Pete Maravich vs. Naz Reid Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Naz Reid and Pete Maravich, 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.

Pete Maravich played 10 years in the NBA, 3 more than Naz Reid, who played 7. Pete Maravich had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Naz Reid had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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
	Pete Maravich	Naz Reid
Season	1970-71	2019-20
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Pete Maravich	81	36.1	23.2	-	-	3.7	4.4	-	-	-	2.9	9.1	19.9	.458	-	-	-	5.0	6.2	.800
difference:	+51	+19.6	+14.2			+0.4	+3.2				-0.1	+5.8	+11.8	+.046				+3.8	+4.4	+.102
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	5	39.8	22.0	-	-	5.2	4.8	-	-	-	2.8	9.2	24.4	.377	-	-	-	3.6	5.2	.692
Naz Reid	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Pete Maravich	Naz Reid
Season	1972-73	2021-22
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Pete Maravich	79	39.1	26.1	-	-	4.4	6.9	-	-	-	3.1	10.0	22.6	.441	-	-	-	6.1	7.7	.800
difference:	+2	+23.3	+17.8			+0.5	+6.0				-0.9	+7.0	+16.4	+.048				+4.6	+5.8	+.035
Naz Reid	77	15.8	8.3	1.3	2.6	3.9	0.9	0.5	0.9	1.1	2.2	3.0	6.2	.489	0.7	2.2	.343	1.5	1.9	.765
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	6	39.0	26.2	-	-	4.8	6.7	-	-	-	4.0	10.8	25.8	.419	-	-	-	4.5	5.7	.794
difference:	+1	+28.2	+21.4			+2.0	+6.7				-1.2	+9.4	+22.4	+.007				+3.1	+4.3	+.206
Naz Reid	5	10.8	4.8	0.4	2.4	2.8	0.0	0.2	1.2	1.0	2.8	1.4	3.4	.412	0.6	1.4	.429	1.4	1.4	1.000

Season 4
	Pete Maravich	Naz Reid
Season	1973-74	2022-23
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Pete Maravich	76	38.2	27.7	1.3	3.6	4.9	5.2	1.5	0.2	-	3.4	10.8	23.6	.457	-	-	-	6.2	7.5	.826
difference:	+8	+19.8	+16.2	+0.2	+0.2		+4.1	+0.9	+0.6		-0.8	+6.2	+15.1	+.080				+4.9	+5.6	+.149
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Pete Maravich nor Naz Reid played in the postseason in their season 4

Season 5
	Pete Maravich	Naz Reid
Season	1974-75	2023-24
Team	New Orleans Jazz	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Pete Maravich	79	36.1	21.5	1.2	4.2	5.3	6.2	1.5	0.2	-	2.9	8.3	19.8	.419	-	-	-	4.9	6.1	.811
difference:	+2	+11.9	+8.0	+0.3	+0.1	+0.1	+4.9	+0.7	+0.7		-0.8	+3.3	+9.3	+.058				+3.6	+4.3	+.075
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 6
	Pete Maravich	Naz Reid
Season	1975-76	2024-25
Team	New Orleans Jazz	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Pete Maravich	62	38.3	25.9	0.7	4.1	4.8	5.4	1.4	0.4	-	3.2	9.7	21.2	.459	-	-	-	6.4	7.9	.811
difference:	+18	+10.8	+11.7	+0.5	+0.8	+1.2	+3.1	+0.7	+0.5		-0.8	+4.4	+9.7	+.003				+5.0	+6.1	+.035
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 7
	Pete Maravich	Naz Reid
Season	1976-77	2025-26
Team	New Orleans Jazz	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Pete Maravich	73	41.7	31.1	1.2	3.9	5.1	5.4	1.2	0.3	-	2.6	12.1	28.0	.433	-	-	-	6.9	8.2	.835
difference:	+68	+18.7	+21.1	+0.6	+0.3	+0.9	+3.8	+0.2	+0.7			+8.3	+18.6	+.029				+5.5	+5.8	+.252
Naz Reid	5	23.0	10.0	1.8	4.2	6.0	1.6	1.0	1.0	1.8	2.6	3.8	9.4	.404	1.0	4.0	.250	1.4	2.4	.583
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Pete Maravich nor Naz Reid played in the postseason in their season 7

Additional Years
* Pete Maravich played 3 seasons more than Naz Reid in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 10, from 1978 to 1980—Pete Maravich played in one postseason. In those 3 extra years over Naz Reid, Pete Maravich got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-Star Game