Dick Schnittker vs. Fred VanVleet Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Fred VanVleet and Dick Schnittker, 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.

Dick Schnittker played 7 years in the NBA, 1 less than Fred VanVleet, who played 8. Dick Schnittker had the first of his seasons in 1950-51, 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.

Note: Dick Schnittker didn't play in 1951-52.

Season 2
	Dick Schnittker	Fred VanVleet
Season	1952-53	2017-18
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		%
Dick Schnittker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Dick Schnittker	7	4.1	1.3	-	-	0.6	0.0	-	-	-	1.1	0.1	1.1	.125	-	-	-	1.0	1.6	.636
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
	Dick Schnittker	Fred VanVleet
Season	1953-54	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		%
Dick Schnittker	71	14.6	4.6	-	-	2.5	0.8	-	-	-	2.5	1.7	4.3	.397	-	-	-	1.2	1.9	.652
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		%
Dick Schnittker	13	12.5	2.6	-	-	1.6	0.4	-	-	-	2.5	0.8	2.5	.344	-	-	-	0.9	1.5	.600
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
	Dick Schnittker	Fred VanVleet
Season	1956-57	2021-22
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div 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		%
Dick Schnittker	70	14.2	5.5	-	-	2.6	0.7	-	-	-	2.1	1.6	5.0	.322	-	-	-	2.3	2.8	.829
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		%
Dick Schnittker	5	16.6	5.4	-	-	2.4	1.6	-	-	-	1.2	1.2	4.2	.286	-	-	-	3.0	3.4	.882
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