RJ Barrett vs. Fred VanVleet Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Fred VanVleet and RJ Barrett, 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.

RJ Barrett played 7 years in the NBA, 2 less than Fred VanVleet, who played 9. RJ Barrett had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, 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
RJ Barrett	7	2	2019-20 to 2025-26
Fred VanVleet	9	6	2016-17 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7


Rookie Season
	RJ Barrett	Fred VanVleet
Season	2019-20	2016-17
Team	New York Knicks	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
RJ Barrett	56	30.4	14.3	0.9	4.1	5.0	2.6	1.0	0.3	2.2	2.2	5.2	13.0	.402	1.1	3.5	.320	2.8	4.5	.614
difference:	+19	+22.5	+11.4	+0.8	+3.1	+3.9	+1.7	+0.6	+0.2	-1.8	-1.2	+4.1	+10.0	+.051	+0.8	+2.7	+.059	+2.3	+3.9	+.204
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		%
RJ Barrett	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	-


Season 2
	RJ Barrett	Fred VanVleet
Season	2020-21	2017-18
Team	New York Knicks	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
RJ Barrett	72	34.9	17.6	0.9	4.8	5.8	3.0	0.7	0.3	1.9	2.6	6.5	14.7	.441	1.7	4.3	.401	2.9	3.8	.746
difference:	+4	+14.9	+9.0	+0.6	+2.7	+3.4	+0.2	+0.2		-0.9	-0.9	+3.4	+7.5	+.015	+0.3	+0.9	+.013	+1.8	+2.5	+.086
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		%
RJ Barrett	5	32.4	14.4	0.8	6.4	7.2	3.0	0.8	0.4	0.4	2.2	5.2	13.4	.388	1.6	5.6	.286	2.4	3.0	.800
difference:	+1	+13.4	+7.6	+0.8	+4.7	+5.5	+0.8	+0.8	+0.4	-0.3	-0.9	+3.0	+6.9	+.055	+0.3	+0.9		+1.2	+1.7	+.075
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
	RJ Barrett	Fred VanVleet
Season	2021-22	2018-19
Team	New York Knicks	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
RJ Barrett	70	34.5	20.0	0.9	4.9	5.8	3.0	0.6	0.2	2.2	2.0	7.0	17.1	.408	2.0	5.8	.342	4.1	5.8	.714
difference:	+6	+7.0	+9.0	+0.6	+2.6	+3.2	+1.8	+0.3	+0.1	-0.9	-0.3	+3.2	+7.7	+.002	+0.2	+1.2	+.036	+2.6	+4.0	+.129
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		%
RJ Barrett	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	RJ Barrett	Fred VanVleet
Season	2022-23	2019-20
Team	New York Knicks	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East 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		%
RJ Barrett	73	33.9	19.6	0.8	4.2	5.0	2.8	0.4	0.2	2.2	2.5	7.0	16.1	.434	1.7	5.3	.310	4.0	5.4	.740
difference:	+19	+1.8	+2.0	+0.5	+0.8	+1.2	+3.8	+1.5	+0.1		-0.1	+1.1	+1.8	+.021	+1.0	+1.6	+.080	+0.9	+1.7	+.108
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		%
RJ Barrett	11	34.3	19.3	0.5	4.0	4.5	2.8	0.8	0.2	2.3	2.3	6.5	14.9	.433	1.8	5.5	.328	4.5	5.9	.769
difference:		+4.8	+0.3		+0.1	+0.1	+4.1	+0.8	+0.4	-0.3	-0.2	+0.4	+2.4	+.033	+2.1	+4.5	+.063	+2.6	+3.6	+.071
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
	RJ Barrett	Fred VanVleet
Season	2023-24	2020-21
Team	New York Knicks, Toronto Raptors	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		%
RJ Barrett	58	31.7	20.2	0.9	4.5	5.4	3.3	0.5	0.4	2.2	2.2	7.5	15.2	.495	1.6	4.3	.360	3.6	5.0	.715
difference:	+6	+4.8	+0.6	+0.3	+0.9	+1.2	+3.0	+1.2	+0.3	-0.4	-0.1	+1.0	+1.5	+.106	+1.7	+4.9	+.006	+0.3	+1.3	+.170
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 RJ Barrett nor Fred VanVleet played in the postseason in their season 5


Season 6
	RJ Barrett	Fred VanVleet
Season	2024-25	2021-22
Team	Toronto Raptors	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
RJ Barrett	58	32.2	21.1	1.1	5.3	6.3	5.4	0.8	0.3	2.8	2.4	7.9	16.9	.468	1.8	5.3	.350	3.4	5.4	.630
difference:	+7	+5.7	+0.8	+0.4	+1.5	+1.9	+1.3	+0.9	+0.2	-0.2	-0.1	+1.1		+.065	+1.9	+4.6	+.027	+0.4	+2.0	+.244
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		%
RJ Barrett	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	RJ Barrett	Fred VanVleet
Season	2025-26	2022-23
Team	Toronto Raptors	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		%
RJ Barrett	17	30.9	19.4	0.7	4.1	4.8	3.8	0.8	0.2	1.5	2.6	7.1	13.9	.506	1.8	5.1	.356	3.4	4.7	.725
difference:	+52	+5.8	+0.1	+0.3	+0.5	+0.7	+3.4	+1.0	+0.4	-0.5	-0.2	+0.8	+2.2	+.113	+1.2	+3.7	+.014	+0.3	+0.6	+.173
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 RJ Barrett nor Fred VanVleet played in the postseason in their season 7

Additional Years

* Fred VanVleet played 2 seasons more than RJ Barrett in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 8 to 9, from 2024 to 2025—Fred VanVleet played in one postseason.

RJ Barrett vs. Fred VanVleet Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Fred VanVleet and RJ Barrett, 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

Additional Years