Vince Carter vs. Payton Pritchard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Payton Pritchard 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, 16 more than Payton Pritchard, who played 6. Vince Carter had the first of his seasons in 1998-99, while Payton Pritchard had his rookie season in 2020-21. 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	Payton Pritchard
Season	1998-99	2020-21
Team	Toronto Raptors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East 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:	+16	+16.0	+10.6	+1.4	+1.9	+3.3	+1.2	+0.5	+1.4	-1.4	-1.2	+4.1	+9.0	+.010	+1.1	+2.5	+.123	+3.5	+4.7	+.128
Payton Pritchard	66	19.2	7.7	0.5	1.9	2.4	1.8	0.6	0.1	0.8	1.6	2.8	6.3	.440	1.5	3.8	.411	0.6	0.7	.889
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Payton Pritchard	5	13.4	3.4	0.4	1.4	1.8	2.4	0.4	0.0	0.6	0.8	1.2	3.4	.353	0.6	2.0	.300	0.4	0.4	1.000

Season 2
	Vince Carter	Payton Pritchard
Season	1999-00	2021-22
Team	Toronto Raptors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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:	+11	+24.0	+19.5	+1.3	+2.6	+3.9	+1.9	+0.9	+1.0	-1.6	-2.3	+7.3	+15.4	+.036	+0.2	+0.6	+.009	+5.0	+6.4	+.209
Payton Pritchard	71	14.1	6.2	0.5	1.4	1.9	2.0	0.4	0.1	0.6	0.9	2.3	5.3	.429	1.4	3.5	.412	0.3	0.3	1.000
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:	+21	+26.8	+14.5	+2.6	+1.5	+4.1	+4.7	+0.7	+1.2	-2.3	-3.0	+3.2	+12.4	+.122	+0.7	+0.3	+.233	+8.8	+10.0	+.204
Payton Pritchard	24	12.9	4.8	0.4	1.5	1.9	1.6	0.3	0.1	0.4	1.0	1.8	4.3	.422	1.0	3.0	.333	0.2	0.3	.667

Season 3
	Vince Carter	Payton Pritchard
Season	2000-01	2022-23
Team	Toronto Raptors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+27	+26.3	+22.0	+1.8	+1.9	+3.7	+2.6	+1.2	+1.1	-1.4	-1.9	+8.1	+17.0	+.048	+1.0	+2.1	+.044	+4.8	+6.4	+.015
Payton Pritchard	48	13.4	5.6	0.5	1.3	1.8	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.8	0.8	2.1	5.1	.412	1.2	3.2	.364	0.3	0.3	.750
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	+39.4	+24.1	+3.1	+2.8	+5.9	+3.6	+1.6	+1.7	-1.8	-3.5	+9.0	+21.1	+.109	+1.7	+4.1	+.010	+4.4	+5.7	+.016
Payton Pritchard	10	5.7	3.2	0.0	0.6	0.6	1.1	0.1	0.0	0.5	0.3	1.2	2.2	.545	0.4	1.0	.400	0.4	0.5	.800

Season 4
	Vince Carter	Payton Pritchard
Season	2001-02	2023-24
Team	Toronto Raptors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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:	+22	+17.5	+15.1	+1.4	+0.5	+2.0	+0.6	+1.1	+0.6	-1.9	-1.9	+5.7	+14.1	+.040	+0.2	+0.5	+.002	+3.5	+4.4	+.023
Payton Pritchard	82	22.3	9.6	0.9	2.4	3.2	3.4	0.5	0.1	0.7	1.3	3.6	7.7	.468	1.8	4.7	.385	0.6	0.7	.821
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Payton Pritchard	19	18.7	6.4	0.7	1.2	1.9	2.1	0.2	0.0	0.7	1.2	2.3	5.5	.419	1.2	3.2	.383	0.6	0.6	.917

Season 5
	Vince Carter	Payton Pritchard
Season	2002-03	2024-25
Team	Toronto Raptors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+37	+5.8	+6.3	+0.1	+0.4	+0.6	+0.2	+0.2	+0.8	-0.7	-1.3	+3.2	+6.9	+.005	+2.2	+4.8	+.063	+2.1	+2.6	+.039
Payton Pritchard	80	28.4	14.3	1.3	2.6	3.8	3.5	0.9	0.2	1.0	1.5	5.1	10.8	.472	3.2	7.8	.407	0.9	1.1	.845
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Payton Pritchard	11	27.5	11.9	0.8	1.5	2.3	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.8	1.7	4.1	9.0	.455	2.5	6.1	.403	1.3	1.5	.824

Season 6
	Vince Carter	Payton Pritchard
Season	2003-04	2025-26
Team	Toronto Raptors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	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:	+67	+4.4	+7.8		+0.2	+0.1	+1.0	+0.1	+0.9	-1.9	-1.1	+2.6	+5.8	+.017		+4.4	+.209	+2.6	+3.0	+.056
Payton Pritchard	6	33.8	14.7	1.3	3.3	4.7	5.8	1.3	0.0	1.2	1.8	5.7	14.2	.400	1.3	7.7	.174	2.0	2.7	.750
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Vince Carter nor Payton Pritchard played in the postseason in their season 6

Additional Years
* Vince Carter played 16 seasons more than Payton Pritchard in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 22, from 2005 to 2020—Vince Carter played in 9 Playoffs. In those 16 extra years over Payton Pritchard, Vince Carter got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-Star Game