Howard Eisley vs. Willis Reed Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Willis Reed and Howard Eisley, 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.

Howard Eisley played 12 years in the NBA, 2 more than Willis Reed, who played 10. Howard Eisley had the first of his seasons in 1994-95, while Willis Reed had his rookie season in 1964-65. 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
Howard Eisley	12	6	1994-95 to 2005-06
Willis Reed	10	7	1964-65 to 1973-74

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


Rookie Season
	Howard Eisley	Willis Reed
Season	1994-95	1964-65
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves, San Antonio Spurs	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	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		%
Howard Eisley	49	11.3	2.4	0.2	0.7	1.0	1.9	0.4	0.1	1.0	1.7	0.8	2.5	.328	0.2	0.8	.243	0.6	0.8	.775
Willis Reed	80	38.0	19.5	-	-	14.7	1.7	-	-	-	4.2	7.9	18.2	.432	-	-	-	3.8	5.1	.742

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Howard Eisley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Howard Eisley	Willis Reed
Season	1995-96	1965-66
Team	Utah Jazz	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 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		%
Howard Eisley	65	14.8	4.4	0.3	0.9	1.2	2.2	0.4	0.0	1.2	2.0	1.6	3.7	.430	0.2	1.0	.226	1.0	1.2	.844
Willis Reed	76	33.4	15.5	-	-	11.6	1.2	-	-	-	4.3	5.8	13.3	.434	-	-	-	4.0	5.3	.757

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Howard Eisley	18	11.2	2.9	0.2	1.0	1.2	2.4	0.2	0.1	0.6	1.6	0.9	2.3	.381	0.2	0.5	.333	1.0	1.2	.818
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Howard Eisley	Willis Reed
Season	1996-97	1966-67
Team	Utah Jazz	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost NBA Finals	Knicks Lost East Div 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		%
Howard Eisley	82	13.2	4.5	0.2	0.8	1.0	2.4	0.5	0.1	1.3	1.7	1.7	3.8	.451	0.2	0.9	.278	0.9	1.1	.787
Willis Reed	78	36.2	20.9	-	-	14.6	1.6	-	-	-	3.8	8.1	16.6	.489	-	-	-	4.6	6.2	.735

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Howard Eisley	20	11.0	5.6	0.2	0.7	0.9	2.0	0.2	0.0	0.9	1.4	1.9	3.8	.500	0.5	1.0	.474	1.4	1.4	.964
Willis Reed	4	37.0	27.5	-	-	13.8	1.8	-	-	-	4.8	10.8	20.0	.538	-	-	-	6.0	6.3	.960


Season 4
	Howard Eisley	Willis Reed
Season	1997-98	1967-68
Team	Utah Jazz	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost NBA Finals	Knicks Lost East Div 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		%
Howard Eisley	82	21.0	7.7	0.3	1.7	2.0	4.2	0.7	0.2	2.0	2.2	2.8	6.3	.441	0.6	1.4	.407	1.5	1.8	.852
Willis Reed	81	35.5	20.8	-	-	13.2	2.0	-	-	-	4.2	8.1	16.6	.490	-	-	-	4.5	6.3	.721

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Howard Eisley	20	18.4	5.6	0.2	1.8	2.0	4.1	0.6	0.3	1.6	2.1	2.3	6.3	.368	0.4	1.4	.296	0.6	0.7	.923
Willis Reed	6	35.0	21.3	-	-	10.3	1.8	-	-	-	4.0	8.8	16.3	.541	-	-	-	3.7	5.0	.733


Season 5
	Howard Eisley	Willis Reed
Season	1998-99	1968-69
Team	Utah Jazz	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Knicks Lost East Div 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		%
Howard Eisley	50	20.8	7.4	0.2	1.6	1.9	3.7	0.6	0.0	2.2	2.4	2.8	6.3	.446	0.4	1.0	.420	1.3	1.6	.838
Willis Reed	82	37.9	21.1	-	-	14.5	2.3	-	-	-	3.8	8.6	16.5	.521	-	-	-	4.0	5.3	.747

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Howard Eisley	11	21.8	7.4	0.3	1.5	1.8	2.9	0.6	0.3	1.8	2.5	2.4	6.5	.366	0.5	2.2	.208	2.2	2.6	.828
Willis Reed	10	42.9	25.7	-	-	14.1	1.9	-	-	-	4.0	10.1	19.8	.510	-	-	-	5.5	7.0	.786


Season 6
	Howard Eisley	Willis Reed
Season	1999-00	1969-70
Team	Utah Jazz	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West 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		%
Howard Eisley	82	25.6	8.6	0.3	1.8	2.1	4.2	0.7	0.1	1.6	2.7	3.4	8.2	.418	0.7	2.0	.368	1.0	1.2	.824
Willis Reed	81	38.1	21.7	-	-	13.9	2.0	-	-	-	3.5	8.7	17.1	.507	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.756

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Howard Eisley	10	19.8	5.1	0.1	1.7	1.8	1.9	0.6	0.1	1.3	2.4	1.7	5.5	.309	0.9	1.9	.474	0.8	0.9	.889
Willis Reed	18	40.7	23.7	-	-	13.8	2.8	-	-	-	3.3	9.9	21.0	.471	-	-	-	3.9	5.3	.737


Season 7
	Howard Eisley	Willis Reed
Season	2000-01	1970-71
Team	Dallas Mavericks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	Knicks Lost East Conf 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		%
Howard Eisley	82	29.6	9.0	0.3	2.1	2.4	3.6	1.2	0.1	1.2	2.7	3.2	8.2	.393	1.3	3.3	.398	1.3	1.5	.825
Willis Reed	73	39.1	20.9	-	-	13.7	2.0	-	-	-	3.1	8.4	18.2	.462	-	-	-	4.1	5.2	.785

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Howard Eisley	9	21.8	5.8	0.1	1.2	1.3	1.9	0.6	0.1	1.4	2.0	2.1	5.9	.358	1.1	2.9	.385	0.4	0.4	1.000
Willis Reed	12	42.0	15.7	-	-	12.0	2.3	-	-	-	3.4	6.8	16.3	.413	-	-	-	2.2	3.3	.667


Season 8
	Howard Eisley	Willis Reed
Season	2001-02	1971-72
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks
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		%
Howard Eisley	39	15.6	4.4	0.2	1.0	1.3	2.6	0.6	0.1	1.4	1.4	1.5	4.5	.337	0.4	1.5	.241	1.0	1.3	.796
Willis Reed	11	33.0	13.4	-	-	8.7	2.0	-	-	-	2.7	5.5	12.5	.438	-	-	-	2.5	3.5	.692

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Howard Eisley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Howard Eisley	Willis Reed
Season	2002-03	1972-73
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Howard Eisley	82	27.4	9.1	0.3	2.0	2.3	5.4	0.9	0.1	1.8	2.7	3.2	7.7	.417	1.6	4.1	.389	1.1	1.3	.848
Willis Reed	69	27.2	11.0	-	-	8.6	1.8	-	-	-	3.0	4.8	10.2	.474	-	-	-	1.3	1.8	.742

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Howard Eisley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willis Reed	17	28.6	12.5	-	-	7.6	1.8	-	-	-	3.8	5.7	12.2	.466	-	-	-	1.1	1.2	.857


Season 10
	Howard Eisley	Willis Reed
Season	2003-04	1973-74
Team	New York Knicks, Phoenix Suns	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Conf 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		%
Howard Eisley	67	21.7	6.9	0.3	1.6	1.9	4.1	0.8	0.1	1.5	2.0	2.5	6.7	.368	0.8	2.4	.319	1.1	1.3	.854
Willis Reed	19	26.3	11.1	2.5	4.9	7.4	1.6	0.6	1.1	-	2.6	4.4	9.7	.457	-	-	-	2.2	2.8	.792

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Howard Eisley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willis Reed	11	12.0	3.4	0.4	1.6	2.0	0.4	0.2	0.0	-	2.4	1.5	4.1	.378	-	-	-	0.3	0.5	.600


Season 11
	Howard Eisley	Willis Reed
Season	2004-05	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
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		%
Howard Eisley	74	19.3	5.6	0.2	1.0	1.2	3.4	0.6	0.1	1.5	2.1	2.2	5.5	.398	0.4	1.4	.262	0.9	1.1	.795
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Howard Eisley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Howard Eisley	Willis Reed
Season	2005-06	-
Team	Los Angeles Clippers, Denver Nuggets	-
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		%
Howard Eisley	32	12.3	3.2	0.1	0.9	1.0	2.2	0.3	0.1	0.7	1.1	1.1	3.2	.330	0.4	1.3	.310	0.6	0.8	.833
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Howard Eisley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Howard Eisley vs. Willis Reed Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Willis Reed and Howard Eisley, 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