Vern Fleming vs. Walt Frazier Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Walt Frazier and Vern Fleming, 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.

Vern Fleming played 12 years in the NBA, 1 less than Walt Frazier, who played 13. Vern Fleming had the first of his seasons in 1984-85, while Walt Frazier had his rookie season in 1967-68. 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
Vern Fleming	12	7	1984-85 to 1995-96
Walt Frazier	13	8	1967-68 to 1979-80

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Vern Fleming	Walt Frazier
Season	1984-85	1967-68
Team	Indiana Pacers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Div 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		%
Vern Fleming	80	31.1	14.1	1.9	2.2	4.0	3.1	1.2	0.1	2.5	2.9	5.4	11.5	.470	0.0	0.1	.000	3.3	4.2	.767
Walt Frazier	74	21.5	9.0	-	-	4.2	4.1	-	-	-	2.7	3.5	7.7	.451	-	-	-	2.1	3.2	.655

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Walt Frazier	4	29.8	9.5	-	-	5.5	6.3	-	-	-	3.0	3.0	8.3	.364	-	-	-	3.5	4.5	.778


Season 2
	Vern Fleming	Walt Frazier
Season	1985-86	1968-69
Team	Indiana Pacers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Div Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	80	35.9	14.2	1.3	3.6	4.8	6.3	1.6	0.1	2.6	2.9	5.5	10.8	.506	0.0	0.1	.167	3.3	4.4	.745
Walt Frazier	80	36.9	17.5	-	-	6.2	7.9	-	-	-	3.1	6.6	13.2	.505	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.746

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Walt Frazier	10	41.5	21.2	-	-	7.4	9.1	-	-	-	3.0	8.9	17.7	.503	-	-	-	3.4	5.7	.596


Season 3
	Vern Fleming	Walt Frazier
Season	1986-87	1969-70
Team	Indiana Pacers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Vern Fleming	82	31.1	12.0	1.3	2.7	4.1	5.8	1.3	0.2	2.0	2.7	4.5	8.9	.509	0.0	0.1	.200	2.9	3.7	.788
Walt Frazier	77	39.5	20.9	-	-	6.0	8.2	-	-	-	2.6	7.8	15.0	.518	-	-	-	5.3	7.1	.748

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	4	35.3	12.3	2.3	4.3	6.5	6.0	1.0	0.3	2.5	3.8	3.3	9.0	.361	0.0	0.3	.000	5.8	7.5	.767
Walt Frazier	19	43.9	16.0	-	-	7.8	8.2	-	-	-	2.8	6.2	13.0	.478	-	-	-	3.6	4.7	.764


Season 4
	Vern Fleming	Walt Frazier
Season	1987-88	1970-71
Team	Indiana Pacers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	80	34.2	13.9	1.3	3.2	4.6	7.1	1.4	0.1	2.2	2.8	5.5	10.6	.523	0.0	0.2	.000	2.8	3.5	.802
Walt Frazier	80	43.2	21.7	-	-	6.8	6.7	-	-	-	3.0	8.1	16.5	.494	-	-	-	5.4	7.0	.779

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Walt Frazier	12	41.8	22.6	-	-	5.8	4.5	-	-	-	3.8	9.0	17.0	.529	-	-	-	4.6	6.3	.733


Season 5
	Vern Fleming	Walt Frazier
Season	1988-89	1971-72
Team	Indiana Pacers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	76	33.6	14.3	1.1	3.0	4.1	6.5	1.0	0.2	2.5	2.8	5.5	10.7	.515	0.0	0.3	.130	3.2	4.0	.799
Walt Frazier	77	40.6	23.2	-	-	6.7	5.8	-	-	-	2.4	8.7	17.0	.512	-	-	-	5.8	7.2	.808

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Walt Frazier	16	44.0	24.3	-	-	7.0	6.1	-	-	-	3.0	9.3	17.3	.536	-	-	-	5.8	7.8	.736


Season 6
	Vern Fleming	Walt Frazier
Season	1989-90	1972-73
Team	Indiana Pacers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Vern Fleming	82	35.1	14.3	1.4	2.5	3.9	7.4	1.1	0.1	2.5	2.6	5.7	11.2	.508	0.1	0.4	.353	2.8	3.6	.782
Walt Frazier	78	40.8	21.1	-	-	7.3	5.9	-	-	-	2.4	8.7	17.8	.490	-	-	-	3.7	4.5	.817

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	3	37.7	13.3	1.3	3.0	4.3	6.0	0.7	0.3	2.7	2.0	5.3	11.3	.471	0.0	0.7	.000	2.7	3.0	.889
Walt Frazier	17	45.0	21.9	-	-	7.3	6.2	-	-	-	3.1	8.8	17.2	.514	-	-	-	4.3	5.5	.777


Season 7
	Vern Fleming	Walt Frazier
Season	1990-91	1973-74
Team	Indiana Pacers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	69	28.0	12.7	1.2	1.9	3.1	5.3	1.1	0.2	2.0	1.7	5.2	9.7	.531	0.1	0.3	.222	2.3	3.2	.729
Walt Frazier	80	41.7	20.5	1.5	5.2	6.7	6.9	2.0	0.2	-	2.7	8.4	17.9	.472	-	-	-	3.7	4.4	.838

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	5	23.0	9.4	2.0	1.4	3.4	4.6	0.2	0.6	1.6	2.0	3.6	8.0	.450	0.0	0.2	.000	2.2	2.8	.786
Walt Frazier	12	40.9	22.5	1.8	6.2	7.9	4.0	1.8	0.3	-	3.4	9.4	18.8	.502	-	-	-	3.7	4.1	.898


Season 8
	Vern Fleming	Walt Frazier
Season	1991-92	1974-75
Team	Indiana Pacers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks 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		%
Vern Fleming	82	21.2	8.9	0.8	1.7	2.5	3.2	0.7	0.1	1.7	1.6	3.6	7.4	.482	0.1	0.3	.222	1.6	2.2	.737
Walt Frazier	78	41.1	21.5	1.2	4.8	6.0	6.1	2.4	0.2	-	2.6	8.6	17.8	.483	-	-	-	4.2	5.1	.828

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	3	17.0	7.0	0.0	0.7	0.7	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.3	1.7	3.3	6.0	.556	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	1.0	.333
Walt Frazier	3	41.3	23.7	1.0	5.7	6.7	7.0	3.7	0.0	-	1.3	9.7	15.3	.630	-	-	-	4.3	5.3	.813


Season 9
	Vern Fleming	Walt Frazier
Season	1992-93	1975-76
Team	Indiana Pacers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Vern Fleming	75	20.0	9.5	0.8	1.4	2.3	3.0	0.8	0.1	1.6	1.7	3.7	7.4	.505	0.1	0.5	.194	1.9	2.6	.726
Walt Frazier	59	41.1	19.1	1.3	5.4	6.8	5.9	1.8	0.2	-	2.8	8.0	16.4	.485	-	-	-	3.2	3.8	.823

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	3	26.7	10.0	0.3	1.3	1.7	1.0	0.7	0.3	1.7	2.0	4.0	9.0	.444	0.7	1.3	.500	1.3	1.3	1.000
Walt Frazier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Vern Fleming	Walt Frazier
Season	1993-94	1976-77
Team	Indiana Pacers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 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		%
Vern Fleming	55	19.1	6.5	0.5	1.7	2.2	3.1	0.7	0.1	1.6	1.8	2.7	5.8	.462	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.6	.736
Walt Frazier	76	35.4	17.4	0.7	3.2	3.9	5.3	1.7	0.1	-	2.6	7.0	14.3	.489	-	-	-	3.4	4.4	.771

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	16	15.4	5.9	0.8	0.6	1.3	2.4	0.6	0.1	1.4	1.7	2.4	4.8	.513	0.0	0.3	.000	1.1	1.3	.850
Walt Frazier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Vern Fleming	Walt Frazier
Season	1994-95	1977-78
Team	Indiana Pacers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 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		%
Vern Fleming	55	12.5	4.6	0.4	1.2	1.6	2.0	0.5	0.0	0.8	1.5	1.7	3.4	.495	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.6	.722
Walt Frazier	51	32.6	16.2	1.1	3.0	4.1	4.1	1.5	0.3	2.2	2.4	6.6	14.0	.471	-	-	-	3.0	3.5	.850

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	3	2.7	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.0	.333	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	1.0	.000
Walt Frazier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Vern Fleming	Walt Frazier
Season	1995-96	1978-79
Team	New Jersey Nets	Cleveland Cavaliers
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		%
Vern Fleming	77	22.7	7.7	0.6	1.6	2.2	3.3	0.5	0.1	1.6	1.5	2.9	6.8	.433	0.0	0.4	.107	1.7	2.3	.751
Walt Frazier	12	23.3	10.8	0.6	1.1	1.7	2.7	1.1	0.2	1.8	1.8	4.5	10.2	.443	-	-	-	1.8	2.3	.778

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Walt Frazier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Vern Fleming	Walt Frazier
Season	-	1979-80
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers
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		%
Vern Fleming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Walt Frazier	3	9.0	3.3	0.3	0.7	1.0	2.7	0.7	0.3	1.3	0.7	1.3	3.7	.364	0.0	0.3	.000	0.7	0.7	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Walt Frazier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Vern Fleming vs. Walt Frazier Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Walt Frazier and Vern Fleming, 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

Season 12

Season 13