Tom Hawkins vs. Willis Reed Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Willis Reed and Tom Hawkins, 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.

Tom Hawkins and Willis Reed both played 10 years in the NBA. Tom Hawkins had the first of his seasons in 1959-60, 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
Tom Hawkins	10	10	1959-60 to 1968-69
Willis Reed	10	7	1964-65 to 1973-74

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Tom Hawkins	Willis Reed
Season	1959-60	1964-65
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div 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		%
Tom Hawkins	69	21.3	7.9	-	-	6.2	0.8	-	-	-	2.7	3.2	8.4	.380	-	-	-	1.5	2.4	.646
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		%
Tom Hawkins	8	14.9	7.4	-	-	2.6	0.4	-	-	-	3.0	2.8	5.6	.489	-	-	-	1.9	2.3	.833
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Tom Hawkins	Willis Reed
Season	1960-61	1965-66
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div 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		%
Tom Hawkins	78	23.7	9.7	-	-	6.1	1.1	-	-	-	2.7	4.0	9.2	.431	-	-	-	1.8	3.0	.596
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		%
Tom Hawkins	12	23.6	11.6	-	-	6.3	1.1	-	-	-	3.6	4.5	9.7	.466	-	-	-	2.6	3.9	.660
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Tom Hawkins	Willis Reed
Season	1961-62	1966-67
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Tom Hawkins	79	24.1	9.1	-	-	6.5	1.2	-	-	-	3.1	3.7	8.9	.411	-	-	-	1.8	2.8	.644
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		%
Tom Hawkins	13	15.6	4.2	-	-	5.1	1.5	-	-	-	2.6	1.7	4.7	.361	-	-	-	0.8	1.8	.417
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
	Tom Hawkins	Willis Reed
Season	1962-63	1967-68
Team	Cincinnati Royals	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div 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		%
Tom Hawkins	79	21.8	9.4	-	-	6.9	1.3	-	-	-	2.5	3.8	8.0	.471	-	-	-	1.9	3.1	.610
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		%
Tom Hawkins	12	22.0	10.5	-	-	6.8	1.9	-	-	-	3.8	3.8	7.6	.505	-	-	-	2.8	3.9	.723
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
	Tom Hawkins	Willis Reed
Season	1963-64	1968-69
Team	Cincinnati Royals	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div 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		%
Tom Hawkins	73	24.2	8.6	-	-	6.0	1.0	-	-	-	2.7	3.5	7.9	.441	-	-	-	1.5	2.6	.601
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		%
Tom Hawkins	10	27.3	10.1	-	-	9.3	1.1	-	-	-	3.8	4.3	9.7	.443	-	-	-	1.5	2.2	.682
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
	Tom Hawkins	Willis Reed
Season	1964-65	1969-70
Team	Cincinnati Royals	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	Royals Lost East Div 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		%
Tom Hawkins	79	23.6	7.0	-	-	6.0	1.0	-	-	-	3.0	2.8	6.8	.409	-	-	-	1.5	2.6	.569
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		%
Tom Hawkins	4	23.8	9.5	-	-	7.0	0.3	-	-	-	3.3	4.3	8.3	.515	-	-	-	1.0	1.3	.800
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
	Tom Hawkins	Willis Reed
Season	1965-66	1970-71
Team	Cincinnati Royals	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div 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		%
Tom Hawkins	79	26.9	8.4	-	-	7.3	1.3	-	-	-	3.5	3.5	7.6	.452	-	-	-	1.5	2.6	.555
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		%
Tom Hawkins	5	21.8	4.6	-	-	4.4	0.2	-	-	-	3.2	2.2	4.8	.458	-	-	-	0.2	1.2	.167
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
	Tom Hawkins	Willis Reed
Season	1966-67	1971-72
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Tom Hawkins	76	23.7	8.3	-	-	5.7	1.1	-	-	-	2.7	3.6	7.5	.481	-	-	-	1.1	2.3	.474
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		%
Tom Hawkins	3	31.7	10.0	-	-	6.7	3.3	-	-	-	4.0	4.3	10.3	.419	-	-	-	1.3	2.7	.500
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Tom Hawkins	Willis Reed
Season	1967-68	1972-73
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
Tom Hawkins	78	31.6	11.6	-	-	5.9	1.5	-	-	-	3.7	5.0	10.0	.499	-	-	-	1.6	2.9	.546
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		%
Tom Hawkins	15	31.9	9.5	-	-	6.0	1.2	-	-	-	3.5	3.9	8.6	.457	-	-	-	1.6	2.7	.600
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
	Tom Hawkins	Willis Reed
Season	1968-69	1973-74
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
Tom Hawkins	74	20.4	7.1	-	-	3.6	1.1	-	-	-	2.3	3.1	6.2	.499	-	-	-	0.8	2.0	.411
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		%
Tom Hawkins	14	12.9	3.9	-	-	2.9	0.5	-	-	-	2.3	1.7	3.6	.480	-	-	-	0.5	1.3	.389
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

Tom Hawkins vs. Willis Reed Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Willis Reed and Tom Hawkins, 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