Bill Hanzlik vs. Willis Reed Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Willis Reed and Bill Hanzlik, 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.

Bill Hanzlik and Willis Reed both played 10 years in the NBA. Bill Hanzlik had the first of his seasons in 1980-81, 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
Bill Hanzlik	10	9	1980-81 to 1989-90
Willis Reed	10	7	1964-65 to 1973-74

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bill Hanzlik	Willis Reed
Season	1980-81	1964-65
Team	Seattle Supersonics	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		%
Bill Hanzlik	74	17.0	5.4	0.9	1.2	2.1	1.5	0.8	0.3	1.1	2.3	1.9	3.9	.478	0.0	0.1	.200	1.6	2.0	.793
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		%
Bill Hanzlik	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Bill Hanzlik	Willis Reed
Season	1981-82	1965-66
Team	Seattle Supersonics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West 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		%
Bill Hanzlik	81	24.4	5.8	1.2	2.1	3.3	2.3	1.0	0.4	1.3	3.1	2.1	4.4	.468	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.2	.784
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		%
Bill Hanzlik	8	25.4	6.5	1.3	2.8	4.0	2.5	0.8	0.6	1.6	3.3	2.0	4.3	.471	0.0	0.1	.000	2.5	2.8	.909
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Bill Hanzlik	Willis Reed
Season	1982-83	1966-67
Team	Denver Nuggets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Bill Hanzlik	82	18.9	6.1	1.0	1.9	2.9	3.3	0.9	0.2	1.8	2.7	2.3	5.3	.428	0.0	0.1	.143	1.5	2.0	.781
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		%
Bill Hanzlik	8	19.6	6.8	0.4	2.8	3.1	2.6	0.8	0.6	1.4	3.3	2.5	6.3	.400	0.0	0.3	.000	1.8	2.1	.824
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
	Bill Hanzlik	Willis Reed
Season	1983-84	1967-68
Team	Denver Nuggets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
Bill Hanzlik	80	18.4	5.4	0.8	1.7	2.6	3.2	0.9	0.2	1.4	3.2	1.7	3.8	.431	0.0	0.2	.250	2.1	2.6	.807
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		%
Bill Hanzlik	5	16.4	5.6	0.6	1.0	1.6	4.2	0.6	0.0	1.2	3.2	2.2	3.8	.579	0.0	0.4	.000	1.2	1.2	1.000
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
	Bill Hanzlik	Willis Reed
Season	1984-85	1968-69
Team	Denver Nuggets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Bill Hanzlik	80	20.9	7.8	1.1	1.5	2.6	2.6	1.1	0.3	1.4	3.6	2.8	6.5	.421	0.0	0.2	.067	2.3	3.0	.756
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		%
Bill Hanzlik	15	20.7	8.0	1.6	1.5	3.1	2.2	0.9	0.4	1.5	3.8	3.0	6.1	.489	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	2.7	.732
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
	Bill Hanzlik	Willis Reed
Season	1985-86	1969-70
Team	Denver Nuggets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
Bill Hanzlik	79	25.1	12.5	1.1	2.2	3.3	4.0	1.4	0.2	2.1	3.5	4.2	9.4	.447	0.1	0.5	.195	4.0	5.1	.785
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		%
Bill Hanzlik	6	17.0	7.3	0.3	0.7	1.0	3.2	0.2	0.2	1.2	2.0	2.5	4.7	.536	0.2	0.2	1.000	2.2	2.7	.813
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
	Bill Hanzlik	Willis Reed
Season	1986-87	1970-71
Team	Denver Nuggets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
Bill Hanzlik	73	27.3	13.0	1.1	2.4	3.5	3.8	1.2	0.4	1.8	3.4	4.2	10.2	.412	0.3	1.1	.275	4.3	5.5	.786
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		%
Bill Hanzlik	3	25.3	8.3	0.0	2.0	2.0	2.3	1.3	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.7	8.3	.320	0.0	0.7	.000	3.0	5.0	.600
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
	Bill Hanzlik	Willis Reed
Season	1987-88	1971-72
Team	Denver Nuggets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West 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		%
Bill Hanzlik	77	17.3	4.5	0.5	1.7	2.2	2.2	0.8	0.2	1.2	2.4	1.4	3.7	.380	0.0	0.2	.188	1.7	2.1	.791
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		%
Bill Hanzlik	11	19.3	5.3	1.0	1.6	2.6	2.4	0.5	0.8	1.3	3.6	1.8	5.1	.357	0.0	0.7	.000	1.6	2.4	.692
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Bill Hanzlik	Willis Reed
Season	1988-89	1972-73
Team	Denver Nuggets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
Bill Hanzlik	41	17.1	4.9	0.4	1.8	2.3	2.1	0.6	0.1	1.3	2.0	1.6	3.7	.437	0.0	0.1	.200	1.7	2.1	.782
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		%
Bill Hanzlik	3	35.3	12.7	2.0	4.7	6.7	3.0	1.7	0.3	0.7	4.3	4.7	11.0	.424	1.0	2.0	.500	2.3	4.0	.583
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
	Bill Hanzlik	Willis Reed
Season	1989-90	1973-74
Team	Denver Nuggets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
Bill Hanzlik	81	19.8	6.2	0.8	1.7	2.6	2.3	1.0	0.4	1.1	3.1	2.2	4.9	.452	0.1	0.4	.194	1.7	2.3	.743
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		%
Bill Hanzlik	3	26.3	7.0	1.7	1.7	3.3	3.7	1.7	0.7	0.7	4.3	1.7	5.7	.294	0.3	1.0	.333	3.3	3.3	1.000
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

Bill Hanzlik vs. Willis Reed Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Willis Reed and Bill Hanzlik, 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