Michael Beasley vs. Fred VanVleet Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Fred VanVleet and Michael Beasley, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Michael Beasley played 11 years in the NBA, 3 more than Fred VanVleet, who played 8. Michael Beasley had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, 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
Michael Beasley	11	5	2008-09 to 2018-19
Fred VanVleet	8	5	2016-17 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Michael Beasley	Fred VanVleet
Season	2008-09	2016-17
Team	Miami Heat	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Michael Beasley	81	24.8	13.9	1.4	4.1	5.4	1.0	0.5	0.5	1.5	2.3	5.6	11.8	.472	0.4	1.0	.407	2.3	3.0	.772
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		%
Michael Beasley	7	25.4	12.1	1.4	5.9	7.3	1.0	0.3	1.0	1.6	2.0	4.9	12.6	.386	0.6	1.9	.308	1.9	2.4	.765
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
	Michael Beasley	Fred VanVleet
Season	2009-10	2017-18
Team	Miami Heat	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Michael Beasley	78	29.8	14.8	1.6	4.8	6.4	1.3	1.0	0.6	1.7	2.8	6.0	13.3	.450	0.4	1.3	.275	2.5	3.1	.800
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		%
Michael Beasley	5	27.0	10.4	2.0	3.8	5.8	0.6	0.8	0.0	2.6	2.0	4.4	9.8	.449	0.2	0.4	.500	1.4	1.8	.778
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
	Michael Beasley	Fred VanVleet
Season	2010-11	2018-19
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	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		%
Michael Beasley	73	32.3	19.2	1.6	4.0	5.6	2.2	0.7	0.7	2.7	3.0	7.7	17.1	.450	0.8	2.2	.366	3.0	4.0	.753
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		%
Michael Beasley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Michael Beasley	Fred VanVleet
Season	2011-12	2019-20
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	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		%
Michael Beasley	47	23.1	11.5	0.8	3.6	4.4	1.0	0.4	0.4	1.7	1.8	4.7	10.6	.445	0.8	2.1	.376	1.3	2.0	.642
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		%
Michael Beasley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Michael Beasley	Fred VanVleet
Season	2012-13	2020-21
Team	Phoenix Suns	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		%
Michael Beasley	75	20.7	10.1	0.7	3.1	3.8	1.5	0.4	0.5	1.9	1.4	4.1	10.2	.405	0.6	1.9	.313	1.3	1.7	.746
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		%
Michael Beasley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fred VanVleet	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Michael Beasley	Fred VanVleet
Season	2013-14	2021-22
Team	Miami Heat	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat 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		%
Michael Beasley	55	15.1	7.9	0.6	2.6	3.1	0.8	0.4	0.4	1.0	1.7	3.2	6.5	.499	0.4	1.0	.389	1.1	1.4	.772
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		%
Michael Beasley	4	5.8	2.8	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.8	1.3	2.5	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.8	.333
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


Season 7
	Michael Beasley	Fred VanVleet
Season	2014-15	2022-23
Team	Miami Heat	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		%
Michael Beasley	24	21.0	8.8	0.5	3.2	3.7	1.3	0.6	0.5	1.5	2.8	3.8	8.8	.434	0.3	1.4	.235	0.8	1.1	.769
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		%
Michael Beasley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fred VanVleet	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Michael Beasley	Fred VanVleet
Season	2015-16	2023-24
Team	Houston Rockets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Michael Beasley	20	18.2	12.8	1.5	3.5	4.9	0.8	0.6	0.5	1.2	2.0	5.4	10.3	.522	0.2	0.5	.333	1.9	2.5	.776
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		%
Michael Beasley	5	16.0	10.4	0.8	3.4	4.2	0.6	0.2	0.0	1.4	1.6	4.4	9.2	.478	0.4	1.2	.333	1.2	1.4	.857
Fred VanVleet	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Michael Beasley	Fred VanVleet
Season	2016-17	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Michael Beasley	56	16.7	9.4	0.7	2.7	3.4	0.9	0.5	0.5	1.2	1.6	3.9	7.3	.532	0.3	0.8	.419	1.4	1.9	.743
Fred VanVleet	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Beasley	4	12.0	4.3	0.5	1.8	2.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	2.0	1.8	5.0	.350	0.8	1.3	.600	0.0	1.0	.000
Fred VanVleet	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Michael Beasley	Fred VanVleet
Season	2017-18	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Michael Beasley	74	22.3	13.2	1.3	4.3	5.6	1.7	0.5	0.6	1.9	2.0	5.5	10.9	.507	0.5	1.2	.395	1.7	2.1	.780
Fred VanVleet	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 11
	Michael Beasley	Fred VanVleet
Season	2018-19	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Michael Beasley	26	10.7	7.0	0.5	1.8	2.3	1.0	0.3	0.4	1.0	1.6	2.9	5.9	.490	0.1	0.7	.176	1.1	1.5	.718
Fred VanVleet	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Michael Beasley vs. Fred VanVleet Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Fred VanVleet and Michael Beasley, 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

Season 10

Season 11