Willis Reed vs. Rory Sparrow Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rory Sparrow 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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, 2 less than Rory Sparrow, who played 12. Willis Reed had the first of his seasons in 1964-65, while Rory Sparrow had his rookie season in 1980-81. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Willis Reed	10	7	1964-65 to 1973-74
Rory Sparrow	12	5	1980-81 to 1991-92

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Willis Reed	Rory Sparrow
Season	1964-65	1980-81
Team	New York Knicks	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	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	80	38.0	19.5	-	-	14.7	1.7	-	-	-	4.2	7.9	18.2	.432	-	-	-	3.8	5.1	.742
Rory Sparrow	15	14.1	3.7	0.5	0.7	1.2	2.1	0.9	0.2	1.2	1.0	1.5	4.2	.349	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.1	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rory Sparrow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Willis Reed	Rory Sparrow
Season	1965-66	1981-82
Team	New York Knicks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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
Rory Sparrow	82	31.8	10.5	0.6	2.1	2.7	5.2	1.1	0.2	1.8	2.9	4.5	8.9	.501	0.0	0.2	.067	1.5	1.8	.838

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rory Sparrow	2	34.5	7.0	1.0	3.0	4.0	5.5	1.0	0.0	3.5	3.5	2.5	6.0	.417	0.0	0.5	.000	2.0	2.0	1.000


Season 3
	Willis Reed	Rory Sparrow
Season	1966-67	1982-83
Team	New York Knicks	Atlanta Hawks, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Semis	Knicks 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	78	36.2	20.9	-	-	14.6	1.6	-	-	-	3.8	8.1	16.6	.489	-	-	-	4.6	6.2	.735
Rory Sparrow	81	30.0	11.6	0.8	2.1	2.8	4.9	1.3	0.1	2.4	3.1	4.8	10.0	.484	0.1	0.3	.227	1.8	2.5	.739

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
Rory Sparrow	6	33.7	13.0	0.5	1.7	2.2	7.0	1.2	0.0	2.2	3.0	5.0	11.8	.423	0.2	0.8	.200	2.8	3.5	.810


Season 4
	Willis Reed	Rory Sparrow
Season	1967-68	1983-84
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Semis	Knicks 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
Rory Sparrow	79	30.8	10.4	0.6	1.8	2.4	6.8	1.3	0.1	2.7	2.9	4.4	9.3	.474	0.1	0.5	.256	1.4	1.7	.824

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
Rory Sparrow	12	32.4	11.2	0.8	1.3	2.2	7.2	1.0	0.1	2.5	3.4	4.5	10.1	.446	0.2	0.5	.333	2.0	2.5	.800


Season 5
	Willis Reed	Rory Sparrow
Season	1968-69	1984-85
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	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
Rory Sparrow	79	29.0	9.9	0.5	1.7	2.1	7.1	1.0	0.1	1.9	2.5	4.1	8.4	.492	0.1	0.4	.226	1.5	1.8	.865

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
Rory Sparrow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Willis Reed	Rory Sparrow
Season	1969-70	1985-86
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks
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
Rory Sparrow	74	31.7	10.8	0.7	1.6	2.3	6.4	1.1	0.2	2.1	2.5	4.7	9.8	.477	0.1	0.3	.250	1.4	1.7	.795

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
Rory Sparrow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Willis Reed	Rory Sparrow
Season	1970-71	1986-87
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	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
Rory Sparrow	80	24.4	7.6	0.4	1.1	1.4	5.4	0.8	0.1	1.8	2.0	3.3	7.4	.446	0.1	0.5	.262	0.9	1.1	.798

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
Rory Sparrow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Willis Reed	Rory Sparrow
Season	1971-72	1987-88
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks, Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls 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	11	33.0	13.4	-	-	8.7	2.0	-	-	-	2.7	5.5	12.5	.438	-	-	-	2.5	3.5	.692
Rory Sparrow	58	18.0	4.5	0.3	1.0	1.2	2.9	0.7	0.1	1.0	1.4	2.0	5.1	.399	0.0	0.2	.154	0.4	0.6	.727

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rory Sparrow	7	15.1	3.7	0.0	0.4	0.4	2.6	0.6	0.0	0.6	1.6	1.4	4.6	.313	0.3	0.6	.500	0.6	0.9	.667


Season 9
	Willis Reed	Rory Sparrow
Season	1972-73	1988-89
Team	New York Knicks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
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	69	27.2	11.0	-	-	8.6	1.8	-	-	-	3.0	4.8	10.2	.474	-	-	-	1.3	1.8	.742
Rory Sparrow	80	32.7	12.5	0.7	2.0	2.7	5.4	1.3	0.2	2.6	2.1	5.6	12.3	.452	0.2	0.9	.243	1.2	1.3	.879

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
Rory Sparrow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Willis Reed	Rory Sparrow
Season	1973-74	1989-90
Team	New York Knicks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
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	19	26.3	11.1	2.5	4.9	7.4	1.6	0.6	1.1	-	2.6	4.4	9.7	.457	-	-	-	2.2	2.8	.792
Rory Sparrow	82	21.4	5.9	0.5	1.2	1.7	3.6	0.6	0.0	1.2	1.7	2.6	6.2	.412	0.1	0.5	.200	0.7	0.9	.766

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willis Reed	11	12.0	3.4	0.4	1.6	2.0	0.4	0.2	0.0	-	2.4	1.5	4.1	.378	-	-	-	0.3	0.5	.600
Rory Sparrow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Willis Reed	Rory Sparrow
Season	-	1990-91
Team	-	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rory Sparrow	80	29.7	10.4	0.6	1.8	2.3	4.5	1.0	0.2	1.6	2.4	4.6	9.5	.491	0.4	1.0	.397	0.7	1.0	.699

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rory Sparrow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Willis Reed	Rory Sparrow
Season	-	1991-92
Team	-	Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Lakers 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rory Sparrow	46	10.6	2.8	0.1	0.5	0.6	1.8	0.3	0.1	0.7	1.2	1.3	3.3	.384	0.1	0.3	.200	0.2	0.3	.615

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rory Sparrow	3	5.3	1.7	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.7	0.3	1.3	.250	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.750

Willis Reed vs. Rory Sparrow Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rory Sparrow 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12