Kawhi Leonard vs. Naz Reid Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Naz Reid and Kawhi Leonard, 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.

Kawhi Leonard played 14 years in the NBA, 7 more than Naz Reid, who played 7. Kawhi Leonard had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while Naz Reid had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Kawhi Leonard	Naz Reid
Season	2011-12	2019-20
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	64	24.0	7.9	1.6	3.5	5.1	1.1	1.3	0.4	0.7	1.4	3.1	6.3	.493	0.6	1.7	.376	1.1	1.4	.773
difference:	+34	+7.5	+1.1	+0.5	+0.5	+1.0	+0.1	+0.7	+0.3		-1.4	+0.2	+1.8	+.081	+0.5	+1.5	+.046	+0.1	+0.4	+.075
Naz Reid	30	16.5	9.0	1.1	3.0	4.1	1.2	0.6	0.7	0.7	2.8	3.3	8.1	.412	1.1	3.2	.330	1.2	1.8	.698
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	14	27.1	8.6	1.3	4.6	5.9	0.6	1.2	0.4	0.9	1.6	3.2	6.4	.500	1.3	2.9	.450	0.9	1.1	.813
Naz Reid	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Kawhi Leonard	Naz Reid
Season	2013-14	2021-22
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	66	29.1	12.8	1.2	5.1	6.2	2.0	1.7	0.8	1.2	1.9	5.1	9.8	.522	1.0	2.8	.379	1.5	1.9	.802
difference:	+11	+13.3	+4.5	+0.1	+2.5	+2.3	+1.1	+1.2	+0.1	-0.1	-0.3	+2.1	+3.6	+.033	+0.3	+0.6	+.036			+.037
Naz Reid	77	15.8	8.3	1.3	2.6	3.9	0.9	0.5	0.9	1.1	2.2	3.0	6.2	.489	0.7	2.2	.343	1.5	1.9	.765
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	23	32.0	14.3	1.3	5.4	6.7	1.7	1.7	0.6	1.3	2.9	5.3	10.4	.510	1.3	3.2	.419	2.3	3.1	.736
difference:	+18	+21.2	+9.5	+0.9	+3.0	+3.9	+1.7	+1.5	+0.6	-0.3	-0.1	+3.9	+7.0	+.098	+0.7	+1.8	+.010	+0.9	+1.7	+.264
Naz Reid	5	10.8	4.8	0.4	2.4	2.8	0.0	0.2	1.2	1.0	2.8	1.4	3.4	.412	0.6	1.4	.429	1.4	1.4	1.000

Season 4
	Kawhi Leonard	Naz Reid
Season	2014-15	2022-23
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	Steals Leader	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	64	31.8	16.5	1.3	5.9	7.2	2.5	2.3	0.8	1.5	2.0	6.2	12.8	.479	1.0	3.0	.349	3.2	3.9	.802
difference:	+4	+13.4	+5.0	+0.2	+2.1	+2.3	+1.4	+1.7		-0.1	-0.6	+1.6	+4.3	+.058	+0.1	+0.2	+.003	+1.9	+2.0	+.125
Naz Reid	68	18.4	11.5	1.1	3.8	4.9	1.1	0.6	0.8	1.4	2.6	4.6	8.5	.537	1.1	3.2	.346	1.3	1.9	.677
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	7	35.7	20.3	1.9	5.6	7.4	2.6	1.1	0.6	2.1	2.6	7.4	15.6	.477	1.6	3.7	.423	3.9	5.0	.771
Naz Reid	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Kawhi Leonard	Naz Reid
Season	2015-16	2023-24
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	-	Sixth Man of the Year
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	72	33.1	21.2	1.3	5.5	6.8	2.6	1.8	1.0	1.5	1.8	7.7	15.1	.506	1.8	4.0	.443	4.1	4.6	.874
difference:	+9	+8.9	+7.7	+0.4	+1.2	+1.6	+1.3	+1.0	+0.1	-0.1	-0.3	+2.7	+4.6	+.029	+0.3	+1.0	+.029	+2.8	+2.8	+.138
Naz Reid	81	24.2	13.5	0.9	4.3	5.2	1.3	0.8	0.9	1.4	2.1	5.0	10.5	.477	2.1	5.0	.414	1.3	1.8	.736
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	10	33.9	22.5	1.4	4.9	6.3	2.8	2.6	1.4	1.6	2.1	8.3	16.6	.500	1.7	3.9	.436	4.2	5.1	.824
difference:	+6	+11.3	+11.4	+0.8	+1.8	+2.6	+1.8	+2.1	+0.6	-0.7	-0.1	+4.2	+7.7	+.042	+0.1	+0.4	+.074	+2.8	+3.2	+.114
Naz Reid	16	22.6	11.1	0.6	3.1	3.7	1.0	0.5	0.8	0.9	2.0	4.1	8.9	.458	1.6	4.3	.362	1.4	1.9	.710

Season 6
	Kawhi Leonard	Naz Reid
Season	2016-17	2024-25
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	74	33.4	25.5	1.1	4.7	5.8	3.5	1.8	0.7	2.1	1.6	8.6	17.7	.485	2.0	5.2	.380	6.3	7.2	.880
difference:	+6	+5.9	+11.3	+0.1	+0.2	+0.2	+1.2	+1.1	+0.2	-0.7	-0.8	+3.3	+6.2	+.023	+0.2	+0.6	+.001	+4.9	+5.4	+.104
Naz Reid	80	27.5	14.2	1.2	4.9	6.0	2.3	0.7	0.9	1.4	2.4	5.3	11.5	.462	2.2	5.8	.379	1.4	1.8	.776
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	12	35.8	27.7	1.6	6.2	7.8	4.6	1.7	0.5	2.2	1.8	8.8	16.8	.525	2.1	4.6	.455	7.9	8.5	.931
difference:	+3	+10.8	+17.3	+0.5	+2.5	+3.1	+2.9	+1.0	+0.4	-0.3	-1.1	+5.1	+9.5	+.016	+0.4	+0.4	+.058	+6.6	+6.8	+.171
Naz Reid	15	25.0	10.4	1.1	3.7	4.7	1.7	0.7	0.9	1.9	2.9	3.7	7.3	.509	1.7	4.2	.397	1.3	1.7	.760

Additional Years
* Kawhi Leonard played 7 seasons more than Naz Reid in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 14, from 2019 to 2026—Kawhi Leonard played in 6 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 7 extra years over Naz Reid, Kawhi Leonard got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 1 All-NBA First Team 3 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-Defensive Second Team 4 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP