Willis Reed vs. Micheal Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Micheal Williams 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 and Micheal Williams both played 10 years in the NBA. Willis Reed had the first of his seasons in 1964-65, while Micheal Williams had his rookie season in 1988-89. 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10
Rookie Season
	Willis Reed	Micheal Williams
Season	1964-65	1988-89
Team	New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	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		%
Willis Reed	80	38.0	19.5	-	-	14.7	1.7	-	-	-	4.2	7.9	18.2	.432	-	-	-	3.8	5.1	.742
Micheal Williams	49	7.3	2.6	0.2	0.4	0.6	1.4	0.3	0.1	0.9	0.9	1.0	2.6	.364	0.0	0.2	.222	0.6	1.0	.660
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Micheal Williams	4	1.5	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.5	1.000

Season 2
	Willis Reed	Micheal Williams
Season	1965-66	1989-90
Team	New York Knicks	Phoenix Suns, Charlotte Hornets
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
Micheal Williams	28	11.8	5.6	0.4	0.7	1.1	2.9	0.8	0.0	1.2	1.4	2.1	4.3	.504	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	1.6	.783
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Micheal Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Willis Reed	Micheal Williams
Season	1966-67	1990-91
Team	New York Knicks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Semis	Pacers 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	78	36.2	20.9	-	-	14.6	1.6	-	-	-	3.8	8.1	16.6	.489	-	-	-	4.6	6.2	.735
Micheal Williams	73	23.4	11.1	0.7	1.7	2.4	4.8	2.1	0.2	2.1	2.8	3.6	7.2	.499	0.0	0.1	.143	4.0	4.5	.879
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
Micheal Williams	5	36.6	20.6	1.4	1.8	3.2	8.4	2.8	0.0	2.4	4.6	6.0	13.0	.462	0.0	0.2	.000	8.6	9.6	.896

Season 4
	Willis Reed	Micheal Williams
Season	1967-68	1991-92
Team	New York Knicks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Semis	Pacers 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	35.5	20.8	-	-	13.2	2.0	-	-	-	4.2	8.1	16.6	.490	-	-	-	4.5	6.3	.721
Micheal Williams	79	34.8	15.0	0.9	2.6	3.6	8.2	2.9	0.3	3.0	3.3	5.1	10.4	.490	0.1	0.4	.242	4.7	5.4	.871
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
Micheal Williams	3	35.3	16.7	0.3	2.3	2.7	8.0	3.0	0.0	2.3	4.0	6.0	14.3	.419	1.0	3.0	.333	3.7	5.0	.733

Season 5
	Willis Reed	Micheal Williams
Season	1968-69	1992-93
Team	New York Knicks	Minnesota Timberwolves
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
Micheal Williams	76	35.0	15.1	1.1	2.5	3.6	8.7	2.2	0.3	3.0	3.5	4.6	10.4	.446	0.3	1.4	.243	5.5	6.1	.907
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
Micheal Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Willis Reed	Micheal Williams
Season	1969-70	1993-94
Team	New York Knicks	Minnesota Timberwolves
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

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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
Micheal Williams	71	31.1	13.7	0.9	2.2	3.1	7.2	1.7	0.3	2.9	2.7	4.4	9.7	.457	0.1	0.6	.222	4.7	5.6	.839
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
Micheal Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Willis Reed	Micheal Williams
Season	1970-71	1994-95
Team	New York Knicks	Minnesota Timberwolves
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
Micheal Williams	1	28.0	6.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	1.0	4.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	5.0	.800
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
Micheal Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Micheal Williams didn't play in 1996-97.

Season 9
	Willis Reed	Micheal Williams
Season	1972-73	1997-98
Team	New York Knicks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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	69	27.2	11.0	-	-	8.6	1.8	-	-	-	3.0	4.8	10.2	.474	-	-	-	1.3	1.8	.742
Micheal Williams	25	6.4	2.6	0.1	0.5	0.6	1.3	0.4	0.1	0.6	1.0	0.6	1.9	.333	0.0	0.2	.000	1.3	1.3	.970
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
Micheal Williams	4	14.3	5.0	0.5	1.8	2.3	2.8	0.8	0.3	0.8	3.5	1.5	3.8	.400	0.3	0.5	.500	1.8	2.3	.778