Junior Bridgeman vs. Willis Reed Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Willis Reed and Junior Bridgeman, 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.

Junior Bridgeman played 12 years in the NBA, 2 more than Willis Reed, who played 10. Junior Bridgeman had the first of his seasons in 1975-76, 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
	Junior Bridgeman	Willis Reed
Season	1975-76	1964-65
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost West 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		%
Junior Bridgeman	81	20.3	8.6	1.4	2.2	3.6	1.9	0.6	0.3	-	2.9	3.5	8.0	.439	-	-	-	1.6	2.0	.795
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		%
Junior Bridgeman	3	22.3	8.3	1.3	2.3	3.7	1.7	0.3	0.0	-	3.3	3.0	6.7	.450	-	-	-	2.3	3.7	.636
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Junior Bridgeman	Willis Reed
Season	1976-77	1965-66
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	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		%
Junior Bridgeman	82	29.4	14.4	1.6	3.5	5.1	2.5	1.0	0.3	-	2.7	6.0	13.3	.449	-	-	-	2.4	2.8	.864
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		%
Junior Bridgeman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Junior Bridgeman	Willis Reed
Season	1977-78	1966-67
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost West Conf 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		%
Junior Bridgeman	82	22.9	13.6	1.4	2.1	3.5	2.1	0.9	0.4	2.1	2.5	5.8	11.5	.503	-	-	-	2.0	2.5	.810
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		%
Junior Bridgeman	9	19.8	10.4	0.7	1.3	2.0	1.2	1.0	0.2	0.9	3.4	4.9	10.1	.484	-	-	-	0.7	0.9	.750
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
	Junior Bridgeman	Willis Reed
Season	1978-79	1967-68
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Junior Bridgeman	82	23.9	15.5	1.4	2.2	3.6	2.0	1.1	0.5	1.7	2.2	6.6	13.0	.506	-	-	-	2.3	2.8	.829
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		%
Junior Bridgeman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Junior Bridgeman	Willis Reed
Season	1979-80	1968-69
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Junior Bridgeman	81	28.6	17.6	1.3	2.4	3.7	2.9	1.2	0.2	2.1	2.7	7.3	15.3	.478	0.1	0.3	.185	2.8	3.3	.865
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		%
Junior Bridgeman	5	24.8	10.2	0.8	3.0	3.8	3.4	1.0	0.4	2.8	3.4	4.0	11.2	.357	0.0	0.2	.000	2.2	3.0	.733
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
	Junior Bridgeman	Willis Reed
Season	1980-81	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 East 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		%
Junior Bridgeman	77	28.8	16.8	1.0	2.7	3.8	3.0	1.1	0.4	1.9	2.4	7.0	14.3	.487	0.0	0.3	.143	2.8	3.1	.884
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		%
Junior Bridgeman	7	26.1	14.0	0.9	1.3	2.1	3.3	0.9	0.0	1.6	3.9	6.0	13.0	.462	0.1	0.1	1.000	1.9	2.3	.813
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
	Junior Bridgeman	Willis Reed
Season	1981-82	1970-71
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Junior Bridgeman	41	22.5	12.5	0.9	2.1	3.0	2.7	0.7	0.1	1.6	2.2	5.1	10.6	.483	0.1	0.2	.444	2.2	2.5	.864
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		%
Junior Bridgeman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Junior Bridgeman	Willis Reed
Season	1983-84	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		%
Junior Bridgeman	81	30.0	15.1	1.0	3.1	4.1	3.3	0.7	0.2	1.8	2.8	6.3	13.5	.465	0.1	0.4	.194	2.4	3.0	.807
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		%
Junior Bridgeman	16	31.2	14.4	0.8	3.3	4.0	2.8	0.4	0.3	1.4	2.3	5.5	12.1	.456	0.1	0.6	.111	3.3	4.1	.815
Willis Reed	17	28.6	12.5	-	-	7.6	1.8	-	-	-	3.8	5.7	12.2	.466	-	-	-	1.1	1.2	.857