Vince Carter vs. Louie Nelson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Louie Nelson 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 Louie Nelson, who played 5. Vince Carter had the first of his seasons in 1998-99, while Louie Nelson had his rookie season in 1973-74. 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Vince Carter	Louie Nelson
Season	1998-99	1973-74
Team	Toronto Raptors	Capital Bullets
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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
Louie Nelson	49	11.3	4.9	0.5	0.9	1.4	1.1	0.6	0.0	-	1.3	1.9	4.4	.433	-	-	-	1.1	1.5	.726
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Louie Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Vince Carter	Louie Nelson
Season	1999-00	1974-75
Team	Toronto Raptors	New Orleans Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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
Louie Nelson	72	26.4	11.2	1.0	1.7	2.7	2.5	0.9	0.1	-	2.6	4.3	9.4	.452	-	-	-	2.7	3.5	.768
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
Louie Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Vince Carter	Louie Nelson
Season	2000-01	1975-76
Team	Toronto Raptors	New Orleans Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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
Louie Nelson	66	30.8	12.5	1.2	1.8	3.1	2.6	1.2	0.1	-	2.2	5.0	11.4	.433	-	-	-	2.6	3.5	.735
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
Louie Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Vince Carter	Louie Nelson
Season	2001-02	1976-77
Team	Toronto Raptors	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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
Louie Nelson	4	14.3	4.5	0.5	1.3	1.8	0.8	0.5	0.0	-	2.3	1.8	3.5	.500	-	-	-	1.0	1.8	.571
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Louie Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Vince Carter	Louie Nelson
Season	2002-03	1977-78
Team	Toronto Raptors	Kansas City Kings, New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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
Louie Nelson	33	12.3	6.9	0.4	1.2	1.6	1.0	0.7	0.2	1.5	1.0	2.6	6.4	.403	-	-	-	1.7	2.5	.679
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Louie Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Vince Carter	Louie Nelson
Season	2003-04	-
Team	Toronto Raptors	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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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
Louie Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Louie Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Vince Carter	Louie Nelson
Season	2004-05	-
Team	Toronto Raptors, New Jersey Nets	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	-

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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
Louie Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Louie Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Vince Carter	Louie Nelson
Season	2005-06	-
Team	New Jersey Nets	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	-

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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
Louie Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Louie Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Vince Carter	Louie Nelson
Season	2006-07	-
Team	New Jersey Nets	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	-

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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
Louie Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Louie Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-