Fred VanVleet vs. Rasheed Wallace Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rasheed Wallace 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 Rasheed Wallace, who played 16. Fred VanVleet had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Rasheed Wallace had his rookie season in 1995-96. 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	Rasheed Wallace
Season	2016-17	1995-96
Team	Toronto Raptors	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+28	+19.6	+7.2	+1.3	+2.2	+3.6	+0.4	+0.2	+0.7	-1.2	-2.2	+3.1	+5.7	+.136	+0.1	+0.5	+.050	+0.7	+1.2	+.168
Rasheed Wallace	65	27.5	10.1	1.4	3.2	4.7	1.3	0.6	0.8	1.6	3.2	4.2	8.7	.487	0.4	1.3	.329	1.2	1.8	.650
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	-
Rasheed Wallace	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Fred VanVleet	Rasheed Wallace
Season	2018-19	1997-98
Team	Toronto Raptors	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Trail Blazers Lost West 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:	+13	+10.1	+3.6	+1.4	+2.2	+3.6	+2.3	+0.1	+0.8	-0.9	-1.8	+2.3	+2.0	+.123	+1.7	+4.1	+.173	+0.9	+1.8	+.181
Rasheed Wallace	77	37.6	14.6	1.7	4.5	6.2	2.5	1.0	1.1	2.2	3.5	6.1	11.4	.533	0.1	0.5	.205	2.4	3.6	.662
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:	+20	+14.8	+6.5	+1.5	+1.6	+3.1	+0.2	+0.3	+0.2	-0.4	-2.0	+3.1	+4.9	+.097	+0.6	+2.8	+.412	+1.0	+2.7	+.274
Rasheed Wallace	4	39.5	14.5	1.8	3.0	4.8	2.8	0.5	0.5	1.3	4.0	5.8	11.8	.489	1.0	1.3	.800	2.0	4.0	.500

Season 5
	Fred VanVleet	Rasheed Wallace
Season	2020-21	1999-00
Team	Toronto Raptors	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+29	+1.4	+3.2	+1.0	+1.8	+2.8	+4.5	+0.6	+0.6	-0.1	-0.4	+0.2	+3.8	+.130	+3.2	+8.6	+.206	+0.4	+0.4	+.181
Rasheed Wallace	81	35.1	16.4	1.6	5.4	7.0	1.8	1.1	1.3	1.9	2.7	6.7	12.9	.519	0.1	0.6	.160	2.9	4.1	.704
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred VanVleet	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasheed Wallace	16	37.9	17.9	1.9	4.5	6.4	1.8	0.9	1.3	1.4	3.3	6.9	14.1	.489	0.5	0.8	.615	3.6	4.7	.773

Season 6
	Fred VanVleet	Rasheed Wallace
Season	2021-22	2000-01
Team	Toronto Raptors	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers Lost West 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:	+12	+0.3	+1.1	+1.2	+2.1	+3.4	+3.9	+0.5	+1.3	-0.5	-0.2	+0.9	+1.6	+.098	+3.0	+7.8	+.056	+0.2	+0.8	+.108
Rasheed Wallace	77	38.2	19.2	1.9	5.9	7.8	2.8	1.2	1.8	2.1	2.7	7.7	15.3	.501	0.7	2.1	.321	3.2	4.2	.766
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	+7.7	+2.9	+1.2	+3.8	+5.0	+4.0	+1.5		-0.3		+1.5	+3.5	+.021	+1.7	+5.3	+.031	+1.4	+3.2	+.262
Rasheed Wallace	3	42.7	16.7	1.7	6.3	8.0	2.3	0.3	1.0	1.3	3.0	6.3	17.0	.373	1.3	3.7	.364	2.7	4.7	.571

Season 9
	Fred VanVleet	Rasheed Wallace
Season	2024-25	2003-04
Team	Houston Rockets	Portland Trail Blazers, Atlanta Hawks, Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
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:	+8	+0.1	+1.9	+1.0	+2.1	+3.1	+3.3	+0.7	+1.4	-0.3	-0.5	+1.5	+1.6	+.058	+1.5	+4.1	+.014	+0.4	+0.8	+.074
Rasheed Wallace	68	35.1	16.0	1.5	5.3	6.8	2.3	0.9	1.8	1.8	2.8	6.3	14.3	.436	1.2	3.6	.331	2.3	3.1	.736
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	+5.0	+5.7	+1.6	+2.0	+3.7	+2.8	+0.4	+1.7		-1.1	+0.6	+0.9	+.017	+3.2	+5.9	+.192	+1.4	+0.8	+.233
Rasheed Wallace	23	35.0	13.0	2.0	5.7	7.8	1.6	0.6	2.0	1.9	3.4	5.1	12.4	.413	0.7	3.0	.243	2.0	2.6	.767

Additional Years
* Rasheed Wallace played 7 seasons more than Fred VanVleet in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 16, from 2005 to 2013—Rasheed Wallace played in 6 Playoffs. In those 7 extra years over Fred VanVleet, Rasheed Wallace got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Star Game