Yves Missi vs. Willis Reed Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Willis Reed 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 2 years in the NBA, 8 less than Willis Reed, who played 10. Yves Missi had the first of his seasons in 2024-25, while Willis Reed had his rookie season in 1964-65. 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	Willis Reed
Season	2024-25	1964-65
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
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:	+7	+11.2	+10.4			+6.5	+0.3				-2.2	+4.2	+11.5	+.115				+2.1	+2.3	+.119
Willis Reed	80	38.0	19.5	-	-	14.7	1.7	-	-	-	4.2	7.9	18.2	.432	-	-	-	3.8	5.1	.742
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Yves Missi nor Willis Reed played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Yves Missi	Willis Reed
Season	2025-26	1965-66
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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2nd 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	16	20.4	6.1	3.3	2.4	5.8	1.3	0.2	1.1	1.1	2.0	2.6	4.8	.553	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.5	.542
difference:	+60	+13.0	+9.4			+5.8	+0.1				-2.3	+3.2	+8.5	+.119				+3.2	+3.8	+.215
Willis Reed	76	33.4	15.5	-	-	11.6	1.2	-	-	-	4.3	5.8	13.3	.434	-	-	-	4.0	5.3	.757
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Yves Missi nor Willis Reed played in the postseason in their season 2

Additional Years
* Willis Reed played 8 seasons more than Yves Missi in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 10, from 1967 to 1974—Willis Reed played in 7 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 8 extra years over Yves Missi, Willis Reed got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 Finals MVP 1 Season MVP 1 All-NBA First Team 4 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-Defensive First Team 5 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP