Kleggie Hermsen vs. Fred VanVleet Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Fred VanVleet and Kleggie Hermsen, 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.

Kleggie Hermsen played 6 years in the NBA, 2 less than Fred VanVleet, who played 8. Kleggie Hermsen had the first of his seasons in 1946-47, 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.

Season 2
	Kleggie Hermsen	Fred VanVleet
Season	1947-48	2017-18
Team	Baltimore Bullets (1st)	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Kleggie Hermsen	48	-	12.0	-	-	-	1.0	-	-	-	3.2	4.4	15.9	.277	-	-	-	3.1	4.7	.665
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		%
Kleggie Hermsen	11	-	11.0	-	-	-	1.1	-	-	-	4.1	3.5	13.7	.252	-	-	-	4.1	5.7	.714
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
	Kleggie Hermsen	Fred VanVleet
Season	1948-49	2018-19
Team	Washington Capitols	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Capitols 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		%
Kleggie Hermsen	60	-	11.8	-	-	-	1.7	-	-	-	4.3	4.1	13.2	.312	-	-	-	3.5	5.2	.682
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		%
Kleggie Hermsen	11	-	12.3	-	-	-	1.1	-	-	-	4.8	3.6	13.5	.268	-	-	-	5.0	7.5	.663
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

Note: Kleggie Hermsen didn't play in 1951-52.

Season 6
	Kleggie Hermsen	Fred VanVleet
Season	1952-53	2021-22
Team	Boston Celtics, Indianapolis Olympians	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Kleggie Hermsen	10	6.2	1.1	-	-	1.9	0.4	-	-	-	1.8	0.4	3.1	.129	-	-	-	0.3	0.5	.600
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		%
Kleggie Hermsen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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