Willis Reed vs. Jarred Vanderbilt Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jarred Vanderbilt 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, 4 more than Jarred Vanderbilt, who played 6. Willis Reed had the first of his seasons in 1964-65, while Jarred Vanderbilt had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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
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Rookie Season
	Willis Reed	Jarred Vanderbilt
Season	1964-65	2018-19
Team	New York Knicks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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
Jarred Vanderbilt	17	4.1	1.4	0.4	0.9	1.4	0.2	0.4	0.1	0.5	0.5	0.5	1.1	.474	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.6	.600
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jarred Vanderbilt	3	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 2
	Willis Reed	Jarred Vanderbilt
Season	1965-66	2019-20
Team	New York Knicks	Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Timberwolves
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		%
Willis Reed	76	33.4	15.5	-	-	11.6	1.2	-	-	-	4.3	5.8	13.3	.434	-	-	-	4.0	5.3	.757
Jarred Vanderbilt	11	4.3	1.1	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.7	.625	0.0	0.1	.000	0.2	0.2	1.000
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jarred Vanderbilt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Willis Reed	Jarred Vanderbilt
Season	1966-67	2020-21
Team	New York Knicks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA 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	78	36.2	20.9	-	-	14.6	1.6	-	-	-	3.8	8.1	16.6	.489	-	-	-	4.6	6.2	.735
Jarred Vanderbilt	64	17.8	5.4	1.8	3.9	5.8	1.2	1.0	0.7	0.8	1.9	2.2	3.7	.606	0.0	0.1	.200	0.9	1.6	.559
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
Jarred Vanderbilt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Willis Reed	Jarred Vanderbilt
Season	1967-68	2021-22
Team	New York Knicks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Semis	Timberwolves 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	81	35.5	20.8	-	-	13.2	2.0	-	-	-	4.2	8.1	16.6	.490	-	-	-	4.5	6.3	.721
Jarred Vanderbilt	74	25.4	6.9	2.9	5.5	8.4	1.3	1.3	0.6	1.0	2.4	2.9	4.9	.587	0.0	0.2	.143	1.2	1.8	.656
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
Jarred Vanderbilt	6	21.5	5.5	2.0	5.2	7.2	0.7	1.2	0.3	0.8	2.7	2.2	4.5	.481	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.7	.700

Season 5
	Willis Reed	Jarred Vanderbilt
Season	1968-69	2022-23
Team	New York Knicks	Utah Jazz, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Finals	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Willis Reed	82	37.9	21.1	-	-	14.5	2.3	-	-	-	3.8	8.6	16.5	.521	-	-	-	4.0	5.3	.747
Jarred Vanderbilt	78	24.1	7.9	2.2	5.3	7.5	2.4	1.1	0.3	1.2	2.4	3.2	5.8	.548	0.4	1.2	.322	1.2	1.8	.691
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
Jarred Vanderbilt	15	16.5	4.6	1.3	1.9	3.2	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.9	2.1	1.6	4.0	.400	0.5	1.9	.241	0.9	1.3	.700

Season 6
	Willis Reed	Jarred Vanderbilt
Season	1969-70	2023-24
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play
Others	-	In-Season Tournament 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	81	38.1	21.7	-	-	13.9	2.0	-	-	-	3.5	8.7	17.1	.507	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.756
Jarred Vanderbilt	29	20.0	5.2	1.4	3.3	4.8	1.2	1.2	0.2	1.0	1.5	2.0	3.9	.518	0.3	0.9	.296	0.8	1.2	.667
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
Jarred Vanderbilt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Willis Reed	Jarred Vanderbilt
Season	1970-71	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	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		%
Willis Reed	73	39.1	20.9	-	-	13.7	2.0	-	-	-	3.1	8.4	18.2	.462	-	-	-	4.1	5.2	.785
Jarred Vanderbilt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Jarred Vanderbilt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Willis Reed	Jarred Vanderbilt
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
Jarred Vanderbilt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Jarred Vanderbilt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-