Larry Foust vs. Willis Reed Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Willis Reed and Larry Foust, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

Larry Foust played 12 years in the NBA, 2 more than Willis Reed, who played 10. Larry Foust had the first of his seasons in 1950-51, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Larry Foust	12	10	1950-51 to 1961-62
Willis Reed	10	7	1964-65 to 1973-74

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Larry Foust	Willis Reed
Season	1950-51	1964-65
Team	Fort Wayne Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div Semis	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		%
Larry Foust	68	-	13.5	-	-	10.0	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	4.8	13.9	.346	-	-	-	3.8	5.8	.659
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		%
Larry Foust	3	-	12.0	-	-	12.3	1.7	-	-	-	1.7	4.7	15.0	.311	-	-	-	2.7	3.3	.800
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Larry Foust	Willis Reed
Season	1951-52	1965-66
Team	Fort Wayne Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div Semis	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		%
Larry Foust	66	39.6	15.9	-	-	13.3	3.0	-	-	-	3.7	5.9	15.0	.394	-	-	-	4.0	6.0	.678
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		%
Larry Foust	2	38.5	15.0	-	-	15.0	2.5	-	-	-	4.0	6.0	11.5	.522	-	-	-	3.0	3.5	.857
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Larry Foust	Willis Reed
Season	1952-53	1966-67
Team	Fort Wayne Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Larry Foust	67	34.4	14.3	-	-	11.5	2.3	-	-	-	4.0	4.6	12.9	.360	-	-	-	5.0	6.9	.723
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		%
Larry Foust	8	41.5	19.1	-	-	13.9	0.8	-	-	-	4.3	6.0	15.1	.397	-	-	-	7.1	8.5	.838
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
	Larry Foust	Willis Reed
Season	1953-54	1967-68
Team	Fort Wayne Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost W Div Round Robin	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		%
Larry Foust	72	37.4	15.1	-	-	13.4	2.2	-	-	-	3.6	5.2	12.8	.409	-	-	-	4.7	6.6	.712
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		%
Larry Foust	4	32.3	10.3	-	-	9.5	1.8	-	-	-	5.3	2.8	10.3	.268	-	-	-	4.8	6.3	.760
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
	Larry Foust	Willis Reed
Season	1954-55	1968-69
Team	Fort Wayne Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Larry Foust	70	32.3	17.0	-	-	10.0	1.7	-	-	-	3.8	5.7	11.7	.487	-	-	-	5.6	7.3	.766
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		%
Larry Foust	11	30.1	15.6	-	-	9.7	2.4	-	-	-	3.9	5.5	13.8	.395	-	-	-	4.7	6.6	.712
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
	Larry Foust	Willis Reed
Season	1955-56	1969-70
Team	Fort Wayne Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Pistons Lost NBA 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		%
Larry Foust	72	28.1	16.2	-	-	9.0	1.8	-	-	-	3.7	5.1	11.4	.447	-	-	-	6.0	7.7	.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		%
Larry Foust	10	28.9	16.8	-	-	12.7	1.4	-	-	-	3.8	4.9	13.0	.377	-	-	-	7.0	8.9	.787
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
	Larry Foust	Willis Reed
Season	1956-57	1970-71
Team	Fort Wayne Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div Semis	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		%
Larry Foust	61	25.1	12.4	-	-	9.1	1.2	-	-	-	3.6	4.0	10.1	.394	-	-	-	4.5	6.2	.718
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		%
Larry Foust	2	32.0	22.5	-	-	12.5	3.0	-	-	-	5.0	6.5	11.5	.565	-	-	-	9.5	11.5	.826
Willis Reed	12	42.0	15.7	-	-	12.0	2.3	-	-	-	3.4	6.8	16.3	.413	-	-	-	2.2	3.3	.667


Season 8
	Larry Foust	Willis Reed
Season	1957-58	1971-72
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	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		%
Larry Foust	72	30.6	16.8	-	-	12.2	1.5	-	-	-	4.2	5.4	13.6	.398	-	-	-	5.9	7.9	.756
Willis Reed	11	33.0	13.4	-	-	8.7	2.0	-	-	-	2.7	5.5	12.5	.438	-	-	-	2.5	3.5	.692

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Foust	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Larry Foust	Willis Reed
Season	1958-59	1972-73
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
Larry Foust	72	26.8	12.3	-	-	8.7	1.3	-	-	-	3.2	4.2	10.7	.390	-	-	-	3.9	5.1	.765
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		%
Larry Foust	13	31.1	11.8	-	-	10.5	0.9	-	-	-	3.6	4.3	10.3	.418	-	-	-	3.2	3.8	.820
Willis Reed	17	28.6	12.5	-	-	7.6	1.8	-	-	-	3.8	5.7	12.2	.466	-	-	-	1.1	1.2	.857


Season 10
	Larry Foust	Willis Reed
Season	1959-60	1973-74
Team	Minneapolis Lakers, St. Louis Hawks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost NBA 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		%
Larry Foust	72	27.3	12.2	-	-	8.6	1.3	-	-	-	3.3	4.3	10.6	.407	-	-	-	3.5	4.4	.791
Willis Reed	19	26.3	11.1	2.5	4.9	7.4	1.6	0.6	1.1	-	2.6	4.4	9.7	.457	-	-	-	2.2	2.8	.792

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Foust	12	17.1	6.5	-	-	5.7	0.9	-	-	-	3.0	2.4	6.2	.392	-	-	-	1.7	2.1	.800
Willis Reed	11	12.0	3.4	0.4	1.6	2.0	0.4	0.2	0.0	-	2.4	1.5	4.1	.378	-	-	-	0.3	0.5	.600


Season 11
	Larry Foust	Willis Reed
Season	1960-61	-
Team	St. Louis Hawks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost NBA 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		%
Larry Foust	68	17.8	8.1	-	-	5.7	1.1	-	-	-	2.7	2.9	7.2	.397	-	-	-	2.4	3.1	.788
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Foust	8	11.1	3.3	-	-	3.5	0.3	-	-	-	1.6	1.1	2.5	.450	-	-	-	1.0	1.8	.571
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Larry Foust	Willis Reed
Season	1961-62	-
Team	St. Louis Hawks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Larry Foust	57	20.2	9.7	-	-	5.8	1.4	-	-	-	3.3	3.6	7.6	.471	-	-	-	2.5	3.1	.815
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Foust	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Larry Foust vs. Willis Reed Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Willis Reed and Larry Foust, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12