Patrick Ewing vs. Reggie Jackson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Reggie Jackson and Patrick Ewing, 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.

Patrick Ewing played 17 years in the NBA, 3 more than Reggie Jackson, who played 14. Patrick Ewing had the first of his seasons in 1985-86, while Reggie Jackson had his rookie season in 2011-12. 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
	Patrick Ewing	Reggie Jackson
Season	1985-86	2011-12
Team	New York Knicks	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Patrick Ewing	50	35.4	20.0	2.5	6.5	9.0	2.0	1.1	2.1	3.4	3.8	7.7	16.3	.474	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	6.1	.739
difference:	+5	+24.3	+16.9	+2.2	+5.6	+7.8	+0.4	+0.5	+2.1	-2.6	-3.1	+6.6	+12.8	+.153	+0.3	+1.3	+.210	+3.9	+5.5	+.123
Reggie Jackson	45	11.1	3.1	0.3	0.9	1.2	1.6	0.6	0.0	0.8	0.7	1.1	3.5	.321	0.3	1.4	.210	0.6	0.6	.862
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Patrick Ewing nor Reggie Jackson played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Patrick Ewing	Reggie Jackson
Season	1987-88	2013-14
Team	New York Knicks	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Patrick Ewing	82	31.0	20.2	3.0	5.3	8.2	1.5	1.3	3.0	3.5	4.0	8.0	14.4	.555	0.0	0.0	-	4.2	5.8	.716
difference:	+2	+2.5	+7.1	+2.5	+1.9	+4.3	+2.6	+0.2	+2.9	-1.4	-2.2	+3.0	+2.9	+.115	+1.0	+3.1		+2.2	+3.6	+.177
Reggie Jackson	80	28.5	13.1	0.5	3.4	3.9	4.1	1.1	0.1	2.1	1.8	5.0	11.5	.440	1.0	3.1	.339	2.0	2.2	.893
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	4	38.3	18.8	4.0	8.8	12.8	2.5	1.5	3.3	2.8	4.3	7.0	14.3	.491	0.0	0.3	.000	4.8	5.5	.864
difference:	+15	+10.4	+7.7	+3.3	+5.7	+9.0	+0.1	+1.2	+3.1	-0.8	-1.7	+3.1	+5.8	+.025	+1.1	+2.5	+.396	+2.7	+3.2	+.022
Reggie Jackson	19	27.9	11.1	0.7	3.1	3.8	2.4	0.3	0.2	2.0	2.6	3.9	8.5	.466	1.1	2.8	.396	2.1	2.3	.886

Season 4
	Patrick Ewing	Reggie Jackson
Season	1988-89	2014-15
Team	New York Knicks	Oklahoma City Thunder, Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
Patrick Ewing	80	36.2	22.7	2.7	6.6	9.3	2.4	1.5	3.5	3.3	3.9	9.1	16.0	.567	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	6.1	.746
difference:	+3	+6.7	+8.2	+2.0	+3.1	+5.1	+3.6	+0.7	+3.4	-0.9	-1.7	+3.5	+3.1	+.133	+0.9	+3.0	+.299	+2.1	+3.3	+.084
Reggie Jackson	77	29.5	14.5	0.7	3.5	4.2	6.0	0.8	0.1	2.4	2.2	5.6	12.9	.434	0.9	3.1	.299	2.4	2.8	.830
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	9	37.8	19.9	2.6	7.4	10.0	2.2	1.0	2.0	1.7	3.9	7.8	16.0	.486	0.0	0.0	-	4.3	5.8	.750
Reggie Jackson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Patrick Ewing	Reggie Jackson
Season	1989-90	2015-16
Team	New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Pistons 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		%
Patrick Ewing	82	38.6	28.6	2.9	8.0	10.9	2.2	1.0	4.0	3.4	4.0	11.2	20.4	.551	0.0	0.0	-	6.1	7.9	.775
difference:	+3	+7.9	+9.8	+2.2	+5.5	+7.7	+4.0	+0.3	+3.9	-0.6	-1.6	+4.4	+4.7	+.117	+1.5	+4.2		+2.4	+3.6	+.089
Reggie Jackson	79	30.7	18.8	0.7	2.5	3.2	6.2	0.7	0.1	2.8	2.4	6.8	15.7	.434	1.5	4.2	.353	3.7	4.3	.864
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	10	39.5	29.4	2.1	8.4	10.5	3.1	1.3	2.0	2.7	4.1	11.4	21.9	.521	0.1	0.2	.500	6.5	7.9	.823
difference:	+6	+2.7	+15.1	+1.6	+5.6	+7.2	+6.2	+0.2	+1.5	-0.2	-1.6	+5.1	+8.1	+.066	+0.7	+4.3	+.333	+5.5	+6.9	+.177
Reggie Jackson	4	36.8	14.3	0.5	2.8	3.3	9.3	1.5	0.5	2.5	2.5	6.3	13.8	.455	0.8	4.5	.167	1.0	1.0	1.000

Season 6
	Patrick Ewing	Reggie Jackson
Season	1990-91	2016-17
Team	New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Patrick Ewing	81	38.3	26.6	2.4	8.8	11.2	3.0	1.0	3.2	3.6	3.5	10.4	20.3	.514	0.0	0.1	.000	5.7	7.7	.745
difference:	+29	+10.9	+12.1	+2.0	+7.0	+9.0	+2.2	+0.3	+3.1	-1.4	-1.0	+4.9	+7.3	+.095	+1.3	+3.4	+.359	+3.4	+5.1	+.123
Reggie Jackson	52	27.4	14.5	0.4	1.8	2.2	5.2	0.7	0.1	2.2	2.5	5.5	13.0	.419	1.3	3.5	.359	2.3	2.6	.868
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	3	36.7	16.7	0.7	9.3	10.0	2.0	0.3	1.7	3.7	4.0	6.0	15.0	.400	0.0	0.0	-	4.7	6.0	.778
Reggie Jackson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Patrick Ewing	Reggie Jackson
Season	1991-92	2017-18
Team	New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	82	38.4	24.0	2.8	8.5	11.2	1.9	1.1	3.0	2.5	3.4	9.7	18.6	.522	0.0	0.1	.167	4.6	6.2	.738
difference:	+37	+11.7	+9.4	+2.2	+6.4	+8.4	+3.4	+0.5	+2.9	-0.3	-1.5	+4.2	+5.8	+.096	+1.2	+3.7	+.141	+2.1	+3.2	+.098
Reggie Jackson	45	26.7	14.6	0.6	2.1	2.8	5.3	0.6	0.1	2.2	1.9	5.5	12.8	.426	1.2	3.8	.308	2.5	3.0	.836
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	12	40.2	22.7	2.8	8.3	11.1	2.3	0.6	2.6	1.9	4.1	9.1	19.9	.456	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	6.1	.740
Reggie Jackson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Patrick Ewing	Reggie Jackson
Season	1992-93	2018-19
Team	New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	81	37.1	24.2	2.4	9.7	12.1	1.9	0.9	2.0	3.3	3.5	9.6	19.1	.503	0.0	0.1	.143	4.9	6.9	.719
difference:	+1	+9.2	+8.8	+1.9	+7.6	+9.5	+2.3	+0.2	+1.9	-1.5	-1.0	+4.2	+6.3	+.082	+2.1	+5.6	+.226	+2.4	+4.0	+.145
Reggie Jackson	82	27.9	15.4	0.5	2.1	2.6	4.2	0.7	0.1	1.8	2.5	5.4	12.8	.421	2.1	5.7	.369	2.5	2.9	.864
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	15	40.3	25.5	2.9	8.1	10.9	2.4	1.1	2.1	2.6	4.0	11.0	21.5	.512	0.1	0.1	1.000	3.4	5.3	.638
difference:	+11	+13.3	+7.7	+1.6	+6.1	+7.6	+4.6	+0.3	+2.1	-1.3	-1.0	+4.0	+5.2	+.081	+2.2	+5.2	+.571	+1.9	+3.5	+.219
Reggie Jackson	4	27.0	17.8	1.3	2.0	3.3	7.0	0.8	0.0	1.3	3.0	7.0	16.3	.431	2.3	5.3	.429	1.5	1.8	.857

Season 9
	Patrick Ewing	Reggie Jackson
Season	1993-94	2019-20
Team	New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	79	37.6	24.5	2.8	8.4	11.2	2.3	1.1	2.7	3.3	3.5	9.4	19.0	.496	0.1	0.2	.286	5.6	7.4	.765
difference:	+48	+13.6	+12.6	+2.3	+6.0	+8.2	+1.8	+0.7	+2.5	-1.7	-1.6	+5.1	+8.5	+.085	+1.7	+4.5	+.107	+4.1	+5.7	+.068
Reggie Jackson	31	24.0	11.9	0.5	2.4	3.0	4.1	0.4	0.2	1.6	1.9	4.3	10.5	.411	1.8	4.7	.393	1.5	1.7	.833
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	25	41.3	21.9	3.5	8.2	11.7	2.6	1.3	3.0	3.3	3.8	8.4	19.2	.437	0.2	0.4	.364	4.9	6.5	.755
difference:	+13	+27.1	+17.0	+3.3	+6.6	+9.9	+1.7	+1.1	+2.9	-2.9	-2.3	+6.6	+15.2	+.001	+1.2	+2.3	+.167	+4.9	+6.5
Reggie Jackson	12	14.2	4.9	0.2	1.6	1.8	0.9	0.2	0.1	0.4	1.5	1.8	4.0	.438	1.4	2.7	.531	0.0	0.0	-

Season 10
	Patrick Ewing	Reggie Jackson
Season	1994-95	2020-21
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Clippers Lost West Conf Finals

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	79	37.0	23.9	2.0	9.0	11.0	2.7	0.9	2.0	3.2	3.4	9.2	18.4	.503	0.1	0.3	.286	5.3	7.1	.750
difference:	+12	+14.0	+13.2	+1.6	+6.5	+8.1	+0.4	+0.3	+1.9	-2.1	-1.5	+5.3	+9.7	+.053	+1.7	+3.9	+.147	+4.3	+5.9	+.067
Reggie Jackson	67	23.0	10.7	0.4	2.5	2.9	3.1	0.6	0.1	1.1	1.9	3.9	8.7	.450	1.8	4.2	.433	1.0	1.2	.817
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	11	36.3	19.0	1.5	8.1	9.6	2.5	0.5	2.3	2.7	4.6	7.3	14.2	.513	0.1	0.3	.333	4.4	6.4	.686
difference:	+8	+3.6	+1.2	+1.1	+5.3	+6.4	+0.9	+0.4	+2.1	-1.2	-2.0	+0.9	+0.9	+.029	+3.0	+7.2	+.075	+2.5	+4.2	+.192
Reggie Jackson	19	32.7	17.8	0.4	2.8	3.2	3.4	0.9	0.2	1.5	2.6	6.4	13.3	.484	3.1	7.5	.408	1.9	2.2	.878

Season 11
	Patrick Ewing	Reggie Jackson
Season	1995-96	2021-22
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	76	36.6	22.5	2.1	8.5	10.6	2.1	0.9	2.4	2.9	3.3	8.9	19.2	.466	0.1	0.4	.143	4.6	6.1	.761
difference:	+1	+5.4	+5.7	+1.6	+5.4	+7.0	+2.7	+0.2	+2.2	-0.6	-1.2	+2.5	+2.9	+.074	+2.1	+6.4	+.183	+2.8	+3.9	+.086
Reggie Jackson	75	31.2	16.8	0.5	3.1	3.6	4.8	0.7	0.2	2.3	2.1	6.4	16.3	.392	2.2	6.8	.326	1.8	2.2	.847
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	8	41.0	21.5	1.4	9.3	10.6	1.9	0.1	3.1	3.8	2.8	8.1	17.1	.474	0.1	0.3	.500	5.1	7.9	.651
Reggie Jackson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 12
	Patrick Ewing	Reggie Jackson
Season	1996-97	2022-23
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Clippers, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	78	37.0	22.4	2.2	8.4	10.7	2.0	0.9	2.4	3.4	3.2	8.4	17.2	.488	0.0	0.1	.222	5.6	7.5	.754
difference:	+10	+12.6	+12.2	+1.8	+6.6	+8.6	+1.4	+0.2	+2.3	-1.7	-1.5	+4.5	+7.8	+.077	+1.4	+4.1	+.111	+4.6	+6.4	+.156
Reggie Jackson	68	24.4	10.2	0.4	1.8	2.1	3.4	0.7	0.1	1.7	1.7	3.9	9.4	.411	1.4	4.2	.333	1.0	1.1	.910
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	9	39.7	22.6	2.9	7.7	10.6	1.9	0.3	2.4	3.0	3.3	9.8	18.6	.527	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	4.7	.643
difference:	+3	+36.7	+22.1	+2.9	+7.4	+10.3	+1.6	+0.1	+2.4	-2.8	-3.3	+9.6	+18.3	+.027	+0.2	+0.2	+.500	+3.0	+4.7
Reggie Jackson	6	3.0	0.5	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.3	.500	0.2	0.3	.500	0.0	0.0	-