Vince Carter vs. Derrick White: Career Scoring Comparison

We break down the scoring legacies of Derrick White and Vince Carter 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.

Vince Carter is among the NBA's all-time leaders in points and here we compare his scoring stats with those recorded by Derrick White.

By taking a look at their career numbers for points, the first conclusion one can arrive at is that Vince Carter has better scoring stats than Derrick White 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 22 NBA regular seasons played, Vince Carter averages 3.7 points more than Derrick White in his 8 seasons (16.7 points against 13.0), and he also scored a total of 19,329 points more (25,728 vs. 6,399).

Points Per Game

Seasons
Vince Carter 16.7
+3.7
22
Derrick White 13.0
8

Total Points

Seasons
Vince Carter 25,728
+19,329
22
Derrick White 6,399
8

Points in the Playoffs

Similar to what happens in the regular season, in the NBA postseason Vince Carter has a better career point average than Derrick White (+4.8 points per game) and he also scored more points (+492).

Points Per Game

Playoffs
Vince Carter 18.1
+4.8
11
Derrick White 13.3
6

Total Points

Playoffs
Vince Carter 1,593
+492
11
Derrick White 1,101
6

Points by Thresholds

Regular Season

50+ Point Games

Vince Carter 2
+2
Derrick White 0

40+ Point Games

Vince Carter 32
+31
Derrick White 1

30+ Point Games

Vince Carter 185
+180
Derrick White 5

20+ Point Games

Vince Carter 597
+521
Derrick White 76

10+ Point Games

Vince Carter 1,094
+760
Derrick White 334

1+ Point Games (games with points)

Vince Carter 1,473
+995
Derrick White 478

0 Point Games (games without points)

Vince Carter 68
+52
Derrick White 16

Playoffs

50+ Point Games

Vince Carter 1
+1
Derrick White 0

40+ Point Games

Vince Carter 2
+2
Derrick White 0

30+ Point Games

Vince Carter 12
+8
Derrick White 4

20+ Point Games

Vince Carter 40
+25
Derrick White 15

10+ Point Games

Vince Carter 68
+14
Derrick White 54

1+ Point Games (games with points)

Vince Carter 88
+9
Derrick White 79

0 Point Games (games without points)

Vince Carter 0
Derrick White 4
+4

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Regular Season

Stats Per Game

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
Vince Carter 16.7 6.0 13.8 43.5 1.5 4.0 37.1 3.1 3.9 79.8 22 1,541
difference:+3.7+1.5+3.8+1.3+0.4+1.2+0.2+1.0+1.5+5.4+14+1,047
Derrick White 13.0 4.5 10.0 44.8 1.9 5.2 36.9 2.1 2.4 85.2 8 494

Total Stats

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
Vince Carter 25,728 9,293 21,339 43.5 2,290 6,168 37.1 4,852 6,082 79.8 22 1,541
difference:+19,329+7,080+16,402+1.3+1,346+3,608+0.2+3,823+4,874+5.4+14+1,047
Derrick White 6,399 2,213 4,937 44.8 944 2,560 36.9 1,029 1,208 85.2 8 494

Playoffs

Stats Per Game

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
Vince Carter 18.1 6.3 15.2 41.6 1.4 4.0 33.8 4.1 5.1 79.6 11 88
difference:+4.8+1.7+5.2+4.0+0.9+1.7+5.4+2.2+2.9+5.8+5+5
Derrick White 13.3 4.6 10.0 45.6 2.3 5.7 39.2 1.9 2.2 85.4 6 83

Total Stats

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
Vince Carter 1,593 557 1,340 41.6 119 352 33.8 360 452 79.6 11 88
difference:+492+179+511+4.0+68+125+5.4+202+267+5.8+5+5
Derrick White 1,101 378 829 45.6 187 477 39.2 158 185 85.4 6 83

Year by Year Points Average Comparison

NBA Champion = NBA Champion

Regular Season

Rookie Season

Points per gameYearGames
Vince Carter 18.3
+15.1
199950
Derrick White 3.2
201817

Season 2

Points per gameYearGames
Vince Carter 25.7
+15.8
200082
Derrick White 9.9
201967

Season 3

Points per gameYearGames
Vince Carter 27.6
+16.3
200175
Derrick White 11.3
202068

Season 4

Points per gameYearGames
Vince Carter 24.7
+9.3
200260
Derrick White 15.4
202136

Season 5

Points per gameYearGames
Vince Carter 20.6
+7.4
200343
Derrick White 13.2
202275

Season 6

Points per gameYearGames
Vince Carter 22.5
+10.1
200473
Derrick White 12.4
202382

Season 7

Points per gameYearGames
Vince Carter 24.5
+9.3
200577
Derrick White 15.2
2024NBA Champion73

Season 8

Points per gameYearGames
Vince Carter 24.2
+7.8
200679
Derrick White 16.4
202576

Vince Carter's additional seasons:

* Vince Carter played 14 seasons more than Derrick White in the NBA.

In those years—his seasons 9 to 22, from 2007 to 2020—he averaged 12.8 points in a total of 1,002 regular season games. During that period, his highest average was 25.2 ppg and his lowest 5.

Playoffs

Rookie Season

Points per gameYearGames
Vince Carter -
DNP
19990
Derrick White 2.3
+2.3
20183

Season 2

Points per gameYearGames
Vince Carter 19.3
+4.2
20003
Derrick White 15.1
20197

Season 3

Points per gameYearGames
Vince Carter 27.3
+27.3
200112
Derrick White -
DNP
20200

Season 4

Points per gameYearGames
Vince Carter -
DNP
20020
Derrick White -
DNP
20210

Season 5

Points per gameYearGames
Vince Carter -
DNP
20030
Derrick White 8.5
+8.5
202223

Season 6

Points per gameYearGames
Vince Carter -
DNP
20040
Derrick White 13.4
+13.4
202320

Season 7

Points per gameYearGames
Vince Carter 26.8
+10.1
20054
Derrick White 16.7
2024NBA Champion19

Season 8

Points per gameYearGames
Vince Carter 29.6
+10.8
200611
Derrick White 18.8
202511

Vince Carter's additional Playoffs:

* During his 14 additional NBA seasons, Vince Carter played in 7 Playoffs. In those postseasons he averaged 13.4 points in a total of 58 games. His highest playoff average during that period was 22.3 ppg and his lowest 6.3.