Carmelo Anthony vs. Vlade Divac: Career Scoring Comparison

We break down the scoring legacies of Vlade Divac and Carmelo Anthony to determine who has the better numbers. Here you can compare their career totals, points per game, games of 40+ points, 50+, etc. and their year-by-year scoring averages side by side, both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

Carmelo Anthony is among the NBA's all-time leaders in points and also has one of the highest career averages in league history, and here we compare his scoring stats with those recorded by Vlade Divac.

By taking a look at their career numbers for points, the first conclusion one can arrive at is that Carmelo Anthony has better scoring stats than Vlade Divac in averages and totals, both in the regular season and Playoffs. However, we won't stop there and we'll go into detail to analyze what these statistics are made up of, from how many games they had in each threshold (30+ points, 40+, 50+, etc.) to their season-by-season scoring averages.

Career Numbers
Who has the better scoring stats?

Points in the Regular Season

In his 19 NBA regular seasons played, Carmelo Anthony averages 10.7 points more than Vlade Divac in his 16 seasons (22.5 points against 11.8), and he also scored a total of 14,891 points more (28,289 vs. 13,398).

Points Per Game			Seasons
Carmelo Anthony	22.5	+10.7	19
Vlade Divac	11.8		16

Total Points			Seasons
Carmelo Anthony	28,289	+14,891	19
Vlade Divac	13,398		16

Scoring Titles
Carmelo Anthony	1	+1
Vlade Divac	0

Points by Thresholds

Career Shooting Stats Comparison

Year by Year Points Average Comparison

= NBA Scoring Leader

Regular Season

Rookie Season	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	21.0	+12.5	2004	82
Vlade Divac	8.5		1990	82

Season 2	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	20.8	+9.6	2005	75
Vlade Divac	11.2		1991	82

Season 3	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	26.5	+15.2	2006	80
Vlade Divac	11.3		1992	36

Season 4	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	28.9	+16.1	2007	65
Vlade Divac	12.8		1993	82

Season 5	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	25.7	+11.5	2008	77
Vlade Divac	14.2		1994	79

Season 6	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	22.8	+6.8	2009	66
Vlade Divac	16.0		1995	80

Season 7	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	28.2	+15.3	2010	69
Vlade Divac	12.9		1996	79

Season 8	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	25.6	+13.0	2011	77
Vlade Divac	12.6		1997	81

Season 9	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	22.6	+12.2	2012	55
Vlade Divac	10.4		1998	64

Season 10	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	28.7	+14.4	2013	67
Vlade Divac	14.3		1999	50

Season 11	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	27.4	+15.1	2014	77
Vlade Divac	12.3		2000	82

Season 12	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	24.2	+12.2	2015	40
Vlade Divac	12.0		2001	81

Season 13	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	21.8	+10.7	2016	72
Vlade Divac	11.1		2002	80

Season 14	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	22.4	+12.5	2017	74
Vlade Divac	9.9		2003	80

Season 15	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	16.2	+6.3	2018	78
Vlade Divac	9.9		2004	81

Season 16	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	13.4	+11.1	2019	10
Vlade Divac	2.3		2005	15

Carmelo Anthony's additional seasons:

* Carmelo Anthony played 3 seasons more than Vlade Divac in the NBA. In those years—his seasons 17 to 19, from 2020 to 2022—he averaged 14.0 points in a total of 196 regular season games. During that period, his highest average was 15.4 ppg and his lowest 13.3.