Vince Carter vs. Shaquille O'Neal Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shaquille O'Neal 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, 3 more than Shaquille O'Neal, who played 19. Vince Carter had the first of his seasons in 1998-99, while Shaquille O'Neal had his rookie season in 1992-93. 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
Shaquille O'Neal	19	17	1992-93 to 2010-11

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


Rookie Season
	Vince Carter	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	1998-99	1992-93
Team	Toronto Raptors	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
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:	+31	+2.7	+5.1	+2.3	+5.8	+8.2	+1.1	+0.4	+2.0	-1.6	-1.2	+2.1	+0.8	+.112	+0.4	+1.3		+1.2	+3.5	+.169
Shaquille O'Neal	81	37.9	23.4	4.2	9.6	13.9	1.9	0.7	3.5	3.8	4.0	9.0	16.1	.562	0.0	0.0	-	5.3	8.9	.592

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Vince Carter nor Shaquille O'Neal played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Vince Carter	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	1999-00	1993-94
Team	Toronto Raptors	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Magic Lost East 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:	+1	+1.7	+3.6	+2.9	+4.5	+7.4	+1.5	+0.4	+1.8	-0.5	-0.3	+2.2	+1.1	+.134	+1.2	+2.9		+0.5	+3.8	+.237
Shaquille O'Neal	81	39.8	29.3	4.7	8.5	13.2	2.4	0.9	2.9	2.7	3.5	11.8	19.6	.599	0.0	0.0	-	5.8	10.5	.554

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:		+2.3	+1.4	+2.7	+4.7	+7.3	+4.0	+0.3	+1.7	-0.6	-0.3	+2.7	+1.7	+.211	+0.3	+3.3		+3.7	+1.0	+.400
Shaquille O'Neal	3	42.0	20.7	5.7	7.7	13.3	2.3	0.7	3.0	3.3	4.3	7.7	15.0	.511	0.0	0.0	-	5.3	11.3	.471


Season 3
	Vince Carter	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2000-01	1994-95
Team	Toronto Raptors	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	Magic Lost NBA 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:	+4	+2.7	+1.7	+1.9	+4.1	+5.9	+1.2	+0.6	+1.3	-0.4	-0.6	+1.6	+1.9	+.123	+2.2	+5.2	+.408	+0.7	+4.1	+.232
Shaquille O'Neal	79	37.0	29.3	4.2	7.3	11.4	2.7	0.9	2.4	2.6	3.3	11.8	20.2	.583	0.0	0.1	.000	5.8	10.8	.533

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:	+9	+6.8	+1.6	+1.4	+4.0	+5.4	+1.4	+0.8	+0.2	-1.2	-0.2	+0.9	+7.2	+.141	+2.1	+5.1		+2.3	+6.2	+.213
Shaquille O'Neal	21	38.3	25.7	4.5	7.4	11.9	3.3	0.9	1.9	3.5	4.0	9.3	16.1	.577	0.0	0.0	-	7.1	12.4	.571


Season 4
	Vince Carter	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2001-02	1995-96
Team	Toronto Raptors	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+6	+3.8	+1.9	+1.1	+4.8	+5.8	+1.1	+1.0	+1.4	-0.3	-0.4	+1.7	+2.7	+.145	+2.0	+5.2		+0.5	+4.4	+.311
Shaquille O'Neal	54	36.0	26.6	3.4	7.7	11.0	2.9	0.6	2.1	2.9	3.6	11.0	19.1	.573	0.0	0.0	-	4.6	9.5	.487

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shaquille O'Neal	12	38.3	25.8	4.1	5.9	10.0	4.6	0.8	1.3	3.7	3.3	10.9	18.0	.606	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	10.2	.393


Season 5
	Vince Carter	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2002-03	1996-97
Team	Toronto Raptors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West 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:	+8	+3.9	+5.6	+2.4	+5.7	+8.1	+0.2	+0.2	+1.9	-1.2	-0.7	+2.5	+1.7	+.090	+1.0	+2.9	+.344	+1.5	+5.7	+.322
Shaquille O'Neal	51	38.1	26.2	3.8	8.7	12.5	3.1	0.9	2.9	2.9	3.5	10.8	19.4	.557	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	9.4	.484

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shaquille O'Neal	9	36.2	26.9	4.2	6.3	10.6	3.2	0.6	1.9	2.4	4.1	9.9	19.2	.514	0.0	0.0	-	7.1	11.7	.610


Season 6
	Vince Carter	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2003-04	1997-98
Team	Toronto Raptors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+13	+1.9	+5.8	+2.2	+4.4	+6.6	+2.4	+0.5	+1.5	-0.2	-0.3	+2.9	+0.9	+.167	+1.3	+3.3		+1.4	+5.7	+.279
Shaquille O'Neal	60	36.3	28.3	3.5	7.9	11.4	2.4	0.7	2.4	2.9	3.2	11.2	19.1	.584	0.0	0.0	-	6.0	11.4	.527

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shaquille O'Neal	13	38.5	30.5	3.7	6.5	10.2	2.9	0.5	2.6	3.3	3.2	12.2	19.8	.612	0.0	0.0	-	6.2	12.2	.503


Season 7
	Vince Carter	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2004-05	1998-99
Team	Toronto Raptors, New Jersey Nets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+28	+1.9	+1.8	+2.4	+3.1	+5.5	+1.9	+0.7	+1.1	-0.3		+1.4	+1.9	+.124	+1.6	+4.1		+0.7	+4.2	+.258
Shaquille O'Neal	49	34.8	26.3	3.8	6.9	10.7	2.3	0.7	1.7	2.5	3.2	10.4	18.1	.576	0.0	0.0	-	5.5	10.2	.540

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:	+4	+5.9	+0.2	+3.2	+0.2	+3.1	+3.5	+1.4	+2.9	-1.5	-0.7	+1.1	+4.6	+.145	+1.5	+4.8		+0.9	+5.8	+.395
Shaquille O'Neal	8	39.4	26.6	5.5	6.1	11.6	2.3	0.9	2.9	2.3	3.6	9.9	19.4	.510	0.0	0.0	-	6.9	14.8	.466


Season 8
	Vince Carter	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2005-06	1999-00
Team	New Jersey Nets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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:		+3.2	+5.5	+2.6	+5.3	+7.8	+0.5	+0.7	+2.3	-0.1	-0.2	+3.8	+1.9	+.144	+1.6	+4.6		+0.6	+2.8	+.275
Shaquille O'Neal	79	40.0	29.7	4.3	9.4	13.6	3.8	0.5	3.0	2.8	3.2	12.1	21.1	.574	0.0	0.0	-	5.5	10.4	.524

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:	+12	+2.6	+1.1	+3.7	+4.8	+8.4	+2.2	+1.2	+1.9		-0.2	+2.1	+0.2	+.103	+1.3	+5.3		+1.9	+3.1	+.340
Shaquille O'Neal	23	43.5	30.7	5.2	10.3	15.4	3.1	0.6	2.4	2.4	2.9	12.4	22.0	.566	0.0	0.0	-	5.9	12.9	.456


Season 9
	Vince Carter	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2006-07	2000-01
Team	New Jersey Nets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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:	+8	+1.4	+3.5	+2.5	+4.2	+6.7	+1.1	+0.4	+2.4	-0.3	-0.3	+2.1	+0.3	+.118	+1.9	+5.3		+1.1	+6.1	+.289
Shaquille O'Neal	74	39.5	28.7	3.9	8.8	12.7	3.7	0.6	2.8	2.9	3.5	11.0	19.2	.572	0.0	0.0	-	6.7	13.1	.513

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:	+4	+1.7	+8.1	+4.3	+4.4	+8.6	+2.1	+0.5	+1.8	-0.4	-0.5	+4.1	+1.9	+.159	+1.8	+4.5		+1.5	+5.2	+.168
Shaquille O'Neal	16	42.3	30.4	5.7	9.8	15.4	3.2	0.4	2.4	3.6	3.4	11.9	21.5	.555	0.0	0.0	-	6.6	12.5	.525


Season 10
	Vince Carter	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2007-08	2001-02
Team	New Jersey Nets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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:	+9	+2.8	+5.9	+2.0	+2.7	+4.7	+2.1	+0.6	+1.6	-0.2	-0.2	+2.9	+1.4	+.123	+1.3	+3.6		+1.3	+5.1	+.261
Shaquille O'Neal	67	36.1	27.2	3.5	7.2	10.7	3.0	0.6	2.0	2.6	3.0	10.6	18.3	.579	0.0	0.0	-	5.9	10.7	.555

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shaquille O'Neal	19	40.8	28.5	3.5	9.1	12.6	2.8	0.5	2.5	3.3	3.3	10.7	20.2	.529	0.0	0.0	-	7.1	10.9	.649


Season 11
	Vince Carter	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2008-09	2002-03
Team	New Jersey Nets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+13	+1.0	+6.7	+3.0	+3.0	+6.0	+1.6	+0.4	+1.9	-0.8	-0.5	+3.0	+1.3	+.137	+1.9	+4.9		+2.5	+5.7	+.195
Shaquille O'Neal	67	37.8	27.5	3.9	7.2	11.1	3.1	0.6	2.4	2.9	3.4	10.4	18.1	.574	0.0	0.0	-	6.7	10.8	.622

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shaquille O'Neal	12	40.1	27.0	5.3	9.6	14.8	3.7	0.6	2.8	2.9	2.8	10.1	18.8	.535	0.0	0.0	-	6.8	11.0	.621


Season 12
	Vince Carter	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2009-10	2003-04
Team	Orlando Magic	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf Finals	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+8	+6.0	+4.9	+3.3	+4.3	+7.6	+0.2	+0.2	+2.3	-1.5	-0.9	+2.5	+0.6	+.156	+1.6	+4.3		+1.5	+6.0	+.350
Shaquille O'Neal	67	36.8	21.5	3.7	7.8	11.5	2.9	0.5	2.5	2.9	3.4	8.3	14.1	.584	0.0	0.0	-	4.9	10.1	.490

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
difference:	+8	+7.6	+6.0	+3.5	+5.5	+9.0	+0.2	+0.6	+2.6	-0.9	-0.5	+3.0	+0.9	+.191	+0.9	+3.6		+0.9	+6.6	+.397
Shaquille O'Neal	22	41.9	21.5	4.1	9.1	13.2	2.5	0.3	2.8	2.5	4.1	8.3	14.0	.593	0.0	0.0	-	5.0	11.5	.429


Season 13
	Vince Carter	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2010-11	2004-05
Team	Orlando Magic, Phoenix Suns	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat Lost East Conf Finals

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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:		+6.0	+8.9	+2.8	+3.9	+6.6	+0.7	+0.4	+2.0	-1.6	-1.0	+3.7	+2.8	+.164	+1.6	+4.4		+3.0	+8.1	+.279
Shaquille O'Neal	73	34.1	22.9	3.5	6.9	10.4	2.7	0.5	2.3	2.8	3.6	9.0	15.0	.601	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	10.5	.461

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shaquille O'Neal	13	33.0	19.4	1.5	6.4	7.8	1.9	0.4	1.5	3.2	4.0	7.8	13.9	.558	0.0	0.0	-	3.8	8.2	.472


Season 14
	Vince Carter	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2011-12	2005-06
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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:	+2	+5.3	+9.9	+2.4	+3.5	+5.8	+0.4	+0.5	+1.4	-1.4	-1.7	+4.4	+4.7	+.189	+1.2	+3.4		+2.1	+6.1	+.357
Shaquille O'Neal	59	30.6	20.0	2.9	6.3	9.2	1.9	0.4	1.8	2.8	3.9	8.1	13.6	.600	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	8.0	.469

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
difference:	+19	+6.2	+10.1	+2.0	+2.2	+4.3	+1.4	+0.8	+1.0	-2.2	-0.9	+4.7	+2.4	+.319	+0.8	+2.5		+1.5	+5.9	+.376
Shaquille O'Neal	23	33.0	18.4	3.3	6.5	9.8	1.7	0.5	1.5	3.7	3.7	7.7	12.7	.612	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	7.9	.374


Season 15
	Vince Carter	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2012-13	2006-07
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+41	+2.6	+3.9	+1.7	+1.6	+3.3	+0.4	+0.7	+0.9	-1.1	-0.7	+2.5	+1.4	+.156	+2.0	+4.9		+0.9	+4.6	+.394
Shaquille O'Neal	40	28.4	17.3	2.4	5.0	7.4	2.0	0.2	1.4	2.4	3.5	7.1	12.0	.591	0.0	0.0	-	3.1	7.4	.422

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shaquille O'Neal	4	30.3	18.8	4.0	4.5	8.5	1.3	0.3	1.5	3.5	3.8	8.3	14.8	.559	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	6.8	.333


Season 16
	Vince Carter	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2013-14	2007-08
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Miami Heat, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+20	+4.3	+1.7	+1.9	+3.7	+5.6	+1.1	+0.3	+1.0	-1.7	-1.1	+1.3	+0.9	+.186	+1.8	+4.6		+0.8	+3.1	+.318
Shaquille O'Neal	61	28.7	13.6	2.7	6.4	9.1	1.5	0.5	1.4	3.0	3.7	5.4	9.1	.593	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	5.5	.503

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	+2.9	+2.6	+1.6	+4.0	+5.6	+1.4	+0.6	+2.3	-0.9	-2.5		+0.3	+.016	+2.1	+4.4		+4.8	+10.8	+.286
Shaquille O'Neal	5	30.0	15.2	2.6	6.6	9.2	1.0	1.0	2.6	1.8	4.2	4.4	10.0	.440	0.0	0.0	-	6.4	12.8	.500


Season 17
	Vince Carter	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2014-15	2008-09
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+9	+13.5	+12.0	+2.1	+4.3	+6.4	+0.5		+1.2	-1.5	-1.9	+4.8	+5.0	+.276	+1.0	+3.5		+3.4	+6.0	+.194
Shaquille O'Neal	75	30.0	17.8	2.5	5.9	8.4	1.7	0.7	1.4	2.2	3.4	6.8	11.2	.609	0.0	0.0	-	4.1	6.9	.595

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
Shaquille O'Neal	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 18
	Vince Carter	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2015-16	2009-10
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+7	+6.6	+5.4	+1.3	+3.0	+4.3	+0.6	+0.3	+0.9	-1.4	-1.5	+2.7	+3.0	+.178	+1.0	+2.8		+0.9	+2.9	+.337
Shaquille O'Neal	53	23.4	12.0	1.8	4.9	6.7	1.5	0.3	1.2	2.0	3.2	4.9	8.7	.566	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	4.3	.496

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:	+7	+0.7	+0.2	+0.6	+1.1	+1.7	+0.1	+0.3	+0.9	-1.4	-1.4	+0.6	+0.2	+.061	+1.8	+2.5		+0.8	+2.3	+.340
Shaquille O'Neal	11	22.1	11.5	1.9	3.6	5.5	1.4	0.2	1.2	2.2	3.7	4.4	8.5	.516	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	4.3	.660


Season 19
	Vince Carter	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2016-17	2010-11
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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:	+36	+4.3	+1.2	+0.8	+0.9	+1.7	+1.1	+0.4	+0.6	-0.8	-1.0	+1.0	+1.3	+.273	+1.5	+4.1		+0.8	+1.9	+.208
Shaquille O'Neal	37	20.3	9.2	1.3	3.5	4.8	0.7	0.4	1.1	1.5	3.2	3.6	5.4	.667	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.5	.557

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:	+4	+26.5	+8.2	+0.7	+2.7	+3.3	+1.0	+0.2		-1.7	-0.5	+2.8	+6.0	+.024	+1.3	+3.3		+1.2	+0.2	+1.000
Shaquille O'Neal	2	6.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	1.0	.000

Additional Years

* Vince Carter played 3 seasons more than Shaquille O'Neal in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 20 to 22, from 2018 to 2020—Vince Carter didn't play in the postseason.

Vince Carter vs. Shaquille O'Neal Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shaquille O'Neal 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

Additional Years