Paul Millsap vs. Fred VanVleet Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Fred VanVleet and Paul Millsap, 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.

Paul Millsap played 16 years in the NBA, 7 more than Fred VanVleet, who played 9. Paul Millsap had the first of his seasons in 2006-07, 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
Paul Millsap	16	13	2006-07 to 2021-22
Fred VanVleet	9	6	2016-17 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Paul Millsap	Fred VanVleet
Season	2006-07	2016-17
Team	Utah Jazz	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Paul Millsap	82	18.0	6.8	2.2	2.9	5.2	0.8	0.8	0.9	1.1	2.9	2.5	4.9	.525	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.5	.673
difference:	+45	+10.1	+3.9	+2.1	+1.9	+4.1	+0.1	+0.4	+0.8	-0.7	-1.9	+1.4	+1.9	+.174	+0.3	+0.8		+1.2	+1.9	+.145
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		%
Paul Millsap	17	15.5	5.9	2.2	2.2	4.4	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.8	2.3	2.5	4.7	.525	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.4	.667
difference:	+10	+11.4	+3.9	+2.2	+2.1	+4.3	+0.1	+0.5	+0.5	-0.7	-1.9	+1.6	+3.4	+.142	+0.3	+0.6	+.400	+0.9	+1.4
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
	Paul Millsap	Fred VanVleet
Season	2007-08	2017-18
Team	Utah Jazz	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Paul Millsap	82	20.8	8.1	2.0	3.6	5.6	1.0	0.9	0.9	1.1	3.3	3.1	6.1	.504	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.8	.677
difference:	+6	+0.8	+0.5	+1.7	+1.5	+3.2	+2.2		+0.6	-0.1	-1.6		+1.1	+.078	+1.4	+3.4		+0.8	+1.5	+.155
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		%
Paul Millsap	12	17.5	6.4	1.9	2.0	3.9	0.3	0.6	1.3	0.8	3.1	2.7	5.2	.516	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	2.1	.520
difference:	+6	+1.5	+0.4	+1.9	+0.3	+2.2	+1.9	+0.6	+1.3	-0.1	-1.8	+0.5	+1.3	+.183	+1.3	+4.6	+.286	+0.1	+0.8	+.355
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
	Paul Millsap	Fred VanVleet
Season	2008-09	2018-19
Team	Utah Jazz	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West 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		%
Paul Millsap	76	30.1	13.5	3.3	5.3	8.6	1.8	1.0	1.0	1.7	3.8	5.3	9.9	.534	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	4.3	.699
difference:	+12	+2.6	+2.5	+3.0	+3.0	+6.0	+3.0	+0.1	+0.7	-0.4	-2.1	+1.5	+0.5	+.124	+1.8	+4.5	+.378	+1.5	+2.5	+.144
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		%
Paul Millsap	5	31.0	11.8	4.0	4.0	8.0	1.6	0.8	1.0	1.2	3.4	5.0	9.8	.510	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	3.6	.500
difference:	+19	+6.3	+3.8	+3.7	+2.6	+6.3	+1.0		+0.7	-0.3	-1.4	+2.3	+2.9	+.118	+1.6	+4.1		+0.8	+2.3	+.274
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
	Paul Millsap	Fred VanVleet
Season	2009-10	2019-20
Team	Utah Jazz	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Paul Millsap	82	27.8	11.6	2.3	4.5	6.8	1.6	0.8	1.2	1.4	3.5	4.7	8.7	.538	0.0	0.1	.111	2.2	3.2	.693
difference:	+28	+7.9	+6.0	+2.0	+1.1	+3.0	+5.0	+1.1	+0.9	-0.8	-1.1	+1.2	+5.6	+.125	+2.7	+6.8	+.279	+0.9	+0.5	+.155
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		%
Paul Millsap	10	32.3	18.0	3.4	5.4	8.8	2.2	1.1	1.4	1.3	3.6	7.0	12.2	.574	0.0	0.2	.000	4.0	5.8	.690
difference:	+1	+6.8	+1.6	+2.9	+1.5	+4.4	+4.7	+0.5	+0.8	-0.7	-1.1	+0.1	+5.1	+.174	+3.9	+9.8	+.391	+2.1	+3.5	+.150
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
	Paul Millsap	Fred VanVleet
Season	2010-11	2020-21
Team	Utah Jazz	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		%
Paul Millsap	76	34.3	17.3	2.2	5.5	7.6	2.5	1.4	0.9	1.9	3.6	6.9	13.0	.531	0.1	0.3	.391	3.4	4.4	.757
difference:	+24	+2.2	+2.3	+1.6	+1.9	+3.4	+3.8	+0.3	+0.2	-0.1	-1.3	+0.4	+3.7	+.142	+3.2	+8.9	+.025	+0.1	+0.7	+.128
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 Paul Millsap nor Fred VanVleet played in the postseason in their season 5


Season 6
	Paul Millsap	Fred VanVleet
Season	2011-12	2021-22
Team	Utah Jazz	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West 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		%
Paul Millsap	64	32.8	16.6	2.8	6.0	8.8	2.3	1.8	0.8	1.8	3.5	6.7	13.5	.495	0.1	0.5	.226	3.2	4.0	.792
difference:	+1	+5.1	+3.7	+2.1	+2.2	+4.4	+4.4	+0.1	+0.3	-0.8	-1.0	+0.1	+3.4	+.092	+3.6	+9.4	+.151	+0.2	+0.6	+.082
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		%
Paul Millsap	4	34.8	12.0	4.3	6.8	11.0	0.5	0.3	2.5	2.3	2.8	5.0	13.5	.370	0.0	0.8	.000	2.0	4.0	.500
difference:		+0.2	+1.8	+3.8	+4.3	+8.0	+5.8	+1.5	+1.5	-1.3	-0.2	+0.2		+.018	+3.0	+8.2	+.333	+0.7	+2.5	+.333
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
	Paul Millsap	Fred VanVleet
Season	2012-13	2022-23
Team	Utah Jazz	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		%
Paul Millsap	78	30.4	14.6	2.3	4.8	7.1	2.6	1.3	1.0	1.8	3.0	5.5	11.2	.490	0.2	0.5	.333	3.4	4.6	.742
difference:	+9	+6.3	+4.7	+1.9	+1.2	+3.0	+4.6	+0.5	+0.4	-0.2	-0.2	+0.8	+4.9	+.097	+2.8	+8.3	+.009	+0.3	+0.5	+.156
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 Paul Millsap nor Fred VanVleet played in the postseason in their season 7


Season 8
	Paul Millsap	Fred VanVleet
Season	2013-14	2023-24
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Paul Millsap	74	33.5	17.9	2.1	6.4	8.5	3.1	1.7	1.1	2.5	2.8	6.5	14.1	.461	1.0	2.9	.358	3.9	5.3	.731
difference:	+1	+3.3	+0.5	+1.6	+3.0	+4.7	+5.0	+0.3	+0.3	-0.8	-0.3	+0.7	+0.2	+.045	+2.1	+5.1	+.029	+1.2	+2.2	+.129
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		%
Paul Millsap	7	38.1	19.4	3.0	7.9	10.9	2.9	1.4	1.9	2.9	3.6	5.9	14.7	.398	1.3	3.9	.333	6.4	8.0	.804
Fred VanVleet	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Paul Millsap	Fred VanVleet
Season	2014-15	2024-25
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Paul Millsap	73	32.7	16.7	1.9	5.9	7.8	3.1	1.8	0.9	2.3	2.8	6.1	12.7	.476	1.1	3.0	.356	3.5	4.6	.757
difference:	+13	+2.5	+2.6	+1.4	+2.7	+4.1	+2.5	+0.2	+0.5	-0.8	-0.5	+1.3		+.098	+1.6	+4.7	+.011	+1.6	+2.3	+.053
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		%
Paul Millsap	16	35.4	15.2	2.3	6.4	8.7	3.4	1.6	0.9	2.1	3.3	5.3	13.1	.407	0.9	3.1	.306	3.6	4.9	.744
difference:	+9	+4.6	+3.5	+1.9	+2.7	+4.6	+1.0	+0.6	+0.6	-0.2	-1.0	+0.4	+0.2	+.023	+3.0	+5.8	+.129	+0.2	+1.5	+.256
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
* Paul Millsap played 7 seasons more than Fred VanVleet in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 16, from 2016 to 2022—Paul Millsap played in 6 Playoffs. In those 7 extra years over Fred VanVleet, Paul Millsap got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive Second Team 2 All-Star Game

Paul Millsap vs. Fred VanVleet Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Fred VanVleet and Paul Millsap, 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