Sidney Moncrief vs. Willis Reed Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Willis Reed and Sidney Moncrief, 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.

Sidney Moncrief played 11 years in the NBA, 1 more than Willis Reed, who played 10. Sidney Moncrief had the first of his seasons in 1979-80, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Sidney Moncrief	11	11	1979-80 to 1990-91
Willis Reed	10	7	1964-65 to 1973-74

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Sidney Moncrief	Willis Reed
Season	1979-80	1964-65
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost West Conf 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		%
Sidney Moncrief	77	20.2	8.5	2.0	2.4	4.4	1.7	0.9	0.2	1.5	1.4	2.7	5.9	.468	0.0	0.0	.000	3.0	3.8	.795
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		%
Sidney Moncrief	7	26.0	12.4	2.4	2.0	4.4	1.6	0.7	0.1	2.0	2.0	4.3	7.3	.588	0.0	0.0	-	3.9	4.4	.871
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Sidney Moncrief	Willis Reed
Season	1980-81	1965-66
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 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		%
Sidney Moncrief	80	30.2	14.0	2.3	2.8	5.1	3.3	1.1	0.5	1.8	2.0	5.0	9.2	.541	0.0	0.1	.222	4.0	5.0	.804
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		%
Sidney Moncrief	7	39.6	14.0	2.7	4.0	6.7	2.9	1.7	0.4	2.9	3.4	4.3	9.9	.435	0.0	0.0	-	5.4	7.3	.745
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Sidney Moncrief	Willis Reed
Season	1981-82	1966-67
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Sidney Moncrief	80	37.3	19.8	2.8	3.9	6.7	4.8	1.7	0.3	2.6	2.6	7.0	13.3	.523	0.0	0.2	.071	5.9	7.2	.817
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		%
Sidney Moncrief	6	42.0	15.3	2.5	2.5	5.0	4.0	1.5	0.3	2.0	3.7	5.2	12.3	.419	0.0	0.2	.000	5.0	6.3	.789
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
	Sidney Moncrief	Willis Reed
Season	1982-83	1967-68
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Sidney Moncrief	76	35.7	22.5	2.5	3.2	5.8	3.9	1.5	0.3	2.6	2.4	8.0	15.2	.524	0.0	0.1	.100	6.6	7.9	.826
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		%
Sidney Moncrief	9	41.9	18.9	3.1	3.6	6.7	3.7	2.0	0.3	3.0	2.8	6.9	15.8	.437	0.0	0.1	.000	5.1	6.8	.754
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
	Sidney Moncrief	Willis Reed
Season	1983-84	1968-69
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Sidney Moncrief	79	38.9	20.9	2.7	4.0	6.7	4.5	1.4	0.3	2.7	2.6	7.1	14.2	.498	0.1	0.2	.278	6.7	7.9	.848
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		%
Sidney Moncrief	16	38.6	19.1	2.8	4.2	6.9	4.3	1.8	0.6	3.8	3.4	6.2	11.9	.518	0.1	0.3	.250	6.6	8.4	.791
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
	Sidney Moncrief	Willis Reed
Season	1984-85	1969-70
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Sidney Moncrief	73	37.5	21.7	2.0	3.3	5.4	5.2	1.6	0.5	2.5	2.7	7.7	15.9	.483	0.1	0.5	.273	6.2	7.5	.828
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		%
Sidney Moncrief	8	39.9	23.0	1.3	3.0	4.3	5.0	0.6	0.5	2.5	3.3	6.9	12.4	.556	0.5	1.3	.400	8.8	9.4	.933
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
	Sidney Moncrief	Willis Reed
Season	1985-86	1970-71
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Sidney Moncrief	73	35.2	20.2	1.6	3.0	4.6	4.9	1.4	0.2	2.4	2.4	6.4	13.2	.489	0.5	1.4	.320	6.8	7.9	.859
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		%
Sidney Moncrief	9	36.3	16.9	1.7	2.9	4.6	4.9	0.6	0.6	2.3	3.3	5.8	13.6	.426	0.4	1.6	.286	4.9	7.0	.698
Willis Reed	12	42.0	15.7	-	-	12.0	2.3	-	-	-	3.4	6.8	16.3	.413	-	-	-	2.2	3.3	.667


Season 8
	Sidney Moncrief	Willis Reed
Season	1986-87	1971-72
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 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		%
Sidney Moncrief	39	25.4	11.8	1.5	1.8	3.3	3.1	0.7	0.3	1.6	1.9	4.1	8.3	.488	0.2	0.8	.258	3.5	4.2	.840
Willis Reed	11	33.0	13.4	-	-	8.7	2.0	-	-	-	2.7	5.5	12.5	.438	-	-	-	2.5	3.5	.692

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sidney Moncrief	12	35.5	19.4	1.8	2.8	4.5	3.0	1.1	0.5	2.0	3.6	6.5	13.8	.473	0.3	1.2	.286	6.1	7.5	.811
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Sidney Moncrief	Willis Reed
Season	1987-88	1972-73
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Sidney Moncrief	56	25.5	10.8	1.0	2.2	3.2	3.6	0.7	0.3	1.5	1.9	3.9	7.9	.489	0.1	0.6	.161	2.9	3.5	.837
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		%
Sidney Moncrief	5	34.6	15.0	1.2	2.6	3.8	5.2	0.6	0.2	2.2	2.8	4.8	10.0	.480	0.2	0.2	1.000	5.2	5.4	.963
Willis Reed	17	28.6	12.5	-	-	7.6	1.8	-	-	-	3.8	5.7	12.2	.466	-	-	-	1.1	1.2	.857


Season 10
	Sidney Moncrief	Willis Reed
Season	1988-89	1973-74
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Sidney Moncrief	62	25.7	12.1	0.7	2.0	2.8	3.0	1.0	0.2	1.5	1.8	4.2	8.6	.491	0.4	1.2	.342	3.3	3.8	.865
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sidney Moncrief	9	20.4	6.1	0.9	2.0	2.9	1.4	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.9	2.1	5.3	.396	0.2	0.8	.286	1.7	1.8	.938
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

Note: Sidney Moncrief didn't play in 1989-90.


Season 11
	Sidney Moncrief	Willis Reed
Season	1990-91	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Sidney Moncrief	72	15.2	4.7	0.4	1.3	1.8	1.4	0.7	0.1	0.9	1.6	1.6	3.3	.488	0.3	0.9	.328	1.1	1.5	.781
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sidney Moncrief	5	18.2	7.2	1.2	2.0	3.2	0.4	0.6	0.0	0.6	3.2	2.2	4.4	.500	0.2	1.2	.167	2.6	3.2	.813
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Sidney Moncrief vs. Willis Reed Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Willis Reed and Sidney Moncrief, 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