Vince Carter vs. Kemba Walker Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kemba Walker 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 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, 10 more than Kemba Walker, who played 12. Vince Carter had the first of his seasons in 1998-99, while Kemba Walker had his rookie season in 2011-12. 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
Kemba Walker	12	4	2011-12 to 2022-23

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12


Rookie Season
	Vince Carter	Kemba Walker
Season	1998-99	2011-12
Team	Toronto Raptors	Charlotte Bobcats
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
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		%
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:	+16	+8.0	+6.2	+1.4	+0.7	+2.2	+1.4	+0.2	+1.2	-0.4	-1.6	+2.6	+3.7	+.084	+0.6	+2.1	+.017	+1.6	+2.2	+.028
Kemba Walker	66	27.2	12.1	0.5	3.1	3.5	4.4	0.9	0.3	1.8	1.2	4.3	11.6	.366	1.0	3.4	.305	2.5	3.2	.789

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Vince Carter nor Kemba Walker played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Vince Carter	Kemba Walker
Season	1999-00	2012-13
Team	Toronto Raptors	Charlotte Bobcats
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	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:		+3.2	+8.0	+1.1	+1.3	+2.3	+1.8	+0.7	+0.7	-0.2	-1.3	+3.2	+5.5	+.042	+0.1	+1.1	+.081	+1.7	+2.2	+.007
Kemba Walker	82	34.9	17.7	0.7	2.7	3.5	5.7	2.0	0.4	2.4	1.9	6.4	15.2	.423	1.3	4.0	.322	3.6	4.5	.798

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
Kemba Walker	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Vince Carter	Kemba Walker
Season	2000-01	2013-14
Team	Toronto Raptors	Charlotte Bobcats
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	Bobcats 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:	+2	+3.9	+9.9	+1.8	+0.5	+1.3	+2.2	+0.3	+0.7	-0.1	-0.9	+4.0	+6.4	+.067	+0.7	+0.8	+.075	+1.2	+2.1	+.072
Kemba Walker	73	35.8	17.7	0.5	3.7	4.2	6.1	1.2	0.4	2.3	1.8	6.2	15.7	.393	1.5	4.5	.333	3.9	4.6	.837

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:	+8	+6.8	+7.8	+2.8	+0.1	+2.7	+1.3	+0.3	+0.9	-1.5	-2.3	+3.7	+9.5	+.037	+0.9	+0.9	+.090	+1.3	+1.7	+.006
Kemba Walker	4	38.3	19.5	0.3	3.5	3.8	6.0	2.0	0.8	3.8	1.5	6.5	13.8	.473	3.0	6.0	.500	3.5	4.5	.778


Season 4
	Vince Carter	Kemba Walker
Season	2001-02	2014-15
Team	Toronto Raptors	Charlotte Hornets
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:	+2	+5.6	+7.4	+1.7	+0.1	+1.7	+1.1	+0.2	+0.2	-1.0	-1.7	+3.2	+6.0	+.043	+0.6	+0.7	+.083	+0.3	+0.5	+.029
Kemba Walker	62	34.2	17.3	0.6	3.0	3.5	5.1	1.4	0.5	1.6	1.5	6.1	15.8	.385	1.4	4.5	.304	3.8	4.6	.827

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Vince Carter nor Kemba Walker played in the postseason in their season 4


Season 5
	Vince Carter	Kemba Walker
Season	2002-03	2015-16
Team	Toronto Raptors	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hornets Lost East 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:	+38	+1.4	+0.3	+0.7	+0.7		+1.9	+0.5	+0.5	-0.4	-1.4	+1.3	+1.3	+.040	+1.2	+3.0	+.027	+1.6	+1.7	+.041
Kemba Walker	81	35.6	20.9	0.7	3.7	4.4	5.2	1.6	0.5	2.1	1.4	7.0	16.4	.427	2.2	6.0	.371	4.6	5.4	.847

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kemba Walker	7	37.1	22.7	0.4	2.6	3.0	4.0	1.3	0.6	1.7	1.4	8.0	21.9	.366	2.0	6.1	.326	4.7	5.0	.943


Season 6
	Vince Carter	Kemba Walker
Season	2003-04	2016-17
Team	Toronto Raptors	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+6	+3.5	+0.7	+0.7	+0.2	+0.9	+0.7	+0.1	+0.6	-1.0	-1.4	+0.2	+1.7	+.027	+1.7	+4.3	+.016	+0.8	+1.2	+.041
Kemba Walker	79	34.7	23.2	0.6	3.3	3.9	5.5	1.1	0.3	2.1	1.5	8.1	18.3	.444	3.0	7.6	.399	3.8	4.5	.847

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Vince Carter nor Kemba Walker played in the postseason in their season 6


Season 7
	Vince Carter	Kemba Walker
Season	2004-05	2017-18
Team	Toronto Raptors, New Jersey Nets	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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:	+3	+2.5	+2.4	+1.0	+1.1	+2.1	+1.4	+0.3	+0.3		-2.0	+1.6	+3.0	+.021	+1.3	+3.4	+.022	+0.3	+0.7	+.066
Kemba Walker	80	34.2	22.1	0.4	2.7	3.1	5.6	1.1	0.3	2.2	1.2	7.4	17.0	.431	2.9	7.5	.384	4.5	5.3	.864

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
Kemba Walker	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Vince Carter	Kemba Walker
Season	2005-06	2018-19
Team	New Jersey Nets	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
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:	+3	+1.9	+1.4	+1.1	+0.3	+1.4	+1.6		+0.3	-0.1	-1.4	+0.6	+1.3	+.004	+1.6	+4.3	+.015	+1.5	+2.1	+.045
Kemba Walker	82	34.9	25.6	0.6	3.8	4.4	5.9	1.2	0.4	2.6	1.6	8.9	20.5	.434	3.2	8.9	.356	4.6	5.5	.844

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
Kemba Walker	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Vince Carter	Kemba Walker
Season	2006-07	2019-20
Team	New Jersey Nets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+26	+7.0	+4.8	+0.8	+1.4	+2.1		+0.1	+0.1	-0.5	-1.6	+2.1	+3.6	+.029	+1.3	+3.1	+.024	+1.9	+2.7	+.062
Kemba Walker	56	31.1	20.4	0.6	3.2	3.9	4.8	0.9	0.5	2.1	1.6	6.8	15.9	.425	3.2	8.4	.381	3.7	4.3	.864

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:	+5	+3.7	+2.7	+1.0	+1.7	+2.7	+0.2		+0.2	-1.3	-0.4	+1.2	+4.5	+.045	+0.5	+2.9	+.079	+1.0	+2.5	+.159
Kemba Walker	17	36.9	19.6	0.4	3.7	4.1	5.1	0.9	0.4	1.9	2.5	6.6	15.1	.441	2.3	7.4	.310	4.1	4.8	.852


Season 10
	Vince Carter	Kemba Walker
Season	2007-08	2020-21
Team	New Jersey Nets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+33	+7.1	+2.0	+1.1	+0.9	+2.0	+0.2	+0.1	+0.1	-0.4	-1.8	+1.1	+1.2	+.036	+1.7	+4.6	+.001	+1.5	+2.1	+.083
Kemba Walker	43	31.8	19.3	0.4	3.6	4.0	4.9	1.1	0.3	2.0	1.4	6.6	15.7	.420	3.0	8.2	.360	3.1	3.5	.899

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kemba Walker	3	30.3	12.7	0.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	0.3	0.0	2.7	3.3	4.3	13.7	.317	1.0	5.7	.176	3.0	3.3	.900


Season 11
	Vince Carter	Kemba Walker
Season	2008-09	2021-22
Team	New Jersey Nets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+43	+11.2	+9.2	+0.5	+1.6	+2.1	+1.2	+0.3	+0.3	-0.8	-1.9	+3.4	+6.8	+.034	+0.1	+0.5	+.018	+2.6	+3.2	+.028
Kemba Walker	37	25.6	11.6	0.4	2.6	3.0	3.5	0.7	0.2	1.3	1.0	4.0	10.0	.403	2.0	5.4	.367	1.6	1.9	.845

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Vince Carter nor Kemba Walker played in the postseason in their season 11


Season 12
	Vince Carter	Kemba Walker
Season	2009-10	2022-23
Team	Orlando Magic	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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:	+66	+14.8	+8.6	+0.1	+2.1	+2.1	+1.0	+0.5		-1.0	-1.3	+3.1	+7.2	+.007	+0.8	+1.2	+.117	+1.5	+1.8	+.030
Kemba Walker	9	16.0	8.0	0.3	1.4	1.8	2.1	0.2	0.2	0.4	1.2	2.7	6.3	.421	0.8	3.1	.250	1.9	2.3	.810

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
Kemba Walker	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years

* Vince Carter played 10 seasons more than Kemba Walker in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 13 to 22, from 2011 to 2020—Vince Carter played in 5 Playoffs.

Vince Carter vs. Kemba Walker Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kemba Walker 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

Additional Years