Tom Henderson vs. Fred VanVleet Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Fred VanVleet and Tom Henderson, 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.

Tom Henderson played 9 years in the NBA, 1 more than Fred VanVleet, who played 8. Tom Henderson had the first of his seasons in 1974-75, 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
Tom Henderson	9	6	1974-75 to 1982-83
Fred VanVleet	8	5	2016-17 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Tom Henderson	Fred VanVleet
Season	1974-75	2016-17
Team	Atlanta Hawks	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		%
Tom Henderson	79	27.0	11.4	0.6	2.0	2.7	4.0	1.3	0.1	-	1.9	4.6	11.3	.411	-	-	-	2.1	3.1	.697
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		%
Tom Henderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Tom Henderson	Fred VanVleet
Season	1975-76	2017-18
Team	Atlanta Hawks	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		%
Tom Henderson	81	35.8	14.2	0.7	2.6	3.3	4.6	1.7	0.1	-	2.4	5.8	14.0	.413	-	-	-	2.7	3.8	.708
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		%
Tom Henderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Tom Henderson	Fred VanVleet
Season	1976-77	2018-19
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Washington Bullets	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Tom Henderson	87	32.1	11.2	0.5	2.3	2.7	6.9	1.6	0.2	-	1.7	4.3	9.5	.449	-	-	-	2.7	3.6	.744
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		%
Tom Henderson	9	35.8	13.6	0.9	1.3	2.2	7.0	1.2	0.2	-	2.7	5.3	12.0	.444	-	-	-	2.9	4.0	.722
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
	Tom Henderson	Fred VanVleet
Season	1977-78	2019-20
Team	Washington Bullets	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Tom Henderson	75	30.9	11.4	0.9	1.7	2.6	5.4	1.2	0.2	2.6	1.7	4.5	10.5	.432	-	-	-	2.4	3.2	.746
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		%
Tom Henderson	21	28.4	9.6	0.8	1.4	2.2	5.0	1.3	0.2	1.5	1.7	3.4	8.2	.416	-	-	-	2.8	3.8	.734
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
	Tom Henderson	Fred VanVleet
Season	1978-79	2020-21
Team	Washington Bullets	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bullets Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Tom Henderson	70	29.7	10.8	0.7	1.6	2.3	6.0	1.2	0.1	2.1	1.8	4.3	9.2	.466	-	-	-	2.2	2.8	.800
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		%
Tom Henderson	19	29.4	8.7	0.8	1.1	1.8	5.6	0.9	0.3	2.1	2.4	3.4	9.2	.366	-	-	-	2.0	2.7	.731
Fred VanVleet	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Tom Henderson	Fred VanVleet
Season	1979-80	2021-22
Team	Houston Rockets	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Tom Henderson	66	23.5	5.5	0.5	1.2	1.7	4.2	0.8	0.1	1.5	1.6	2.3	4.9	.477	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.2	.727
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		%
Tom Henderson	7	29.0	8.0	0.7	1.6	2.3	6.0	1.0	0.6	1.6	2.7	3.1	6.6	.478	0.0	0.1	.000	1.7	2.1	.800
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
	Tom Henderson	Fred VanVleet
Season	1980-81	2022-23
Team	Houston Rockets	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Tom Henderson	66	21.4	5.3	0.5	1.1	1.6	4.7	0.8	0.1	1.4	1.7	2.1	5.0	.413	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.4	.821
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		%
Tom Henderson	21	29.3	6.7	0.7	2.0	2.6	5.0	0.8	0.0	1.6	1.9	2.8	6.3	.447	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.3	.821
Fred VanVleet	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Tom Henderson	Fred VanVleet
Season	1981-82	2023-24
Team	Houston Rockets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Tom Henderson	75	22.9	6.3	0.4	1.4	1.8	4.1	0.7	0.1	1.4	1.6	2.4	5.4	.454	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.0	.700
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		%
Tom Henderson	3	22.7	4.7	1.7	1.0	2.7	3.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	1.7	1.7	5.3	.313	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.3	1.000
Fred VanVleet	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Tom Henderson	Fred VanVleet
Season	1982-83	-
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		%
Tom Henderson	51	15.5	5.1	0.4	1.0	1.4	2.7	0.7	0.0	1.0	1.1	2.1	5.2	.407	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.1	.789
Fred VanVleet	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Henderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fred VanVleet	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Tom Henderson vs. Fred VanVleet Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Fred VanVleet and Tom Henderson, 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

Season 9