Mike Brown vs. Willis Reed Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Willis Reed and Mike Brown, 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.

Mike Brown played 12 years in the NBA, 2 more than Willis Reed, who played 10. Mike Brown had the first of his seasons in 1986-87, 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
Mike Brown	12	9	1986-87 to 1997-98
Willis Reed	10	7	1964-65 to 1973-74

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Mike Brown	Willis Reed
Season	1986-87	1964-65
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Mike Brown	62	13.2	4.2	1.1	2.3	3.5	0.4	0.3	0.1	1.0	2.1	1.7	3.2	.527	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.2	.639
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		%
Mike Brown	1	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Mike Brown	Willis Reed
Season	1987-88	1965-66
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Mike Brown	46	12.8	4.3	1.4	2.0	3.5	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.8	1.8	1.7	3.8	.448	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.5	.577
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		%
Mike Brown	1	4.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.0	.500
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Mike Brown	Willis Reed
Season	1988-89	1966-67
Team	Utah Jazz	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Mike Brown	66	15.9	4.5	1.4	2.5	3.9	0.6	0.4	0.3	1.2	2.0	1.6	3.8	.419	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.0	.708
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		%
Mike Brown	2	5.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Mike Brown	Willis Reed
Season	1989-90	1967-68
Team	Utah Jazz	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Mike Brown	82	17.0	6.2	1.4	3.2	4.5	0.6	0.4	0.3	1.1	2.3	2.2	4.2	.515	0.0	0.0	.500	1.9	2.4	.789
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		%
Mike Brown	5	13.4	3.6	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.6	0.2	0.2	1.0	2.2	1.4	3.0	.467	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.0	.800
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
	Mike Brown	Willis Reed
Season	1990-91	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		%
Mike Brown	82	17.0	4.8	1.3	2.8	4.1	0.6	0.4	0.3	1.0	2.0	1.6	3.5	.454	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.2	.742
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		%
Mike Brown	9	24.8	9.6	2.2	5.1	7.3	0.6	0.3	0.1	1.3	4.0	3.0	6.2	.482	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	4.2	.842
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
	Mike Brown	Willis Reed
Season	1991-92	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 Finals	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		%
Mike Brown	82	21.7	7.7	2.3	3.5	5.8	1.0	0.5	0.4	1.3	2.4	2.7	6.0	.453	0.0	0.0	.000	2.3	3.5	.667
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		%
Mike Brown	16	17.1	5.8	1.4	2.7	4.1	0.7	0.1	0.1	1.0	2.7	1.9	4.7	.400	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.6	.780
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
	Mike Brown	Willis Reed
Season	1992-93	1970-71
Team	Utah Jazz	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Mike Brown	82	18.9	5.7	1.8	3.0	4.8	0.8	0.4	0.3	1.2	2.3	2.1	5.0	.430	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.0	.689
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		%
Mike Brown	5	18.6	6.6	0.8	2.4	3.2	0.4	0.0	0.2	1.0	1.8	2.6	5.0	.520	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.2	.636
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
	Mike Brown	Willis Reed
Season	1993-94	1971-72
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	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		%
Mike Brown	82	23.4	3.6	1.5	4.0	5.5	0.9	0.6	0.4	0.9	2.7	1.4	3.2	.427	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.4	.653
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		%
Mike Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Mike Brown	Willis Reed
Season	1994-95	1972-73
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	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		%
Mike Brown	27	7.9	1.3	0.3	1.3	1.7	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.6	1.3	0.4	1.5	.250	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	1.0	.556
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		%
Mike Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Mike Brown	Willis Reed
Season	1995-96	1973-74
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	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		%
Mike Brown	9	18.0	2.9	1.6	2.6	4.1	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.7	2.7	1.0	1.8	.563	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.9	.471
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		%
Mike Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Mike Brown	Willis Reed
Season	1996-97	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Mike Brown	6	13.8	2.7	1.5	2.7	4.2	0.8	0.2	0.2	0.3	1.5	0.8	2.0	.417	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.7	.600
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Brown	4	6.5	2.8	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.5	0.5	1.3	.400	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.0	.875
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Mike Brown	Willis Reed
Season	1997-98	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Mike Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Brown	1	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Mike Brown vs. Willis Reed Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Willis Reed and Mike Brown, 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