Tracy McGrady vs. Vitaly Potapenko Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Vitaly Potapenko and Tracy McGrady, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Tracy McGrady played 16 years in the NBA, 5 more than Vitaly Potapenko, who played 11. Tracy McGrady had the first of his seasons in 1997-98, while Vitaly Potapenko had his rookie season in 1996-97. 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
Tracy McGrady	16	9	1997-98 to 2012-13
Vitaly Potapenko	11	3	1996-97 to 2006-07

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	Tracy McGrady	Vitaly Potapenko
Season	1997-98	1996-97
Team	Toronto Raptors	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Tracy McGrady	64	18.4	7.0	1.6	2.6	4.2	1.5	0.8	1.0	1.0	1.3	2.8	6.2	.450	0.2	0.6	.341	1.2	1.7	.712
Vitaly Potapenko	80	15.5	5.8	1.3	1.4	2.7	0.5	0.3	0.4	1.4	2.7	2.3	5.3	.440	0.0	0.0	.500	1.2	1.6	.736

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vitaly Potapenko	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Tracy McGrady	Vitaly Potapenko
Season	1998-99	1997-98
Team	Toronto Raptors	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers 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		%
Tracy McGrady	49	22.6	9.3	2.4	3.2	5.7	2.3	1.1	1.3	1.6	1.9	3.4	7.9	.436	0.2	0.7	.229	2.3	3.2	.726
Vitaly Potapenko	80	17.7	7.1	1.4	2.5	3.9	0.7	0.3	0.4	1.7	2.5	2.9	6.1	.480	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.8	.708

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vitaly Potapenko	4	17.8	4.3	0.8	2.0	2.8	0.8	0.5	0.0	1.5	2.0	1.5	3.8	.400	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.5	.500


Season 3
	Tracy McGrady	Vitaly Potapenko
Season	1999-00	1998-99
Team	Toronto Raptors	Cleveland Cavaliers, Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East 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		%
Tracy McGrady	79	31.2	15.4	2.4	4.0	6.3	3.3	1.1	1.9	2.0	2.5	5.8	12.9	.451	0.2	0.8	.277	3.5	5.0	.707
Vitaly Potapenko	50	27.9	10.0	2.3	4.4	6.6	1.5	0.7	0.7	2.0	3.4	4.1	8.2	.495	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	3.1	.587

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	3	37.0	16.7	3.3	3.7	7.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	3.3	3.3	5.7	14.7	.386	0.7	2.3	.286	4.7	5.3	.875
Vitaly Potapenko	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Tracy McGrady	Vitaly Potapenko
Season	2000-01	1999-00
Team	Orlando Magic	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East 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		%
Tracy McGrady	77	40.1	26.8	2.5	5.0	7.5	4.6	1.5	1.5	2.6	2.1	10.2	22.4	.457	0.8	2.2	.355	5.6	7.6	.733
Vitaly Potapenko	79	22.7	9.2	2.3	4.0	6.3	1.0	0.5	0.4	1.8	3.0	3.9	7.8	.499	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.0	.681

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	4	44.3	33.8	1.5	5.0	6.5	8.3	1.8	1.3	2.0	2.8	12.8	30.8	.415	0.5	2.5	.200	7.8	9.5	.816
Vitaly Potapenko	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Tracy McGrady	Vitaly Potapenko
Season	2001-02	2000-01
Team	Orlando Magic	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East 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		%
Tracy McGrady	76	38.3	25.6	2.0	5.9	7.9	5.3	1.6	1.0	2.5	1.8	9.4	20.9	.451	1.4	3.7	.364	5.5	7.3	.748
Vitaly Potapenko	82	23.2	7.5	2.5	3.5	6.0	0.8	0.6	0.3	1.3	2.8	3.0	6.4	.476	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.9	.728

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	4	44.5	30.8	1.5	4.8	6.3	5.5	0.5	1.8	3.3	2.8	10.5	22.8	.462	1.3	4.0	.313	8.5	11.5	.739
Vitaly Potapenko	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Tracy McGrady	Vitaly Potapenko
Season	2002-03	2001-02
Team	Orlando Magic	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East 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		%
Tracy McGrady	75	39.4	32.1	1.6	4.9	6.5	5.5	1.7	0.8	2.6	2.1	11.1	24.2	.457	2.3	6.0	.386	7.7	9.7	.793
Vitaly Potapenko	79	17.0	4.6	2.1	2.3	4.4	0.4	0.5	0.2	0.8	2.2	1.7	3.8	.455	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.5	.742

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	7	44.1	31.7	1.4	5.3	6.7	4.7	2.0	0.9	3.7	2.3	10.6	23.6	.448	2.3	6.7	.340	8.3	10.7	.773
Vitaly Potapenko	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Tracy McGrady	Vitaly Potapenko
Season	2003-04	2002-03
Team	Orlando Magic	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Tracy McGrady	67	39.9	28.0	1.4	4.6	6.0	5.5	1.4	0.6	2.7	1.9	9.7	23.4	.417	2.6	7.7	.339	5.9	7.5	.796
Vitaly Potapenko	26	15.5	4.0	1.0	2.5	3.4	0.2	0.3	0.3	1.0	1.8	1.6	3.6	.441	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.1	.759

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vitaly Potapenko	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Tracy McGrady	Vitaly Potapenko
Season	2004-05	2003-04
Team	Houston Rockets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Tracy McGrady	78	40.8	25.7	0.9	5.3	6.2	5.7	1.7	0.7	2.6	2.1	9.2	21.3	.431	1.8	5.6	.326	5.5	7.1	.774
Vitaly Potapenko	65	21.8	7.1	1.6	2.9	4.4	0.8	0.3	0.4	1.2	2.5	3.1	6.3	.489	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.4	.641

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	7	43.1	30.7	1.7	5.7	7.4	6.7	1.6	1.4	3.7	2.9	11.1	24.4	.456	2.4	6.6	.370	6.0	7.3	.824
Vitaly Potapenko	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Tracy McGrady	Vitaly Potapenko
Season	2005-06	2004-05
Team	Houston Rockets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics Lost West 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		%
Tracy McGrady	47	37.1	24.4	1.0	5.6	6.5	4.8	1.3	0.9	2.6	1.9	8.7	21.5	.406	1.6	5.0	.312	5.4	7.2	.747
Vitaly Potapenko	33	10.2	3.5	0.9	1.5	2.4	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.4	1.6	1.4	2.6	.517	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	0.9	.871

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vitaly Potapenko	5	7.2	2.0	0.6	0.8	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.6	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 10
	Tracy McGrady	Vitaly Potapenko
Season	2006-07	2005-06
Team	Houston Rockets	Seattle Supersonics, Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Kings Lost West 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		%
Tracy McGrady	71	35.8	24.6	0.8	4.5	5.3	6.5	1.3	0.5	3.0	1.9	9.0	20.8	.431	1.8	5.4	.331	4.9	6.9	.707
Vitaly Potapenko	33	10.7	2.5	0.8	1.1	1.9	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.5	1.5	1.1	2.2	.521	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.588

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	7	40.0	25.3	0.7	5.1	5.9	7.3	0.7	0.9	3.0	1.7	9.0	22.9	.394	1.3	5.1	.250	6.0	8.1	.737
Vitaly Potapenko	4	2.3	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 11
	Tracy McGrady	Vitaly Potapenko
Season	2007-08	2006-07
Team	Houston Rockets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
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		%
Tracy McGrady	66	37.0	21.6	0.6	4.5	5.1	5.9	1.0	0.5	2.4	1.4	8.3	19.8	.419	1.3	4.5	.292	3.7	5.4	.684
Vitaly Potapenko	3	4.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.0	0.0	1.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	6	41.2	27.0	1.2	7.0	8.2	6.8	1.5	0.8	3.0	1.3	10.3	24.3	.425	0.8	4.0	.208	5.5	8.8	.623
Vitaly Potapenko	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Tracy McGrady	Vitaly Potapenko
Season	2008-09	-
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		%
Tracy McGrady	35	33.7	15.6	0.6	3.8	4.4	5.0	1.2	0.4	2.0	1.1	5.4	13.9	.388	1.3	3.3	.376	3.6	4.5	.801
Vitaly Potapenko	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vitaly Potapenko	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Tracy McGrady	Vitaly Potapenko
Season	2009-10	-
Team	Houston Rockets, New York Knicks	-
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		%
Tracy McGrady	30	22.4	8.2	0.7	2.4	3.1	3.3	0.5	0.5	1.5	1.3	3.0	7.8	.387	0.5	2.1	.250	1.6	2.1	.746
Vitaly Potapenko	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vitaly Potapenko	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Tracy McGrady	Vitaly Potapenko
Season	2010-11	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
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		%
Tracy McGrady	72	23.4	8.0	0.7	2.8	3.5	3.5	0.9	0.5	1.4	1.4	3.2	7.1	.442	0.4	1.2	.341	1.3	1.8	.698
Vitaly Potapenko	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vitaly Potapenko	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Tracy McGrady	Vitaly Potapenko
Season	2011-12	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Tracy McGrady	52	16.1	5.3	0.4	2.5	3.0	2.1	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.7	1.9	4.4	.437	0.3	0.6	.455	1.1	1.6	.675
Vitaly Potapenko	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	6	15.0	4.2	1.0	1.8	2.8	1.0	0.0	0.3	1.7	0.7	1.7	4.3	.385	0.0	0.7	.000	0.8	1.0	.833
Vitaly Potapenko	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Tracy McGrady	Vitaly Potapenko
Season	2012-13	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost NBA Finals	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vitaly Potapenko	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	6	5.2	0.0	0.2	1.2	1.3	1.2	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.0	1.2	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Vitaly Potapenko	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Tracy McGrady vs. Vitaly Potapenko Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Vitaly Potapenko and Tracy McGrady, 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

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16