Fred VanVleet vs. Dwyane Wade Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dwyane Wade and Fred VanVleet, 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.

Fred VanVleet played 9 years in the NBA, 7 less than Dwyane Wade, who played 16. Fred VanVleet had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Dwyane Wade had his rookie season in 2003-04. 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
	Fred VanVleet	Dwyane Wade
Season	2016-17	2003-04
Team	Toronto Raptors	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	Heat 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		%
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
difference:	+24	+27.0	+13.3	+1.3	+1.7	+2.9	+3.6	+1.0	+0.5	-2.8	-1.3	+5.0	+10.1	+.114		+0.1	+.077	+3.3	+4.5	+.071
Dwyane Wade	61	34.9	16.2	1.4	2.7	4.0	4.5	1.4	0.6	3.2	2.3	6.1	13.1	.465	0.3	0.9	.302	3.8	5.1	.747
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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	-
difference:	+6	+35.4	+16.0	+1.2	+2.7	+3.9	+5.0	+1.2	+0.3	-4.1	-3.1	+5.7	+13.2	+.212	+0.1	+0.1	+.025	+4.5	+5.8
Dwyane Wade	13	39.5	18.0	1.2	2.8	4.0	5.6	1.3	0.3	4.2	3.5	6.6	14.5	.455	0.2	0.6	.375	4.5	5.8	.787

Season 2
	Fred VanVleet	Dwyane Wade
Season	2017-18	2004-05
Team	Toronto Raptors	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	Heat Lost East Conf Finals

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+1	+18.6	+15.5	+1.1	+1.6	+2.8	+3.6	+0.7	+0.8	-3.2	-1.3	+5.1	+9.9	+.052	+1.2	+2.8	+.125	+6.4	+8.6	+.070
Dwyane Wade	77	38.6	24.1	1.4	3.7	5.2	6.8	1.6	1.1	4.2	3.0	8.2	17.1	.478	0.2	0.6	.289	7.5	9.9	.762
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+8	+22.0	+20.6	+1.6	+2.4	+4.0	+4.4	+1.6	+1.1	-3.7	-1.8	+7.5	+13.6	+.151	+1.2	+4.0	+.186	+6.7	+8.6	+.076
Dwyane Wade	14	41.0	27.4	1.6	4.1	5.7	6.6	1.6	1.1	4.4	3.1	9.7	20.1	.484	0.1	0.7	.100	7.9	9.9	.799

Season 3
	Fred VanVleet	Dwyane Wade
Season	2018-19	2005-06
Team	Toronto Raptors	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
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
difference:	+11	+11.1	+16.2	+1.1	+2.0	+3.1	+1.9	+1.0	+0.5	-2.3	-1.2	+5.5	+9.4	+.085	+1.6	+3.6	+.207	+6.9	+8.9	+.060
Dwyane Wade	75	38.6	27.2	1.4	4.3	5.7	6.7	1.9	0.8	3.6	2.9	9.3	18.8	.495	0.2	1.0	.171	8.4	10.7	.783
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+1	+17.0	+20.4	+0.9	+3.3	+4.2	+3.1	+1.4	+0.8	-3.0	-1.1	+6.8	+12.3	+.105	+1.0	+2.5	+.010	+7.8	+9.6	+.034
Dwyane Wade	23	41.7	28.4	1.2	4.7	5.9	5.7	2.2	1.1	3.9	3.1	9.5	19.2	.497	0.6	1.6	.378	8.8	10.9	.808

Season 4
	Fred VanVleet	Dwyane Wade
Season	2019-20	2006-07
Team	Toronto Raptors	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+3	+2.2	+9.8	+0.7	+0.3	+0.9	+0.9	+0.2	+0.9	-2.0	-0.1	+3.4	+4.6	+.078	+2.3	+5.4	+.124	+5.4	+6.8	+.041
Dwyane Wade	51	37.9	27.4	1.0	3.7	4.7	7.5	2.1	1.2	4.2	2.3	9.3	18.9	.491	0.4	1.5	.266	8.5	10.5	.807
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+7	+1.4	+3.9	+1.3	+0.9	+0.4	+0.6	+0.3	+0.1	-3.8	-0.8	+2.1	+3.7	+.029	+3.9	+8.7	+.391	+3.6	+5.7	+.152
Dwyane Wade	4	40.5	23.5	1.8	3.0	4.8	6.3	1.3	0.5	5.8	3.3	9.0	21.0	.429	0.0	1.3	.000	5.5	8.0	.688

Season 5
	Fred VanVleet	Dwyane Wade
Season	2020-21	2007-08
Team	Toronto Raptors	Miami Heat
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		%
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
difference:	+1	+1.8	+5.0	+0.3	+0.3		+0.6			-2.6	-0.4	+2.1	+1.7	+.080	+2.9	+7.7	+.080	+3.6	+5.5	+.127
Dwyane Wade	51	38.3	24.6	0.9	3.3	4.2	6.9	1.7	0.7	4.4	2.7	8.6	18.4	.469	0.4	1.5	.286	6.9	9.2	.758
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Fred VanVleet nor Dwyane Wade played in the postseason in their season 5

Season 6
	Fred VanVleet	Dwyane Wade
Season	2021-22	2008-09
Team	Toronto Raptors	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Heat 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		%
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
difference:	+14	+0.7	+9.9	+0.4	+0.1	+0.6	+0.8	+0.5	+0.8	-0.8	-0.2	+4.0	+5.1	+.088	+2.6	+6.4	+.060	+4.5	+6.4	+.109
Dwyane Wade	79	38.6	30.2	1.1	3.9	5.0	7.5	2.2	1.3	3.4	2.3	10.8	22.0	.491	1.1	3.5	.317	7.5	9.8	.765
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+3	+5.7	+15.3	+0.1	+1.9	+2.0	+1.0	+0.9	+0.6	-2.6	-0.1	+4.9	+8.6	+.087	+0.4	+1.9	+.027	+5.8	+6.8	+.029
Dwyane Wade	7	40.7	29.1	0.6	4.4	5.0	5.3	0.9	1.6	3.6	2.9	9.7	22.1	.439	2.6	7.1	.360	7.1	8.3	.862

Season 7
	Fred VanVleet	Dwyane Wade
Season	2022-23	2009-10
Team	Toronto Raptors	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+8	+0.4	+7.3	+1.0	+0.1	+0.7	+0.7		+0.5	-1.3	-0.4	+3.0	+3.5	+.083	+2.1	+5.6	+.042	+3.2	+5.0	+.137
Dwyane Wade	77	36.3	26.6	1.4	3.5	4.8	6.5	1.8	1.1	3.3	2.4	9.3	19.6	.476	0.9	3.2	.300	6.9	9.1	.761
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred VanVleet	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwyane Wade	5	42.0	33.2	1.2	4.4	5.6	6.8	1.6	1.6	5.2	3.2	12.4	22.0	.564	3.0	7.4	.405	5.4	8.0	.675

Season 8
	Fred VanVleet	Dwyane Wade
Season	2023-24	2010-11
Team	Houston Rockets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat Lost NBA Finals

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+3	+0.3	+8.1	+1.1	+1.4	+2.6	+3.5	+0.1	+0.3	-1.4	-0.1	+3.3	+4.3	+.084	+2.3	+5.3	+.081	+3.8	+5.5	+.102
Dwyane Wade	76	37.1	25.5	1.6	4.8	6.4	4.6	1.5	1.1	3.1	2.6	9.1	18.2	.500	0.8	2.7	.306	6.5	8.6	.758
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred VanVleet	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwyane Wade	21	39.4	24.5	2.0	5.1	7.1	4.4	1.6	1.3	3.0	2.5	8.6	17.8	.485	0.7	2.5	.269	6.6	8.5	.777

Season 9
	Fred VanVleet	Dwyane Wade
Season	2024-25	2011-12
Team	Houston Rockets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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		%
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
difference:	+11	+2.0	+8.0	+1.0	+0.1	+1.1	+1.0	+0.1	+0.9	-1.1	-0.1	+3.7	+4.4	+.119	+2.4	+6.6	+.077	+2.9	+3.8	+.019
Dwyane Wade	49	33.2	22.1	1.5	3.3	4.8	4.6	1.7	1.3	2.6	2.2	8.5	17.1	.497	0.3	1.1	.268	4.8	6.1	.791
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+16	+0.6	+4.1	+1.0	+0.1	+1.1	+0.1	+0.7	+1.0	-1.1	-0.5	+2.9	+5.2	+.032	+3.5	+7.4	+.141	+1.9	+3.8	+.271
Dwyane Wade	23	39.4	22.8	1.4	3.8	5.2	4.3	1.7	1.3	3.0	2.8	8.6	18.5	.462	0.4	1.5	.294	5.3	7.2	.729

Additional Years
* Dwyane Wade played 7 seasons more than Fred VanVleet in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 16, from 2013 to 2019—Dwyane Wade played in 5 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 7 extra years over Fred VanVleet, Dwyane Wade got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 5 All-Star Game