Paul Pierce vs. Austin Reaves Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Austin Reaves and Paul Pierce, 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.

Paul Pierce played 19 years in the NBA, 15 more than Austin Reaves, who played 4. Paul Pierce had the first of his seasons in 1998-99, while Austin Reaves had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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
	Paul Pierce	Austin Reaves
Season	1998-99	2021-22
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
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		%
Paul Pierce	48	34.0	16.5	2.4	4.0	6.4	2.4	1.7	1.0	2.4	2.9	5.9	13.5	.439	1.8	4.3	.412	2.9	4.1	.713
difference:	+13	+10.8	+9.2	+1.7	+1.6	+3.2	+0.6	+1.2	+0.7	-1.7	-1.5	+3.5	+8.3	+.020	+0.9	+1.6	+.095	+1.3	+2.2	+.126
Austin Reaves	61	23.2	7.3	0.7	2.4	3.2	1.8	0.5	0.3	0.7	1.4	2.4	5.2	.459	0.9	2.7	.317	1.6	1.9	.839
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Paul Pierce nor Austin Reaves played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Paul Pierce	Austin Reaves
Season	2000-01	2023-24
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd
Others	-	NBA Cup Champion

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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		%
Paul Pierce	82	38.0	25.3	1.1	5.2	6.4	3.1	1.7	0.8	3.2	3.1	8.4	18.5	.454	1.8	4.7	.383	6.7	9.0	.745
difference:		+5.9	+9.4	+0.4	+1.6	+2.1	+2.4	+0.9	+0.5	-1.1	-1.2	+2.8	+7.0	+.032	+0.1	+0.4	+.016	+3.9	+5.7	+.108
Austin Reaves	82	32.1	15.9	0.7	3.6	4.3	5.5	0.8	0.3	2.1	1.9	5.6	11.5	.486	1.9	5.1	.367	2.8	3.3	.853
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Pierce	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Austin Reaves	5	34.8	16.8	1.0	2.8	3.8	3.6	1.4	0.6	0.8	1.6	6.0	12.6	.476	1.4	5.2	.269	3.4	3.8	.895

Season 4
	Paul Pierce	Austin Reaves
Season	2001-02	2024-25
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Paul Pierce	82	40.3	26.1	1.0	5.9	6.9	3.2	1.9	1.0	2.9	2.9	8.6	19.5	.442	2.6	6.3	.404	6.3	7.8	.809
difference:	+9	+5.4	+5.9	+0.2	+2.2	+2.4	+2.6	+0.8	+0.7	-0.5	-0.8	+2.1	+5.3	+.018	+0.1	+1.0	+.027	+1.9	+2.8	+.068
Austin Reaves	73	34.9	20.2	0.8	3.7	4.5	5.8	1.1	0.3	2.4	2.1	6.5	14.2	.460	2.7	7.3	.377	4.4	5.0	.877
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Pierce	16	42.0	24.6	1.7	6.9	8.6	4.1	1.7	1.3	3.8	3.3	7.6	18.9	.403	1.9	6.5	.288	7.5	9.8	.764
difference:	+11	+2.8	+8.4	+0.9	+2.3	+3.2	+0.5	+1.5	+0.7	-1.0	-0.3	+1.6	+4.3	+.008	+1.1	+2.9	+.031	+6.3	+8.4	+.093
Austin Reaves	5	39.2	16.2	0.8	4.6	5.4	3.6	0.2	0.6	2.8	3.6	6.0	14.6	.411	3.0	9.4	.319	1.2	1.4	.857

Additional Years
* Paul Pierce played 15 seasons more than Austin Reaves in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 19, from 2003 to 2017—Paul Pierce played in 13 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 15 extra years over Austin Reaves, Paul Pierce got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 1 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 9 All-Star Game