Fred VanVleet
VanVleet at the 2022 NBA All-Star Game | |
| No. 5 – Houston Rockets | |
|---|---|
| Position | Point guard / shooting guard |
| League | NBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born | February 25, 1994 Rockford, Illinois, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Listed weight | 197 lb (89 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Auburn (Rockford, Illinois) |
| College | Wichita State (2012–2016) |
| NBA draft | 2016: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2016–present |
| Career history | |
| 2016–2023 | Toronto Raptors |
| 2016–2017 | →Raptors 905 |
| 2023–present | Houston Rockets |
| Career highlights | |
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| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |
Fredderick Edmund VanVleet Sr. (born February 25, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is also the current president of the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA).
A point guard, VanVleet played college basketball for Wichita State University. He contributed to a resurgence of Wichita State Shockers basketball that included a Final Four run by the 2012–13 Shockers team and an undefeated regular season by the 2013–14 team. VanVleet is the Wichita State career assists leader and was named MVC Men's Basketball Player of the Year as both a sophomore and a senior.
After going undrafted in the 2016 NBA draft, VanVleet signed with the Toronto Raptors. He spent time with the Raptors and their G League affiliate, Raptors 905, during the 2016–17 season and was a member of Raptors 905's 2017 championship team. He went on to become a key player for the Raptors and won an NBA championship with the team in 2019. He was named to his first NBA All-Star Game in 2022.