Jared McCain vs. Fred VanVleet Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Fred VanVleet and Jared McCain, 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.
Jared McCain played 2 years in the NBA, 7 less than Fred VanVleet, who played 9. Jared McCain had the first of his seasons in 2024-25, 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 |
| Jared McCain |
2 |
0 |
2024-25 to 2025-26 |
| Fred VanVleet |
9 |
6 |
2016-17 to 2024-25 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Jared McCain |
23 |
25.7 |
15.3 |
0.6 |
1.9 |
2.4 |
2.6 |
0.7 |
0.0 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
5.5 |
11.9 |
.460 |
2.2 |
5.8 |
.383 |
2.1 |
2.4 |
.875 |
| difference: | +14 | +17.8 | +12.4 | +0.5 | +0.9 | +1.3 | +1.7 | +0.3 | +0.1 | -1.2 | -0.6 | +4.4 | +8.9 | +.109 | +1.9 | +5.0 | +.004 | +1.6 | +1.8 | +.057 |
| 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 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Jared McCain |
DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 |
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2nd Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Jared McCain |
13 |
18.4 |
7.5 |
0.2 |
1.8 |
2.0 |
1.8 |
0.8 |
0.0 |
0.9 |
1.4 |
2.8 |
7.5 |
.378 |
1.4 |
4.0 |
.346 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
.833 |
| difference: | +63 | +1.6 | +1.1 | +0.1 | +0.3 | +0.4 | +1.4 | +0.1 | +0.3 | -0.1 | -0.3 | +0.3 | +0.3 | +.048 | | +0.6 | +.068 | +0.7 | +0.8 | +.001 |
| 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 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Jared McCain |
DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 |
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Additional Years |
* Fred VanVleet played 7 seasons more than Jared McCain in the NBA.
In that period—his seasons 3 to 9, from 2019 to 2025—Fred VanVleet played in 4 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 7 extra years over Jared McCain, Fred VanVleet got these achievements: |
| Honors & Awards |  1 All-Star Game
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