Darrall Imhoff vs. Fred VanVleet Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Fred VanVleet and Darrall Imhoff, 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.

Darrall Imhoff played 12 years in the NBA, 4 more than Fred VanVleet, who played 8. Darrall Imhoff had the first of his seasons in 1960-61, 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.

Season 3
	Darrall Imhoff	Fred VanVleet
Season	1962-63	2018-19
Team	Detroit Pistons	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div Semis	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		%
Darrall Imhoff	45	10.2	2.7	-	-	3.4	0.6	-	-	-	1.5	1.1	3.4	.314	-	-	-	0.5	1.1	.480
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		%
Darrall Imhoff	1	2.0	0.0	-	-	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
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 6
	Darrall Imhoff	Fred VanVleet
Season	1965-66	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Darrall Imhoff	77	18.4	4.9	-	-	6.6	1.5	-	-	-	3.0	2.0	4.4	.448	-	-	-	1.0	1.8	.566
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		%
Darrall Imhoff	14	17.4	2.9	-	-	5.8	2.1	-	-	-	3.0	1.0	2.9	.350	-	-	-	0.9	1.3	.722
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
	Darrall Imhoff	Fred VanVleet
Season	1966-67	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div 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		%
Darrall Imhoff	81	33.6	10.7	-	-	13.3	2.7	-	-	-	3.5	4.6	9.6	.474	-	-	-	1.6	2.6	.614
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		%
Darrall Imhoff	3	28.7	10.0	-	-	12.3	1.7	-	-	-	2.7	4.3	8.0	.542	-	-	-	1.3	1.7	.800
Fred VanVleet	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-