Bernard King vs. Austin Reaves Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Austin Reaves and Bernard King, 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.

Bernard King played 14 years in the NBA, 10 more than Austin Reaves, who played 4. Bernard King had the first of his seasons in 1977-78, while Austin Reaves had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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.

Rookie Season
	Bernard King	Austin Reaves
Season	1977-78	2021-22
Team	New Jersey Nets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	79	39.1	24.2	3.4	6.2	9.5	2.4	1.5	0.5	3.9	3.8	10.1	21.1	.479	-	-	-	4.0	5.8	.677
difference:	+18	+15.9	+16.9	+2.7	+3.8	+6.3	+0.6	+1.0	+0.2	-3.2	-2.4	+7.7	+15.9	+.020				+2.4	+3.9	+.162
Austin Reaves	61	23.2	7.3	0.7	2.4	3.2	1.8	0.5	0.3	0.7	1.4	2.4	5.2	.459	0.9	2.7	.317	1.6	1.9	.839
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Bernard King nor Austin Reaves played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Bernard King	Austin Reaves
Season	1979-80	2023-24
Team	Utah Jazz	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd
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		%
Bernard King	19	22.1	9.3	1.3	3.4	4.6	2.7	0.4	0.2	2.6	3.5	3.7	7.2	.518	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	3.3	.540
difference:	+63	+10.0	+6.6	+0.6	+0.2	+0.3	+2.8	+0.4	+0.1	-0.5	-1.6	+1.9	+4.3	+.032	+1.9	+5.1		+1.0		+.313
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Additional Years
* Bernard King played 10 seasons more than Austin Reaves in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 14, from 1982 to 1993—Bernard King played in 4 Playoffs. In those 10 extra years over Austin Reaves, Bernard King got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 1 Scoring Leader 4 All-Star Game