Fred VanVleet vs. Lou Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lou Williams 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, 8 less than Lou Williams, who played 17. Fred VanVleet had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Lou Williams had his rookie season in 2005-06. 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.

Season 3
	Fred VanVleet	Lou Williams
Season	2018-19	2007-08
Team	Toronto Raptors	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+16	+4.2	+0.5	+0.2	+0.7	+0.5	+1.6	+0.1	+0.1	-0.3	-0.1	+0.2		+.014	+1.1	+2.7	+.019	+1.3	+1.8	+.060
Lou Williams	80	23.3	11.5	0.5	1.6	2.1	3.2	1.0	0.2	1.6	1.6	4.0	9.4	.424	0.7	1.9	.359	2.8	3.6	.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:	+18	+2.2	+4.0	+0.2	+0.1	+0.3	+0.6	+0.2	+0.3	-0.3	-0.2	+1.3	+3.1	+.008	+1.3	+2.6	+.166	+2.7	+3.7	+.041
Lou Williams	6	22.5	12.0	0.5	1.5	2.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.2	1.8	4.0	10.0	.400	0.3	1.5	.222	3.7	5.0	.733

Season 6
	Fred VanVleet	Lou Williams
Season	2021-22	2010-11
Team	Toronto Raptors	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd	76ers 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:	+10	+14.6	+6.6	+0.3	+2.2	+2.4	+3.3	+1.1	+0.3	-1.2	-0.8	+2.5	+6.3	+.003	+2.5	+6.5	+.029	+0.9	+1.3	+.051
Lou Williams	75	23.3	13.7	0.4	1.6	2.0	3.4	0.6	0.2	1.4	1.7	4.3	10.6	.406	1.2	3.4	.348	3.9	4.7	.823
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:	+1	+9.0	+3.0	+0.5	+0.9	+1.4	+3.3	+0.8	+1.0	-0.2	-1.8	+1.4	+3.1	+.025	+1.8	+5.0	+.033	+1.5	+2.3	+.096
Lou Williams	5	26.0	10.8	0.0	1.6	1.6	3.0	1.0	0.0	0.8	1.2	3.4	10.4	.327	1.2	4.0	.300	2.8	3.8	.737

Additional Years
* Lou Williams played 8 seasons more than Fred VanVleet in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 17, from 2015 to 2022—Lou Williams played in 5 Playoffs. In those 8 extra years over Fred VanVleet, Lou Williams got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 Sixth Man of the Year