Khris Middleton vs. Fred VanVleet Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Fred VanVleet and Khris Middleton, 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.

Khris Middleton played 14 years in the NBA, 5 more than Fred VanVleet, who played 9. Khris Middleton 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.

Season 3
	Khris Middleton	Fred VanVleet
Season	2014-15	2018-19
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Khris Middleton	79	30.1	13.4	0.6	3.8	4.4	2.3	1.5	0.1	1.4	2.3	5.1	11.0	.467	1.4	3.4	.407	1.7	2.0	.859
difference:	+15	+2.6	+2.4	+0.3	+1.5	+1.8	+2.5	+0.6	+0.2	-0.1	-0.6	+1.3	+1.6	+.057	+0.4	+1.2	+.029	+0.2	+0.2	+.016
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		%
Khris Middleton	6	38.7	15.8	1.2	2.5	3.7	2.0	2.3	0.5	1.7	2.3	5.8	15.3	.380	1.8	5.7	.324	2.3	2.5	.933
difference:	+18	+14.0	+7.8	+0.9	+1.1	+2.0	+0.6	+1.5	+0.2	-0.8	-0.3	+3.1	+8.4	+.012	+0.2	+1.6	+.064	+1.3	+1.2	+.159
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 6
	Khris Middleton	Fred VanVleet
Season	2017-18	2021-22
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Khris Middleton	82	36.4	20.1	0.5	4.7	5.2	4.0	1.5	0.3	2.3	3.3	7.2	15.5	.466	1.8	5.0	.359	3.9	4.4	.884
difference:	+17	+1.5	+0.2	+0.2	+0.9	+0.8	+2.7	+0.2	+0.2	-0.3	-0.8	+0.4	+1.4	+.063	+1.9	+4.9	+.018	+0.9	+1.0	+.010
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		%
Khris Middleton	7	39.3	24.7	0.1	5.0	5.1	3.1	0.9	0.7	2.3	4.3	9.6	16.0	.598	3.6	5.9	.610	2.0	2.7	.737
difference:	+3	+4.3	+10.9	+0.4	+2.5	+2.1	+3.2	+0.9	+0.3	-1.3	-1.3	+4.8	+2.5	+.246	+0.6	+3.1	+.277	+0.7	+1.2	+.096
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
	Khris Middleton	Fred VanVleet
Season	2018-19	2022-23
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Khris Middleton	77	31.1	18.3	0.6	5.3	6.0	4.3	1.0	0.1	2.3	2.2	6.6	14.9	.441	2.3	6.2	.378	2.8	3.4	.837
difference:	+8	+5.6	+1.0	+0.2	+1.7	+1.9	+2.9	+0.8	+0.5	-0.3	-0.6	+0.3	+1.2	+.048	+0.7	+2.6	+.036	+0.9	+0.7	+.061
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		%
Khris Middleton	15	34.3	16.9	0.6	5.7	6.3	4.4	0.6	0.0	1.9	2.9	5.6	13.4	.418	2.7	6.1	.435	3.1	3.5	.885
Fred VanVleet	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Khris Middleton	Fred VanVleet
Season	2019-20	2023-24
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Khris Middleton	62	29.9	20.9	0.7	5.5	6.2	4.3	0.9	0.1	2.2	2.3	7.6	15.3	.497	2.4	5.7	.415	3.4	3.7	.916
difference:	+11	+6.9	+3.5	+0.2	+2.1	+2.4	+3.8	+0.5	+0.7	-0.5	-0.2	+1.8	+1.4	+.081	+0.7	+2.3	+.028	+0.7	+0.6	+.056
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		%
Khris Middleton	10	35.5	20.3	0.5	6.4	6.9	6.0	1.1	0.2	3.4	4.1	7.1	18.0	.394	2.3	6.5	.354	3.8	4.6	.826
Fred VanVleet	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Khris Middleton	Fred VanVleet
Season	2020-21	2024-25
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Khris Middleton	68	33.4	20.4	0.8	5.2	6.0	5.4	1.1	0.1	2.6	2.4	7.5	15.8	.476	2.2	5.4	.414	3.1	3.5	.898
difference:	+8	+1.8	+6.3	+0.3	+2.0	+2.3	+0.2	+0.5	+0.3	-1.1	-0.1	+2.7	+3.1	+.098	+0.5	+2.3	+.069	+1.2	+1.2	+.088
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		%
Khris Middleton	23	40.1	23.6	1.1	6.5	7.6	5.1	1.5	0.2	3.2	2.5	8.6	19.7	.438	2.6	7.6	.343	3.7	4.2	.887
difference:	+16	+0.1	+4.9	+0.7	+2.8	+3.5	+0.7	+0.5	+0.1	-1.3	-0.2	+2.9	+6.4	+.008	+1.3	+1.3	+.092	+0.3	+0.8	+.113
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
* Khris Middleton played 5 seasons more than Fred VanVleet in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 14, from 2022 to 2026—Khris Middleton played in 3 Playoffs and one NBA Cup. In those 5 extra years over Fred VanVleet, Khris Middleton got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game