Tracy McGrady vs. Willis Reed Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Willis Reed and Tracy McGrady, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

Tracy McGrady played 16 years in the NBA, 6 more than Willis Reed, who played 10. Tracy McGrady had the first of his seasons in 1997-98, while Willis Reed had his rookie season in 1964-65. 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Tracy McGrady	16	9	1997-98 to 2012-13
Willis Reed	10	7	1964-65 to 1973-74

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	Tracy McGrady	Willis Reed
Season	1997-98	1964-65
Team	Toronto Raptors	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	64	18.4	7.0	1.6	2.6	4.2	1.5	0.8	1.0	1.0	1.3	2.8	6.2	.450	0.2	0.6	.341	1.2	1.7	.712
Willis Reed	80	38.0	19.5	-	-	14.7	1.7	-	-	-	4.2	7.9	18.2	.432	-	-	-	3.8	5.1	.742

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Tracy McGrady	Willis Reed
Season	1998-99	1965-66
Team	Toronto Raptors	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	49	22.6	9.3	2.4	3.2	5.7	2.3	1.1	1.3	1.6	1.9	3.4	7.9	.436	0.2	0.7	.229	2.3	3.2	.726
Willis Reed	76	33.4	15.5	-	-	11.6	1.2	-	-	-	4.3	5.8	13.3	.434	-	-	-	4.0	5.3	.757

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Tracy McGrady	Willis Reed
Season	1999-00	1966-67
Team	Toronto Raptors	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Div Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	79	31.2	15.4	2.4	4.0	6.3	3.3	1.1	1.9	2.0	2.5	5.8	12.9	.451	0.2	0.8	.277	3.5	5.0	.707
Willis Reed	78	36.2	20.9	-	-	14.6	1.6	-	-	-	3.8	8.1	16.6	.489	-	-	-	4.6	6.2	.735

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	3	37.0	16.7	3.3	3.7	7.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	3.3	3.3	5.7	14.7	.386	0.7	2.3	.286	4.7	5.3	.875
Willis Reed	4	37.0	27.5	-	-	13.8	1.8	-	-	-	4.8	10.8	20.0	.538	-	-	-	6.0	6.3	.960


Season 4
	Tracy McGrady	Willis Reed
Season	2000-01	1967-68
Team	Orlando Magic	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	Most Improved Player	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Div Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	77	40.1	26.8	2.5	5.0	7.5	4.6	1.5	1.5	2.6	2.1	10.2	22.4	.457	0.8	2.2	.355	5.6	7.6	.733
Willis Reed	81	35.5	20.8	-	-	13.2	2.0	-	-	-	4.2	8.1	16.6	.490	-	-	-	4.5	6.3	.721

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	4	44.3	33.8	1.5	5.0	6.5	8.3	1.8	1.3	2.0	2.8	12.8	30.8	.415	0.5	2.5	.200	7.8	9.5	.816
Willis Reed	6	35.0	21.3	-	-	10.3	1.8	-	-	-	4.0	8.8	16.3	.541	-	-	-	3.7	5.0	.733


Season 5
	Tracy McGrady	Willis Reed
Season	2001-02	1968-69
Team	Orlando Magic	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Div Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	76	38.3	25.6	2.0	5.9	7.9	5.3	1.6	1.0	2.5	1.8	9.4	20.9	.451	1.4	3.7	.364	5.5	7.3	.748
Willis Reed	82	37.9	21.1	-	-	14.5	2.3	-	-	-	3.8	8.6	16.5	.521	-	-	-	4.0	5.3	.747

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	4	44.5	30.8	1.5	4.8	6.3	5.5	0.5	1.8	3.3	2.8	10.5	22.8	.462	1.3	4.0	.313	8.5	11.5	.739
Willis Reed	10	42.9	25.7	-	-	14.1	1.9	-	-	-	4.0	10.1	19.8	.510	-	-	-	5.5	7.0	.786


Season 6
	Tracy McGrady	Willis Reed
Season	2002-03	1969-70
Team	Orlando Magic	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	75	39.4	32.1	1.6	4.9	6.5	5.5	1.7	0.8	2.6	2.1	11.1	24.2	.457	2.3	6.0	.386	7.7	9.7	.793
Willis Reed	81	38.1	21.7	-	-	13.9	2.0	-	-	-	3.5	8.7	17.1	.507	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.756

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	7	44.1	31.7	1.4	5.3	6.7	4.7	2.0	0.9	3.7	2.3	10.6	23.6	.448	2.3	6.7	.340	8.3	10.7	.773
Willis Reed	18	40.7	23.7	-	-	13.8	2.8	-	-	-	3.3	9.9	21.0	.471	-	-	-	3.9	5.3	.737


Season 7
	Tracy McGrady	Willis Reed
Season	2003-04	1970-71
Team	Orlando Magic	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	67	39.9	28.0	1.4	4.6	6.0	5.5	1.4	0.6	2.7	1.9	9.7	23.4	.417	2.6	7.7	.339	5.9	7.5	.796
Willis Reed	73	39.1	20.9	-	-	13.7	2.0	-	-	-	3.1	8.4	18.2	.462	-	-	-	4.1	5.2	.785

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willis Reed	12	42.0	15.7	-	-	12.0	2.3	-	-	-	3.4	6.8	16.3	.413	-	-	-	2.2	3.3	.667


Season 8
	Tracy McGrady	Willis Reed
Season	2004-05	1971-72
Team	Houston Rockets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	78	40.8	25.7	0.9	5.3	6.2	5.7	1.7	0.7	2.6	2.1	9.2	21.3	.431	1.8	5.6	.326	5.5	7.1	.774
Willis Reed	11	33.0	13.4	-	-	8.7	2.0	-	-	-	2.7	5.5	12.5	.438	-	-	-	2.5	3.5	.692

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	7	43.1	30.7	1.7	5.7	7.4	6.7	1.6	1.4	3.7	2.9	11.1	24.4	.456	2.4	6.6	.370	6.0	7.3	.824
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Tracy McGrady	Willis Reed
Season	2005-06	1972-73
Team	Houston Rockets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	47	37.1	24.4	1.0	5.6	6.5	4.8	1.3	0.9	2.6	1.9	8.7	21.5	.406	1.6	5.0	.312	5.4	7.2	.747
Willis Reed	69	27.2	11.0	-	-	8.6	1.8	-	-	-	3.0	4.8	10.2	.474	-	-	-	1.3	1.8	.742

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willis Reed	17	28.6	12.5	-	-	7.6	1.8	-	-	-	3.8	5.7	12.2	.466	-	-	-	1.1	1.2	.857


Season 10
	Tracy McGrady	Willis Reed
Season	2006-07	1973-74
Team	Houston Rockets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	71	35.8	24.6	0.8	4.5	5.3	6.5	1.3	0.5	3.0	1.9	9.0	20.8	.431	1.8	5.4	.331	4.9	6.9	.707
Willis Reed	19	26.3	11.1	2.5	4.9	7.4	1.6	0.6	1.1	-	2.6	4.4	9.7	.457	-	-	-	2.2	2.8	.792

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	7	40.0	25.3	0.7	5.1	5.9	7.3	0.7	0.9	3.0	1.7	9.0	22.9	.394	1.3	5.1	.250	6.0	8.1	.737
Willis Reed	11	12.0	3.4	0.4	1.6	2.0	0.4	0.2	0.0	-	2.4	1.5	4.1	.378	-	-	-	0.3	0.5	.600


Season 11
	Tracy McGrady	Willis Reed
Season	2007-08	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	66	37.0	21.6	0.6	4.5	5.1	5.9	1.0	0.5	2.4	1.4	8.3	19.8	.419	1.3	4.5	.292	3.7	5.4	.684
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	6	41.2	27.0	1.2	7.0	8.2	6.8	1.5	0.8	3.0	1.3	10.3	24.3	.425	0.8	4.0	.208	5.5	8.8	.623
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Tracy McGrady	Willis Reed
Season	2008-09	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	35	33.7	15.6	0.6	3.8	4.4	5.0	1.2	0.4	2.0	1.1	5.4	13.9	.388	1.3	3.3	.376	3.6	4.5	.801
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Tracy McGrady	Willis Reed
Season	2009-10	-
Team	Houston Rockets, New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	30	22.4	8.2	0.7	2.4	3.1	3.3	0.5	0.5	1.5	1.3	3.0	7.8	.387	0.5	2.1	.250	1.6	2.1	.746
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Tracy McGrady	Willis Reed
Season	2010-11	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	72	23.4	8.0	0.7	2.8	3.5	3.5	0.9	0.5	1.4	1.4	3.2	7.1	.442	0.4	1.2	.341	1.3	1.8	.698
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Tracy McGrady	Willis Reed
Season	2011-12	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	52	16.1	5.3	0.4	2.5	3.0	2.1	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.7	1.9	4.4	.437	0.3	0.6	.455	1.1	1.6	.675
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	6	15.0	4.2	1.0	1.8	2.8	1.0	0.0	0.3	1.7	0.7	1.7	4.3	.385	0.0	0.7	.000	0.8	1.0	.833
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Tracy McGrady	Willis Reed
Season	2012-13	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost NBA Finals	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	6	5.2	0.0	0.2	1.2	1.3	1.2	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.0	1.2	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Tracy McGrady vs. Willis Reed Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Willis Reed and Tracy McGrady, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16