Harvey Catchings vs. Fred VanVleet Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Fred VanVleet and Harvey Catchings, 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

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.

Harvey Catchings played 11 years in the NBA, 3 more than Fred VanVleet, who played 8. Harvey Catchings had the first of his seasons in 1974-75, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Harvey Catchings	11	9	1974-75 to 1984-85
Fred VanVleet	8	5	2016-17 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Harvey Catchings	Fred VanVleet
Season	1974-75	2016-17
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Harvey Catchings	37	14.3	2.6	1.3	2.8	4.1	0.6	0.3	1.6	-	2.2	1.1	2.0	.554	-	-	-	0.4	0.7	.640
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		%
Harvey Catchings	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Harvey Catchings	Fred VanVleet
Season	1975-76	2017-18
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Harvey Catchings	75	23.1	3.5	2.5	4.4	6.9	0.8	0.3	2.2	-	3.5	1.4	3.2	.426	-	-	-	0.8	1.3	.604
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		%
Harvey Catchings	3	29.0	5.7	4.0	5.3	9.3	2.0	0.0	3.0	-	3.7	2.7	4.3	.615	-	-	-	0.3	1.0	.333
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
	Harvey Catchings	Fred VanVleet
Season	1976-77	2018-19
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Harvey Catchings	53	16.3	3.0	1.2	3.2	4.4	0.6	0.4	1.5	-	2.5	1.2	2.3	.504	-	-	-	0.6	0.9	.702
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		%
Harvey Catchings	8	6.8	0.5	0.6	0.9	1.5	0.1	0.0	0.5	-	1.1	0.3	0.6	.400	-	-	-	0.0	0.4	.000
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
	Harvey Catchings	Fred VanVleet
Season	1977-78	2019-20
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Harvey Catchings	61	12.3	2.9	1.7	2.4	4.1	0.6	0.3	1.1	0.7	2.0	1.1	2.9	.393	-	-	-	0.6	0.9	.618
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		%
Harvey Catchings	7	3.7	1.3	0.4	0.9	1.3	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.0	0.6	0.4	1.1	.375	-	-	-	0.4	0.6	.750
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
	Harvey Catchings	Fred VanVleet
Season	1978-79	2020-21
Team	Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Nets	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harvey Catchings	57	16.6	4.6	1.8	3.5	5.3	0.8	0.4	1.6	1.5	2.3	1.8	4.3	.420	-	-	-	1.1	1.4	.769
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harvey Catchings	2	13.0	1.0	2.5	1.5	4.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	1.0	2.0	0.5	3.0	.167	-	-	-	0.0	1.5	.000
Fred VanVleet	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Harvey Catchings	Fred VanVleet
Season	1979-80	2021-22
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Harvey Catchings	72	19.0	3.2	2.3	3.4	5.7	1.1	0.3	2.3	0.9	2.7	1.3	3.4	.398	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.9	.629
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		%
Harvey Catchings	6	10.7	1.0	0.8	2.7	3.5	0.3	0.0	1.3	0.3	2.2	0.3	1.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.500
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
	Harvey Catchings	Fred VanVleet
Season	1980-81	2022-23
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harvey Catchings	77	21.2	4.2	2.0	4.1	6.1	1.3	0.4	2.4	1.4	3.7	1.7	3.9	.447	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.641
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harvey Catchings	7	15.6	1.1	1.4	2.3	3.7	1.1	0.0	1.6	1.0	3.4	0.4	2.3	.188	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.3	1.000
Fred VanVleet	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Harvey Catchings	Fred VanVleet
Season	1981-82	2023-24
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harvey Catchings	80	20.0	2.9	1.6	2.8	4.5	1.2	0.5	1.7	1.2	3.0	1.2	2.8	.420	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.9	.594
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harvey Catchings	6	4.3	0.7	0.5	0.7	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.5	0.3	0.5	.667	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Fred VanVleet	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Harvey Catchings	Fred VanVleet
Season	1982-83	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harvey Catchings	74	21.0	3.3	1.8	3.7	5.5	1.0	0.4	2.0	1.1	3.0	1.2	2.7	.457	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.674
Fred VanVleet	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harvey Catchings	9	15.4	2.3	1.7	2.6	4.2	0.4	0.2	1.1	0.2	2.0	1.0	2.1	.474	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.3	1.000
Fred VanVleet	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Harvey Catchings	Fred VanVleet
Season	1983-84	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harvey Catchings	69	16.8	2.1	1.3	2.6	3.9	0.6	0.4	1.2	0.8	2.5	0.9	2.2	.399	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	0.6	.524
Fred VanVleet	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harvey Catchings	5	5.0	0.6	0.4	0.6	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.4	1.4	0.2	0.4	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.500
Fred VanVleet	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Harvey Catchings	Fred VanVleet
Season	1984-85	-
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harvey Catchings	70	15.0	2.9	1.3	2.5	3.7	0.2	0.2	0.8	0.8	2.3	1.0	2.1	.483	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.3	.663
Fred VanVleet	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harvey Catchings	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fred VanVleet	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Harvey Catchings vs. Fred VanVleet Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Fred VanVleet and Harvey Catchings, 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

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11