Willis Reed vs. Jamaal Tinsley Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jamaal Tinsley and Willis Reed, 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.

Willis Reed played 10 years in the NBA, 1 less than Jamaal Tinsley, who played 11. Willis Reed had the first of his seasons in 1964-65, while Jamaal Tinsley had his rookie season in 2001-02. 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
Willis Reed	10	7	1964-65 to 1973-74
Jamaal Tinsley	11	6	2001-02 to 2013-14

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Willis Reed	Jamaal Tinsley
Season	1964-65	2001-02
Team	New York Knicks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second 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		%
Willis Reed	80	38.0	19.5	-	-	14.7	1.7	-	-	-	4.2	7.9	18.2	.432	-	-	-	3.8	5.1	.742
Jamaal Tinsley	80	30.5	9.4	1.0	2.8	3.7	8.1	1.7	0.5	3.4	3.1	3.6	9.5	.380	0.5	2.2	.240	1.6	2.3	.704

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamaal Tinsley	5	17.8	3.6	0.4	1.6	2.0	5.0	0.4	0.0	2.4	2.4	1.6	3.8	.421	0.0	0.2	.000	0.4	0.6	.667


Season 2
	Willis Reed	Jamaal Tinsley
Season	1965-66	2002-03
Team	New York Knicks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	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		%
Willis Reed	76	33.4	15.5	-	-	11.6	1.2	-	-	-	4.3	5.8	13.3	.434	-	-	-	4.0	5.3	.757
Jamaal Tinsley	73	30.6	7.8	0.8	2.8	3.6	7.5	1.7	0.2	2.6	2.8	3.0	7.6	.396	0.6	2.3	.277	1.1	1.5	.714

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamaal Tinsley	6	31.0	8.5	1.0	2.0	3.0	6.5	0.7	0.0	1.3	3.3	3.3	5.8	.571	1.3	2.2	.615	0.5	1.0	.500


Season 3
	Willis Reed	Jamaal Tinsley
Season	1966-67	2003-04
Team	New York Knicks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Willis Reed	78	36.2	20.9	-	-	14.6	1.6	-	-	-	3.8	8.1	16.6	.489	-	-	-	4.6	6.2	.735
Jamaal Tinsley	52	26.5	8.3	0.5	2.1	2.6	5.8	1.6	0.3	2.1	2.5	2.9	7.1	.414	1.5	4.0	.372	0.9	1.3	.731

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willis Reed	4	37.0	27.5	-	-	13.8	1.8	-	-	-	4.8	10.8	20.0	.538	-	-	-	6.0	6.3	.960
Jamaal Tinsley	16	26.4	8.1	0.4	2.5	2.9	5.0	1.8	0.2	1.9	3.5	3.1	7.7	.398	1.0	3.4	.296	0.9	1.0	.938


Season 4
	Willis Reed	Jamaal Tinsley
Season	1967-68	2004-05
Team	New York Knicks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Semis	Pacers Lost East Conf 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		%
Willis Reed	81	35.5	20.8	-	-	13.2	2.0	-	-	-	4.2	8.1	16.6	.490	-	-	-	4.5	6.3	.721
Jamaal Tinsley	40	32.5	15.4	0.7	3.4	4.0	6.4	2.0	0.3	3.4	2.8	5.5	13.1	.418	1.5	3.9	.372	3.1	4.1	.744

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willis Reed	6	35.0	21.3	-	-	10.3	1.8	-	-	-	4.0	8.8	16.3	.541	-	-	-	3.7	5.0	.733
Jamaal Tinsley	9	27.8	8.7	0.7	2.7	3.3	5.7	1.6	0.3	3.0	3.4	3.6	9.9	.360	0.2	2.0	.111	1.3	2.3	.571


Season 5
	Willis Reed	Jamaal Tinsley
Season	1968-69	2005-06
Team	New York Knicks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div 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		%
Willis Reed	82	37.9	21.1	-	-	14.5	2.3	-	-	-	3.8	8.6	16.5	.521	-	-	-	4.0	5.3	.747
Jamaal Tinsley	42	26.7	9.3	0.8	2.3	3.2	5.0	1.2	0.1	2.6	2.3	3.8	9.2	.409	0.4	1.7	.229	1.4	2.2	.637

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willis Reed	10	42.9	25.7	-	-	14.1	1.9	-	-	-	4.0	10.1	19.8	.510	-	-	-	5.5	7.0	.786
Jamaal Tinsley	1	7.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 6
	Willis Reed	Jamaal Tinsley
Season	1969-70	2006-07
Team	New York Knicks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
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		%
Willis Reed	81	38.1	21.7	-	-	13.9	2.0	-	-	-	3.5	8.7	17.1	.507	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.756
Jamaal Tinsley	72	31.2	12.8	0.8	2.5	3.3	6.9	1.6	0.3	2.8	2.6	4.8	12.3	.389	0.8	2.7	.316	2.4	3.3	.720

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willis Reed	18	40.7	23.7	-	-	13.8	2.8	-	-	-	3.3	9.9	21.0	.471	-	-	-	3.9	5.3	.737
Jamaal Tinsley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Willis Reed	Jamaal Tinsley
Season	1970-71	2007-08
Team	New York Knicks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Willis Reed	73	39.1	20.9	-	-	13.7	2.0	-	-	-	3.1	8.4	18.2	.462	-	-	-	4.1	5.2	.785
Jamaal Tinsley	39	33.2	11.9	0.6	3.0	3.6	8.4	1.7	0.3	3.3	2.5	4.5	11.9	.380	1.0	3.6	.284	1.8	2.6	.720

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willis Reed	12	42.0	15.7	-	-	12.0	2.3	-	-	-	3.4	6.8	16.3	.413	-	-	-	2.2	3.3	.667
Jamaal Tinsley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Jamaal Tinsley didn't play in 2008-09.


Season 8
	Willis Reed	Jamaal Tinsley
Season	1971-72	2009-10
Team	New York Knicks	Memphis Grizzlies
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		%
Willis Reed	11	33.0	13.4	-	-	8.7	2.0	-	-	-	2.7	5.5	12.5	.438	-	-	-	2.5	3.5	.692
Jamaal Tinsley	38	15.5	3.5	0.3	1.4	1.7	2.8	0.9	0.1	1.7	1.8	1.4	3.7	.371	0.2	1.0	.179	0.6	0.7	.815

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

Note: Jamaal Tinsley didn't play in 2010-11.


Season 9
	Willis Reed	Jamaal Tinsley
Season	1972-73	2011-12
Team	New York Knicks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Jazz 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		%
Willis Reed	69	27.2	11.0	-	-	8.6	1.8	-	-	-	3.0	4.8	10.2	.474	-	-	-	1.3	1.8	.742
Jamaal Tinsley	37	13.7	3.7	0.2	1.1	1.2	3.3	0.5	0.2	1.4	1.3	1.5	3.8	.404	0.3	1.0	.270	0.4	0.5	.765

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willis Reed	17	28.6	12.5	-	-	7.6	1.8	-	-	-	3.8	5.7	12.2	.466	-	-	-	1.1	1.2	.857
Jamaal Tinsley	4	16.3	3.8	0.0	0.5	0.5	3.0	0.5	0.0	1.5	1.8	1.3	5.0	.250	0.3	1.0	.250	1.0	1.0	1.000


Season 10
	Willis Reed	Jamaal Tinsley
Season	1973-74	2012-13
Team	New York Knicks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
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
Jamaal Tinsley	66	18.5	3.5	0.3	1.5	1.7	4.4	1.0	0.2	1.6	1.6	1.3	3.5	.368	0.6	1.9	.307	0.3	0.4	.692

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Jamaal Tinsley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Willis Reed	Jamaal Tinsley
Season	-	2013-14
Team	-	Utah Jazz
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		%
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamaal Tinsley	8	13.8	1.1	0.3	1.1	1.4	2.9	0.3	0.0	1.1	1.3	0.5	2.5	.200	0.1	1.9	.067	0.0	0.0	-

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

Willis Reed vs. Jamaal Tinsley Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jamaal Tinsley and Willis Reed, 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