Vince Carter vs. Jalen Suggs Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Suggs 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.

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, 17 more than Jalen Suggs, who played 5. Vince Carter had the first of his seasons in 1998-99, while Jalen Suggs 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
	Vince Carter	Jalen Suggs
Season	1998-99	2021-22
Team	Toronto Raptors	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	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		%
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:	+2	+8.0	+6.5	+1.4	+0.8	+2.1	+1.4	+0.1	+1.1	-0.8	-0.2	+2.8	+3.9	+.089	+0.5	+2.8	+.074	+1.5	+2.0	+.012
Jalen Suggs	48	27.2	11.8	0.5	3.0	3.6	4.4	1.2	0.4	3.0	3.0	4.1	11.4	.361	0.9	4.1	.214	2.6	3.4	.773
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Vince Carter nor Jalen Suggs played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Vince Carter	Jalen Suggs
Season	1999-00	2022-23
Team	Toronto Raptors	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+29	+14.6	+15.8	+0.8	+2.0	+2.8	+1.0		+0.6	-0.4	-0.9	+6.1	+12.3	+.046		+0.9	+.076	+3.7	+4.5	+.068
Jalen Suggs	53	23.5	9.9	1.0	2.0	3.0	2.9	1.3	0.5	1.8	2.3	3.5	8.4	.419	1.2	3.8	.327	1.6	2.2	.723
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
Jalen Suggs	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Vince Carter	Jalen Suggs
Season	2000-01	2023-24
Team	Toronto Raptors	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:		+12.7	+15.0	+1.7	+0.8	+2.4	+1.2	+0.1	+0.5	-0.4		+5.7	+12.6	+.011	+0.2	+0.2	+.011	+3.5	+4.6	+.009
Jalen Suggs	75	27.0	12.6	0.6	2.4	3.1	2.7	1.4	0.6	1.8	2.7	4.5	9.5	.471	2.0	5.1	.397	1.6	2.1	.756
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:	+5	+12.0	+12.6	+1.5	+0.2	+1.4	+1.4	+0.4	+1.3	-0.6	-1.2	+5.5	+11.6	+.034	+0.1	+1.8	+.118	+1.5	+1.9	+.017
Jalen Suggs	7	33.1	14.7	1.6	3.6	5.1	3.3	1.3	0.4	2.9	2.6	4.7	11.7	.402	2.0	6.9	.292	3.3	4.3	.767

Season 4
	Vince Carter	Jalen Suggs
Season	2001-02	2024-25
Team	Toronto Raptors	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+25	+11.2	+8.5	+1.6	+0.5	+1.2	+0.3	+0.1	+0.2	-0.3	-0.4	+3.7	+8.1	+.018	+0.2	+1.7	+.073	+1.3	+2.0	+.084
Jalen Suggs	35	28.6	16.2	0.7	3.4	4.0	3.7	1.5	0.9	2.9	2.8	5.6	13.7	.410	2.2	6.9	.314	2.8	3.1	.882
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Vince Carter nor Jalen Suggs played in the postseason in their season 4

Season 5
	Vince Carter	Jalen Suggs
Season	2002-03	2025-26
Team	Toronto Raptors	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
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:	+22	+8.6	+5.2	+0.6		+0.7	+1.5	+0.8	+0.4	-1.0	-0.2	+2.9	+6.3	+.004	+1.0	+3.1	+.016	+0.3	+0.6	+.056
Jalen Suggs	21	25.6	15.4	0.8	3.0	3.7	4.8	1.9	0.6	2.7	3.0	5.4	11.4	.471	2.0	6.1	.328	2.7	3.1	.862
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Vince Carter nor Jalen Suggs played in the postseason in their season 5

Additional Years
* Vince Carter played 17 seasons more than Jalen Suggs in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 22, from 2004 to 2020—Vince Carter played in 9 Playoffs. In those 17 extra years over Jalen Suggs, Vince Carter got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	4 All-Star Game