Chauncey Billups vs. Willis Reed Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Willis Reed and Chauncey Billups, 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.

Chauncey Billups played 17 years in the NBA, 7 more than Willis Reed, who played 10. Chauncey Billups had the first of his seasons in 1997-98, 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
	Chauncey Billups	Willis Reed
Season	1997-98	1964-65
Team	Boston Celtics, Toronto Raptors	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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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chauncey Billups	80	27.7	11.2	0.8	1.6	2.4	3.9	1.3	0.1	2.2	2.2	3.5	9.4	.374	1.3	4.1	.329	2.8	3.3	.850
difference:		+10.3	+8.3			+12.3	+2.2				-2.0	+4.4	+8.8	+.058				+1.0	+1.8	+.108
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
* Neiher Chauncey Billups nor Willis Reed played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Chauncey Billups	Willis Reed
Season	1998-99	1965-66
Team	Denver Nuggets	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		%
Chauncey Billups	45	33.1	13.9	0.5	1.6	2.1	3.8	1.3	0.3	2.2	2.6	4.2	11.0	.386	1.9	5.2	.362	3.5	3.8	.913
difference:	+31	+0.3	+1.6			+9.5	+2.6				-1.7	+1.6	+2.3	+.048				+0.5	+1.5	+.156
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 Chauncey Billups nor Willis Reed played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	Chauncey Billups	Willis Reed
Season	1999-00	1966-67
Team	Denver Nuggets	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		%
Chauncey Billups	13	23.5	8.6	0.6	2.0	2.6	3.0	0.8	0.2	1.8	2.1	2.6	7.8	.337	0.5	3.2	.171	2.8	3.4	.841
difference:	+65	+12.7	+12.3			+12.0	+1.4				-1.7	+5.5	+8.8	+.152				+1.8	+2.8	+.106
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		%
Chauncey Billups	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
	Chauncey Billups	Willis Reed
Season	2000-01	1967-68
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West 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		%
Chauncey Billups	77	23.2	9.3	0.4	1.6	2.1	3.4	0.7	0.1	1.4	2.3	3.2	7.6	.422	0.9	2.5	.376	1.9	2.2	.842
difference:	+4	+12.3	+11.5			+11.1	+1.4				-1.9	+4.9	+9.0	+.068				+2.6	+4.1	+.121
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		%
Chauncey Billups	3	9.0	1.0	0.3	1.3	1.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.7	0.3	2.0	.167	0.0	0.3	.000	0.3	0.3	1.000
difference:	+3	+26.0	+20.3			+8.6	+1.1				-2.3	+8.5	+14.3	+.374				+3.4	+4.7	+.267
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
	Chauncey Billups	Willis Reed
Season	2001-02	1968-69
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Chauncey Billups	82	28.7	12.5	0.4	2.3	2.8	5.5	0.8	0.2	1.7	2.1	4.2	10.0	.423	1.5	3.8	.394	2.5	2.9	.885
difference:		+9.2	+8.6			+11.7	+3.2				-1.7	+4.4	+6.5	+.098				+1.5	+2.4	+.138
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		%
Chauncey Billups	3	44.7	22.0	0.3	4.7	5.0	5.7	1.0	0.3	3.0	4.7	7.7	17.0	.451	2.0	5.0	.400	4.7	6.7	.700
difference:	+7	+1.8	+3.7			+9.1	+3.8				-0.7	+2.4	+2.8	+.059				+0.8	+0.3	+.086
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
	Chauncey Billups	Willis Reed
Season	2002-03	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	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Chauncey Billups	74	31.4	16.2	0.5	3.2	3.7	3.9	0.9	0.2	1.8	1.8	4.9	11.8	.421	2.0	5.1	.392	4.3	4.9	.878
difference:	+7	+6.7	+5.5			+10.2	+1.9				-1.7	+3.8	+5.3	+.086					+0.8	+.122
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		%
Chauncey Billups	14	34.6	18.0	0.3	3.1	3.4	4.7	0.6	0.1	2.4	2.7	5.1	13.6	.374	1.9	6.0	.310	6.0	6.4	.933
difference:	+4	+6.1	+5.7			+10.4	+1.9				-0.6	+4.8	+7.4	+.097				+2.1	+1.1	+.196
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
	Chauncey Billups	Willis Reed
Season	2003-04	1970-71
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Chauncey Billups	78	35.4	16.9	0.4	3.1	3.5	5.7	1.1	0.1	2.4	2.3	5.0	12.8	.394	1.7	4.3	.388	5.2	5.9	.878
difference:	+5	+3.7	+4.0			+10.2	+3.7				-0.8	+3.4	+5.4	+.068				+1.1	+0.7	+.093
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		%
Chauncey Billups	23	38.4	16.4	0.6	2.4	3.0	5.9	1.3	0.1	2.6	2.5	4.8	12.4	.385	1.6	4.7	.346	5.3	5.9	.890
difference:	+11	+3.6	+0.7			+9.0	+3.6				-0.9	+2.0	+3.9	+.028				+3.1	+2.6	+.223
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
	Chauncey Billups	Willis Reed
Season	2004-05	1971-72
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chauncey Billups	80	35.8	16.5	0.6	2.8	3.4	5.8	1.0	0.1	2.3	2.4	5.1	11.4	.442	2.1	4.8	.426	4.3	4.8	.898
difference:	+69	+2.8	+3.1			+5.3	+3.8				-0.3	+0.4	+1.1	+.004				+1.8	+1.3	+.206
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		%
Chauncey Billups	25	39.5	18.7	0.9	3.4	4.3	6.5	1.0	0.2	2.0	2.8	5.8	13.6	.428	1.8	5.0	.349	5.3	6.0	.893
Willis Reed	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Chauncey Billups	Willis Reed
Season	2005-06	1972-73
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Chauncey Billups	81	36.1	18.5	0.5	2.6	3.1	8.6	0.9	0.1	2.1	2.0	5.2	12.5	.418	2.3	5.2	.433	5.7	6.4	.894
difference:	+12	+8.9	+7.5			+5.5	+6.8				-1.0	+0.4	+2.3	+.056				+4.4	+4.6	+.152
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		%
Chauncey Billups	18	39.2	17.9	0.4	3.0	3.4	6.5	1.2	0.1	2.4	2.4	5.2	12.7	.406	1.8	5.2	.340	5.8	6.4	.905
difference:	+1	+10.6	+5.4			+4.2	+4.7				-1.4	+0.5	+0.5	+.060				+4.7	+5.2	+.048
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
	Chauncey Billups	Willis Reed
Season	2006-07	1973-74
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chauncey Billups	70	36.2	17.0	0.3	3.1	3.4	7.2	1.2	0.2	2.0	2.3	5.0	11.6	.427	1.6	4.5	.345	5.5	6.2	.883
difference:	+51	+9.9	+5.9	+2.2	+1.8	+4.0	+5.6	+0.6	+0.9		-0.3	+0.6	+1.9	+.030				+3.3	+3.4	+.091
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		%
Chauncey Billups	16	40.6	18.6	0.4	2.9	3.3	5.7	1.2	0.1	2.9	2.4	5.3	12.1	.435	2.2	5.6	.389	5.9	7.1	.832
difference:	+5	+28.6	+15.2		+1.3	+1.3	+5.3	+1.0	+0.1			+3.8	+8.0	+.057				+5.6	+6.6	+.232
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

Additional Years
* Chauncey Billups played 7 seasons more than Willis Reed in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 11 to 17, from 2008 to 2014—Chauncey Billups played in 5 Playoffs. In those 7 extra years over Willis Reed, Chauncey Billups got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 3 All-Star Game