Vince Carter vs. Victor Wembanyama Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Victor Wembanyama 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, 19 more than Victor Wembanyama, who played 3. Vince Carter had the first of his seasons in 1998-99, while Victor Wembanyama had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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	Victor Wembanyama
Season	1998-99	2023-24
Team	Toronto Raptors	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	Rookie of the Year	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	-	Blocks Leader
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:	+21	+5.5	+3.1	+0.4	+4.6	+4.9	+0.9	+0.1	+2.1	-1.5	-0.6	+0.9	+1.4	+.015	+1.4	+4.2	+.037		+0.2	+.035
Victor Wembanyama	71	29.7	21.4	2.3	8.4	10.6	3.9	1.2	3.6	3.7	2.2	7.8	16.7	.465	1.8	5.5	.325	4.1	5.2	.796
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Vince Carter nor Victor Wembanyama played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Vince Carter	Victor Wembanyama
Season	1999-00	2024-25
Team	Toronto Raptors	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did not play

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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:	+36	+4.9	+1.4		+5.2	+5.2	+0.2	+0.2	+2.7	-1.0	-0.9	+0.7	+2.1	+.011	+1.9	+5.9	+.051	+1.9	+2.6	+.045
Victor Wembanyama	46	33.2	24.3	1.8	9.2	11.0	3.7	1.1	3.8	3.2	2.3	8.9	18.6	.476	3.1	8.8	.352	3.4	4.1	.836
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
Victor Wembanyama	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Vince Carter	Victor Wembanyama
Season	2000-01	2025-26
Team	Toronto Raptors	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	Did not play (season in progress)

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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:	+56	+9.5	+3.7	+0.2	+6.3	+6.0	+0.4	+0.7	+2.0	-1.1	-0.3	+1.7	+5.6	+.058	+0.8	+1.2	+.057	+0.3	+0.2	+.072
Victor Wembanyama	19	30.2	23.9	2.1	9.5	11.5	3.5	0.8	3.1	3.3	3.0	8.5	16.5	.518	1.4	4.1	.351	5.4	6.5	.837
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
Victor Wembanyama	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Vince Carter played 19 seasons more than Victor Wembanyama in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 22, from 2002 to 2020—Vince Carter played in 9 Playoffs. In those 19 extra years over Victor Wembanyama, Vince Carter got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	6 All-Star Game