Morris Peterson vs. Willis Reed Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Willis Reed and Morris Peterson, 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.

Morris Peterson played 11 years in the NBA, 1 more than Willis Reed, who played 10. Morris Peterson had the first of his seasons in 2000-01, 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.

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11
Rookie Season
	Morris Peterson	Willis Reed
Season	2000-01	1964-65
Team	Toronto Raptors	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First 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		%
Morris Peterson	80	22.6	9.3	1.4	1.8	3.2	1.3	0.8	0.3	1.0	2.1	3.6	8.4	.431	0.8	2.1	.382	1.3	1.8	.717
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		%
Morris Peterson	8	13.6	5.4	0.3	1.3	1.5	1.9	0.8	0.0	0.8	1.3	2.3	4.4	.514	0.5	1.1	.444	0.4	0.5	.750
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Morris Peterson	Willis Reed
Season	2001-02	1965-66
Team	Toronto Raptors	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Morris Peterson	63	31.6	14.0	1.4	2.1	3.5	2.4	1.2	0.2	1.4	2.8	5.3	12.2	.438	1.3	3.7	.364	2.0	2.7	.751
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		%
Morris Peterson	5	31.0	9.2	0.6	2.2	2.8	2.2	1.0	0.6	1.4	3.4	3.6	9.8	.367	0.4	3.4	.118	1.6	2.0	.800
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Morris Peterson	Willis Reed
Season	2002-03	1966-67
Team	Toronto Raptors	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Morris Peterson	82	36.0	14.1	1.2	3.2	4.4	2.3	1.1	0.4	1.6	2.8	5.1	13.1	.392	1.4	4.2	.337	2.4	3.0	.789
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		%
Morris Peterson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Morris Peterson	Willis Reed
Season	2003-04	1967-68
Team	Toronto Raptors	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Morris Peterson	82	26.2	8.3	0.4	2.8	3.2	1.4	1.1	0.2	0.8	2.5	2.9	7.2	.405	1.5	4.1	.371	0.9	1.1	.809
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		%
Morris Peterson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Morris Peterson	Willis Reed
Season	2004-05	1968-69
Team	Toronto Raptors	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Morris Peterson	82	30.6	12.5	0.9	3.3	4.1	2.1	1.1	0.2	1.1	2.7	4.3	10.3	.420	1.6	4.1	.385	2.3	2.8	.832
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		%
Morris Peterson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Morris Peterson	Willis Reed
Season	2005-06	1969-70
Team	Toronto Raptors	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	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		%
Morris Peterson	82	38.3	16.8	0.8	3.9	4.6	2.3	1.3	0.2	1.5	2.7	5.8	13.4	.436	2.2	5.5	.395	2.9	3.6	.820
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		%
Morris Peterson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Morris Peterson	Willis Reed
Season	2006-07	1970-71
Team	Toronto Raptors	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East 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		%
Morris Peterson	71	21.3	8.9	0.5	2.9	3.3	0.7	0.6	0.2	0.7	1.8	3.1	7.3	.429	1.5	4.2	.359	1.2	1.7	.683
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		%
Morris Peterson	6	30.5	6.8	0.8	3.7	4.5	0.3	0.3	0.3	1.0	3.3	2.5	4.8	.517	1.0	2.0	.500	0.8	1.0	.833
Willis Reed	12	42.0	15.7	-	-	12.0	2.3	-	-	-	3.4	6.8	16.3	.413	-	-	-	2.2	3.3	.667

Season 9
	Morris Peterson	Willis Reed
Season	2008-09	1972-73
Team	New Orleans Hornets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
Playoffs	Hornets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Morris Peterson	43	12.0	4.4	0.3	1.7	2.0	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.2	1.7	4.3	.399	0.8	2.0	.388	0.3	0.4	.632
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		%
Morris Peterson	2	10.5	3.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.5	2.5	.200	0.5	1.5	.333	1.5	2.0	.750
Willis Reed	17	28.6	12.5	-	-	7.6	1.8	-	-	-	3.8	5.7	12.2	.466	-	-	-	1.1	1.2	.857