Walt Frazier vs. Austin Reaves Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Austin Reaves and Walt Frazier, 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.

Walt Frazier played 13 years in the NBA, 8 more than Austin Reaves, who played 5. Walt Frazier had the first of his seasons in 1967-68, 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
	Walt Frazier	Austin Reaves
Season	1967-68	2021-22
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div 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		%
Walt Frazier	74	21.5	9.0	-	-	4.2	4.1	-	-	-	2.7	3.5	7.7	.451	-	-	-	2.1	3.2	.655
difference:	+13	+1.7	+1.7			+1.0	+2.3				-1.3	+1.1	+2.5	+.008				+0.5	+1.3	+.184
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Frazier	4	29.8	9.5	-	-	5.5	6.3	-	-	-	3.0	3.0	8.3	.364	-	-	-	3.5	4.5	.778
Austin Reaves	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Walt Frazier	Austin Reaves
Season	1968-69	2022-23
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Finals	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Walt Frazier	80	36.9	17.5	-	-	6.2	7.9	-	-	-	3.1	6.6	13.2	.505	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.746
difference:	+16	+8.1	+4.5			+3.2	+4.5				-1.4	+2.6	+5.5	+.024				+0.7	+1.6	+.118
Austin Reaves	64	28.8	13.0	0.5	2.5	3.0	3.4	0.5	0.3	1.5	1.7	4.0	7.7	.529	1.3	3.4	.398	3.6	4.1	.864
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Frazier	10	41.5	21.2	-	-	7.4	9.1	-	-	-	3.0	8.9	17.7	.503	-	-	-	3.4	5.7	.596
difference:	+6	+5.3	+4.3			+3.0	+4.5				-0.6	+3.3	+5.6	+.039				+0.2	+2.1	+.299
Austin Reaves	16	36.2	16.9	1.3	3.2	4.4	4.6	0.6	0.2	1.6	2.4	5.6	12.1	.464	2.4	5.5	.443	3.2	3.6	.895

Season 3
	Walt Frazier	Austin Reaves
Season	1969-70	2023-24
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Walt Frazier	77	39.5	20.9	-	-	6.0	8.2	-	-	-	2.6	7.8	15.0	.518	-	-	-	5.3	7.1	.748
difference:	+5	+7.4	+5.0			+1.7	+2.7				-0.7	+2.2	+3.5	+.032				+2.5	+3.8	+.105
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		%
Walt Frazier	19	43.9	16.0	-	-	7.8	8.2	-	-	-	2.8	6.2	13.0	.478	-	-	-	3.6	4.7	.764
difference:	+14	+9.1	+0.8			+4.0	+4.6				-1.2	+0.2	+0.4	+.002				+0.2	+0.9	+.131
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
	Walt Frazier	Austin Reaves
Season	1970-71	2024-25
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Walt Frazier	80	43.2	21.7	-	-	6.8	6.7	-	-	-	3.0	8.1	16.5	.494	-	-	-	5.4	7.0	.779
difference:	+7	+8.3	+1.5			+2.3	+0.9				-0.9	+1.6	+2.3	+.034				+1.0	+2.0	+.098
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		%
Walt Frazier	12	41.8	22.6	-	-	5.8	4.5	-	-	-	3.8	9.0	17.0	.529	-	-	-	4.6	6.3	.733
difference:	+7	+2.6	+6.4			+0.4	+0.9				-0.2	+3.0	+2.4	+.118				+3.4	+4.9	+.124
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

Season 5
	Walt Frazier	Austin Reaves
Season	1971-72	2025-26
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
Walt Frazier	77	40.6	23.2	-	-	6.7	5.8	-	-	-	2.4	8.7	17.0	.512	-	-	-	5.8	7.2	.808
difference:	+56	+3.7	+4.6			+1.1	+0.9				-0.1	+0.2	+0.1	+.009				+2.2	+1.9	+.067
Austin Reaves	21	36.9	27.8	0.8	4.8	5.6	6.7	1.0	0.2	3.3	2.3	8.5	16.9	.503	2.8	7.6	.369	8.0	9.1	.875
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Frazier	16	44.0	24.3	-	-	7.0	6.1	-	-	-	3.0	9.3	17.3	.536	-	-	-	5.8	7.8	.736
Austin Reaves	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Walt Frazier played 8 seasons more than Austin Reaves in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 13, from 1973 to 1980—Walt Frazier played in 3 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 8 extra years over Austin Reaves, Walt Frazier got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-Defensive First Team 4 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP