D.J. Mbenga vs. Fred VanVleet Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Fred VanVleet and D.J. Mbenga, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

D.J. Mbenga played 7 years in the NBA, 1 less than Fred VanVleet, who played 8. D.J. Mbenga had the first of his seasons in 2004-05, while Fred VanVleet had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
D.J. Mbenga	7	5	2004-05 to 2010-11
Fred VanVleet	8	5	2016-17 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	D.J. Mbenga	Fred VanVleet
Season	2004-05	2016-17
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D.J. Mbenga	15	3.9	1.0	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.9	0.4	0.9	.429	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.3	.750
Fred VanVleet	37	7.9	2.9	0.1	1.0	1.1	0.9	0.4	0.1	0.4	1.0	1.1	3.0	.351	0.3	0.8	.379	0.5	0.6	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D.J. Mbenga	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fred VanVleet	7	4.1	2.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.9	1.3	.667	0.3	0.7	.400	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	D.J. Mbenga	Fred VanVleet
Season	2005-06	2017-18
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D.J. Mbenga	43	5.5	1.7	0.4	0.9	1.3	0.0	0.1	0.6	0.4	1.1	0.7	1.4	.533	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.5	.500
Fred VanVleet	76	20.0	8.6	0.3	2.1	2.4	3.2	0.9	0.3	1.0	1.7	3.1	7.2	.426	1.4	3.4	.414	1.1	1.3	.832

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D.J. Mbenga	7	3.6	0.6	0.1	1.0	1.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.4	1.3	0.1	0.4	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.3	1.000
Fred VanVleet	6	19.0	6.8	0.0	1.7	1.7	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.3	2.2	6.5	.333	1.3	4.7	.286	1.2	1.3	.875


Season 3
	D.J. Mbenga	Fred VanVleet
Season	2006-07	2018-19
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D.J. Mbenga	21	3.8	0.8	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.8	0.2	0.8	.313	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	.875
Fred VanVleet	64	27.5	11.0	0.3	2.3	2.6	4.8	0.9	0.3	1.3	1.7	3.8	9.4	.410	1.8	4.6	.378	1.5	1.8	.843

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D.J. Mbenga	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fred VanVleet	24	24.7	8.0	0.3	1.4	1.7	2.6	0.8	0.3	0.9	2.0	2.7	6.9	.392	1.6	4.1	.388	1.0	1.3	.774


Season 4
	D.J. Mbenga	Fred VanVleet
Season	2007-08	2019-20
Team	Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Lakers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D.J. Mbenga	42	7.8	2.0	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.2	0.2	0.6	0.3	1.7	0.9	2.0	.464	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.3	.417
Fred VanVleet	54	35.7	17.6	0.3	3.4	3.8	6.6	1.9	0.3	2.2	2.4	5.9	14.3	.413	2.7	6.9	.390	3.1	3.7	.848

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D.J. Mbenga	7	4.3	1.4	0.4	0.9	1.3	0.0	0.3	0.1	0.1	1.3	0.7	1.1	.625	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Fred VanVleet	11	39.1	19.6	0.5	3.9	4.4	6.9	1.6	0.6	2.0	2.5	6.9	17.3	.400	3.9	10.0	.391	1.9	2.3	.840


Season 5
	D.J. Mbenga	Fred VanVleet
Season	2008-09	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D.J. Mbenga	23	7.9	2.7	0.4	1.0	1.3	0.4	0.4	1.0	0.6	1.4	1.2	2.5	.474	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	0.3	.875
Fred VanVleet	52	36.5	19.6	0.6	3.6	4.2	6.3	1.7	0.7	1.8	2.3	6.5	16.7	.389	3.3	9.2	.366	3.3	3.7	.885

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D.J. Mbenga	7	2.3	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.9	.167	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Fred VanVleet	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	D.J. Mbenga	Fred VanVleet
Season	2009-10	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D.J. Mbenga	49	7.2	2.1	0.7	1.1	1.8	0.2	0.1	0.6	0.3	1.1	1.0	2.1	.466	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.474
Fred VanVleet	65	37.9	20.3	0.7	3.8	4.4	6.7	1.7	0.5	2.6	2.5	6.8	16.9	.403	3.7	9.9	.377	3.0	3.4	.874

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D.J. Mbenga	3	4.0	1.7	0.0	1.7	1.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.7	2.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.3	1.000
Fred VanVleet	4	35.0	13.8	0.5	2.5	3.0	6.3	1.8	1.0	1.0	3.0	4.8	13.5	.352	3.0	9.0	.333	1.3	1.5	.833


Season 7
	D.J. Mbenga	Fred VanVleet
Season	2010-11	2022-23
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D.J. Mbenga	41	8.0	1.4	0.9	1.2	2.1	0.1	0.1	0.7	0.5	1.3	0.6	1.2	.469	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	.722
Fred VanVleet	69	36.7	19.3	0.4	3.6	4.1	7.2	1.8	0.6	2.0	2.8	6.3	16.1	.393	3.0	8.8	.342	3.7	4.1	.898

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D.J. Mbenga	5	5.2	1.0	0.4	0.6	1.0	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.2	1.4	0.4	0.4	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.500
Fred VanVleet	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	D.J. Mbenga	Fred VanVleet
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D.J. Mbenga	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fred VanVleet	73	36.8	17.4	0.5	3.4	3.8	8.1	1.4	0.8	1.7	2.5	5.8	13.9	.416	3.1	8.0	.387	2.7	3.1	.860

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D.J. Mbenga	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fred VanVleet	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

D.J. Mbenga vs. Fred VanVleet Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Fred VanVleet and D.J. Mbenga, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8