Harrison Barnes vs. Fred VanVleet Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Fred VanVleet and Harrison Barnes, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Games against each other

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.

Harrison Barnes played 14 years in the NBA, 5 more than Fred VanVleet, who played 9. Harrison Barnes had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Harrison Barnes	14	5	2012-13 to 2025-26
Fred VanVleet	9	6	2016-17 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Harrison Barnes	Fred VanVleet
Season	2012-13	2016-17
Team	Golden State Warriors	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Harrison Barnes	81	25.4	9.2	0.7	3.5	4.1	1.2	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.7	3.4	7.8	.439	0.6	1.8	.359	1.8	2.3	.758
difference:	+44	+17.5	+6.3	+0.6	+2.5	+3.0	+0.3	+0.2	+0.1	-0.8	-0.7	+2.3	+4.8	+.088	+0.3	+1.0	+.020	+1.3	+1.7	+.060
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		%
Harrison Barnes	12	38.4	16.1	1.5	4.9	6.4	1.3	0.6	0.4	1.3	2.8	6.0	13.5	.444	1.6	4.3	.365	2.5	2.9	.857
difference:	+5	+34.3	+14.1	+1.5	+4.8	+6.3	+0.7	+0.5	+0.4	-1.2	-2.4	+5.1	+12.2	+.223	+1.3	+3.6	+.035	+2.5	+2.9
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 2
	Harrison Barnes	Fred VanVleet
Season	2013-14	2017-18
Team	Golden State Warriors	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Harrison Barnes	78	28.3	9.5	0.8	3.1	4.0	1.5	0.8	0.3	1.1	2.0	3.5	8.7	.399	0.8	2.4	.347	1.7	2.3	.718
difference:	+2	+8.3	+0.9	+0.5	+1.0	+1.6	+1.7	+0.1		-0.1	-0.3	+0.4	+1.5	+.027	+0.6	+1.0	+.067	+0.6	+1.0	+.114
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		%
Harrison Barnes	7	22.3	7.9	1.0	3.0	4.0	1.1	0.1	0.4	0.7	1.9	2.7	6.9	.396	1.1	3.0	.381	1.3	2.3	.563
difference:	+1	+3.3	+1.1	+1.0	+1.3	+2.3	+1.1	+0.1	+0.4		-0.6	+0.5	+0.4	+.063	+0.2	+1.7	+.095	+0.1	+1.0	+.312
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
	Harrison Barnes	Fred VanVleet
Season	2014-15	2018-19
Team	Golden State Warriors	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
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		%
Harrison Barnes	82	28.3	10.1	1.4	4.1	5.5	1.4	0.7	0.2	0.9	1.8	3.9	8.0	.482	1.1	2.6	.405	1.3	1.8	.720
difference:	+18	+0.8	+0.9	+1.1	+1.8	+2.9	+3.4	+0.2	+0.1	-0.4	-0.1	+0.1	+1.4	+.072	+0.7	+2.0	+.027	+0.2		+.123
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		%
Harrison Barnes	21	32.4	10.6	2.1	3.1	5.2	1.5	0.8	0.5	1.0	2.1	4.2	9.5	.440	1.0	3.0	.355	1.2	1.6	.735
difference:	+3	+7.7	+2.6	+1.8	+1.7	+3.5	+1.1		+0.2	-0.1	-0.1	+1.5	+2.6	+.048	+0.6	+1.1	+.033	+0.2	+0.3	+.039
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 4
	Harrison Barnes	Fred VanVleet
Season	2015-16	2019-20
Team	Golden State Warriors	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Harrison Barnes	66	30.9	11.7	1.2	3.8	4.9	1.8	0.6	0.2	0.9	2.1	4.5	9.6	.466	1.2	3.2	.383	1.5	2.0	.761
difference:	+12	+4.8	+5.9	+0.9	+0.4	+1.1	+4.8	+1.3	+0.1	-1.3	-0.3	+1.4	+4.7	+.053	+1.5	+3.7	+.007	+1.6	+1.7	+.087
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harrison Barnes	24	31.0	9.0	1.1	3.5	4.7	1.3	0.7	0.2	0.8	1.9	3.4	8.9	.385	1.1	3.2	.342	1.1	1.4	.765
difference:	+13	+8.1	+10.6	+0.6	+0.4	+0.3	+5.6	+0.9	+0.4	-1.2	-0.6	+3.5	+8.4	+.015	+2.8	+6.8	+.049	+0.8	+0.9	+.075
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


Season 5
	Harrison Barnes	Fred VanVleet
Season	2016-17	2020-21
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
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		%
Harrison Barnes	79	35.5	19.2	1.2	3.8	5.0	1.5	0.8	0.2	1.3	1.6	7.6	16.2	.468	1.0	2.8	.351	3.1	3.6	.861
difference:	+27	+1.0	+0.4	+0.6	+0.2	+0.8	+4.8	+0.9	+0.5	-0.5	-0.7	+1.1	+0.5	+.079	+2.3	+6.4	+.015	+0.2	+0.1	+.024
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 Harrison Barnes nor Fred VanVleet played in the postseason in their season 5


Season 6
	Harrison Barnes	Fred VanVleet
Season	2017-18	2021-22
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Harrison Barnes	77	34.2	18.9	1.0	5.1	6.1	2.0	0.6	0.2	1.5	1.2	7.0	15.7	.445	1.5	4.3	.357	3.4	4.1	.827
difference:	+12	+3.7	+1.4	+0.3	+1.3	+1.7	+4.7	+1.1	+0.3	-1.1	-1.3	+0.2	+1.2	+.042	+2.2	+5.6	+.020	+0.4	+0.7	+.047
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		%
Harrison Barnes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Harrison Barnes	Fred VanVleet
Season	2018-19	2022-23
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Sacramento Kings	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Harrison Barnes	77	32.9	16.4	0.7	3.9	4.7	1.5	0.6	0.2	1.3	1.6	5.6	13.3	.420	2.3	5.7	.395	3.0	3.6	.824
difference:	+8	+3.8	+2.9	+0.3	+0.3	+0.6	+5.7	+1.2	+0.4	-0.7	-1.2	+0.7	+2.8	+.027	+0.7	+3.1	+.053	+0.7	+0.5	+.074
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
* Neiher Harrison Barnes nor Fred VanVleet played in the postseason in their season 7


Season 8
	Harrison Barnes	Fred VanVleet
Season	2019-20	2023-24
Team	Sacramento Kings	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Harrison Barnes	72	34.5	14.5	1.1	3.9	4.9	2.2	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.3	5.1	11.0	.460	1.4	3.7	.381	3.0	3.7	.801
difference:	+1	+2.3	+2.9	+0.6	+0.5	+1.1	+5.9	+0.8	+0.6	-0.5	-1.2	+0.7	+2.9	+.044	+1.7	+4.3	+.006	+0.3	+0.6	+.059
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

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Harrison Barnes nor Fred VanVleet played in the postseason in their season 8


Season 9
	Harrison Barnes	Fred VanVleet
Season	2020-21	2024-25
Team	Sacramento Kings	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Harrison Barnes	58	36.2	16.1	1.1	5.5	6.6	3.5	0.7	0.2	1.6	1.3	5.5	11.1	.497	1.7	4.4	.391	3.4	4.1	.830
difference:	+2	+1.0	+2.0	+0.6	+2.3	+2.9	+2.1	+0.9	+0.2	-0.1	-1.0	+0.7	+1.6	+.119	+1.0	+3.3	+.046	+1.5	+1.8	+.020
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		%
Harrison Barnes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Additional Years

* Harrison Barnes played 5 seasons more than Fred VanVleet in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 10 to 14, from 2022 to 2026—Harrison Barnes played in one postseason.

Harrison Barnes vs. Fred VanVleet Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Fred VanVleet and Harrison Barnes, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years