Vince Carter vs. Kevin Garnett Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Garnett 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 / Scoring / 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, 1 more than Kevin Garnett, who played 21. Vince Carter had the first of his seasons in 1998-99, while Kevin Garnett had his rookie season in 1995-96. 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
Kevin Garnett	21	14	1995-96 to 2015-16

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21


Rookie Season
	Vince Carter	Kevin Garnett
Season	1998-99	1995-96
Team	Toronto Raptors	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second 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:	+30	+6.5	+7.9	+0.3	+0.3	+0.6	+1.2		+0.1	-0.8	-0.4	+2.4	+6.1	+.041	+0.3	+0.9	+.002	+2.8	+3.5	+.056
Kevin Garnett	80	28.7	10.4	2.2	4.1	6.3	1.8	1.1	1.6	1.4	2.4	4.5	9.2	.491	0.1	0.4	.286	1.3	1.9	.705

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Vince Carter nor Kevin Garnett played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Vince Carter	Kevin Garnett
Season	1999-00	1996-97
Team	Toronto Raptors	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+5	+0.8	+8.7	+0.7	+1.6	+2.2	+0.8	+0.1	+1.0	-0.1	-0.6	+2.5	+6.4	+.034	+1.1	+2.6	+.117	+2.6	+3.2	+.037
Kevin Garnett	77	38.9	17.0	2.5	5.6	8.0	3.1	1.4	2.1	2.3	2.6	7.1	14.3	.499	0.1	0.3	.286	2.7	3.5	.754

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:		+2.0	+2.0	+1.7	+1.7	+3.3	+2.6	+0.3	+0.3	-1.4	-2.0	+3.0	+0.3	+.171		+3.0	+.900	+8.0	+9.3	+.129
Kevin Garnett	3	41.7	17.3	4.7	4.7	9.3	3.7	1.3	1.0	1.3	2.0	8.0	17.0	.471	0.3	0.3	1.000	1.0	1.0	1.000


Season 3
	Vince Carter	Kevin Garnett
Season	2000-01	1997-98
Team	Toronto Raptors	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	Timberwolves Lost West 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:	+7	+0.4	+9.1	+0.4	+3.7	+4.1	+0.3	+0.2	+0.7	-0.1		+2.5	+6.3	+.031	+2.2	+5.1	+.220	+2.1	+2.7	+.027
Kevin Garnett	82	39.3	18.5	2.7	6.9	9.6	4.2	1.7	1.8	2.3	2.7	7.7	15.8	.491	0.0	0.2	.188	3.0	4.0	.738

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:	+7	+6.5	+11.5	+0.3	+2.8	+3.1	+0.7	+0.9	+0.7	-2.1	-0.4	+3.0	+8.3	+.044	+2.1	+5.1		+3.4	+4.4	+.006
Kevin Garnett	5	38.6	15.8	3.4	6.2	9.6	4.0	0.8	2.4	4.4	3.4	7.2	15.0	.480	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.8	.778


Season 4
	Vince Carter	Kevin Garnett
Season	2001-02	1998-99
Team	Toronto Raptors	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Timberwolves 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:	+13	+1.9	+3.9	+1.2	+4.0	+5.2	+0.3	+0.1	+1.1	-0.3		+0.5	+2.7	+.032	+1.9	+4.9	+.101	+1.0	+0.7	+.094
Kevin Garnett	47	37.9	20.8	3.5	6.9	10.4	4.3	1.7	1.8	2.9	3.2	8.8	19.1	.460	0.1	0.3	.286	3.1	4.4	.704

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Garnett	4	42.5	21.8	4.0	8.0	12.0	3.8	1.8	2.0	3.3	2.5	8.8	19.8	.443	0.0	0.5	.000	4.3	5.8	.739


Season 5
	Vince Carter	Kevin Garnett
Season	2002-03	1999-00
Team	Toronto Raptors	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Timberwolves 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:	+38	+5.8	+2.3	+1.4	+6.0	+7.4	+1.7	+0.4	+0.6	-1.6	-0.3	+1.1	+1.1	+.030	+0.6	+2.0	+.026	+0.8	+1.3	+.041
Kevin Garnett	81	40.0	22.9	2.8	9.0	11.8	5.0	1.5	1.6	3.3	2.5	9.4	18.8	.497	0.4	1.0	.370	3.8	5.0	.765

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Garnett	4	42.5	18.8	3.3	7.5	10.8	8.8	1.3	0.8	2.8	3.0	7.5	19.5	.385	0.5	0.8	.667	3.3	4.0	.813


Season 6
	Vince Carter	Kevin Garnett
Season	2003-04	2000-01
Team	Toronto Raptors	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Timberwolves 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:	+8	+1.3	+0.5	+1.4	+5.2	+6.6	+0.2	+0.2	+0.9	-0.3	-0.4	+0.4	+1.8	+.060	+1.1	+2.5	+.095	+0.2	+0.1	+.042
Kevin Garnett	81	39.5	22.0	2.7	8.7	11.4	5.0	1.4	1.8	2.8	2.5	8.7	18.2	.477	0.2	0.8	.288	4.4	5.8	.764

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Garnett	4	41.3	21.0	2.5	9.5	12.0	4.3	1.0	1.5	1.5	3.3	6.8	14.5	.466	0.0	0.8	.000	7.5	9.0	.833


Season 7
	Vince Carter	Kevin Garnett
Season	2004-05	2001-02
Team	Toronto Raptors, New Jersey Nets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Timberwolves 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:	+4	+2.5	+3.3	+1.6	+5.3	+6.9	+1.0	+0.2	+1.0	-0.6	-0.9	+0.9	+2.7	+.018	+1.1	+2.7	+.087	+0.4	+0.5	+.003
Kevin Garnett	81	39.2	21.2	3.0	9.1	12.1	5.2	1.2	1.6	2.8	2.3	8.1	17.3	.470	0.5	1.4	.319	4.4	5.5	.801

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	+2.0	+2.8	+3.0	+7.0	+10.2	+0.8	+0.6	+1.7	-0.2	-0.6	+0.8	+5.3	+.064	+1.2	+4.1	+.184	+0.1	+1.7	+.142
Kevin Garnett	3	43.3	24.0	5.3	13.3	18.7	5.0	1.7	1.7	4.0	3.7	8.0	18.7	.429	0.3	0.7	.500	7.7	10.7	.719


Season 8
	Vince Carter	Kevin Garnett
Season	2005-06	2002-03
Team	New Jersey Nets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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	+3.7	+1.2	+1.3	+6.4	+7.6	+1.7	+0.2	+0.9	-0.1	-0.6	+0.8	+1.1	+.072	+1.4	+3.7	+.059	+1.5	+1.5	+.048
Kevin Garnett	82	40.5	23.0	3.0	10.5	13.4	6.0	1.4	1.6	2.8	2.4	9.1	18.1	.502	0.2	0.9	.282	4.6	6.1	.751

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
difference:	+5	+3.1	+2.6	+0.3	+8.3	+8.7	+0.1	+0.1	+1.2	-0.6	-0.7	+1.5	+0.8	+.051	+0.8	+3.8	+.092	+5.0	+5.1	+.189
Kevin Garnett	6	44.0	27.0	1.8	13.8	15.7	5.2	1.7	1.7	3.0	3.8	11.8	23.0	.514	0.5	1.5	.333	2.8	4.7	.607


Season 9
	Vince Carter	Kevin Garnett
Season	2006-07	2003-04
Team	New Jersey Nets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	Timberwolves Lost West 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:		+1.3	+1.0	+1.6	+6.3	+7.9	+0.2	+0.5	+1.8		-0.7	+0.9	+0.1	+.045	+1.8	+4.8	+.101	+1.1	+1.3	+.011
Kevin Garnett	82	39.4	24.2	3.0	10.9	13.9	5.0	1.5	2.2	2.6	2.5	9.8	19.6	.499	0.1	0.5	.256	4.5	5.7	.791

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:	+6	+2.9	+2.0	+0.8	+7.0	+7.8	+0.2	+0.4	+1.7	-1.0	-0.3	+1.5	+1.1	+.056	+1.5	+3.6	+.076	+0.3	+0.4	+.083
Kevin Garnett	18	43.5	24.3	2.2	12.4	14.6	5.1	1.3	2.3	4.2	3.2	9.3	20.7	.452	0.3	0.9	.313	5.4	6.9	.776


Season 10
	Vince Carter	Kevin Garnett
Season	2007-08	2004-05
Team	New Jersey Nets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+6	+0.8	+0.9	+1.5	+6.0	+7.5	+0.6	+0.3	+1.0	-0.3	-0.7	+0.6	+0.3	+.046	+1.2	+3.3	+.119	+0.8	+1.1	+.005
Kevin Garnett	82	38.1	22.2	3.0	10.5	13.5	5.7	1.5	1.4	2.7	2.5	8.3	16.6	.502	0.1	0.3	.240	5.4	6.7	.811

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Vince Carter nor Kevin Garnett played in the postseason in their season 10


Season 11
	Vince Carter	Kevin Garnett
Season	2008-09	2005-06
Team	New Jersey Nets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
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:	+4	+2.1	+1.0	+1.9	+5.7	+7.6	+0.6	+0.4	+0.9	-0.3	-0.2	+0.8	+1.1	+.089	+1.8	+4.5	+.118	+1.0	+1.3	+.007
Kevin Garnett	76	38.9	21.8	2.8	9.9	12.7	4.1	1.4	1.4	2.4	2.7	8.2	15.7	.526	0.1	0.4	.267	5.2	6.4	.810

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Vince Carter nor Kevin Garnett played in the postseason in their season 11


Season 12
	Vince Carter	Kevin Garnett
Season	2009-10	2006-07
Team	Orlando Magic	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
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:	+1	+8.6	+5.8	+2.0	+6.9	+8.9	+1.0	+0.5	+1.5	-1.3	-0.1	+2.6	+4.1	+.048	+1.4	+3.6	+.153	+2.1	+2.5	+.005
Kevin Garnett	76	39.4	22.4	2.4	10.4	12.8	4.1	1.2	1.7	2.7	2.4	8.4	17.6	.476	0.2	0.7	.214	5.5	6.6	.835

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
Kevin Garnett	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Vince Carter	Kevin Garnett
Season	2010-11	2007-08
Team	Orlando Magic, Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	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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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:	+2	+4.7	+4.8	+1.2	+4.3	+5.4	+1.4	+0.5	+1.0	-0.7	-0.3	+2.2	+1.7	+.102	+1.6	+4.2	+.361	+2.0	+2.3	+.061
Kevin Garnett	71	32.8	18.8	1.9	7.3	9.2	3.4	1.4	1.3	1.9	2.3	7.5	13.9	.539	0.0	0.2	.000	3.8	4.7	.801

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Garnett	26	38.0	20.4	2.8	7.8	10.5	3.3	1.3	1.1	2.1	2.8	8.3	16.8	.495	0.1	0.3	.250	3.6	4.5	.810


Season 14
	Vince Carter	Kevin Garnett
Season	2011-12	2008-09
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+4	+5.8	+5.7	+0.9	+4.3	+5.1	+0.2	+0.2	+0.8	-0.2		+3.2	+4.1	+.120	+1.2	+3.3	+.111	+0.3	+0.4	+.015
Kevin Garnett	57	31.1	15.8	1.4	7.1	8.5	2.5	1.1	1.2	1.6	2.2	6.9	13.0	.531	0.0	0.1	.250	1.9	2.3	.841

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
Kevin Garnett	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Vince Carter	Kevin Garnett
Season	2012-13	2009-10
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+12	+4.1	+0.9	+0.4	+2.8	+3.2	+0.3	+0.1	+0.3	-0.2	-0.3	+1.2	+0.6	+.086	+2.0	+4.8	+.206	+0.5	+0.4	+.021
Kevin Garnett	69	29.9	14.3	1.1	6.2	7.3	2.7	1.0	0.8	1.5	2.5	5.8	11.2	.521	0.0	0.1	.200	2.7	3.2	.837

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Garnett	23	33.3	15.0	1.4	6.0	7.4	2.5	1.1	0.9	1.3	3.2	6.5	13.1	.495	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	2.4	.839


Season 16
	Vince Carter	Kevin Garnett
Season	2013-14	2010-11
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+10	+6.9	+3.0	+0.4	+5.0	+5.4	+0.2	+0.5	+0.4	-0.3	-0.5	+2.0	+1.6	+.121	+1.8	+4.5	+.194	+0.6	+0.7	+.041
Kevin Garnett	71	31.3	14.9	1.2	7.7	8.9	2.4	1.3	0.8	1.6	2.1	6.1	11.6	.528	0.0	0.1	.200	2.6	3.1	.862

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
difference:	+2	+9.3	+2.3	+1.3	+6.0	+7.3	+0.2	+1.5	+0.7	-1.2	-1.3	+1.8	+4.4	+.015	+2.1	+4.3	+.484	+0.8	+1.2	+.027
Kevin Garnett	9	36.4	14.9	2.3	8.6	10.9	2.6	1.9	1.0	2.1	3.0	6.2	14.1	.441	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.2	.759


Season 17
	Vince Carter	Kevin Garnett
Season	2014-15	2011-12
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+6	+14.6	+10.0	+0.7	+5.5	+6.2	+1.7	+0.2	+0.8	-1.1	-0.9	+4.5	+6.8	+.170	+0.9	+3.3	+.036	+2.0	+2.3	+.068
Kevin Garnett	60	31.1	15.8	1.1	7.1	8.2	2.9	0.9	1.0	1.8	2.4	6.5	13.0	.503	0.1	0.2	.333	2.7	3.2	.857

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
difference:	+9	+19.1	+12.9	+0.4	+5.7	+6.0	+0.5	+0.6	+1.3	-1.6	-1.5	+5.5	+9.9	+.094	+0.5	+2.3		+2.6	+3.2	+.076
Kevin Garnett	20	36.9	19.2	1.6	8.8	10.3	1.5	1.2	1.5	2.2	3.0	8.0	16.0	.497	0.1	0.2	.250	3.3	4.0	.813


Season 18
	Vince Carter	Kevin Garnett
Season	2015-16	2012-13
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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:	+8	+12.9	+8.2	+0.6	+4.8	+5.4	+1.4	+0.5	+0.6	-1.0	-0.6	+4.0	+6.8	+.108	+1.0	+2.6	+.224	+1.1	+1.6	+.047
Kevin Garnett	68	29.7	14.8	1.1	6.7	7.8	2.3	1.1	0.9	1.6	2.3	6.2	12.5	.496	0.0	0.2	.125	2.3	3.0	.786

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:	+2	+12.5	+1.4	+0.2	+9.7	+9.9	+2.2	+0.3	+0.7	-2.4	-1.5	+1.2	+1.7	+.045	+1.8	+2.2	+.700	+0.7	+0.8	+.059
Kevin Garnett	6	35.3	12.7	1.5	12.2	13.7	3.5	0.8	1.0	3.2	3.8	5.0	10.0	.500	0.0	0.3	.000	2.7	2.8	.941


Season 19
	Vince Carter	Kevin Garnett
Season	2016-17	2013-14
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nets Lost East Conf Semis

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19th 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	24.6	8.0	0.5	2.6	3.1	1.8	0.8	0.5	0.7	2.2	2.6	6.7	.394	1.5	4.1	.378	1.2	1.6	.765
difference:	+19	+4.1	+1.5	+0.6	+2.9	+3.5	+0.3		+0.2	-0.6	-0.1	+0.3	+0.1	+.047	+1.5	+4.0	+.378	+0.5	+0.7	+.044
Kevin Garnett	54	20.5	6.5	1.1	5.5	6.6	1.5	0.8	0.7	1.3	2.3	2.9	6.6	.441	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	0.9	.809

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	6	32.5	9.2	0.7	2.7	3.3	1.5	0.3	0.0	1.7	2.5	3.3	7.0	.476	1.3	3.3	.400	1.2	1.2	1.000
difference:	+6	+11.7	+2.3	+0.9	+2.1	+3.0	+0.2	+0.5	+0.4	-0.6	-0.4	+0.5	+1.7	+.048	+1.3	+3.1	+.400	+0.2	+0.7	+.261
Kevin Garnett	12	20.8	6.9	1.6	4.8	6.3	1.3	0.8	0.4	1.1	2.1	2.8	5.3	.524	0.0	0.2	.000	1.4	1.9	.739


Season 20
	Vince Carter	Kevin Garnett
Season	2017-18	2014-15
Team	Sacramento Kings	Brooklyn Nets, Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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20th 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	58	17.7	5.4	0.3	2.2	2.6	1.2	0.7	0.4	0.6	1.7	2.0	4.9	.403	1.0	2.8	.345	0.5	0.6	.757
difference:	+11	+2.6	+1.5	+0.7	+3.4	+4.0	+0.4	+0.3		-0.4	-0.6	+1.0	+1.6	+.064	+1.0	+2.7	+.202	+0.3	+0.4	+.043
Kevin Garnett	47	20.3	6.9	1.0	5.6	6.6	1.6	1.0	0.4	1.0	2.3	3.0	6.5	.467	0.0	0.1	.143	0.8	1.0	.800

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Vince Carter nor Kevin Garnett played in the postseason in their season 20


Season 21
	Vince Carter	Kevin Garnett
Season	2018-19	2015-16
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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21st 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	17.5	7.4	0.4	2.1	2.6	1.1	0.6	0.4	0.6	1.9	2.6	6.2	.419	1.6	4.2	.389	0.6	0.9	.712
difference:	+38	+2.9	+4.2		+1.5	+1.3	+0.5	+0.1	+0.1	-0.2	-0.1	+1.2	+3.2	+.051	+1.6	+4.2		+0.2	+0.3	+.045
Kevin Garnett	38	14.6	3.2	0.4	3.6	3.9	1.6	0.7	0.3	0.4	1.8	1.4	3.0	.470	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.6	.667

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Vince Carter nor Kevin Garnett played in the postseason in their season 21

Additional Years

* Vince Carter played 1 season more than Kevin Garnett in the NBA.

In that period—his season 22 in 2020—Vince Carter didn't play in the postseason.

Vince Carter vs. Kevin Garnett Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Garnett 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

Season 19

19th Season Stats Comparison

Season 20

20th Season Stats Comparison

Season 21

21st Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years