Vince Carter vs. Spencer Dinwiddie Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Spencer Dinwiddie 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, 11 more than Spencer Dinwiddie, who played 11. Vince Carter had the first of his seasons in 1998-99, while Spencer Dinwiddie had his rookie season in 2014-15. 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	Spencer Dinwiddie
Season	1998-99	2014-15
Team	Toronto Raptors	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	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	+21.8	+14.0	+1.8	+2.5	+4.3	+0.1	+0.5	+1.3	-1.2	-1.2	+5.4	+10.3	+.148		+0.6	+.103	+3.2	+4.4	+.151
Spencer Dinwiddie	34	13.4	4.3	0.1	1.3	1.4	3.1	0.6	0.2	1.0	1.6	1.5	5.0	.302	0.4	1.9	.185	0.9	1.0	.912
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Vince Carter nor Spencer Dinwiddie played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Vince Carter	Spencer Dinwiddie
Season	1999-00	2015-16
Team	Toronto Raptors	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pistons 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:	+70	+24.8	+20.9	+1.5	+2.9	+4.4	+2.1	+1.0	+1.1	-1.6	-1.5	+8.0	+16.2	+.113	+1.1	+2.1	+.303	+3.7	+3.9	+.215
Spencer Dinwiddie	12	13.3	4.8	0.3	1.1	1.4	1.8	0.3	0.0	0.6	1.7	1.6	4.5	.352	0.1	0.8	.100	1.6	2.8	.576
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	+37.7	+17.3	+3.0	+3.0	+6.0	+5.3	+1.0	+1.3	-2.7	-4.0	+4.0	+15.7	+.700	+0.3	+3.3		+9.0	+10.3
Spencer Dinwiddie	1	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 3
	Vince Carter	Spencer Dinwiddie
Season	2000-01	2016-17
Team	Toronto Raptors	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+16	+17.1	+20.3	+1.8	+0.9	+2.7	+0.8	+0.8	+0.7	-1.1	-0.7	+7.9	+17.0	+.016	+1.6	+3.6	+.032	+3.0	+4.0	+.027
Spencer Dinwiddie	59	22.6	7.3	0.5	2.3	2.8	3.1	0.7	0.4	1.1	2.0	2.3	5.1	.444	0.6	1.7	.376	2.1	2.7	.792
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
Spencer Dinwiddie	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Vince Carter	Spencer Dinwiddie
Season	2001-02	2017-18
Team	Toronto Raptors	Brooklyn Nets
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:	+20	+11.0	+12.1	+1.8	+0.2	+2.0	+2.6	+0.7	+0.4	-1.0	-0.9	+5.2	+11.3	+.041	+0.2	+0.2	+.061	+1.4	+1.7	+.015
Spencer Dinwiddie	80	28.8	12.6	0.5	2.7	3.2	6.6	0.9	0.3	1.6	2.3	4.1	10.5	.387	1.8	5.4	.326	2.7	3.4	.813
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Vince Carter nor Spencer Dinwiddie played in the postseason in their season 4

Season 5
	Vince Carter	Spencer Dinwiddie
Season	2002-03	2018-19
Team	Toronto Raptors	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets 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:	+25	+6.1	+3.8	+1.0	+0.9	+2.0	+1.3	+0.5	+0.7	-0.5		+2.9	+5.5	+.025	+0.8	+2.4	+.009	+1.2	+1.5
Spencer Dinwiddie	68	28.1	16.8	0.4	2.1	2.4	4.6	0.6	0.3	2.2	2.8	5.4	12.2	.442	1.8	5.4	.335	4.2	5.2	.806
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spencer Dinwiddie	5	26.2	14.6	0.8	1.8	2.6	1.6	0.4	0.0	1.6	2.0	5.4	12.4	.435	1.8	4.8	.375	2.0	2.8	.714

Season 6
	Vince Carter	Spencer Dinwiddie
Season	2003-04	2019-20
Team	Toronto Raptors	Brooklyn Nets
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:	+9	+7.0	+1.9	+0.8	+0.5	+1.3	+2.0	+0.6	+0.6	-0.4	-0.1	+1.7	+4.0	+.002	+0.6	+3.0	+.075	+0.8	+1.3	+.028
Spencer Dinwiddie	64	31.2	20.6	0.5	3.0	3.5	6.8	0.6	0.3	2.7	2.8	6.6	16.0	.415	1.9	6.3	.308	5.4	7.0	.778
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Vince Carter nor Spencer Dinwiddie played in the postseason in their season 6

Season 7
	Vince Carter	Spencer Dinwiddie
Season	2004-05	2020-21
Team	Toronto Raptors, New Jersey Nets	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	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:	+74	+15.4	+17.8	+1.4	+0.5	+0.9	+1.2	+0.7	+0.3	-0.5	-1.9	+7.0	+14.7	+.077	+0.9	+1.8	+.120	+2.8	+4.0	+.202
Spencer Dinwiddie	3	21.3	6.7	0.0	4.3	4.3	3.0	0.7	0.3	1.7	1.3	2.0	5.3	.375	0.7	2.3	.286	2.0	2.0	1.000
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
Spencer Dinwiddie	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Vince Carter	Spencer Dinwiddie
Season	2005-06	2021-22
Team	New Jersey Nets	Washington Wizards, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+12	+7.2	+10.5	+1.0	+0.6	+1.6	+0.9	+0.5	+0.5	-1.1	-0.8	+3.7	+8.2	+.014	+0.1	+0.3	+.002	+3.2	+3.8	+.025
Spencer Dinwiddie	67	29.6	13.7	0.7	3.5	4.2	5.2	0.7	0.2	1.6	2.2	4.6	11.0	.416	1.7	4.9	.339	2.9	3.8	.774
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:	+7	+13.1	+15.4	+1.1	+3.5	+4.6	+1.7	+1.0	+0.2	-0.8	-0.8	+5.9	+11.5	+.046	+0.9		+.176	+4.7	+6.1	+.025
Spencer Dinwiddie	18	27.8	14.2	0.4	2.0	2.4	3.6	0.8	0.3	1.6	2.3	4.4	10.7	.417	2.2	5.3	.417	3.1	3.7	.821

Season 9
	Vince Carter	Spencer Dinwiddie
Season	2006-07	2022-23
Team	New Jersey Nets	Dallas Mavericks, Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+3	+3.6	+7.9	+1.0	+1.5	+2.6	+1.7	+0.2	+0.1	-0.8	-0.8	+3.1	+6.2	+.016	+0.4	+0.9	+.012	+2.2	+2.8	+.010
Spencer Dinwiddie	79	34.5	17.3	0.4	3.1	3.4	6.5	0.8	0.3	1.8	2.4	5.8	13.3	.438	2.3	6.2	.369	3.4	4.2	.812
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:	+8	+0.8	+5.8	+1.1	+2.4	+3.5	+1.2	+0.4	+0.3	-0.2	-1.1	+2.3	+6.8	+.035				+1.3	+1.8	+.011
Spencer Dinwiddie	4	39.8	16.5	0.3	3.0	3.3	6.5	1.3	0.3	3.0	1.8	5.5	12.8	.431	1.8	4.5	.389	3.8	5.5	.682