Ron Brewer vs. Willis Reed Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Willis Reed and Ron Brewer, 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.

Ron Brewer played 8 years in the NBA, 2 less than Willis Reed, who played 10. Ron Brewer had the first of his seasons in 1978-79, 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 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10
Rookie Season
	Ron Brewer	Willis Reed
Season	1978-79	1964-65
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Ron Brewer	81	30.3	13.3	1.1	1.7	2.8	2.0	1.3	1.0	1.9	2.2	5.4	10.8	.494	-	-	-	2.6	3.2	.820
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Brewer	3	31.3	17.7	1.3	2.3	3.7	2.7	0.3	3.0	1.7	2.3	7.3	13.0	.564	-	-	-	3.0	4.3	.692
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Ron Brewer	Willis Reed
Season	1979-80	1965-66
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Ron Brewer	82	34.3	15.7	0.7	2.0	2.6	2.6	1.2	0.6	2.0	1.9	6.7	14.4	.464	0.1	0.4	.188	2.2	2.7	.840
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Brewer	3	35.3	19.0	0.3	0.7	1.0	2.0	1.0	0.3	2.3	3.3	8.7	20.3	.426	0.0	1.0	.000	1.7	3.0	.556
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Ron Brewer	Willis Reed
Season	1980-81	1966-67
Team	Portland Trail Blazers, San Antonio Spurs	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Knicks Lost East Div 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		%
Ron Brewer	75	19.4	8.6	0.5	0.7	1.1	2.0	0.8	0.5	1.2	1.3	3.7	8.4	.436	0.0	0.1	.143	1.2	1.5	.798
Willis Reed	78	36.2	20.9	-	-	14.6	1.6	-	-	-	3.8	8.1	16.6	.489	-	-	-	4.6	6.2	.735
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Brewer	7	16.9	11.4	0.0	0.7	0.7	1.9	0.1	0.9	0.9	0.9	4.1	8.7	.475	0.1	0.4	.333	3.0	4.1	.724
Willis Reed	4	37.0	27.5	-	-	13.8	1.8	-	-	-	4.8	10.8	20.0	.538	-	-	-	6.0	6.3	.960

Season 4
	Ron Brewer	Willis Reed
Season	1981-82	1967-68
Team	San Antonio Spurs, Cleveland Cavaliers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Div 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		%
Ron Brewer	72	32.2	18.8	0.8	1.5	2.2	2.6	1.1	0.4	1.7	2.1	7.9	16.6	.477	0.1	0.4	.258	2.9	3.6	.812
Willis Reed	81	35.5	20.8	-	-	13.2	2.0	-	-	-	4.2	8.1	16.6	.490	-	-	-	4.5	6.3	.721
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Brewer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willis Reed	6	35.0	21.3	-	-	10.3	1.8	-	-	-	4.0	8.8	16.3	.541	-	-	-	3.7	5.0	.733

Season 5
	Ron Brewer	Willis Reed
Season	1982-83	1968-69
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers, Golden State Warriors	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Div 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		%
Ron Brewer	74	26.5	11.3	0.8	1.1	1.9	1.3	1.2	0.3	1.3	1.7	4.6	10.9	.426	0.1	0.2	.389	1.9	2.3	.835
Willis Reed	82	37.9	21.1	-	-	14.5	2.3	-	-	-	3.8	8.6	16.5	.521	-	-	-	4.0	5.3	.747
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Brewer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willis Reed	10	42.9	25.7	-	-	14.1	1.9	-	-	-	4.0	10.1	19.8	.510	-	-	-	5.5	7.0	.786

Season 6
	Ron Brewer	Willis Reed
Season	1983-84	1969-70
Team	Golden State Warriors, San Antonio Spurs	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	Did Not Play	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		%
Ron Brewer	53	18.7	7.8	0.4	0.8	1.2	0.9	0.5	0.4	0.8	1.2	3.4	7.6	.444	0.1	0.3	.214	1.0	1.3	.776
Willis Reed	81	38.1	21.7	-	-	13.9	2.0	-	-	-	3.5	8.7	17.1	.507	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.756
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Brewer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willis Reed	18	40.7	23.7	-	-	13.8	2.8	-	-	-	3.3	9.9	21.0	.471	-	-	-	3.9	5.3	.737

Season 7
	Ron Brewer	Willis Reed
Season	1984-85	1970-71
Team	San Antonio Spurs, New Jersey Nets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks 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		%
Ron Brewer	20	16.3	7.4	0.5	0.6	1.1	0.9	0.3	0.3	0.5	1.2	3.1	5.9	.525	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.3	.920
Willis Reed	73	39.1	20.9	-	-	13.7	2.0	-	-	-	3.1	8.4	18.2	.462	-	-	-	4.1	5.2	.785
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Brewer	3	31.0	12.0	0.3	1.3	1.7	1.7	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.3	5.0	10.0	.500	0.0	0.3	.000	2.0	2.7	.750
Willis Reed	12	42.0	15.7	-	-	12.0	2.3	-	-	-	3.4	6.8	16.3	.413	-	-	-	2.2	3.3	.667

Season 9
	Ron Brewer	Willis Reed
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		%
Ron Brewer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willis Reed	69	27.2	11.0	-	-	8.6	1.8	-	-	-	3.0	4.8	10.2	.474	-	-	-	1.3	1.8	.742
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Brewer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willis Reed	17	28.6	12.5	-	-	7.6	1.8	-	-	-	3.8	5.7	12.2	.466	-	-	-	1.1	1.2	.857