Vince Carter
American basketball player
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2025 | Joined NBA on NBC as a studio analyst. |
January 25 2025 | Had his jersey retired by the New Jersey Nets |
2024 | Joined NBA on TNT as a studio analyst. |
2024 | Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. |
December 2024 | Purchased a minority stake in the NFL's Buffalo Bills as part of a coalition including Tracy McGrady and Jozy Altidore. |
November 2 2024 | Jersey retired by the Toronto Raptors, becoming the first Raptors player to have his jersey retired by the franchise |
2023 | Inducted into the Florida Sports Hall of Fame. |
October 24 2023 | Joined YES Network as a part-time analyst for Brooklyn Nets games. |
July 2023 | Reported that ESPN would not renew Carter's contract during network layoffs. |
2022 | Hosted 'Vince's Places', a ten-episode series on ESPN+ featuring interviews with basketball legends like Julius Erving, Dirk Nowitzki, and Patrick Ewing |
2021 | Subject of documentary film 'Vince Carter: Legacy' chronicling his record-breaking 22-season NBA career spanning four decades |
2020 | Received NBA Sportsmanship Award |
September 17 2020 | Signed a multi-year contract with ESPN as an NBA and college basketball analyst. |
June 25 2020 | Officially announced his retirement from the NBA at the age of 43. |
March 11 2020 | Played his final NBA game against the New York Knicks, making a three-pointer in the final seconds before the NBA suspended the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
January 31 2020 | Moved up to 3rd place in all-time NBA games played, passing Dirk Nowitzki. |
January 22 2020 | Moved past Alex English for 19th place on the NBA all-time scoring list. |
January 4 2020 | Became the only player in NBA history to have played in four different decades during a win over the Indiana Pacers. |
December 10 2019 | Became the fifth player in NBA history to play at least 1,500 games. |
September 20 2019 | Re-signed with the Atlanta Hawks for his 22nd NBA season. |
June 2019 | Announced plans to retire at the end of the 2019–20 NBA season. |
March 31 2019 | Passed Karl Malone for fifth place on the all-time games played list with his 1,477th game. |
March 4 2019 | Scored 21 points on 3-pointers against the Miami Heat, surpassing Reggie Miller for 20th on the all-time scoring list and Jamal Crawford for sixth on the all-time 3-point field goals made list. |
March 1 2019 | Became the oldest player in NBA history to play at least 45 minutes in a game during a quadruple-overtime loss to the Chicago Bulls. |
February 7 2019 | Passed Jerry West for 21st place on the NBA's all-time scoring list. |
2018 | Received the NBPA's Backbone Award and Most Respected Award at the end of the season. |
November 21 2018 | Reached 25,000 career points with a memorable slam dunk against his original team, the Toronto Raptors. |
October 17 2018 | Carter started as the second oldest player in NBA history to start a season opener at 41 years and 264 days old, scoring 12 points in a loss to the New York Knicks. |
August 24 2018 | Vince Carter signed with the Atlanta Hawks, beginning the final stage of his NBA career. |
March 19 2018 | Scored seven points in a loss to the Detroit Pistons, moving past Patrick Ewing into 22nd place on the NBA's career scoring list. |
January 28 2018 | Played alongside Manu Ginóbili against the San Antonio Spurs, marking the first NBA game where two players over 40 each scored at least 15 points (Carter with 21, Ginóbili with 15). |
2017 | Documented in 'The Carter Effect' film, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and explored his impact on Canadian basketball |
December 27 2017 | Scored a season-high 24 points against the Cleveland Cavaliers, becoming the first 40-plus-year-old reserve to score at least 20 points in an NBA game, shooting 83% from the field. |
August 18 2017 | Named by the NBA Players Association as the Most Influential Veteran during the Players Voice Awards. |
July 10 2017 | Signed a one-year, $8 million contract with the Sacramento Kings. |
April 22 2017 | Became the first 40-year-old to make three or more 3-pointers in a playoff game during Game 4 of the first-round series against the San Antonio Spurs. |
April 12 2017 | Played his 1,347th game, passing Kobe Bryant for 13th in regular-season games played. |
March 29 2017 | Passed Ray Allen for 22nd on the NBA all-time scoring list. |
March 13 2017 | Made his first start of the season, scoring a season-high 24 points. Became the first 40-year-old in NBA history to hit six three-pointers in one game and the oldest player to start an NBA game since Juwan Howard. |
February 15 2017 | Passed Allen Iverson for 23rd on the NBA all-time scoring list. |
February 6 2017 | Joined Karl Malone, Dikembe Mutombo, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Robert Parish as the only 40-year-old players to record at least four blocks in a game. |
February 1 2017 | Hit his 2,000th career three-pointer, becoming only the fifth player to ever reach that mark. |
January 2017 | Sold his Daytona Beach restaurant for $4.3 million. |
January 11 2017 | Hit his 1,989th career three-pointer, moving ahead of Jason Kidd into fifth on the all-time list. |
2016 | Received the Twyman–Stokes Teammate of the Year Award. |
November 14 2016 | Recorded his second 20-point game of the season, becoming the oldest player at 39 years and 287 days to put up 20 points and 5+ rebounds off the bench. |
November 12 2016 | Passed Gary Payton for 21st in NBA history in field goals and Charles Oakley for 24th on the NBA's career games played list. |
November 8 2016 | Became the oldest player in NBA history to score 20 points since Michael Jordan in 2003, scoring 20 points against the Denver Nuggets. |
November 1 2016 | Carter played his 1,278th NBA game, tying A.C. Green for 25th on the NBA's career list and becoming the 24th player to surpass 24,000 career points. |
April 2016 | Carter was inserted into the starting lineup for the Grizzlies' playoff series against the Spurs, playing a significant role in the first-round matchup. |
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