Naz Reid vs. Trae Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Trae Young 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 6 years in the NBA, 2 less than Trae Young, who played 8. Naz Reid had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Trae Young had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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	Trae Young
Season	2019-20	2018-19
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First 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:	+51	+14.4	+10.1	+0.3	+0.1	+0.4	+6.9	+0.3	+0.5	-3.1	-1.1	+3.2	+7.4	+.006	+0.8	+2.8	+.006	+3.0	+3.3	+.131
Trae Young	81	30.9	19.1	0.8	2.9	3.7	8.1	0.9	0.2	3.8	1.7	6.5	15.5	.418	1.9	6.0	.324	4.2	5.1	.829
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Naz Reid nor Trae Young played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Naz Reid	Trae Young
Season	2020-21	2019-20
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Naz Reid	70	19.2	11.2	1.2	3.4	4.6	1.0	0.5	1.1	1.0	2.6	4.3	8.3	.523	0.9	2.5	.351	1.6	2.4	.693
difference:	+10	+16.1	+18.4	+0.7	+0.3	+0.3	+8.3	+0.6	+1.0	-3.8	-0.9	+4.8	+12.5	+.086	+2.5	+7.0	+.010	+6.4	+6.9	+.167
Trae Young	60	35.3	29.6	0.5	3.7	4.3	9.3	1.1	0.1	4.8	1.7	9.1	20.8	.437	3.4	9.5	.361	8.0	9.3	.860
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Naz Reid nor Trae Young played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 4
	Naz Reid	Trae Young
Season	2022-23	2021-22
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East 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		%
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
difference:	+8	+16.5	+16.9	+0.4	+0.7	+1.2	+8.6	+0.3	+0.7	-2.6	-0.9	+4.8	+11.8	+.077	+2.0	+4.8	+.036	+5.3	+5.4	+.227
Trae Young	76	34.9	28.4	0.7	3.1	3.7	9.7	0.9	0.1	4.0	1.7	9.4	20.3	.460	3.1	8.0	.382	6.6	7.3	.904
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Naz Reid	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trae Young	5	37.2	15.4	1.0	4.0	5.0	6.0	0.6	0.0	6.2	2.6	4.4	13.8	.319	1.4	7.6	.184	5.2	6.6	.788

Season 5
	Naz Reid	Trae Young
Season	2023-24	2022-23
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+8	+10.6	+12.7	+0.1	+2.1	+2.2	+8.9	+0.3	+0.8	-2.7	-0.7	+3.2	+8.5	+.048		+1.3	+.079	+6.5	+7.0	+.150
Trae Young	73	34.8	26.2	0.8	2.2	3.0	10.2	1.1	0.1	4.1	1.4	8.2	19.0	.429	2.1	6.3	.335	7.8	8.8	.886
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:	+10	+15.7	+18.1	+0.2	+0.3		+9.2	+1.2	+0.1	-3.1	-0.2	+5.9	+15.9	+.055	+1.4	+4.7	+.029	+4.8	+5.3	+.150
Trae Young	6	38.3	29.2	0.8	2.8	3.7	10.2	1.7	0.7	4.0	1.8	10.0	24.8	.403	3.0	9.0	.333	6.2	7.2	.860

Season 6
	Naz Reid	Trae Young
Season	2024-25	2023-24
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+26	+8.5	+11.5	+0.8	+2.6	+3.2	+8.5	+0.6	+0.7	-3.0	-0.4	+2.7	+7.2	+.032	+1.0	+2.9	+.006	+5.0	+5.7	+.079
Trae Young	54	36.0	25.7	0.4	2.3	2.8	10.8	1.3	0.2	4.4	2.0	8.0	18.7	.430	3.2	8.7	.373	6.4	7.5	.855
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Trae Young	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Trae Young played 2 seasons more than Naz Reid in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 8, from 2025 to 2026—Trae Young didn't play in the postseason. In those 2 extra years over Naz Reid, Trae Young got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Assists Leader 1 Cup All-Tournament Team 1 All-Star Game