Jack Coleman vs. Willis Reed Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Willis Reed and Jack Coleman, 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.

Jack Coleman played 9 years in the NBA, 1 less than Willis Reed, who played 10. Jack Coleman had the first of his seasons in 1949-50, 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.

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10
Rookie Season
	Jack Coleman	Willis Reed
Season	1949-50	1964-65
Team	Rochester Royals	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost Cent Div 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		%
Jack Coleman	68	-	8.7	-	-	-	2.3	-	-	-	3.3	3.7	9.8	.377	-	-	-	1.3	1.8	.744
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		%
Jack Coleman	2	-	7.5	-	-	-	2.0	-	-	-	4.0	3.5	10.0	.350	-	-	-	0.5	0.5	1.000
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Jack Coleman	Willis Reed
Season	1950-51	1965-66
Team	Rochester Royals	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Jack Coleman	67	-	11.4	-	-	8.7	2.9	-	-	-	2.9	4.7	11.2	.421	-	-	-	2.0	2.6	.779
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		%
Jack Coleman	14	-	10.0	-	-	12.8	4.7	-	-	-	3.5	3.9	9.9	.396	-	-	-	2.1	2.9	.732
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Jack Coleman	Willis Reed
Season	1951-52	1966-67
Team	Rochester Royals	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost West Div 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		%
Jack Coleman	66	39.5	11.2	-	-	10.5	3.2	-	-	-	3.3	4.7	11.2	.415	-	-	-	1.8	2.6	.710
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		%
Jack Coleman	6	41.2	9.8	-	-	12.2	5.8	-	-	-	4.2	4.0	9.8	.407	-	-	-	1.8	3.0	.611
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
	Jack Coleman	Willis Reed
Season	1952-53	1967-68
Team	Rochester Royals	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost West Div Semis	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		%
Jack Coleman	70	37.5	10.9	-	-	11.1	3.3	-	-	-	3.5	4.5	10.7	.420	-	-	-	1.9	3.0	.649
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		%
Jack Coleman	3	36.7	7.3	-	-	13.3	2.3	-	-	-	4.3	2.3	8.0	.292	-	-	-	2.7	3.3	.800
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
	Jack Coleman	Willis Reed
Season	1953-54	1968-69
Team	Rochester Royals	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost West Div Finals	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		%
Jack Coleman	71	33.5	9.7	-	-	8.3	2.2	-	-	-	2.8	4.1	10.1	.405	-	-	-	1.5	2.5	.597
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		%
Jack Coleman	6	39.7	11.7	-	-	12.3	2.0	-	-	-	2.8	4.5	9.0	.500	-	-	-	2.7	3.0	.889
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
	Jack Coleman	Willis Reed
Season	1954-55	1969-70
Team	Rochester Royals	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Royals Lost West Div 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		%
Jack Coleman	72	34.5	12.8	-	-	10.1	3.2	-	-	-	2.8	5.6	12.0	.462	-	-	-	1.7	2.5	.678
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		%
Jack Coleman	3	30.3	8.0	-	-	9.3	2.7	-	-	-	3.7	3.7	12.0	.306	-	-	-	0.7	3.0	.222
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
	Jack Coleman	Willis Reed
Season	1955-56	1970-71
Team	Rochester Royals, St. Louis Hawks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div 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		%
Jack Coleman	75	36.5	12.8	-	-	9.2	3.9	-	-	-	3.2	5.2	12.6	.412	-	-	-	2.4	3.3	.711
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		%
Jack Coleman	8	41.4	13.8	-	-	9.9	4.0	-	-	-	3.9	5.5	14.0	.393	-	-	-	2.8	4.4	.629
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
	Jack Coleman	Willis Reed
Season	1957-58	1972-73
Team	St. Louis Hawks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Jack Coleman	72	20.9	7.6	-	-	6.7	1.6	-	-	-	2.3	3.2	7.8	.413	-	-	-	1.2	1.8	.641
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		%
Jack Coleman	11	22.1	9.0	-	-	5.5	1.7	-	-	-	3.5	3.5	8.1	.427	-	-	-	2.1	3.6	.575
Willis Reed	17	28.6	12.5	-	-	7.6	1.8	-	-	-	3.8	5.7	12.2	.466	-	-	-	1.1	1.2	.857