Harvey Catchings vs. Willis Reed Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Willis Reed and Harvey Catchings, 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.

Harvey Catchings played 11 years in the NBA, 1 more than Willis Reed, who played 10. Harvey Catchings had the first of his seasons in 1974-75, 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
Harvey Catchings	11	9	1974-75 to 1984-85
Willis Reed	10	7	1964-65 to 1973-74

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Harvey Catchings	Willis Reed
Season	1974-75	1964-65
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	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		%
Harvey Catchings	37	14.3	2.6	1.3	2.8	4.1	0.6	0.3	1.6	-	2.2	1.1	2.0	.554	-	-	-	0.4	0.7	.640
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		%
Harvey Catchings	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Harvey Catchings	Willis Reed
Season	1975-76	1965-66
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Harvey Catchings	75	23.1	3.5	2.5	4.4	6.9	0.8	0.3	2.2	-	3.5	1.4	3.2	.426	-	-	-	0.8	1.3	.604
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		%
Harvey Catchings	3	29.0	5.7	4.0	5.3	9.3	2.0	0.0	3.0	-	3.7	2.7	4.3	.615	-	-	-	0.3	1.0	.333
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Harvey Catchings	Willis Reed
Season	1976-77	1966-67
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Harvey Catchings	53	16.3	3.0	1.2	3.2	4.4	0.6	0.4	1.5	-	2.5	1.2	2.3	.504	-	-	-	0.6	0.9	.702
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		%
Harvey Catchings	8	6.8	0.5	0.6	0.9	1.5	0.1	0.0	0.5	-	1.1	0.3	0.6	.400	-	-	-	0.0	0.4	.000
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
	Harvey Catchings	Willis Reed
Season	1977-78	1967-68
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Harvey Catchings	61	12.3	2.9	1.7	2.4	4.1	0.6	0.3	1.1	0.7	2.0	1.1	2.9	.393	-	-	-	0.6	0.9	.618
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		%
Harvey Catchings	7	3.7	1.3	0.4	0.9	1.3	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.0	0.6	0.4	1.1	.375	-	-	-	0.4	0.6	.750
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
	Harvey Catchings	Willis Reed
Season	1978-79	1968-69
Team	Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Nets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Harvey Catchings	57	16.6	4.6	1.8	3.5	5.3	0.8	0.4	1.6	1.5	2.3	1.8	4.3	.420	-	-	-	1.1	1.4	.769
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		%
Harvey Catchings	2	13.0	1.0	2.5	1.5	4.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	1.0	2.0	0.5	3.0	.167	-	-	-	0.0	1.5	.000
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
	Harvey Catchings	Willis Reed
Season	1979-80	1969-70
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Harvey Catchings	72	19.0	3.2	2.3	3.4	5.7	1.1	0.3	2.3	0.9	2.7	1.3	3.4	.398	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.9	.629
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		%
Harvey Catchings	6	10.7	1.0	0.8	2.7	3.5	0.3	0.0	1.3	0.3	2.2	0.3	1.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.500
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
	Harvey Catchings	Willis Reed
Season	1980-81	1970-71
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Harvey Catchings	77	21.2	4.2	2.0	4.1	6.1	1.3	0.4	2.4	1.4	3.7	1.7	3.9	.447	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.641
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		%
Harvey Catchings	7	15.6	1.1	1.4	2.3	3.7	1.1	0.0	1.6	1.0	3.4	0.4	2.3	.188	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.3	1.000
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
	Harvey Catchings	Willis Reed
Season	1981-82	1971-72
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Harvey Catchings	80	20.0	2.9	1.6	2.8	4.5	1.2	0.5	1.7	1.2	3.0	1.2	2.8	.420	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.9	.594
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		%
Harvey Catchings	6	4.3	0.7	0.5	0.7	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.5	0.3	0.5	.667	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Harvey Catchings	Willis Reed
Season	1982-83	1972-73
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Harvey Catchings	74	21.0	3.3	1.8	3.7	5.5	1.0	0.4	2.0	1.1	3.0	1.2	2.7	.457	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.674
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		%
Harvey Catchings	9	15.4	2.3	1.7	2.6	4.2	0.4	0.2	1.1	0.2	2.0	1.0	2.1	.474	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.3	1.000
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
	Harvey Catchings	Willis Reed
Season	1983-84	1973-74
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Harvey Catchings	69	16.8	2.1	1.3	2.6	3.9	0.6	0.4	1.2	0.8	2.5	0.9	2.2	.399	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	0.6	.524
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		%
Harvey Catchings	5	5.0	0.6	0.4	0.6	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.4	1.4	0.2	0.4	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.500
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


Season 11
	Harvey Catchings	Willis Reed
Season	1984-85	-
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Harvey Catchings	70	15.0	2.9	1.3	2.5	3.7	0.2	0.2	0.8	0.8	2.3	1.0	2.1	.483	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.3	.663
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harvey Catchings	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Harvey Catchings vs. Willis Reed Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Willis Reed and Harvey Catchings, 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

Season 11