Tracy McGrady vs. Franz Wagner Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Franz Wagner and Tracy McGrady, 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.

Tracy McGrady played 16 years in the NBA, 12 more than Franz Wagner, who played 4. Tracy McGrady had the first of his seasons in 1997-98, while Franz Wagner had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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.

Rookie Season
	Tracy McGrady	Franz Wagner
Season	1997-98	2021-22
Team	Toronto Raptors	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Tracy McGrady	64	18.4	7.0	1.6	2.6	4.2	1.5	0.8	1.0	1.0	1.3	2.8	6.2	.450	0.2	0.6	.341	1.2	1.7	.712
difference:	+15	+12.3	+8.2	+0.5	+0.8	+0.3	+1.4	+0.1	+0.6	-0.5	-0.8	+3.0	+6.1	+.018	+1.0	+2.8	+.013	+1.2	+1.1	+.151
Franz Wagner	79	30.7	15.2	1.1	3.4	4.5	2.9	0.9	0.4	1.5	2.1	5.8	12.3	.468	1.2	3.4	.354	2.4	2.8	.863
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Tracy McGrady nor Franz Wagner played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Tracy McGrady	Franz Wagner
Season	2000-01	2024-25
Team	Orlando Magic	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Tracy McGrady	77	40.1	26.8	2.5	5.0	7.5	4.6	1.5	1.5	2.6	2.1	10.2	22.4	.457	0.8	2.2	.355	5.6	7.6	.733
difference:	+17	+6.4	+2.6	+1.6	+0.2	+1.8	+0.1	+0.2	+1.1	-0.3	-0.4	+1.2	+3.0	+.006	+0.9	+3.7	+.060	+1.1	+2.4	+.138
Franz Wagner	60	33.7	24.2	0.9	4.8	5.7	4.7	1.3	0.4	2.3	2.5	9.0	19.4	.463	1.7	5.9	.295	4.5	5.2	.871
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	4	44.3	33.8	1.5	5.0	6.5	8.3	1.8	1.3	2.0	2.8	12.8	30.8	.415	0.5	2.5	.200	7.8	9.5	.816
difference:	+1	+5.3	+8.0	+0.9	+0.8	+1.7	+2.7	+0.6	+0.9		-0.4	+2.6	+7.8	+.028	+0.9	+4.9	+.011	+3.8	+4.3	+.047
Franz Wagner	5	39.0	25.8	0.6	4.2	4.8	5.6	1.2	0.4	2.0	3.2	10.2	23.0	.443	1.4	7.4	.189	4.0	5.2	.769

Additional Years
* Tracy McGrady played 12 seasons more than Franz Wagner in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 16, from 2002 to 2013—Tracy McGrady played in 7 Playoffs. In those 12 extra years over Franz Wagner, Tracy McGrady got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 2 Scoring Leader 6 All-Star Game