Fred VanVleet vs. John Wetzel Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Wetzel and Fred VanVleet, 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.
Fred VanVleet played 8 years in the NBA, 1 more than John Wetzel, who played 7. Fred VanVleet had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while John Wetzel had his rookie season in 1967-68. 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 |
Fred VanVleet |
8 |
5 |
2016-17 to 2023-24 |
John Wetzel |
7 |
2 |
1967-68 to 1975-76 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
John Wetzel |
38 |
11.4 |
3.7 |
- |
- |
2.2 |
1.3 |
- |
- |
- |
1.4 |
1.4 |
3.1 |
.437 |
- |
- |
- |
0.9 |
1.2 |
.761 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
- |
John Wetzel |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Note: John Wetzel didn't play in 1968-69 and 1969-70.
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
John Wetzel |
70 |
15.6 |
4.7 |
- |
- |
2.2 |
1.6 |
- |
- |
- |
2.2 |
1.8 |
4.1 |
.431 |
- |
- |
- |
1.2 |
1.4 |
.822 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
John Wetzel |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
John Wetzel |
51 |
8.2 |
1.7 |
- |
- |
1.3 |
1.1 |
- |
- |
- |
1.4 |
0.6 |
1.6 |
.378 |
- |
- |
- |
0.5 |
0.6 |
.800 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
John Wetzel |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
John Wetzel |
28 |
18.0 |
3.5 |
- |
- |
2.1 |
1.4 |
- |
- |
- |
1.5 |
1.5 |
3.4 |
.447 |
- |
- |
- |
0.5 |
0.6 |
.824 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
John Wetzel |
3 |
11.0 |
2.0 |
- |
- |
0.7 |
1.3 |
- |
- |
- |
2.0 |
1.0 |
2.3 |
.429 |
- |
- |
- |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
John Wetzel |
70 |
17.6 |
3.6 |
0.6 |
1.9 |
2.4 |
2.0 |
1.0 |
0.3 |
- |
2.1 |
1.5 |
3.6 |
.425 |
- |
- |
- |
0.6 |
0.8 |
.719 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Fred VanVleet |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
John Wetzel |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
John Wetzel |
63 |
12.5 |
3.8 |
0.5 |
1.3 |
1.8 |
1.2 |
0.8 |
0.1 |
- |
1.7 |
1.4 |
3.2 |
.426 |
- |
- |
- |
1.1 |
1.2 |
.883 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
John Wetzel |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
John Wetzel |
37 |
6.7 |
1.7 |
0.2 |
0.8 |
1.0 |
0.5 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
- |
0.8 |
0.6 |
1.2 |
.478 |
- |
- |
- |
0.5 |
0.6 |
.833 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Fred VanVleet |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
John Wetzel |
2 |
2.5 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.000 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
John Wetzel |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Fred VanVleet |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
John Wetzel |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |