Austin Reaves vs. Bill Walton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Walton and Austin Reaves, 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.

Austin Reaves played 4 years in the NBA, 6 less than Bill Walton, who played 10. Austin Reaves had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while Bill Walton had his rookie season in 1974-75. 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Season 3
	Austin Reaves	Bill Walton
Season	2023-24	1976-77
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion
Others	NBA Cup Champion	-

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Austin Reaves	82	32.1	15.9	0.7	3.6	4.3	5.5	0.8	0.3	2.1	1.9	5.6	11.5	.486	1.9	5.1	.367	2.8	3.3	.853
difference:	+17	+2.7	+2.7	+2.5	+7.5	+10.1	+1.7	+0.2	+2.9		-0.8	+2.0	+2.8	+.042				+0.7	+1.7	+.156
Bill Walton	65	34.8	18.6	3.2	11.1	14.4	3.8	1.0	3.2	-	2.7	7.6	14.3	.528	-	-	-	3.5	5.0	.697
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Austin Reaves	5	34.8	16.8	1.0	2.8	3.8	3.6	1.4	0.6	0.8	1.6	6.0	12.6	.476	1.4	5.2	.269	3.4	3.8	.895
difference:	+14	+4.9	+1.4	+1.9	+9.4	+11.4	+1.9	+0.3	+2.8		-2.6	+2.1	+3.3	+.031				+1.3	+0.8	+.211
Bill Walton	19	39.7	18.2	2.9	12.2	15.2	5.5	1.1	3.4	-	4.2	8.1	15.9	.507	-	-	-	2.1	3.0	.684

Season 4
	Austin Reaves	Bill Walton
Season	2024-25	1977-78
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Austin Reaves	73	34.9	20.2	0.8	3.7	4.5	5.8	1.1	0.3	2.4	2.1	6.5	14.2	.460	2.7	7.3	.377	4.4	5.0	.877
difference:	+15	+1.6	+1.3	+1.2	+7.5	+8.7	+0.8	+0.1	+2.2	-1.2	-0.4	+1.4	+1.0	+.062				+1.3	+0.8	+.157
Bill Walton	58	33.3	18.9	2.0	11.2	13.2	5.0	1.0	2.5	3.6	2.5	7.9	15.2	.522	-	-	-	3.1	4.2	.720
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Austin Reaves	5	39.2	16.2	0.8	4.6	5.4	3.6	0.2	0.6	2.8	3.6	6.0	14.6	.411	3.0	9.4	.319	1.2	1.4	.857
difference:	+3	+14.7	+2.7	+1.7	+3.9	+5.6	+1.6	+1.3	+0.9	-0.2	-3.1	+0.5	+5.6	+.200				+1.3	+2.1	+.143
Bill Walton	2	24.5	13.5	2.5	8.5	11.0	2.0	1.5	1.5	3.0	0.5	5.5	9.0	.611	-	-	-	2.5	3.5	.714

Additional Years
* Bill Walton played 6 seasons more than Austin Reaves in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 10, from 1980 to 1987—Bill Walton played in two Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 6 extra years over Austin Reaves, Bill Walton got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Sixth Man of the Year