Deandre Ayton vs. Naz Reid Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Naz Reid and Deandre Ayton, 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.

Deandre Ayton played 8 years in the NBA, 1 more than Naz Reid, who played 7. Deandre Ayton had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Naz Reid had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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
	Deandre Ayton	Naz Reid
Season	2018-19	2019-20
Team	Phoenix Suns	Minnesota Timberwolves
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		%
Deandre Ayton	71	30.7	16.3	3.1	7.1	10.3	1.8	0.9	0.9	1.8	2.9	7.2	12.3	.585	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	2.7	.746
difference:	+41	+14.2	+7.3	+2.0	+4.1	+6.2	+0.6	+0.3	+0.2	-1.1	-0.1	+3.9	+4.2	+.173	+1.1	+3.1	+.330	+0.8	+0.9	+.048
Naz Reid	30	16.5	9.0	1.1	3.0	4.1	1.2	0.6	0.7	0.7	2.8	3.3	8.1	.412	1.1	3.2	.330	1.2	1.8	.698
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Deandre Ayton nor Naz Reid played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 5
	Deandre Ayton	Naz Reid
Season	2022-23	2023-24
Team	Phoenix Suns	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 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		%
Deandre Ayton	67	30.4	18.0	2.6	7.4	10.0	1.7	0.6	0.8	1.8	2.8	7.8	13.2	.589	0.1	0.4	.292	2.3	3.0	.760
difference:	+14	+6.2	+4.5	+1.7	+3.1	+4.8	+0.4	+0.2	+0.1	-0.4	-0.7	+2.8	+2.7	+.112	+2.0	+4.6	+.122	+1.0	+1.2	+.024
Naz Reid	81	24.2	13.5	0.9	4.3	5.2	1.3	0.8	0.9	1.4	2.1	5.0	10.5	.477	2.1	5.0	.414	1.3	1.8	.736
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	10	31.9	13.4	2.9	6.8	9.7	1.0	0.6	0.7	1.7	3.5	6.1	11.1	.550	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.3	.522
difference:	+6	+9.3	+2.3	+2.3	+3.7	+6.0		+0.1	+0.1	-0.8	-1.5	+2.0	+2.2	+.092	+1.6	+4.3		+0.2	+0.4	+.188
Naz Reid	16	22.6	11.1	0.6	3.1	3.7	1.0	0.5	0.8	0.9	2.0	4.1	8.9	.458	1.6	4.3	.362	1.4	1.9	.710