Vince Carter vs. Payton Pritchard: Career Scoring Comparison

We break down the scoring legacies of Payton Pritchard 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.

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

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 Payton Pritchard 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 7.5 points more than Payton Pritchard in his 6 seasons (16.7 points against 9.2), and he also scored a total of 22,487 points more (25,728 vs. 3,241).

Points Per Game

Seasons
Vince Carter 16.7
+7.5
22
Payton Pritchard 9.2
6

Total Points

Seasons
Vince Carter 25,728
+22,487
22
Payton Pritchard 3,241
6

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 Payton Pritchard (+12.1 points per game) and he also scored more points (+1,177).

Points Per Game

Playoffs
Vince Carter 18.1
+12.1
11
Payton Pritchard 6.0
5

Total Points

Playoffs
Vince Carter 1,593
+1,177
11
Payton Pritchard 416
5

Points by Thresholds

Regular Season

50+ Point Games

Vince Carter 2
+2
Payton Pritchard 0

40+ Point Games

Vince Carter 32
+31
Payton Pritchard 1

30+ Point Games

Vince Carter 185
+180
Payton Pritchard 5

20+ Point Games

Vince Carter 597
+554
Payton Pritchard 43

10+ Point Games

Vince Carter 1,094
+953
Payton Pritchard 141

1+ Point Games (games with points)

Vince Carter 1,473
+1165
Payton Pritchard 308

0 Point Games (games without points)

Vince Carter 68
+23
Payton Pritchard 45

Playoffs

50+ Point Games

Vince Carter 1
+1
Payton Pritchard 0

40+ Point Games

Vince Carter 2
+2
Payton Pritchard 0

30+ Point Games

Vince Carter 12
+12
Payton Pritchard 0

20+ Point Games

Vince Carter 40
+39
Payton Pritchard 1

10+ Point Games

Vince Carter 68
+46
Payton Pritchard 22

1+ Point Games (games with points)

Vince Carter 88
+41
Payton Pritchard 47

0 Point Games (games without points)

Vince Carter 0
Payton Pritchard 22
+22

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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:+7.5+2.6+6.4+1.6+0.4+0.8+2.2+2.5+3.2+5.1+16+1,188
Payton Pritchard 9.2 3.4 7.4 45.2 1.9 4.8 39.3 0.6 0.7 84.9 6 353

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:+22,487+8,108+18,717+1.6+1,621+4,467+2.2+4,650+5,844+5.1+16+1,188
Payton Pritchard 3,241 1,185 2,622 45.2 669 1,701 39.3 202 238 84.9 6 353

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:+12.1+4.1+10.2+1.9+0.2+0.8+3.2+3.6+4.5+3.7+6+19
Payton Pritchard 6.0 2.2 5.0 43.5 1.2 3.2 37.0 0.5 0.6 83.3 5 69

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:+1,177+407+995+1.9+38+133+3.2+325+410+3.7+6+19
Payton Pritchard 416 150 345 43.5 81 219 37.0 35 42 83.3 5 69

Year by Year Points Average Comparison

NBA Champion = NBA Champion

Regular Season

Rookie Season

Points per gameYearGames
Vince Carter 18.3
+10.6
199950
Payton Pritchard 7.7
202166

Season 2

Points per gameYearGames
Vince Carter 25.7
+19.5
200082
Payton Pritchard 6.2
202271

Season 3

Points per gameYearGames
Vince Carter 27.6
+22.0
200175
Payton Pritchard 5.6
202348

Season 4

Points per gameYearGames
Vince Carter 24.7
+15.1
200260
Payton Pritchard 9.6
2024NBA Champion82

Season 5

Points per gameYearGames
Vince Carter 20.6
+6.3
200343
Payton Pritchard 14.3
202580

Season 6

Points per gameYearGames
Vince Carter 22.5
+7.8
200473
Payton Pritchard 14.7
20266

Vince Carter's additional seasons:

* Vince Carter played 18 seasons more than Payton Pritchard in the NBA.

In those years—his seasons 7 to 24, from 2005 to 2020—he averaged 14.3 points in a total of 1,304 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
Payton Pritchard 3.4
+3.4
20215

Season 2

Points per gameYearGames
Vince Carter 19.3
+14.5
20003
Payton Pritchard 4.8
202224

Season 3

Points per gameYearGames
Vince Carter 27.3
+24.1
200112
Payton Pritchard 3.2
202310

Season 4

Points per gameYearGames
Vince Carter -
DNP
20020
Payton Pritchard 6.4
+6.4
2024NBA Champion19

Season 5

Points per gameYearGames
Vince Carter -
DNP
20030
Payton Pritchard 11.9
+11.9
202511

Season 6

Points per gameYearGames
Vince Carter -
DNP
20040
Payton Pritchard -
DNP *
20260
* season in progress

Vince Carter's additional Playoffs:

* During his 18 additional NBA seasons, Vince Carter played in 9 Playoffs. In those postseasons he averaged 16.5 points in a total of 73 games. His highest playoff average during that period was 29.6 ppg and his lowest 6.3.