Walt Frazier vs. Reggie Miller Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Reggie Miller 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Stats Rankings

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, 5 less than Reggie Miller, who played 18. Walt Frazier had the first of his seasons in 1967-68, while Reggie Miller had his rookie season in 1987-88. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Walt Frazier	13	8	1967-68 to 1979-80
Reggie Miller	18	15	1987-88 to 2004-05

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


Rookie Season
	Walt Frazier	Reggie Miller
Season	1967-68	1987-88
Team	New York Knicks	Indiana Pacers
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:	+8	+0.9	+1.0			+1.9	+2.5				-0.8	+0.2	+0.1	+.037				+0.3	+0.9	+.146
Reggie Miller	82	22.4	10.0	1.2	1.2	2.3	1.6	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.9	3.7	7.6	.488	0.7	2.1	.355	1.8	2.3	.801

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
Reggie Miller	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Walt Frazier	Reggie Miller
Season	1968-69	1988-89
Team	New York Knicks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Finals	Did Not Play

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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:	+6	+2.6	+1.5			+2.3	+4.8				-0.8	+1.2	+2.0	+.026				+0.4	+1.1	+.098
Reggie Miller	74	34.3	16.0	1.0	3.0	3.9	3.1	1.3	0.4	1.9	2.3	5.4	11.2	.479	1.3	3.3	.402	3.9	4.6	.844

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
Reggie Miller	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Walt Frazier	Reggie Miller
Season	1969-70	1989-90
Team	New York Knicks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pacers Lost East 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		%
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	+0.6	+3.7			+2.4	+4.4				-0.5	+0.3	+0.7	+.004				+1.3	+0.5	+.120
Reggie Miller	82	38.9	24.6	1.2	2.4	3.6	3.8	1.3	0.2	2.7	2.1	8.1	15.7	.514	1.8	4.4	.414	6.6	7.6	.868

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:	+16	+2.2	+4.7			+3.8	+6.2				-0.8	+0.5	+1.3	+.093				+2.7	+2.3	+.141
Reggie Miller	3	41.7	20.7	0.3	3.7	4.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	6.7	11.7	.571	1.0	2.3	.429	6.3	7.0	.905


Season 4
	Walt Frazier	Reggie Miller
Season	1970-71	1990-91
Team	New York Knicks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Pacers Lost East 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:	+2	+7.0	+0.9			+3.4	+2.7				-1.0	+0.8	+2.3	+.018				+1.3	+0.3	+.139
Reggie Miller	82	36.2	22.6	1.0	2.4	3.4	4.0	1.3	0.2	2.0	2.0	7.3	14.2	.512	1.4	3.9	.348	6.7	7.3	.918

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	+3.2	+1.0			+2.6	+1.7				-1.0	+2.2	+3.0	+.043				+1.8	+1.1	+.132
Reggie Miller	5	38.6	21.6	1.0	2.2	3.2	2.8	1.6	0.4	2.4	2.8	6.8	14.0	.486	1.6	3.8	.421	6.4	7.4	.865


Season 5
	Walt Frazier	Reggie Miller
Season	1971-72	1991-92
Team	New York Knicks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	Pacers 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		%
Walt Frazier	77	40.6	23.2	-	-	6.7	5.8	-	-	-	2.4	8.7	17.0	.512	-	-	-	5.8	7.2	.808
difference:	+5	+2.6	+2.5			+2.8	+2.0				-0.2	+1.8	+3.3	+.011				+0.4	+0.9	+.050
Reggie Miller	82	38.0	20.7	1.0	2.9	3.9	3.8	1.3	0.3	1.9	2.6	6.9	13.7	.501	1.6	4.2	.378	5.4	6.3	.858

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
difference:	+13	+0.7	+2.7			+4.7	+1.4				-1.0	+1.0	+3.0	+.045				+2.2	+2.2	+.064
Reggie Miller	3	43.3	27.0	1.3	1.0	2.3	4.7	1.3	0.0	1.3	4.0	8.3	14.3	.581	2.3	3.7	.636	8.0	10.0	.800


Season 6
	Walt Frazier	Reggie Miller
Season	1972-73	1992-93
Team	New York Knicks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Walt Frazier	78	40.8	21.1	-	-	7.3	5.9	-	-	-	2.4	8.7	17.8	.490	-	-	-	3.7	4.5	.817
difference:	+4	+4.8	+0.1			+4.2	+2.7				-0.2	+1.7	+3.3	+.011				+1.5	+1.4	+.063
Reggie Miller	82	36.0	21.2	0.8	2.3	3.1	3.2	1.5	0.3	1.8	2.2	7.0	14.5	.479	2.0	5.1	.399	5.2	5.9	.880

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Frazier	17	45.0	21.9	-	-	7.3	6.2	-	-	-	3.1	8.8	17.2	.514	-	-	-	4.3	5.5	.777
difference:	+13	+1.2	+9.6			+4.3	+3.4				-0.3	+1.2	+1.6	+.019				+4.7	+4.0	+.170
Reggie Miller	4	43.8	31.5	1.0	2.0	3.0	2.8	0.8	0.0	2.5	2.8	10.0	18.8	.533	2.5	4.8	.526	9.0	9.5	.947


Season 7
	Walt Frazier	Reggie Miller
Season	1973-74	1993-94
Team	New York Knicks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
Walt Frazier	80	41.7	20.5	1.5	5.2	6.7	6.9	2.0	0.2	-	2.7	8.4	17.9	.472	-	-	-	3.7	4.4	.838
difference:	+1	+8.3	+0.6	+1.1	+2.9	+4.0	+3.8	+0.5	+0.1		-0.3	+1.8	+4.7	+.031				+1.4	+1.2	+.070
Reggie Miller	79	33.4	19.9	0.4	2.3	2.7	3.1	1.5	0.3	2.2	2.4	6.6	13.2	.503	1.6	3.7	.421	5.1	5.6	.908

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Frazier	12	40.9	22.5	1.8	6.2	7.9	4.0	1.8	0.3	-	3.4	9.4	18.8	.502	-	-	-	3.7	4.1	.898
difference:	+4	+4.9	+0.7	+1.1	+3.9	+4.9	+1.1	+0.5			-1.3	+1.8	+1.9	+.054				+2.2	+2.9	+.059
Reggie Miller	16	36.0	23.2	0.7	2.3	3.0	2.9	1.3	0.3	2.0	2.1	7.6	16.9	.448	2.2	5.2	.422	5.9	7.0	.839


Season 8
	Walt Frazier	Reggie Miller
Season	1974-75	1994-95
Team	New York Knicks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
Walt Frazier	78	41.1	21.5	1.2	4.8	6.0	6.1	2.4	0.2	-	2.6	8.6	17.8	.483	-	-	-	4.2	5.1	.828
difference:	+3	+8.2	+1.9	+0.8	+2.6	+3.4	+3.1	+1.2			-0.7	+2.4	+4.3	+.021				+0.5	+0.2	+.069
Reggie Miller	81	32.9	19.6	0.4	2.2	2.6	3.0	1.2	0.2	1.9	1.9	6.2	13.5	.462	2.4	5.8	.415	4.7	5.3	.897

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Frazier	3	41.3	23.7	1.0	5.7	6.7	7.0	3.7	0.0	-	1.3	9.7	15.3	.630	-	-	-	4.3	5.3	.813
difference:	+14	+3.6	+1.8	+0.5	+2.6	+3.1	+4.9	+2.8	+0.2		-0.8	+1.6	+1.8	+.154				+1.8	+1.8	+.047
Reggie Miller	17	37.7	25.5	0.5	3.1	3.6	2.1	0.9	0.2	2.3	2.1	8.1	17.1	.476	3.2	7.5	.422	6.1	7.1	.860


Season 9
	Walt Frazier	Reggie Miller
Season	1975-76	1995-96
Team	New York Knicks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Walt Frazier	59	41.1	19.1	1.3	5.4	6.8	5.9	1.8	0.2	-	2.8	8.0	16.4	.485	-	-	-	3.2	3.8	.823
difference:	+17	+6.6	+2.0	+0.8	+3.1	+4.0	+2.6	+0.8			-0.5	+1.4	+2.4	+.012				+2.5	+2.8	+.040
Reggie Miller	76	34.5	21.1	0.5	2.3	2.8	3.3	1.0	0.2	2.5	2.3	6.6	14.0	.473	2.2	5.4	.410	5.7	6.6	.863

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Frazier	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Reggie Miller	1	31.0	29.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	7.0	17.0	.412	2.0	6.0	.333	13.0	15.0	.867


Season 10
	Walt Frazier	Reggie Miller
Season	1976-77	1996-97
Team	New York Knicks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Walt Frazier	76	35.4	17.4	0.7	3.2	3.9	5.3	1.7	0.1	-	2.6	7.0	14.3	.489	-	-	-	3.4	4.4	.771
difference:	+5	+1.2	+4.2		+0.3	+0.4	+1.9	+0.8	+0.2		-0.5	+0.2	+1.1	+.045				+1.8	+1.5	+.109
Reggie Miller	81	36.6	21.6	0.7	2.9	3.5	3.4	0.9	0.3	2.0	2.1	6.8	15.4	.444	2.8	6.6	.427	5.2	5.9	.880

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Walt Frazier nor Reggie Miller played in the postseason in their season 10


Season 11
	Walt Frazier	Reggie Miller
Season	1977-78	1997-98
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
Walt Frazier	51	32.6	16.2	1.1	3.0	4.1	4.1	1.5	0.3	2.2	2.4	6.6	14.0	.471	-	-	-	3.0	3.5	.850
difference:	+30	+1.9	+3.3	+0.5	+0.7	+1.2	+2.0	+0.5	+0.2	-0.6	-0.6	+0.2	+0.7	+.006				+1.7	+1.9	+.018
Reggie Miller	81	34.5	19.5	0.6	2.3	2.9	2.1	1.0	0.1	1.6	1.8	6.4	13.3	.477	2.0	4.7	.429	4.7	5.4	.868

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Frazier	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Reggie Miller	16	39.3	19.9	0.3	1.4	1.8	2.0	1.2	0.2	1.7	1.6	6.1	14.4	.426	2.4	5.9	.400	5.3	5.9	.904


Season 12
	Walt Frazier	Reggie Miller
Season	1978-79	1998-99
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
Walt Frazier	12	23.3	10.8	0.6	1.1	1.7	2.7	1.1	0.2	1.8	1.8	4.5	10.2	.443	-	-	-	1.8	2.3	.778
difference:	+38	+12.4	+7.6	+0.1	+1.1	+1.0	+0.5	+0.4		-0.3	-0.2	+1.4	+3.2	+.005				+2.7	+2.6	+.137
Reggie Miller	50	35.7	18.4	0.5	2.2	2.7	2.2	0.7	0.2	1.5	2.0	5.9	13.4	.438	2.1	5.5	.385	4.5	4.9	.915

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Frazier	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Reggie Miller	13	37.0	20.2	1.0	2.9	3.9	2.6	0.7	0.2	1.6	2.0	6.1	15.3	.397	2.2	6.5	.333	5.9	6.6	.895


Season 13
	Walt Frazier	Reggie Miller
Season	1979-80	1999-00
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers Lost NBA Finals

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13th 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	3	9.0	3.3	0.3	0.7	1.0	2.7	0.7	0.3	1.3	0.7	1.3	3.7	.364	0.0	0.3	.000	0.7	0.7	1.000
difference:	+78	+27.9	+14.8	+0.3	+1.6	+2.0	+0.4	+0.3		-0.3	-0.9	+4.5	+9.2	+.084	+2.0	+4.7	+.408	+3.9	+4.3	+.081
Reggie Miller	81	36.9	18.1	0.6	2.3	3.0	2.3	1.0	0.3	1.6	1.6	5.8	12.9	.448	2.0	5.0	.408	4.6	5.0	.919

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Frazier	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Reggie Miller	22	40.6	24.0	0.4	2.0	2.4	2.7	1.0	0.5	1.3	1.7	7.9	17.5	.452	2.6	6.7	.395	5.5	5.9	.938

Additional Years

* Reggie Miller played 5 seasons more than Walt Frazier in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 14 to 18, from 2001 to 2005—Reggie Miller played in 5 Playoffs.

Walt Frazier vs. Reggie Miller Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Reggie Miller 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Season 13

13th Season Stats Comparison

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