Tayshaun Prince vs. Willis Reed Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Willis Reed and Tayshaun Prince, 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.

Tayshaun Prince played 14 years in the NBA, 4 more than Willis Reed, who played 10. Tayshaun Prince had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, 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
Tayshaun Prince	14	9	2002-03 to 2015-16
Willis Reed	10	7	1964-65 to 1973-74

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Tayshaun Prince	Willis Reed
Season	2002-03	1964-65
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Tayshaun Prince	42	10.4	3.3	0.1	1.0	1.1	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.6	1.3	2.8	.449	0.5	1.1	.426	0.3	0.4	.647
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		%
Tayshaun Prince	15	25.4	9.4	0.7	3.1	3.8	1.5	0.5	0.9	1.1	1.3	3.3	7.7	.426	0.9	3.2	.292	1.9	2.5	.763
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Tayshaun Prince	Willis Reed
Season	2003-04	1965-66
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Tayshaun Prince	82	32.9	10.3	1.1	3.6	4.8	2.3	0.8	0.8	1.5	1.8	4.1	8.8	.467	0.7	1.9	.363	1.3	1.7	.766
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		%
Tayshaun Prince	23	34.8	9.9	1.8	4.2	6.0	2.3	1.1	1.3	0.8	2.7	3.8	9.2	.410	0.6	2.1	.265	1.8	2.4	.745
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Tayshaun Prince	Willis Reed
Season	2004-05	1966-67
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost NBA 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		%
Tayshaun Prince	82	37.1	14.7	1.6	3.7	5.3	3.0	0.7	0.9	1.6	2.0	5.7	11.7	.487	0.6	1.7	.341	2.7	3.3	.807
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		%
Tayshaun Prince	25	40.8	13.4	2.2	4.1	6.3	3.3	1.0	0.4	1.5	2.0	5.3	12.3	.433	0.9	2.4	.367	1.9	2.4	.800
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
	Tayshaun Prince	Willis Reed
Season	2005-06	1967-68
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Tayshaun Prince	82	35.3	14.1	1.3	3.0	4.2	2.3	0.8	0.5	1.1	1.2	5.5	12.2	.455	0.8	2.2	.350	2.2	2.9	.765
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		%
Tayshaun Prince	18	41.4	16.4	2.4	3.3	5.7	3.0	0.7	0.8	1.7	1.3	5.9	12.8	.459	1.2	2.6	.457	3.5	4.2	.829
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
	Tayshaun Prince	Willis Reed
Season	2006-07	1968-69
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Tayshaun Prince	82	36.6	14.3	1.8	3.5	5.2	2.8	0.6	0.7	1.2	1.4	5.6	12.2	.460	1.0	2.6	.386	2.1	2.7	.768
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		%
Tayshaun Prince	16	41.6	14.1	1.7	4.8	6.4	3.8	0.9	0.3	1.9	1.9	5.2	12.5	.415	1.1	2.8	.409	2.6	3.4	.759
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
	Tayshaun Prince	Willis Reed
Season	2007-08	1969-70
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Tayshaun Prince	82	32.9	13.2	1.3	3.5	4.9	3.3	0.5	0.4	1.1	1.1	5.1	11.5	.448	0.6	1.8	.363	2.3	2.9	.768
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		%
Tayshaun Prince	17	39.5	13.8	1.9	3.6	5.5	3.2	0.8	0.5	1.9	1.8	5.9	12.2	.481	0.5	1.5	.320	1.6	2.0	.794
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
	Tayshaun Prince	Willis Reed
Season	2008-09	1970-71
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Tayshaun Prince	82	37.3	14.2	1.6	4.2	5.8	3.1	0.5	0.6	1.2	1.3	5.6	12.4	.450	0.7	1.7	.397	2.3	3.0	.778
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		%
Tayshaun Prince	4	32.3	3.8	0.3	3.3	3.5	1.3	0.3	0.0	1.3	1.0	1.8	6.8	.259	0.3	1.3	.200	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Tayshaun Prince	Willis Reed
Season	2009-10	1971-72
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Tayshaun Prince	49	34.0	13.5	1.4	3.6	5.1	3.3	0.7	0.4	1.2	1.6	5.8	11.8	.486	0.6	1.5	.370	1.4	2.0	.714
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		%
Tayshaun Prince	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Tayshaun Prince	Willis Reed
Season	2010-11	1972-73
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
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		%
Tayshaun Prince	78	32.8	14.1	1.0	3.2	4.2	2.8	0.4	0.5	1.1	1.2	6.1	12.8	.473	0.4	1.3	.347	1.5	2.2	.702
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		%
Tayshaun Prince	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Tayshaun Prince	Willis Reed
Season	2011-12	1973-74
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Tayshaun Prince	63	33.1	12.7	1.1	3.3	4.5	2.4	0.4	0.5	1.2	1.2	5.3	12.7	.421	0.6	1.7	.356	1.4	1.8	.774
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		%
Tayshaun Prince	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 11
	Tayshaun Prince	Willis Reed
Season	2012-13	-
Team	Detroit Pistons, Memphis Grizzlies	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West 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		%
Tayshaun Prince	82	32.1	10.4	0.9	3.6	4.4	2.4	0.6	0.3	1.1	1.0	4.4	10.0	.438	0.5	1.1	.404	1.2	1.6	.738
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tayshaun Prince	15	30.3	7.0	0.8	3.0	3.8	1.9	0.5	0.3	0.7	1.2	2.9	8.1	.355	0.3	1.3	.263	0.9	1.5	.609
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Tayshaun Prince	Willis Reed
Season	2013-14	-
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West 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		%
Tayshaun Prince	76	25.6	6.0	0.4	2.7	3.1	1.6	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.8	2.6	6.5	.407	0.3	0.9	.290	0.4	0.8	.567
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tayshaun Prince	7	16.1	3.0	0.6	0.9	1.4	0.9	0.1	0.0	0.1	1.1	1.4	3.7	.385	0.1	0.6	.250	0.0	0.0	-
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Tayshaun Prince	Willis Reed
Season	2014-15	-
Team	Memphis Grizzlies, Boston Celtics, Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Tayshaun Prince	58	24.1	7.5	0.9	2.7	3.6	1.6	0.5	0.3	0.6	0.9	3.1	6.9	.440	0.5	1.2	.463	0.8	1.1	.754
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tayshaun Prince	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Tayshaun Prince	Willis Reed
Season	2015-16	-
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Tayshaun Prince	77	19.0	2.9	0.4	1.5	1.9	1.0	0.5	0.2	0.4	0.8	1.3	3.0	.445	0.1	0.3	.174	0.2	0.2	.684
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tayshaun Prince	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Tayshaun Prince vs. Willis Reed Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Willis Reed and Tayshaun Prince, 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

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14