Devin Booker vs. Fred VanVleet Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Fred VanVleet and Devin Booker, 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.

Devin Booker played 10 years in the NBA, 1 more than Fred VanVleet, who played 9. Devin Booker 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Devin Booker	Fred VanVleet
Season	2015-16	2016-17
Team	Phoenix Suns	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devin Booker	76	27.7	13.8	0.4	2.1	2.5	2.6	0.6	0.3	2.1	3.0	4.8	11.4	.423	1.3	3.8	.343	2.8	3.4	.840
difference:	+39	+19.8	+10.9	+0.3	+1.1	+1.4	+1.7	+0.2	+0.2	-1.7	-2.0	+3.7	+8.4	+.072	+1.0	+3.0	+.036	+2.3	+2.8	+.022
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		%
Devin Booker	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Devin Booker	Fred VanVleet
Season	2017-18	2018-19
Team	Phoenix Suns	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devin Booker	54	34.5	24.9	0.5	4.0	4.5	4.7	0.9	0.3	3.6	3.1	8.4	19.5	.432	2.7	7.1	.383	5.4	6.1	.878
difference:	+10	+7.0	+13.9	+0.2	+1.7	+1.9	+0.1			-2.3	-1.4	+4.6	+10.1	+.022	+0.9	+2.5	+.005	+3.9	+4.3	+.035
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		%
Devin Booker	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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 5
	Devin Booker	Fred VanVleet
Season	2019-20	2020-21
Team	Phoenix Suns	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devin Booker	70	35.9	26.6	0.4	3.8	4.2	6.5	0.7	0.3	3.8	3.0	9.0	18.3	.489	2.0	5.7	.354	6.7	7.3	.919
difference:	+18	+0.6	+7.0	+0.2	+0.2		+0.2	+1.0	+0.4	-2.0	-0.7	+2.5	+1.6	+.100	+1.3	+3.5	+.012	+3.4	+3.6	+.034
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
* Neiher Devin Booker nor Fred VanVleet played in the postseason in their season 5

Season 6
	Devin Booker	Fred VanVleet
Season	2020-21	2021-22
Team	Phoenix Suns	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost NBA Finals	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devin Booker	67	33.9	25.6	0.5	3.7	4.2	4.3	0.8	0.2	3.1	2.7	9.3	19.2	.484	1.9	5.5	.340	5.1	5.9	.867
difference:	+2	+4.0	+5.3	+0.2	+0.1	+0.2	+2.4	+0.9	+0.3	-0.5	-0.2	+2.5	+2.3	+.081	+1.8	+4.4	+.037	+2.1	+2.5	+.007
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		%
Devin Booker	22	40.4	27.3	0.7	5.0	5.6	4.5	0.8	0.2	3.7	3.5	9.6	21.5	.447	2.0	6.2	.321	6.0	6.7	.905
difference:	+18	+5.4	+13.5	+0.2	+2.5	+2.6	+1.8	+1.0	+0.8	-2.7	-0.5	+4.8	+8.0	+.095	+1.0	+2.8	+.012	+4.7	+5.2	+.072
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
	Devin Booker	Fred VanVleet
Season	2021-22	2022-23
Team	Phoenix Suns	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devin Booker	68	34.5	26.8	0.7	4.4	5.0	4.8	1.1	0.4	2.4	2.6	9.7	20.9	.466	2.7	7.0	.383	4.6	5.3	.868
difference:	+1	+2.2	+7.5	+0.3	+0.8	+0.9	+2.4	+0.7	+0.2	-0.4	-0.2	+3.4	+4.8	+.073	+0.3	+1.8	+.041	+0.9	+1.2	+.030
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		%
Devin Booker	10	36.6	23.3	1.0	3.8	4.8	4.4	0.5	0.4	3.2	2.5	7.9	17.5	.451	2.8	6.5	.431	4.7	5.3	.887
Fred VanVleet	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Devin Booker	Fred VanVleet
Season	2023-24	2024-25
Team	Phoenix Suns	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devin Booker	68	36.0	27.1	0.8	3.7	4.5	6.9	0.9	0.4	2.6	3.0	9.4	19.2	.492	2.2	6.1	.364	6.0	6.7	.886
difference:	+8	+0.8	+13.0	+0.3	+0.5	+0.8	+1.3	+0.7		-1.1	-0.7	+4.6	+6.5	+.114	+0.5	+1.6	+.019	+4.1	+4.4	+.076
Fred VanVleet	60	35.2	14.1	0.5	3.2	3.7	5.6	1.6	0.4	1.5	2.3	4.8	12.7	.378	2.7	7.7	.345	1.9	2.3	.810
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devin Booker	4	41.5	27.5	0.3	3.0	3.3	6.0	1.8	0.3	2.8	4.5	8.0	16.3	.492	1.8	5.0	.350	9.8	10.3	.951
difference:	+3	+1.5	+8.8	+0.1	+0.7	+0.8	+1.6	+0.8		-0.9	-2.2	+2.3	+3.0	+.062	+2.1	+3.9	+.085	+6.4	+6.9	+.049
Fred VanVleet	7	40.0	18.7	0.4	3.7	4.1	4.4	1.0	0.3	1.9	2.3	5.7	13.3	.430	3.9	8.9	.435	3.4	3.4	1.000