Vince Carter vs. Steve Hayes Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Steve Hayes and Vince Carter, 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.

Vince Carter played 22 years in the NBA, 17 more than Steve Hayes, who played 5. Vince Carter had the first of his seasons in 1998-99, while Steve Hayes had his rookie season in 1981-82. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Vince Carter	Steve Hayes
Season	1998-99	1981-82
Team	Toronto Raptors	San Antonio Spurs, Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
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		%
Vince Carter	50	35.2	18.3	1.9	3.8	5.7	3.0	1.1	1.5	2.2	2.8	6.9	15.3	.450	0.4	1.3	.288	4.1	5.4	.761
Steve Hayes	35	13.9	4.0	1.1	2.2	3.3	0.8	0.1	0.6	0.5	2.0	1.5	3.2	.486	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.5	.604
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Hayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Vince Carter	Steve Hayes
Season	1999-00	1982-83
Team	Toronto Raptors	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Vince Carter	82	38.1	25.7	1.8	4.0	5.8	3.9	1.3	1.1	2.2	3.2	9.6	20.7	.465	1.2	2.9	.403	5.3	6.7	.791
Steve Hayes	65	16.3	3.6	1.6	2.1	3.6	0.6	0.3	0.6	0.8	3.3	1.6	3.3	.479	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.8	.569
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	3	39.7	19.3	3.0	3.0	6.0	6.3	1.0	1.3	2.7	4.0	5.0	16.7	.300	0.3	3.3	.100	9.0	10.3	.871
Steve Hayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Vince Carter	Steve Hayes
Season	2000-01	1983-84
Team	Toronto Raptors	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Vince Carter	75	39.7	27.6	2.3	3.2	5.5	3.9	1.5	1.1	2.2	2.7	10.2	22.1	.460	2.2	5.3	.408	5.1	6.7	.765
Steve Hayes	43	5.9	1.3	0.4	1.0	1.4	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.3	1.2	0.6	1.2	.520	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.3	.357
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	12	45.1	27.3	3.1	3.4	6.5	4.7	1.7	1.7	2.3	3.8	10.2	23.3	.436	2.1	5.1	.410	4.8	6.2	.784
Steve Hayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Vince Carter	Steve Hayes
Season	2001-02	1984-85
Team	Toronto Raptors	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	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		%
Vince Carter	60	39.8	24.7	2.3	2.9	5.2	4.0	1.6	0.7	2.6	3.2	9.3	21.8	.428	2.0	5.2	.387	4.1	5.1	.798
Steve Hayes	11	9.2	2.0	1.0	2.1	3.1	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.2	1.7	0.9	1.6	.556	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.500
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Hayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Vince Carter	Steve Hayes
Season	2002-03	1985-86
Team	Toronto Raptors	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz 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		%
Vince Carter	43	34.2	20.6	1.4	3.0	4.4	3.3	1.1	1.0	1.7	2.8	8.3	17.7	.467	1.0	3.0	.344	3.0	3.7	.806
Steve Hayes	58	6.8	1.5	0.6	0.8	1.3	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.3	1.4	0.7	1.5	.448	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.6	.306
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Hayes	1	1.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 6
	Vince Carter	Steve Hayes
Season	2003-04	-
Team	Toronto Raptors	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Vince Carter	73	38.2	22.5	1.3	3.5	4.8	4.8	1.2	0.9	3.1	2.9	8.3	20.0	.417	1.3	3.3	.383	4.6	5.7	.806
Steve Hayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Hayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Vince Carter	Steve Hayes
Season	2004-05	-
Team	Toronto Raptors, New Jersey Nets	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Vince Carter	77	36.7	24.5	1.4	3.8	5.2	4.2	1.4	0.6	2.2	3.2	9.0	20.0	.452	1.6	4.1	.406	4.8	6.0	.798
Steve Hayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	4	45.3	26.8	2.3	6.3	8.5	5.8	2.3	0.0	3.8	4.3	8.8	24.0	.365	1.5	4.8	.316	7.8	9.0	.861
Steve Hayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Vince Carter	Steve Hayes
Season	2005-06	-
Team	New Jersey Nets	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Vince Carter	79	36.8	24.2	1.7	4.1	5.8	4.3	1.2	0.7	2.7	3.0	8.3	19.2	.430	1.6	4.6	.341	6.1	7.6	.799
Steve Hayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	11	40.9	29.6	1.5	5.5	7.0	5.3	1.8	0.5	2.4	3.1	10.3	22.2	.463	1.3	5.3	.241	7.8	9.8	.796
Steve Hayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Vince Carter	Steve Hayes
Season	2006-07	-
Team	New Jersey Nets	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Vince Carter	82	38.1	25.2	1.4	4.6	6.0	4.8	1.0	0.4	2.6	3.2	8.9	19.5	.454	1.9	5.3	.357	5.6	7.0	.802
Steve Hayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	12	40.6	22.3	1.4	5.4	6.8	5.3	0.9	0.6	3.2	2.9	7.8	19.6	.396	1.8	4.5	.389	5.1	7.3	.693
Steve Hayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-