Bob Harrison vs. Fred VanVleet Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Fred VanVleet and Bob Harrison, 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.

Bob Harrison played 9 years in the NBA, 1 more than Fred VanVleet, who played 8. Bob Harrison had the first of his seasons in 1949-50, 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bob Harrison	Fred VanVleet
Season	1949-50	2016-17
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Bob Harrison	66	-	4.5	-	-	-	2.0	-	-	-	2.7	1.9	5.3	.359	-	-	-	0.8	1.1	.676
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		%
Bob Harrison	12	-	3.5	-	-	-	1.0	-	-	-	2.8	1.3	3.1	.432	-	-	-	0.8	1.2	.714
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 3
	Bob Harrison	Fred VanVleet
Season	1951-52	2018-19
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Bob Harrison	65	26.3	6.2	-	-	2.5	2.9	-	-	-	3.1	2.4	7.5	.320	-	-	-	1.4	1.9	.718
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		%
Bob Harrison	12	19.6	6.2	-	-	1.7	2.0	-	-	-	3.3	2.5	5.7	.441	-	-	-	1.2	1.4	.824
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
	Bob Harrison	Fred VanVleet
Season	1952-53	2019-20
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Bob Harrison	70	23.5	7.1	-	-	2.2	2.3	-	-	-	3.8	2.8	7.4	.376	-	-	-	1.5	2.4	.648
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		%
Bob Harrison	12	17.0	5.0	-	-	1.8	1.2	-	-	-	2.7	2.1	5.4	.385	-	-	-	0.8	1.7	.500
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 6
	Bob Harrison	Fred VanVleet
Season	1954-55	2021-22
Team	Milwaukee Hawks	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Bob Harrison	72	31.9	10.1	-	-	3.1	3.5	-	-	-	4.0	4.2	12.2	.342	-	-	-	1.8	2.6	.681
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		%
Bob Harrison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Bob Harrison	Fred VanVleet
Season	1955-56	2022-23
Team	St. Louis 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		%
Bob Harrison	72	30.8	8.6	-	-	2.7	3.8	-	-	-	3.4	3.6	10.1	.359	-	-	-	1.3	2.0	.664
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		%
Bob Harrison	8	32.0	8.3	-	-	3.0	3.6	-	-	-	3.4	3.4	9.4	.360	-	-	-	1.5	2.4	.632
Fred VanVleet	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-