Brandon Jennings vs. Willis Reed Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Willis Reed and Brandon Jennings, 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.

Brandon Jennings played 9 years in the NBA, 1 less than Willis Reed, who played 10. Brandon Jennings had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, 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 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
	Brandon Jennings	Willis Reed
Season	2009-10	1964-65
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Brandon Jennings	82	32.6	15.5	0.6	2.8	3.4	5.7	1.3	0.2	2.4	2.3	5.5	14.8	.371	1.8	4.7	.374	2.7	3.3	.817
difference:	+2	+5.4	+4.0			+11.3	+4.0				-1.9	+2.4	+3.4	+.061				+1.1	+1.8	+.075
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		%
Brandon Jennings	7	35.6	18.7	0.7	2.3	3.0	3.6	1.1	0.6	1.1	2.7	7.0	17.1	.408	1.7	5.9	.293	3.0	3.7	.808
Willis Reed	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Brandon Jennings	Willis Reed
Season	2010-11	1965-66
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play	Did not play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Jennings	63	34.4	16.2	0.7	3.0	3.7	4.8	1.5	0.3	2.3	2.1	5.7	14.7	.390	1.6	4.8	.323	3.2	3.9	.809
difference:	+13	+1.0	+0.7			+7.9	+3.6				-2.2	+0.1	+1.4	+.044				+0.8	+1.4	+.052
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
* Neiher Brandon Jennings nor Willis Reed played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	Brandon Jennings	Willis Reed
Season	2011-12	1966-67
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	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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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Jennings	66	35.3	19.1	0.7	2.7	3.4	5.5	1.6	0.3	2.2	1.7	7.1	17.0	.418	2.0	5.9	.332	2.9	3.6	.808
difference:	+12	+0.9	+1.8			+11.2	+3.9				-2.1	+1.0	+0.4	+.071				+1.7	+2.6	+.073
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		%
Brandon Jennings	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Brandon Jennings	Willis Reed
Season	2012-13	1967-68
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Div 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		%
Brandon Jennings	80	36.2	17.5	0.7	2.3	3.1	6.5	1.6	0.1	2.5	1.9	6.2	15.6	.399	2.2	5.8	.375	2.9	3.5	.819
difference:	+1	+0.7	+3.3			+10.1	+4.5				-2.3	+1.9	+1.0	+.091				+1.6	+2.8	+.098
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		%
Brandon Jennings	4	33.3	13.3	0.3	2.0	2.3	4.0	2.3	0.3	2.8	1.5	4.3	14.3	.298	1.5	7.0	.214	3.3	4.5	.722
difference:	+2	+1.7	+8.0			+8.0	+2.2				-2.5	+4.5	+2.0	+.243				+0.4	+0.5	+.011
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
	Brandon Jennings	Willis Reed
Season	2013-14	1968-69
Team	Detroit Pistons	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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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Jennings	80	34.1	15.5	0.7	2.3	3.1	7.6	1.3	0.1	2.7	2.0	5.3	14.2	.373	1.9	5.7	.337	3.0	4.0	.751
difference:	+2	+3.8	+5.6			+11.4	+5.3				-1.8	+3.3	+2.3	+.148				+1.0	+1.3	+.004
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		%
Brandon Jennings	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Brandon Jennings	Willis Reed
Season	2014-15	1969-70
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did not play	NBA Champion

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Jennings	41	28.6	15.4	0.5	2.0	2.5	6.6	1.1	0.1	2.2	1.6	5.3	13.2	.401	1.9	5.1	.360	2.9	3.5	.839
difference:	+40	+9.5	+6.3			+11.4	+4.6				-1.9	+3.4	+3.9	+.106				+1.4	+2.2	+.083
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		%
Brandon Jennings	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Brandon Jennings	Willis Reed
Season	2015-16	1970-71
Team	Detroit Pistons, Orlando Magic	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Jennings	48	18.1	6.9	0.3	1.7	2.0	3.5	0.6	0.1	1.2	1.2	2.3	6.3	.368	1.1	3.2	.329	1.2	1.6	.731
difference:	+25	+21.0	+14.0			+11.7	+1.5				-1.9	+6.1	+11.9	+.094				+2.9	+3.6	+.054
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		%
Brandon Jennings	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Brandon Jennings	Willis Reed
Season	2017-18	1972-73
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Jennings	14	14.6	5.2	0.4	1.9	2.2	3.1	0.4	0.3	1.3	0.8	1.9	5.1	.375	0.6	2.4	.273	0.7	0.7	1.000
difference:	+55	+12.6	+5.8			+6.4	+1.3				-2.2	+2.9	+5.1	+.099				+0.6	+1.1	+.258
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		%
Brandon Jennings	1	5.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	2.0	.000	2.0	2.0	1.000
difference:	+16	+23.6	+10.5			+7.6	+1.8				-3.8	+5.7	+10.2	+.466				+0.9	+0.8	+.143
Willis Reed	17	28.6	12.5	-	-	7.6	1.8	-	-	-	3.8	5.7	12.2	.466	-	-	-	1.1	1.2	.857