Cameron Payne vs. Fred VanVleet Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Fred VanVleet and Cameron Payne, 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.

Cameron Payne played 9 years in the NBA, 1 more than Fred VanVleet, who played 8. Cameron Payne had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, 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
Cameron Payne	9	6	2015-16 to 2023-24
Fred VanVleet	8	5	2016-17 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Cameron Payne	Fred VanVleet
Season	2015-16	2016-17
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Cameron Payne	57	12.2	5.0	0.2	1.3	1.5	1.9	0.6	0.1	0.8	1.4	2.0	4.9	.410	0.6	1.9	.324	0.3	0.4	.792
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		%
Cameron Payne	10	6.4	1.8	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.8	0.2	0.2	0.8	0.7	0.7	2.6	.269	0.2	1.0	.200	0.2	0.4	.500
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
	Cameron Payne	Fred VanVleet
Season	2016-17	2017-18
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder, Chicago Bulls	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Cameron Payne	31	14.9	5.2	0.1	1.5	1.5	1.8	0.5	0.1	0.9	1.7	2.1	6.2	.332	0.9	2.8	.314	0.2	0.3	.625
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		%
Cameron Payne	1	4.0	3.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	.500	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Cameron Payne	Fred VanVleet
Season	2017-18	2018-19
Team	Chicago Bulls	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		%
Cameron Payne	25	23.3	8.8	0.7	2.0	2.8	4.5	1.0	0.4	1.4	1.8	3.5	8.6	.405	1.4	3.6	.385	0.5	0.6	.750
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		%
Cameron Payne	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Cameron Payne	Fred VanVleet
Season	2018-19	2019-20
Team	Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers	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		%
Cameron Payne	40	17.8	6.3	0.3	1.5	1.8	2.7	0.7	0.2	1.1	1.6	2.4	5.6	.430	0.6	2.1	.298	0.8	1.0	.805
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		%
Cameron Payne	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Cameron Payne	Fred VanVleet
Season	2019-20	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		%
Cameron Payne	8	22.9	10.9	0.5	3.4	3.9	3.0	1.0	0.3	1.4	2.5	4.1	8.5	.485	1.9	3.6	.517	0.8	0.9	.857
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		%
Cameron Payne	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fred VanVleet	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Cameron Payne	Fred VanVleet
Season	2020-21	2021-22
Team	Phoenix Suns	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Cameron Payne	60	18.0	8.4	0.3	2.1	2.4	3.6	0.6	0.3	1.0	1.6	3.2	6.6	.484	1.2	2.8	.440	0.8	0.9	.893
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		%
Cameron Payne	22	19.0	9.3	0.3	2.2	2.5	3.2	0.8	0.5	1.1	1.8	3.7	8.8	.425	1.1	3.1	.362	0.7	0.8	.889
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
	Cameron Payne	Fred VanVleet
Season	2021-22	2022-23
Team	Phoenix Suns	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Cameron Payne	58	22.0	10.8	0.4	2.6	3.0	4.9	0.7	0.3	1.8	2.1	4.1	10.1	.409	1.2	3.6	.336	1.3	1.5	.843
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		%
Cameron Payne	13	13.2	4.2	0.2	1.4	1.5	2.1	0.5	0.1	1.0	1.9	1.7	5.7	.297	0.4	2.3	.167	0.4	0.5	.833
Fred VanVleet	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Cameron Payne	Fred VanVleet
Season	2022-23	2023-24
Team	Phoenix Suns	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Cameron Payne	48	20.2	10.3	0.3	2.0	2.2	4.5	0.7	0.2	1.7	1.8	3.9	9.4	.415	1.4	3.9	.368	1.0	1.3	.766
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		%
Cameron Payne	7	21.7	8.1	0.0	2.0	2.0	2.9	0.4	0.3	1.3	2.1	3.3	6.9	.479	1.6	3.9	.407	0.0	0.4	.000
Fred VanVleet	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Cameron Payne	Fred VanVleet
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, Philadelphia 76ers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Cameron Payne	78	16.7	7.4	0.3	1.2	1.5	2.6	0.5	0.1	0.8	1.6	2.7	6.2	.432	1.3	3.4	.390	0.7	0.9	.866
Fred VanVleet	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cameron Payne	5	12.2	5.6	0.0	1.2	1.2	1.4	0.2	0.8	0.6	2.0	2.0	5.0	.400	1.6	3.6	.444	0.0	0.0	-
Fred VanVleet	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Cameron Payne vs. Fred VanVleet Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Fred VanVleet and Cameron Payne, 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