Vince Carter vs. Hakeem Olajuwon Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Hakeem Olajuwon and Vince Carter, 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 / Stats / Stats Rankings / 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.

Vince Carter played 22 years in the NBA, 4 more than Hakeem Olajuwon, who played 18. Vince Carter had the first of his seasons in 1998-99, while Hakeem Olajuwon had his rookie season in 1984-85. 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
Vince Carter	22	11	1998-99 to 2019-20
Hakeem Olajuwon	18	15	1984-85 to 2001-02

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18


Rookie Season
	Vince Carter	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	1998-99	1984-85
Team	Toronto Raptors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Vince Carter	50	35.2	18.3	1.9	3.8	5.7	3.0	1.1	1.5	2.2	2.8	6.9	15.3	.450	0.4	1.3	.288	4.1	5.4	.761
difference:	+32	+0.3	+2.3	+3.5	+2.7	+6.2	+1.6	+0.1	+1.2	-0.7	-1.4	+1.4		+.088	+0.4	+1.3			+1.3	+.148
Hakeem Olajuwon	82	35.5	20.6	5.4	6.5	11.9	1.4	1.2	2.7	2.9	4.2	8.3	15.3	.538	0.0	0.0	-	4.1	6.7	.613

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hakeem Olajuwon	5	37.4	21.2	6.6	6.4	13.0	1.4	1.4	2.6	2.2	4.4	8.4	17.6	.477	0.0	0.0	-	4.4	9.2	.478


Season 2
	Vince Carter	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	1999-00	1985-86
Team	Toronto Raptors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Vince Carter	82	38.1	25.7	1.8	4.0	5.8	3.9	1.3	1.1	2.2	3.2	9.6	20.7	.465	1.2	2.9	.403	5.3	6.7	.791
difference:	+14	+1.8	+2.2	+3.1	+2.6	+5.7	+1.9	+0.7	+2.3	-0.7	-0.8	+0.4	+3.2	+.061	+1.2	+2.9		+0.2	+1.2	+.146
Hakeem Olajuwon	68	36.3	23.5	4.9	6.6	11.5	2.0	2.0	3.4	2.9	4.0	9.2	17.5	.526	0.0	0.0	-	5.1	7.9	.645

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	3	39.7	19.3	3.0	3.0	6.0	6.3	1.0	1.3	2.7	4.0	5.0	16.7	.300	0.3	3.3	.100	9.0	10.3	.871
difference:	+17	+1.4	+7.6	+2.1	+3.8	+5.8	+4.3	+1.0	+2.2	-0.5	-0.4	+5.3	+2.7	+.230	+0.3	+3.2	+.100	+2.6	+0.3	+.233
Hakeem Olajuwon	20	38.3	26.9	5.1	6.8	11.8	2.0	2.0	3.5	2.2	4.4	10.3	19.4	.530	0.0	0.1	.000	6.4	10.0	.638


Season 3
	Vince Carter	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	2000-01	1986-87
Team	Toronto Raptors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Vince Carter	75	39.7	27.6	2.3	3.2	5.5	3.9	1.5	1.1	2.2	2.7	10.2	22.1	.460	2.2	5.3	.408	5.1	6.7	.765
difference:		+2.9	+4.2	+1.9	+4.0	+5.9	+1.0	+0.4	+2.3	-0.8	-1.2	+1.2	+4.3	+.048	+2.2	+5.2	+.208	+0.2	+0.9	+.063
Hakeem Olajuwon	75	36.8	23.4	4.2	7.2	11.4	2.9	1.9	3.4	3.0	3.9	9.0	17.8	.508	0.0	0.1	.200	5.3	7.6	.702

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	12	45.1	27.3	3.1	3.4	6.5	4.7	1.7	1.7	2.3	3.8	10.2	23.3	.436	2.1	5.1	.410	4.8	6.2	.784
difference:	+2	+6.2	+1.9	+0.8	+4.0	+4.8	+2.2	+0.4	+2.6	-1.3	-0.6	+0.8	+5.4	+.179	+2.1	+5.0	+.410	+2.4	+3.5	+.042
Hakeem Olajuwon	10	38.9	29.2	3.9	7.4	11.3	2.5	1.3	4.3	3.6	4.4	11.0	17.9	.615	0.0	0.1	.000	7.2	9.7	.742


Season 4
	Vince Carter	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	2001-02	1987-88
Team	Toronto Raptors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West 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		%
Vince Carter	60	39.8	24.7	2.3	2.9	5.2	4.0	1.6	0.7	2.6	3.2	9.3	21.8	.428	2.0	5.2	.387	4.1	5.1	.798
difference:	+19	+4.0	+1.9	+1.5	+5.4	+6.9	+1.9	+0.5	+2.0	-0.5	-0.9	+0.3	+4.3	+.086	+2.0	+5.1	+.387	+0.7	+1.8	+.103
Hakeem Olajuwon	79	35.8	22.8	3.8	8.3	12.1	2.1	2.1	2.7	3.1	4.1	9.0	17.5	.514	0.0	0.1	.000	4.8	6.9	.695

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hakeem Olajuwon	4	40.5	37.5	5.0	11.8	16.8	1.8	2.3	2.8	2.3	3.5	14.0	24.5	.571	0.0	0.3	.000	9.5	10.8	.884


Season 5
	Vince Carter	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	2002-03	1988-89
Team	Toronto Raptors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Vince Carter	43	34.2	20.6	1.4	3.0	4.4	3.3	1.1	1.0	1.7	2.8	8.3	17.7	.467	1.0	3.0	.344	3.0	3.7	.806
difference:	+39	+2.7	+4.2	+2.7	+6.4	+9.1	+1.5	+1.5	+2.4	-1.7	-1.2	+1.3	+1.3	+.041	+1.0	+2.9	+.344	+2.5	+4.3	+.110
Hakeem Olajuwon	82	36.9	24.8	4.1	9.4	13.5	1.8	2.6	3.4	3.4	4.0	9.6	19.0	.508	0.0	0.1	.000	5.5	8.0	.696

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hakeem Olajuwon	4	40.5	25.3	3.5	9.5	13.0	3.0	2.5	2.8	2.5	4.3	10.5	20.3	.519	0.0	0.0	-	4.3	6.3	.680


Season 6
	Vince Carter	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	2003-04	1989-90
Team	Toronto Raptors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West 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		%
Vince Carter	73	38.2	22.5	1.3	3.5	4.8	4.8	1.2	0.9	3.1	2.9	8.3	20.0	.417	1.3	3.3	.383	4.6	5.7	.806
difference:	+9	+0.1	+1.8	+2.3	+6.9	+9.2	+1.9	+0.9	+3.7	-0.8	-0.9	+1.5	+0.4	+.084	+1.3	+3.2	+.216	+0.1	+0.8	+.093
Hakeem Olajuwon	82	38.1	24.3	3.6	10.4	14.0	2.9	2.1	4.6	3.9	3.8	9.8	19.6	.501	0.0	0.1	.167	4.7	6.5	.713

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hakeem Olajuwon	4	40.3	18.5	3.8	7.8	11.5	2.0	2.5	5.8	2.8	4.8	7.8	17.5	.443	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.3	.706


Season 7
	Vince Carter	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	2004-05	1990-91
Team	Toronto Raptors, New Jersey Nets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Vince Carter	77	36.7	24.5	1.4	3.8	5.2	4.2	1.4	0.6	2.2	3.2	9.0	20.0	.452	1.6	4.1	.406	4.8	6.0	.798
difference:	+21	+0.1	+3.3	+2.5	+6.0	+8.6	+1.9	+0.8	+3.3	-0.9	-0.7	+0.3	+2.9	+.056	+1.6	+4.0	+.406	+1.0	+1.1	+.029
Hakeem Olajuwon	56	36.8	21.2	3.9	9.8	13.8	2.3	2.2	3.9	3.1	3.9	8.7	17.1	.508	0.0	0.1	.000	3.8	4.9	.769

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	4	45.3	26.8	2.3	6.3	8.5	5.8	2.3	0.0	3.8	4.3	8.8	24.0	.365	1.5	4.8	.316	7.8	9.0	.861
difference:	+1	+2.3	+4.8	+1.7	+4.4	+6.2	+3.8	+1.0	+2.7	-1.1	-0.6	+0.1	+9.0	+.213	+1.5	+4.5	+.316	+3.1	+3.3	+.037
Hakeem Olajuwon	3	43.0	22.0	4.0	10.7	14.7	2.0	1.3	2.7	2.7	3.7	8.7	15.0	.578	0.0	0.3	.000	4.7	5.7	.824


Season 8
	Vince Carter	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	2005-06	1991-92
Team	New Jersey Nets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Vince Carter	79	36.8	24.2	1.7	4.1	5.8	4.3	1.2	0.7	2.7	3.0	8.3	19.2	.430	1.6	4.6	.341	6.1	7.6	.799
difference:	+9	+0.9	+2.6	+1.8	+4.5	+6.3	+2.1	+0.6	+3.6		-0.8	+0.1	+2.4	+.072	+1.6	+4.6		+1.4	+1.5	+.033
Hakeem Olajuwon	70	37.7	21.6	3.5	8.6	12.1	2.2	1.8	4.3	2.7	3.8	8.4	16.8	.502	0.0	0.0	-	4.7	6.1	.766

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	11	40.9	29.6	1.5	5.5	7.0	5.3	1.8	0.5	2.4	3.1	10.3	22.2	.463	1.3	5.3	.241	7.8	9.8	.796
Hakeem Olajuwon	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Vince Carter	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	2006-07	1992-93
Team	New Jersey Nets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Vince Carter	82	38.1	25.2	1.4	4.6	6.0	4.8	1.0	0.4	2.6	3.2	8.9	19.5	.454	1.9	5.3	.357	5.6	7.0	.802
difference:		+1.4	+0.9	+2.1	+5.0	+7.0	+1.3	+0.8	+3.8	-0.6	-0.5	+1.4		+.075	+1.9	+5.2	+.357	+0.2		+.023
Hakeem Olajuwon	82	39.5	26.1	3.5	9.6	13.0	3.5	1.8	4.2	3.2	3.7	10.3	19.5	.529	0.0	0.1	.000	5.4	7.0	.779

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	12	40.6	22.3	1.4	5.4	6.8	5.3	0.9	0.6	3.2	2.9	7.8	19.6	.396	1.8	4.5	.389	5.1	7.3	.693
difference:		+2.6	+3.4	+2.9	+4.3	+7.2	+0.5	+0.9	+4.3	-0.6	-0.2	+2.5	+0.2	+.121	+1.8	+4.4	+.389	+0.1	+1.0	+.134
Hakeem Olajuwon	12	43.2	25.7	4.3	9.7	14.0	4.8	1.8	4.9	3.8	3.1	10.3	19.8	.517	0.0	0.1	.000	5.2	6.3	.827


Season 10
	Vince Carter	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	2007-08	1993-94
Team	New Jersey Nets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	76	38.9	21.3	1.5	4.5	6.0	5.1	1.2	0.4	2.4	3.2	7.7	16.9	.456	1.3	3.6	.359	4.6	5.6	.816
difference:	+4	+2.1	+6.0	+1.4	+4.6	+5.9	+1.5	+0.4	+3.3	-1.0	-0.4	+3.5	+4.3	+.072	+1.2	+3.4	+.062	+0.3	+1.2	+.100
Hakeem Olajuwon	80	41.0	27.3	2.9	9.1	11.9	3.6	1.6	3.7	3.4	3.6	11.2	21.2	.528	0.1	0.2	.421	4.9	6.8	.716

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hakeem Olajuwon	23	43.0	28.9	2.4	8.7	11.0	4.3	1.7	4.0	3.6	3.6	11.6	22.3	.519	0.1	0.2	.500	5.6	7.0	.795


Season 11
	Vince Carter	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	2008-09	1994-95
Team	New Jersey Nets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	80	36.8	20.8	0.9	4.2	5.1	4.7	1.0	0.5	2.1	2.9	7.4	16.8	.437	1.9	4.9	.385	4.2	5.1	.817
difference:	+8	+2.8	+7.0	+1.5	+4.2	+5.7	+1.2	+0.8	+2.9	-1.2	-0.6	+3.7	+4.7	+.080	+1.9	+4.7	+.197	+1.4	+2.4	+.061
Hakeem Olajuwon	72	39.6	27.8	2.4	8.4	10.8	3.5	1.8	3.4	3.3	3.5	11.1	21.5	.517	0.0	0.2	.188	5.6	7.5	.756

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hakeem Olajuwon	22	42.2	33.0	2.0	8.3	10.3	4.5	1.2	2.8	3.1	4.3	13.9	26.2	.531	0.1	0.2	.500	5.0	7.4	.681


Season 12
	Vince Carter	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	2009-10	1995-96
Team	Orlando Magic	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf Finals	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	75	30.8	16.6	0.4	3.5	3.9	3.1	0.7	0.2	1.4	2.5	5.8	13.5	.428	1.6	4.3	.367	3.4	4.1	.840
difference:	+3	+8.0	+10.3	+2.0	+4.9	+7.0	+0.5	+0.9	+2.7	-2.0	-0.9	+4.9	+7.3	+.086	+1.6	+4.1	+.153	+2.1	+3.5	+.116
Hakeem Olajuwon	72	38.8	26.9	2.4	8.4	10.9	3.6	1.6	2.9	3.4	3.4	10.7	20.8	.514	0.0	0.2	.214	5.5	7.6	.724

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	14	34.3	15.5	0.6	3.6	4.2	2.3	0.9	0.2	1.6	3.6	5.3	13.1	.402	0.9	3.6	.235	4.1	4.9	.826
difference:	+6	+6.8	+6.9	+1.5	+3.4	+4.9	+1.6	+1.0	+1.9	-2.0	-0.1	+4.1	+5.3	+.108	+0.9	+3.5	+.235	+0.5	+0.1	+.101
Hakeem Olajuwon	8	41.1	22.4	2.1	7.0	9.1	3.9	1.9	2.1	3.6	3.5	9.4	18.4	.510	0.0	0.1	.000	3.6	5.0	.725


Season 13
	Vince Carter	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	2010-11	1996-97
Team	Orlando Magic, Phoenix Suns	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	73	28.1	14.0	0.7	3.0	3.8	2.0	0.9	0.3	1.2	2.6	5.3	12.2	.437	1.6	4.4	.361	1.8	2.4	.740
difference:	+5	+8.5	+9.2	+1.5	+4.0	+5.4	+1.0	+0.6	+1.9	-2.4	-0.6	+4.0	+6.1	+.073	+1.5	+4.2	+.048	+2.7	+3.3	+.047
Hakeem Olajuwon	78	36.6	23.2	2.2	7.0	9.2	3.0	1.5	2.2	3.6	3.2	9.3	18.3	.510	0.1	0.2	.313	4.5	5.7	.787

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hakeem Olajuwon	16	39.4	23.1	2.9	8.0	10.9	3.4	2.1	2.6	2.9	3.8	9.2	15.6	.590	0.0	0.2	.000	4.8	6.5	.731


Season 14
	Vince Carter	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	2011-12	1997-98
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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14th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	61	25.3	10.1	0.5	2.8	3.4	2.3	0.9	0.4	1.4	2.2	3.7	8.9	.411	1.2	3.4	.361	1.6	1.9	.826
difference:	+14	+9.4	+6.3	+2.0	+4.5	+6.4	+0.7	+0.9	+1.6	-1.3	-1.0	+2.8	+4.6	+.072	+1.2	+3.3	+.361	+1.8	+2.6	+.071
Hakeem Olajuwon	47	34.7	16.4	2.5	7.3	9.8	3.0	1.8	2.0	2.7	3.2	6.5	13.5	.483	0.0	0.1	.000	3.4	4.5	.755

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	4	26.8	8.3	1.3	4.3	5.5	0.3	1.3	0.5	1.5	2.8	3.0	10.3	.293	0.8	2.5	.300	1.5	2.0	.750
difference:	+1	+11.2	+12.1	+0.5	+4.7	+5.3	+2.1	+0.3	+2.7	-1.1	-0.8	+4.8	+9.5	+.101	+0.8	+2.3	+.300	+3.3	+4.6	+.023
Hakeem Olajuwon	5	38.0	20.4	1.8	9.0	10.8	2.4	1.0	3.2	2.6	3.6	7.8	19.8	.394	0.0	0.2	.000	4.8	6.6	.727


Season 15
	Vince Carter	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	2012-13	1998-99
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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15th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	81	25.8	13.4	0.7	3.4	4.1	2.4	0.9	0.5	1.3	2.8	4.6	10.6	.435	2.0	4.9	.406	2.2	2.8	.816
difference:	+31	+9.9	+5.5	+1.4	+4.0	+5.5	+0.6	+0.7	+2.0	-1.5	-0.4	+2.9	+3.9	+.079	+1.9	+4.6	+.098	+1.7	+2.6	+.099
Hakeem Olajuwon	50	35.7	18.9	2.1	7.4	9.6	1.8	1.6	2.5	2.8	3.2	7.5	14.5	.514	0.1	0.3	.308	3.9	5.4	.717

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hakeem Olajuwon	4	31.0	13.3	1.3	6.0	7.3	0.5	1.3	0.8	1.3	4.5	5.8	13.5	.426	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.0	.875


Season 16
	Vince Carter	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	2013-14	1999-00
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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16th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	81	24.4	11.9	0.8	2.7	3.5	2.6	0.8	0.4	1.3	2.6	4.1	10.0	.407	1.8	4.6	.394	2.0	2.4	.821
difference:	+37	+0.6	+1.6	+0.7	+2.1	+2.7	+1.2	+0.1	+1.2	-0.4	-0.6	+0.3	+0.4	+.051	+1.8	+4.6		+0.4	+0.1	+.205
Hakeem Olajuwon	44	23.8	10.3	1.5	4.8	6.2	1.4	0.9	1.6	1.7	2.0	4.4	9.6	.458	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.5	.616

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	7	27.1	12.6	1.0	2.6	3.6	2.4	0.4	0.3	0.9	1.7	4.4	9.7	.456	2.1	4.4	.484	1.6	2.0	.786
Hakeem Olajuwon	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Vince Carter	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	2014-15	2000-01
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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17th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	66	16.5	5.8	0.4	1.6	2.0	1.2	0.7	0.2	0.7	1.5	2.0	6.2	.333	1.0	3.5	.297	0.7	0.9	.789
difference:	+8	+10.1	+6.1	+1.7	+3.7	+5.4		+0.5	+1.3	-0.7	-0.9	+2.9	+3.6	+.165	+1.0	+3.5		+1.4	+2.5	+.168
Hakeem Olajuwon	58	26.6	11.9	2.1	5.3	7.4	1.2	1.2	1.5	1.4	2.4	4.9	9.8	.498	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	3.4	.621

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	11	17.8	6.3	1.2	3.1	4.3	1.0	0.6	0.2	0.6	1.5	2.5	6.1	.403	0.6	2.5	.250	0.7	0.8	.889
Hakeem Olajuwon	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 18
	Vince Carter	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	2015-16	2001-02
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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18th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	60	16.8	6.6	0.5	1.9	2.4	0.9	0.6	0.3	0.6	1.7	2.2	5.7	.388	1.0	2.8	.349	1.2	1.4	.833
difference:	+1	+5.8	+0.5	+1.1	+2.5	+3.6	+0.2	+0.6	+1.2	-1.0	-0.7	+1.0	+1.2	+.076	+1.0	+2.8		+0.4		+.273
Hakeem Olajuwon	61	22.6	7.1	1.6	4.4	6.0	1.1	1.2	1.5	1.6	2.4	3.2	6.9	.464	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.4	.560

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	4	22.8	11.3	1.3	2.5	3.8	1.3	0.5	0.3	0.8	2.3	3.8	8.3	.455	1.8	2.5	.700	2.0	2.0	1.000
difference:	+1	+5.6	+5.7	+0.5	+0.5		+0.9	+0.9	+0.5	-0.4	-0.5	+1.4	+3.9	+.090	+1.8	+2.5		+1.2	+0.8	+.333
Hakeem Olajuwon	5	17.2	5.6	1.8	2.0	3.8	0.4	1.4	0.8	1.2	1.8	2.4	4.4	.545	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.667

Additional Years

* Vince Carter played 4 seasons more than Hakeem Olajuwon in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 19 to 22, from 2017 to 2020—Vince Carter played in one postseason.

Vince Carter vs. Hakeem Olajuwon Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Hakeem Olajuwon and Vince Carter, 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

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Season 13

13th Season Stats Comparison

Season 14

14th Season Stats Comparison

Season 15

15th Season Stats Comparison

Season 16

16th Season Stats Comparison

Season 17

17th Season Stats Comparison

Season 18

18th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years