Maurice Evans vs. Willis Reed Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Willis Reed and Maurice Evans, 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.

Maurice Evans played 9 years in the NBA, 1 less than Willis Reed, who played 10. Maurice Evans had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10
Rookie Season
	Maurice Evans	Willis Reed
Season	2001-02	1964-65
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	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		%
Maurice Evans	10	4.5	2.1	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.9	0.9	1.9	.474	0.0	0.3	.000	0.3	0.4	.750
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		%
Maurice Evans	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Maurice Evans didn't play in 2002-03 and 2003-04.

Season 2
	Maurice Evans	Willis Reed
Season	2004-05	1965-66
Team	Sacramento Kings	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings 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		%
Maurice Evans	65	19.0	6.4	1.4	1.7	3.1	0.7	0.6	0.1	0.5	1.6	2.5	5.7	.442	0.4	1.3	.329	0.9	1.2	.756
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		%
Maurice Evans	3	18.7	6.0	0.7	1.7	2.3	1.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	3.3	.600	0.7	1.3	.500	1.3	1.7	.800
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Maurice Evans	Willis Reed
Season	2005-06	1966-67
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 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		%
Maurice Evans	80	14.2	5.0	1.0	1.1	2.0	0.8	0.5	0.2	0.5	1.5	1.9	4.3	.452	0.5	1.5	.371	0.7	0.8	.800
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		%
Maurice Evans	16	6.3	3.3	0.4	0.5	0.9	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.6	1.0	1.9	.533	0.4	0.7	.636	0.9	1.0	.875
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
	Maurice Evans	Willis Reed
Season	2006-07	1967-68
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Maurice Evans	76	22.8	8.4	1.2	1.7	2.9	1.0	0.5	0.2	0.8	1.7	3.1	7.1	.432	0.6	1.8	.361	1.6	2.0	.787
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		%
Maurice Evans	5	16.4	5.0	0.6	1.0	1.6	0.6	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.8	2.0	5.2	.385	1.0	2.6	.385	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Maurice Evans	Willis Reed
Season	2007-08	1968-69
Team	Los Angeles Lakers, Orlando Magic	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost East 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		%
Maurice Evans	75	22.9	8.9	1.2	1.7	2.9	1.1	0.6	0.1	0.5	1.9	3.5	7.3	.481	1.1	2.8	.388	0.8	1.1	.711
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		%
Maurice Evans	10	28.2	9.0	0.7	1.8	2.5	0.7	0.8	0.1	0.9	1.2	3.5	6.9	.507	1.5	3.6	.417	0.5	0.8	.625
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
	Maurice Evans	Willis Reed
Season	2008-09	1969-70
Team	Atlanta Hawks	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	Hawks 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		%
Maurice Evans	80	23.0	7.2	1.1	1.9	3.0	0.7	0.6	0.1	0.5	2.0	2.6	6.0	.432	1.2	3.1	.395	0.8	0.9	.822
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		%
Maurice Evans	11	24.1	6.2	0.7	0.7	1.5	0.9	0.5	0.3	0.4	2.6	2.5	5.9	.431	0.7	2.5	.286	0.4	0.5	.667
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
	Maurice Evans	Willis Reed
Season	2009-10	1970-71
Team	Atlanta Hawks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 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		%
Maurice Evans	79	16.7	5.7	0.7	1.2	1.9	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.3	1.6	2.2	5.0	.445	0.7	2.1	.337	0.6	0.8	.754
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		%
Maurice Evans	11	13.5	2.3	0.4	0.8	1.2	0.2	0.8	0.0	0.5	1.7	1.0	3.4	.297	0.3	0.9	.300	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Maurice Evans	Willis Reed
Season	2011-12	1972-73
Team	Washington Wizards	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Maurice Evans	24	14.3	4.9	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.4	0.6	0.0	0.4	1.5	1.9	4.7	.402	0.7	1.9	.378	0.4	0.5	.769
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		%
Maurice Evans	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willis Reed	17	28.6	12.5	-	-	7.6	1.8	-	-	-	3.8	5.7	12.2	.466	-	-	-	1.1	1.2	.857