Bronny James vs. Willis Reed Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Willis Reed and Bronny James, 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.

Bronny James played 2 years in the NBA, 8 less than Willis Reed, who played 10. Bronny James had the first of his seasons in 2024-25, 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
	Bronny James	Willis Reed
Season	2024-25	1964-65
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Bronny James	27	6.7	2.3	0.1	0.5	0.7	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.5	0.5	0.8	2.5	.313	0.3	1.2	.281	0.4	0.5	.786
difference:	+53	+31.3	+17.2			+14.0	+0.9				-3.7	+7.1	+15.7	+.119				+3.4	+4.6	+.044
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		%
Bronny James	2	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Willis Reed	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Bronny James	Willis Reed
Season	2025-26	1965-66
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	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		%
Bronny James	12	9.8	1.8	0.3	0.4	0.8	1.7	0.7	0.1	0.8	1.0	0.7	2.3	.286	0.3	1.0	.250	0.2	0.2	1.000
difference:	+64	+23.6	+13.7			+10.8	+0.5				-3.3	+5.1	+11.0	+.148				+3.8	+5.1	+.243
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 Bronny James nor Willis Reed played in the postseason in their season 2

Additional Years
* Willis Reed played 8 seasons more than Bronny James in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 10, from 1967 to 1974—Willis Reed played in 7 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 8 extra years over Bronny James, Willis Reed got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 Finals MVP 1 Season MVP 1 All-NBA First Team 4 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-Defensive First Team 5 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP