Willis Reed vs. Danny Vranes Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Danny Vranes and Willis Reed, 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.

Willis Reed played 10 years in the NBA, 3 more than Danny Vranes, who played 7. Willis Reed had the first of his seasons in 1964-65, while Danny Vranes had his rookie season in 1981-82. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
Rookie Season
	Willis Reed	Danny Vranes
Season	1964-65	1981-82
Team	New York Knicks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics Lost West Conf 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		%
Willis Reed	80	38.0	19.5	-	-	14.7	1.7	-	-	-	4.2	7.9	18.2	.432	-	-	-	3.8	5.1	.742
Danny Vranes	77	14.0	4.9	0.9	1.6	2.6	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.9	1.9	1.9	3.4	.546	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.9	.601
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Vranes	6	4.8	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.8	.200	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.3	.500

Season 2
	Willis Reed	Danny Vranes
Season	1965-66	1982-83
Team	New York Knicks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics 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		%
Willis Reed	76	33.4	15.5	-	-	11.6	1.2	-	-	-	4.3	5.8	13.3	.434	-	-	-	4.0	5.3	.757
Danny Vranes	82	25.0	6.9	2.2	3.0	5.2	1.5	0.6	0.6	1.2	3.1	2.8	5.2	.527	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.5	.550
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Vranes	2	28.0	6.0	4.5	5.0	9.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	3.5	3.0	8.5	.353	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 3
	Willis Reed	Danny Vranes
Season	1966-67	1983-84
Team	New York Knicks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Semis	Supersonics 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		%
Willis Reed	78	36.2	20.9	-	-	14.6	1.6	-	-	-	3.8	8.1	16.6	.489	-	-	-	4.6	6.2	.735
Danny Vranes	80	27.2	8.4	1.9	3.1	4.9	1.7	0.6	0.7	1.5	3.3	3.2	6.2	.521	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	3.0	.648
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willis Reed	4	37.0	27.5	-	-	13.8	1.8	-	-	-	4.8	10.8	20.0	.538	-	-	-	6.0	6.3	.960
Danny Vranes	5	29.4	7.2	3.2	4.4	7.6	2.2	0.6	1.2	1.0	4.8	3.2	7.8	.410	0.0	0.2	.000	0.8	1.4	.571

Season 4
	Willis Reed	Danny Vranes
Season	1967-68	1984-85
Team	New York Knicks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Willis Reed	81	35.5	20.8	-	-	13.2	2.0	-	-	-	4.2	8.1	16.6	.490	-	-	-	4.5	6.3	.721
Danny Vranes	76	28.5	5.8	2.0	3.7	5.7	2.0	1.0	0.8	1.6	3.4	2.4	5.3	.463	0.0	0.1	.250	0.9	1.7	.528
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willis Reed	6	35.0	21.3	-	-	10.3	1.8	-	-	-	4.0	8.8	16.3	.541	-	-	-	3.7	5.0	.733
Danny Vranes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Willis Reed	Danny Vranes
Season	1968-69	1985-86
Team	New York Knicks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Finals	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		%
Willis Reed	82	37.9	21.1	-	-	14.5	2.3	-	-	-	3.8	8.6	16.5	.521	-	-	-	4.0	5.3	.747
Danny Vranes	80	19.6	3.8	1.4	2.1	3.5	0.9	0.8	0.4	0.7	2.7	1.6	3.6	.461	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	0.9	.520
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willis Reed	10	42.9	25.7	-	-	14.1	1.9	-	-	-	4.0	10.1	19.8	.510	-	-	-	5.5	7.0	.786
Danny Vranes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Willis Reed	Danny Vranes
Season	1969-70	1986-87
Team	New York Knicks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	76ers 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		%
Willis Reed	81	38.1	21.7	-	-	13.9	2.0	-	-	-	3.5	8.7	17.1	.507	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.756
Danny Vranes	58	14.1	2.4	0.9	1.6	2.5	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.4	2.2	1.0	2.4	.428	0.0	0.1	.200	0.4	0.8	.467
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willis Reed	18	40.7	23.7	-	-	13.8	2.8	-	-	-	3.3	9.9	21.0	.471	-	-	-	3.9	5.3	.737
Danny Vranes	2	1.5	0.0	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 7
	Willis Reed	Danny Vranes
Season	1970-71	1987-88
Team	New York Knicks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Willis Reed	73	39.1	20.9	-	-	13.7	2.0	-	-	-	3.1	8.4	18.2	.462	-	-	-	4.1	5.2	.785
Danny Vranes	57	13.5	2.1	0.8	1.3	2.1	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.4	1.8	0.9	2.1	.438	0.0	0.1	.000	0.3	0.6	.429
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willis Reed	12	42.0	15.7	-	-	12.0	2.3	-	-	-	3.4	6.8	16.3	.413	-	-	-	2.2	3.3	.667
Danny Vranes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Willis Reed	Danny Vranes
Season	1972-73	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
Playoffs	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		%
Willis Reed	69	27.2	11.0	-	-	8.6	1.8	-	-	-	3.0	4.8	10.2	.474	-	-	-	1.3	1.8	.742
Danny Vranes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willis Reed	17	28.6	12.5	-	-	7.6	1.8	-	-	-	3.8	5.7	12.2	.466	-	-	-	1.1	1.2	.857
Danny Vranes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-