Jim Pollard vs. Willis Reed Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Willis Reed and Jim Pollard, 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 Pollard played 7 years in the NBA, 3 less than Willis Reed, who played 10. Jim Pollard had the first of his seasons in 1948-49, 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
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Rookie Season
	Jim Pollard	Willis Reed
Season	1948-49	1964-65
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	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		%
Jim Pollard	53	-	14.8	-	-	-	2.7	-	-	-	2.7	5.9	14.9	.396	-	-	-	2.9	4.3	.687
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 Pollard	10	-	13.0	-	-	-	3.9	-	-	-	3.1	4.3	14.7	.293	-	-	-	4.4	6.2	.710
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Jim Pollard	Willis Reed
Season	1949-50	1965-66
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	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		%
Jim Pollard	66	-	14.7	-	-	-	3.8	-	-	-	2.2	6.0	17.3	.346	-	-	-	2.8	3.7	.764
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 Pollard	12	-	12.0	-	-	-	4.7	-	-	-	3.0	4.2	14.6	.286	-	-	-	3.7	5.2	.710
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Jim Pollard	Willis Reed
Season	1950-51	1966-67
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Jim Pollard	54	-	11.6	-	-	9.0	3.4	-	-	-	2.9	4.7	13.5	.352	-	-	-	2.2	2.9	.750
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 Pollard	7	-	13.6	-	-	8.9	3.9	-	-	-	3.9	5.0	15.4	.324	-	-	-	3.6	4.3	.833
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 Pollard	Willis Reed
Season	1951-52	1967-68
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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 Pollard	65	39.2	15.5	-	-	9.1	3.6	-	-	-	3.1	6.3	17.8	.356	-	-	-	2.8	4.0	.704
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 Pollard	11	42.6	16.1	-	-	6.5	3.0	-	-	-	3.1	6.4	15.7	.405	-	-	-	3.4	4.5	.740
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 Pollard	Willis Reed
Season	1952-53	1968-69
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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 Pollard	66	36.4	13.0	-	-	6.8	3.5	-	-	-	2.9	5.0	14.1	.357	-	-	-	2.9	3.8	.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		%
Jim Pollard	12	37.9	14.3	-	-	7.2	4.1	-	-	-	3.1	5.2	13.9	.371	-	-	-	4.0	5.2	.774
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 Pollard	Willis Reed
Season	1953-54	1969-70
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
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 Pollard	71	35.0	11.7	-	-	7.0	3.0	-	-	-	2.3	4.6	12.4	.370	-	-	-	2.5	3.2	.778
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 Pollard	13	41.8	12.3	-	-	8.5	3.2	-	-	-	2.1	4.3	11.9	.361	-	-	-	3.7	4.6	.800
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 Pollard	Willis Reed
Season	1954-55	1970-71
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Jim Pollard	63	31.1	10.8	-	-	7.3	2.5	-	-	-	2.3	4.2	11.9	.354	-	-	-	2.4	3.0	.812
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 Pollard	7	36.7	14.1	-	-	11.1	2.0	-	-	-	1.9	4.7	14.9	.317	-	-	-	4.7	6.6	.717
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 Pollard	Willis Reed
Season	-	1972-73
Team	-	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
Playoffs	-	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 Pollard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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 Pollard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willis Reed	17	28.6	12.5	-	-	7.6	1.8	-	-	-	3.8	5.7	12.2	.466	-	-	-	1.1	1.2	.857