William Avery vs. Vince Carter Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Vince Carter and William Avery, 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.

William Avery played 3 years in the NBA, 19 less than Vince Carter, who played 22. William Avery had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, while Vince Carter had his rookie season in 1998-99. 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
	William Avery	Vince Carter
Season	1999-00	1998-99
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Toronto Raptors
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		%
William Avery	59	8.2	2.6	0.1	0.5	0.7	1.5	0.2	0.0	0.7	1.0	0.9	3.1	.309	0.3	1.1	.286	0.4	0.6	.667
difference:	+9	+27.0	+15.7	+1.8	+3.3	+5.0	+1.5	+0.9	+1.5	-1.5	-1.8	+6.0	+12.2	+.141	+0.1	+0.2	+.002	+3.7	+4.8	+.094
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher William Avery nor Vince Carter played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	William Avery	Vince Carter
Season	2000-01	1999-00
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Raptors 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		%
William Avery	55	8.4	2.8	0.1	0.4	0.5	1.4	0.2	0.1	0.8	0.9	1.0	2.6	.382	0.3	1.1	.271	0.5	0.7	.778
difference:	+27	+29.7	+22.9	+1.7	+3.6	+5.3	+2.5	+1.1	+1.0	-1.4	-2.3	+8.6	+18.1	+.083	+0.9	+1.8	+.132	+4.8	+6.0	+.013
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
William Avery	2	6.0	3.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.5	3.0	.500	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+1	+33.7	+15.8	+3.0	+2.5	+5.5	+5.3	+1.0	+0.8	-2.7	-4.0	+3.5	+13.7	+.200	+0.2	+2.3	+.400	+9.0	+10.3
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

Season 3
	William Avery	Vince Carter
Season	2001-02	2000-01
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
William Avery	28	9.2	2.5	0.1	0.7	0.9	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.6	0.9	3.2	.289	0.2	1.3	.171	0.5	0.7	.684
difference:	+47	+30.5	+25.1	+2.2	+2.5	+4.6	+2.6	+1.2	+1.1	-1.5	-2.1	+9.3	+18.9	+.171	+2.0	+4.0	+.237	+4.6	+6.0	+.081
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
William Avery	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Additional Years
* Vince Carter played 19 seasons more than William Avery 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 William Avery, Vince Carter got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	6 All-Star Game