Willis Reed vs. Robert Traylor Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Robert Traylor 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 Robert Traylor, who played 7. Willis Reed had the first of his seasons in 1964-65, while Robert Traylor had his rookie season in 1998-99. 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	Robert Traylor
Season	1964-65	1998-99
Team	New York Knicks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks 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	80	38.0	19.5	-	-	14.7	1.7	-	-	-	4.2	7.9	18.2	.432	-	-	-	3.8	5.1	.742
Robert Traylor	49	16.0	5.3	1.6	2.1	3.7	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.9	2.9	2.2	4.1	.537	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.6	.538
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robert Traylor	3	15.0	5.3	2.0	2.0	4.0	0.7	0.7	1.3	1.3	5.0	2.3	3.0	.778	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.3	.500

Season 2
	Willis Reed	Robert Traylor
Season	1965-66	1999-00
Team	New York Knicks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks 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	76	33.4	15.5	-	-	11.6	1.2	-	-	-	4.3	5.8	13.3	.434	-	-	-	4.0	5.3	.757
Robert Traylor	44	10.2	3.6	1.1	1.5	2.6	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.6	1.8	1.3	2.8	.475	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.5	.603
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robert Traylor	1	4.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 3
	Willis Reed	Robert Traylor
Season	1966-67	2000-01
Team	New York Knicks	Cleveland Cavaliers
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
Robert Traylor	70	17.3	5.7	1.8	2.5	4.3	0.9	0.7	1.1	1.4	2.9	2.3	4.6	.497	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	2.0	.567
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
Robert Traylor	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Willis Reed	Robert Traylor
Season	1967-68	2001-02
Team	New York Knicks	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Semis	Hornets Lost East 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	81	35.5	20.8	-	-	13.2	2.0	-	-	-	4.2	8.1	16.6	.490	-	-	-	4.5	6.3	.721
Robert Traylor	61	11.1	3.7	1.1	2.0	3.1	0.6	0.4	0.6	0.7	2.1	1.4	3.3	.426	0.0	0.0	1.000	0.9	1.4	.631
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
Robert Traylor	8	7.9	2.3	0.5	1.5	2.0	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.5	1.9	0.9	2.5	.350	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	0.8	.667

Season 5
	Willis Reed	Robert Traylor
Season	1968-69	2002-03
Team	New York Knicks	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Finals	Hornets 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	82	37.9	21.1	-	-	14.5	2.3	-	-	-	3.8	8.6	16.5	.521	-	-	-	4.0	5.3	.747
Robert Traylor	69	12.3	3.9	1.6	2.2	3.8	0.7	0.7	0.5	0.8	2.2	1.5	3.4	.443	0.0	0.0	.333	0.8	1.3	.648
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
Robert Traylor	6	15.5	3.5	1.8	3.2	5.0	0.7	0.5	0.8	1.0	2.8	1.7	3.7	.455	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.7	.250

Season 6
	Willis Reed	Robert Traylor
Season	1969-70	2003-04
Team	New York Knicks	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hornets 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
Robert Traylor	71	13.3	5.1	1.5	2.2	3.7	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.9	2.3	2.0	4.0	.505	0.0	0.1	.400	1.0	1.8	.547
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
Robert Traylor	4	9.8	2.5	0.3	2.3	2.5	0.3	0.8	0.3	0.5	2.0	1.0	2.3	.444	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.8	.667

Season 7
	Willis Reed	Robert Traylor
Season	1970-71	2004-05
Team	New York Knicks	Cleveland Cavaliers
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
Robert Traylor	74	17.9	5.5	1.8	2.6	4.5	0.8	0.7	0.7	1.0	2.9	2.4	5.4	.444	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	1.4	.539
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
Robert Traylor	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Willis Reed	Robert Traylor
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
Robert Traylor	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Robert Traylor	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-