Phil Jackson vs. Reggie Miller Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Reggie Miller and Phil Jackson, 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.

Phil Jackson played 12 years in the NBA, 6 less than Reggie Miller, who played 18. Phil Jackson had the first of his seasons in 1967-68, while Reggie Miller had his rookie season in 1987-88. 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
	Phil Jackson	Reggie Miller
Season	1967-68	1987-88
Team	New York Knicks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
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		%
Phil Jackson	75	14.6	6.2	-	-	4.5	0.7	-	-	-	2.8	2.4	6.1	.400	-	-	-	1.3	2.2	.589
Reggie Miller	82	22.4	10.0	1.2	1.2	2.3	1.6	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.9	3.7	7.6	.488	0.7	2.1	.355	1.8	2.3	.801
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Phil Jackson	6	15.0	4.0	-	-	4.2	0.3	-	-	-	3.8	1.7	5.8	.286	-	-	-	0.7	0.8	.800
Reggie Miller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Phil Jackson didn't play in 1969-70 (NBA Champion).

Season 3
	Phil Jackson	Reggie Miller
Season	1970-71	1989-90
Team	New York Knicks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Phil Jackson	71	10.9	4.7	-	-	3.4	0.4	-	-	-	2.4	1.7	3.7	.449	-	-	-	1.3	1.9	.714
Reggie Miller	82	38.9	24.6	1.2	2.4	3.6	3.8	1.3	0.2	2.7	2.1	8.1	15.7	.514	1.8	4.4	.414	6.6	7.6	.868
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Phil Jackson	5	6.0	1.8	-	-	2.0	0.4	-	-	-	1.6	0.8	2.8	.286	-	-	-	0.2	0.2	1.000
Reggie Miller	3	41.7	20.7	0.3	3.7	4.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	6.7	11.7	.571	1.0	2.3	.429	6.3	7.0	.905

Season 5
	Phil Jackson	Reggie Miller
Season	1972-73	1991-92
Team	New York Knicks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Phil Jackson	80	17.4	8.1	-	-	4.3	1.2	-	-	-	2.7	3.1	6.9	.443	-	-	-	1.9	2.4	.790
Reggie Miller	82	38.0	20.7	1.0	2.9	3.9	3.8	1.3	0.3	1.9	2.6	6.9	13.7	.501	1.6	4.2	.378	5.4	6.3	.858
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Phil Jackson	17	19.9	8.7	-	-	4.2	1.4	-	-	-	3.5	3.5	7.1	.500	-	-	-	1.6	2.2	.737
Reggie Miller	3	43.3	27.0	1.3	1.0	2.3	4.7	1.3	0.0	1.3	4.0	8.3	14.3	.581	2.3	3.7	.636	8.0	10.0	.800

Season 8
	Phil Jackson	Reggie Miller
Season	1975-76	1994-95
Team	New York Knicks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Phil Jackson	80	18.3	6.0	1.0	3.3	4.3	1.3	0.5	0.3	-	3.4	2.3	4.8	.478	-	-	-	1.4	1.9	.733
Reggie Miller	81	32.9	19.6	0.4	2.2	2.6	3.0	1.2	0.2	1.9	1.9	6.2	13.5	.462	2.4	5.8	.415	4.7	5.3	.897
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Phil Jackson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Reggie Miller	17	37.7	25.5	0.5	3.1	3.6	2.1	0.9	0.2	2.3	2.1	8.1	17.1	.476	3.2	7.5	.422	6.1	7.1	.860

Season 9
	Phil Jackson	Reggie Miller
Season	1976-77	1995-96
Team	New York Knicks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Phil Jackson	76	13.6	3.4	1.0	2.0	3.0	1.1	0.4	0.2	-	2.4	1.3	3.1	.440	-	-	-	0.7	0.9	.718
Reggie Miller	76	34.5	21.1	0.5	2.3	2.8	3.3	1.0	0.2	2.5	2.3	6.6	14.0	.473	2.2	5.4	.410	5.7	6.6	.863
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Phil Jackson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Reggie Miller	1	31.0	29.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	7.0	17.0	.412	2.0	6.0	.333	13.0	15.0	.867

Season 11
	Phil Jackson	Reggie Miller
Season	1978-79	1997-98
Team	New Jersey Nets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Phil Jackson	59	18.1	6.3	1.0	2.0	3.0	1.4	0.8	0.4	1.3	2.8	2.4	5.1	.475	-	-	-	1.5	1.8	.819
Reggie Miller	81	34.5	19.5	0.6	2.3	2.9	2.1	1.0	0.1	1.6	1.8	6.4	13.3	.477	2.0	4.7	.429	4.7	5.4	.868
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Phil Jackson	2	10.0	2.0	1.0	0.5	1.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.5	.333	-	-	-	1.0	1.0	1.000
Reggie Miller	16	39.3	19.9	0.3	1.4	1.8	2.0	1.2	0.2	1.7	1.6	6.1	14.4	.426	2.4	5.9	.400	5.3	5.9	.904

Season 13
	Phil Jackson	Reggie Miller
Season	-	1999-00
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Pacers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Phil Jackson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Reggie Miller	81	36.9	18.1	0.6	2.3	3.0	2.3	1.0	0.3	1.6	1.6	5.8	12.9	.448	2.0	5.0	.408	4.6	5.0	.919
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Phil Jackson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Reggie Miller	22	40.6	24.0	0.4	2.0	2.4	2.7	1.0	0.5	1.3	1.7	7.9	17.5	.452	2.6	6.7	.395	5.5	5.9	.938