Kevin Garnett vs. Austin Reaves Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Austin Reaves and Kevin Garnett, 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.

Kevin Garnett played 21 years in the NBA, 17 more than Austin Reaves, who played 4. Kevin Garnett had the first of his seasons in 1995-96, while Austin Reaves had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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
	Kevin Garnett	Austin Reaves
Season	1995-96	2021-22
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Kevin Garnett	80	28.7	10.4	2.2	4.1	6.3	1.8	1.1	1.6	1.4	2.4	4.5	9.2	.491	0.1	0.4	.286	1.3	1.9	.705
difference:	+19	+5.5	+3.1	+1.5	+1.7	+3.1		+0.6	+1.3	-0.7	-1.0	+2.1	+4.0	+.032	+0.8	+2.3	+.031	+0.3		+.134
Austin Reaves	61	23.2	7.3	0.7	2.4	3.2	1.8	0.5	0.3	0.7	1.4	2.4	5.2	.459	0.9	2.7	.317	1.6	1.9	.839
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kevin Garnett nor Austin Reaves played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Kevin Garnett	Austin Reaves
Season	1996-97	2022-23
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Garnett	77	38.9	17.0	2.5	5.6	8.0	3.1	1.4	2.1	2.3	2.6	7.1	14.3	.499	0.1	0.3	.286	2.7	3.5	.754
difference:	+13	+10.1	+4.0	+2.0	+3.1	+5.0	+0.3	+0.9	+1.8	-0.8	-0.9	+3.1	+6.6	+.030	+1.2	+3.1	+.112	+0.9	+0.6	+.110
Austin Reaves	64	28.8	13.0	0.5	2.5	3.0	3.4	0.5	0.3	1.5	1.7	4.0	7.7	.529	1.3	3.4	.398	3.6	4.1	.864
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Garnett	3	41.7	17.3	4.7	4.7	9.3	3.7	1.3	1.0	1.3	2.0	8.0	17.0	.471	0.3	0.3	1.000	1.0	1.0	1.000
difference:	+13	+5.5	+0.4	+3.4	+1.5	+4.9	+0.9	+0.7	+0.8	-0.3	-0.4	+2.4	+4.9	+.007	+2.1	+5.2	+.557	+2.2	+2.6	+.105
Austin Reaves	16	36.2	16.9	1.3	3.2	4.4	4.6	0.6	0.2	1.6	2.4	5.6	12.1	.464	2.4	5.5	.443	3.2	3.6	.895

Season 3
	Kevin Garnett	Austin Reaves
Season	1997-98	2023-24
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd
Others	-	NBA Cup Champion

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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		%
Kevin Garnett	82	39.3	18.5	2.7	6.9	9.6	4.2	1.7	1.8	2.3	2.7	7.7	15.8	.491	0.0	0.2	.188	3.0	4.0	.738
difference:		+7.2	+2.6	+2.0	+3.3	+5.3	+1.3	+0.9	+1.5	-0.2	-0.8	+2.1	+4.3	+.005	+1.9	+4.9	+.179	+0.2	+0.7	+.115
Austin Reaves	82	32.1	15.9	0.7	3.6	4.3	5.5	0.8	0.3	2.1	1.9	5.6	11.5	.486	1.9	5.1	.367	2.8	3.3	.853
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Garnett	5	38.6	15.8	3.4	6.2	9.6	4.0	0.8	2.4	4.4	3.4	7.2	15.0	.480	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.8	.778
difference:		+3.8	+1.0	+2.4	+3.4	+5.8	+0.4	+0.6	+1.8	-3.6	-1.8	+1.2	+2.4	+.004	+1.4	+5.2		+2.0	+2.0	+.117
Austin Reaves	5	34.8	16.8	1.0	2.8	3.8	3.6	1.4	0.6	0.8	1.6	6.0	12.6	.476	1.4	5.2	.269	3.4	3.8	.895

Season 4
	Kevin Garnett	Austin Reaves
Season	1998-99	2024-25
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Kevin Garnett	47	37.9	20.8	3.5	6.9	10.4	4.3	1.7	1.8	2.9	3.2	8.8	19.1	.460	0.1	0.3	.286	3.1	4.4	.704
difference:	+26	+3.0	+0.6	+2.7	+3.2	+5.9	+1.5	+0.6	+1.5	-0.5	-1.1	+2.3	+4.9		+2.6	+7.0	+.091	+1.3	+0.6	+.173
Austin Reaves	73	34.9	20.2	0.8	3.7	4.5	5.8	1.1	0.3	2.4	2.1	6.5	14.2	.460	2.7	7.3	.377	4.4	5.0	.877
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Garnett	4	42.5	21.8	4.0	8.0	12.0	3.8	1.8	2.0	3.3	2.5	8.8	19.8	.443	0.0	0.5	.000	4.3	5.8	.739
difference:	+1	+3.3	+5.6	+3.2	+3.4	+6.6	+0.2	+1.6	+1.4	-0.5	-1.1	+2.8	+5.2	+.032	+3.0	+8.9	+.319	+3.1	+4.4	+.118
Austin Reaves	5	39.2	16.2	0.8	4.6	5.4	3.6	0.2	0.6	2.8	3.6	6.0	14.6	.411	3.0	9.4	.319	1.2	1.4	.857

Additional Years
* Kevin Garnett played 17 seasons more than Austin Reaves in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 21, from 2000 to 2016—Kevin Garnett played in 11 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 17 extra years over Austin Reaves, Kevin Garnett got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 4 All-NBA First Team 3 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 9 All-Defensive First Team 3 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Defensive Player of the Year 4 Rebounds Leader 13 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP