Jim Brewer vs. Willis Reed Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Willis Reed and Jim Brewer, 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.

Jim Brewer played 9 years in the NBA, 1 less than Willis Reed, who played 10. Jim Brewer had the first of his seasons in 1973-74, 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
	Jim Brewer	Willis Reed
Season	1973-74	1964-65
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	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		%
Jim Brewer	82	22.7	6.1	2.5	3.9	6.4	1.8	0.6	0.4	-	2.3	2.6	6.7	.383	-	-	-	1.0	1.5	.650
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		%
Jim Brewer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Jim Brewer	Willis Reed
Season	1974-75	1965-66
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Jim Brewer	82	24.3	8.4	2.5	3.7	6.2	1.6	0.9	0.5	-	1.8	3.5	7.8	.455	-	-	-	1.3	1.9	.648
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		%
Jim Brewer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Jim Brewer	Willis Reed
Season	1975-76	1966-67
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers 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		%
Jim Brewer	82	35.5	11.5	3.6	7.2	10.9	2.5	1.1	1.1	-	2.6	4.9	10.7	.458	-	-	-	1.7	2.6	.654
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		%
Jim Brewer	13	37.6	8.8	3.1	7.7	10.8	2.8	1.0	0.9	-	2.6	3.4	7.8	.436	-	-	-	2.0	3.7	.542
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
	Jim Brewer	Willis Reed
Season	1976-77	1967-68
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jim Brewer	81	33.0	8.5	3.4	6.0	9.4	2.4	1.2	1.0	-	2.6	3.7	8.1	.451	-	-	-	1.2	2.2	.545
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		%
Jim Brewer	3	37.7	7.7	3.7	8.3	12.0	1.7	1.3	1.3	-	3.7	3.7	9.0	.407	-	-	-	0.3	0.3	1.000
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
	Jim Brewer	Willis Reed
Season	1977-78	1968-69
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers 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		%
Jim Brewer	80	22.5	5.0	2.3	3.9	6.2	1.2	0.8	0.6	1.3	2.2	2.2	4.9	.449	-	-	-	0.6	1.3	.460
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		%
Jim Brewer	1	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	.000	-	-	-	0.0	2.0	.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
	Jim Brewer	Willis Reed
Season	1978-79	1969-70
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers, 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 NVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Jim Brewer	80	20.1	3.9	2.0	4.0	5.9	1.1	0.8	0.8	1.2	2.2	1.8	4.0	.442	-	-	-	0.3	0.8	.413
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		%
Jim Brewer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Jim Brewer	Willis Reed
Season	1979-80	1970-71
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jim Brewer	67	15.2	2.9	1.5	2.3	3.8	1.1	0.6	0.6	0.7	1.9	1.3	2.7	.489	0.0	0.1	.000	0.2	0.4	.483
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		%
Jim Brewer	3	22.3	7.0	2.0	3.3	5.3	1.0	1.7	0.7	0.3	2.0	3.3	3.3	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	1.0	.333
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
	Jim Brewer	Willis Reed
Season	1981-82	1972-73
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	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		%
Jim Brewer	71	13.6	2.4	1.5	2.2	3.7	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.5	1.8	1.1	2.5	.463	0.0	0.1	.167	0.1	0.3	.368
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		%
Jim Brewer	8	7.1	0.8	0.5	0.9	1.4	0.5	0.3	0.8	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.8	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Willis Reed	17	28.6	12.5	-	-	7.6	1.8	-	-	-	3.8	5.7	12.2	.466	-	-	-	1.1	1.2	.857