Yves Missi vs. Kevin Willis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Willis and Yves Missi, 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.

Yves Missi played 1 year in the NBA, 20 less than Kevin Willis, who played 21. Yves Missi had his first NBA Season in 2024-25, while Kevin Willis had his rookie season in 1984-85. 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Yves Missi	Kevin Willis
Season	2024-25	1984-85
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yves Missi	73	26.8	9.1	3.5	4.7	8.2	1.4	0.5	1.3	1.1	2.0	3.7	6.7	.547	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.8	.623
difference:	+9	+5.0	+0.2	+1.3	+0.5	+1.8	+1.0	+0.1	+0.7	-0.2	-0.8	+0.2	+1.7	+.080		+0.1		+0.2	+0.6	+.034
Kevin Willis	82	21.8	9.3	2.2	4.2	6.4	0.4	0.4	0.6	1.3	2.8	3.9	8.4	.467	0.0	0.1	.222	1.5	2.2	.657
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Yves Missi nor Kevin Willis played in the postseason in their season 1

Additional Years
* Kevin Willis played 20 seasons more than Yves Missi in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 21, from 1986 to 2007—Kevin Willis played in 11 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 20 extra years over Yves Missi, Kevin Willis got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 1 All-Star Game