Naz Reid vs. Jonas Valanciunas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jonas Valanciunas and Naz Reid, 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.

Naz Reid played 7 years in the NBA, 7 less than Jonas Valanciunas, who played 14. Naz Reid had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Jonas Valanciunas had his rookie season in 2012-13. 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
	Naz Reid	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	2019-20	2012-13
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Toronto Raptors
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		%
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
difference:	+32	+7.4	+0.1	+0.9	+1.0	+1.9	+0.5	+0.3	+0.6	-0.8	-0.2		+2.2	+.145	+1.1	+3.2		+1.2	+1.2	+.091
Jonas Valanciunas	62	23.9	8.9	2.0	4.0	6.0	0.7	0.3	1.3	1.5	3.0	3.3	5.9	.557	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.0	.789
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Naz Reid nor Jonas Valanciunas played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 5
	Naz Reid	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	2023-24	2016-17
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
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
difference:	+1	+1.6	+1.5	+1.9	+2.4	+4.3	+0.6	+0.3	+0.1	-0.1	-0.6	+0.1	+1.7	+.080	+2.1	+5.0		+0.9	+0.9	+.075
Jonas Valanciunas	80	25.8	12.0	2.8	6.7	9.5	0.7	0.5	0.8	1.3	2.7	4.9	8.8	.557	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	2.7	.811
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+6		+0.1	+0.3	+2.7	+3.0	+0.8	+0.3	+0.2	-0.4	-0.2	+0.3	+0.8	+.085	+1.6	+4.2	+.362	+1.0	+1.4	+.017
Jonas Valanciunas	10	22.6	11.2	0.9	5.8	6.7	0.2	0.2	0.6	1.3	2.2	4.4	8.1	.543	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.3	.727