vince Carter	3	39.7	19.3	3.0	3.0	6.0	6.3	1.0	1.3	2.7	4.0	5.0	16.7	.300	0.3	3.3	.100	9.0	10.3	.871

Season 3
	Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	Vince Carter
Season	1966-67	2000-01
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div 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		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	79	20.8	9.3	-	-	2.9	4.1	-	-	-	2.6	3.8	8.9	.426	-	-	-	1.6	2.2	.729
Vince Carter	75	39.7	27.6	2.3	3.2	5.5	3.9	1.5	1.1	2.2	2.7	10.2	22.1	.460	2.2	5.3	.408	5.1	6.7	.765
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	3	28.7	6.7	-	-	2.7	5.3	-	-	-	3.7	2.0	8.3	.240	-	-	-	2.7	3.3	.800
Vince Carter	12	45.1	27.3	3.1	3.4	6.5	4.7	1.7	1.7	2.3	3.8	10.2	23.3	.436	2.1	5.1	.410	4.8	6.2	.784

Season 4
	Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	Vince Carter
Season	1967-68	2001-02
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	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		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	79	33.7	24.0	-	-	4.2	6.2	-	-	-	3.1	9.3	21.0	.441	-	-	-	5.4	7.0	.774
Vince Carter	60	39.8	24.7	2.3	2.9	5.2	4.0	1.6	0.7	2.6	3.2	9.3	21.8	.428	2.0	5.2	.387	4.1	5.1	.798
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vince Carter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	Vince Carter
Season	1968-69	2002-03
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	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		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	80	30.3	11.2	-	-	3.3	5.9	-	-	-	3.3	4.3	10.9	.397	-	-	-	2.6	3.7	.707
Vince Carter	43	34.2	20.6	1.4	3.0	4.4	3.3	1.1	1.0	1.7	2.8	8.3	17.7	.467	1.0	3.0	.344	3.0	3.7	.806
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	11	32.7	14.0	-	-	3.0	3.9	-	-	-	3.5	4.8	12.3	.393	-	-	-	4.4	5.5	.787
Vince Carter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	Vince Carter
Season	1969-70	2003-04
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	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		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	82	33.6	15.3	-	-	4.0	6.8	-	-	-	3.2	6.0	12.9	.467	-	-	-	3.3	4.0	.809
Vince Carter	73	38.2	22.5	1.3	3.5	4.8	4.8	1.2	0.9	3.1	2.9	8.3	20.0	.417	1.3	3.3	.383	4.6	5.7	.806
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	7	36.4	21.4	-	-	3.4	7.7	-	-	-	3.3	9.3	18.6	.500	-	-	-	2.9	4.6	.625
Vince Carter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	Vince Carter
Season	1970-71	2004-05
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Toronto Raptors, New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Nets 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		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	82	35.1	16.5	-	-	3.7	6.3	-	-	-	3.4	6.3	13.7	.459	-	-	-	3.8	5.1	.759
Vince Carter	77	36.7	24.5	1.4	3.8	5.2	4.2	1.4	0.6	2.2	3.2	9.0	20.0	.452	1.6	4.1	.406	4.8	6.0	.798
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	5	40.4	14.0	-	-	5.0	5.4	-	-	-	4.4	5.0	15.2	.329	-	-	-	4.0	5.0	.800
Vince Carter	4	45.3	26.8	2.3	6.3	8.5	5.8	2.3	0.0	3.8	4.3	8.8	24.0	.365	1.5	4.8	.316	7.8	9.0	.861

Season 8
	Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	Vince Carter
Season	1971-72	2005-06
Team	Buffalo Braves	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets 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		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	72	33.2	15.8	-	-	3.0	5.6	-	-	-	3.2	6.3	13.9	.451	-	-	-	3.3	4.2	.782
Vince Carter	79	36.8	24.2	1.7	4.1	5.8	4.3	1.2	0.7	2.7	3.0	8.3	19.2	.430	1.6	4.6	.341	6.1	7.6	.799
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vince Carter	11	40.9	29.6	1.5	5.5	7.0	5.3	1.8	0.5	2.4	3.1	10.3	22.2	.463	1.3	5.3	.241	7.8	9.8	.796

Season 9
	Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	Vince Carter
Season	1972-73	2006-07
Team	Buffalo Braves, Golden State Warriors	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Finals	Nets 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		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	55	13.9	4.7	-	-	1.6	2.3	-	-	-	2.0	1.9	4.7	.418	-	-	-	0.9	1.0	.825
Vince Carter	82	38.1	25.2	1.4	4.6	6.0	4.8	1.0	0.4	2.6	3.2	8.9	19.5	.454	1.9	5.3	.357	5.6	7.0	.802
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	11	19.5	6.5	-	-	1.8	2.5	-	-	-	2.2	2.7	7.6	.357	-	-	-	1.1	1.1	1.000
Vince Carter	12	40.6	22.3	1.4	5.4	6.8	5.3	0.9	0.6	3.2	2.9	7.8	19.6	.396	1.8	4.5	.389	5.1	7.3	.693