Willis Reed vs. Monty Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Monty Williams 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.

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 more than Monty Williams, who played 9. Willis Reed had the first of his seasons in 1964-65, while Monty Williams had his rookie season in 1994-95. 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
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Rookie Season
	Willis Reed	Monty Williams
Season	1964-65	1994-95
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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	80	38.0	19.5	-	-	14.7	1.7	-	-	-	4.2	7.9	18.2	.432	-	-	-	3.8	5.1	.742
Monty Williams	41	12.3	3.3	1.0	1.4	2.4	1.2	0.5	0.1	1.0	2.1	1.5	3.2	.451	0.0	0.2	.000	0.4	0.9	.447
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Monty Williams	1	4.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 2
	Willis Reed	Monty Williams
Season	1965-66	1995-96
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks, San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West 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	76	33.4	15.5	-	-	11.6	1.2	-	-	-	4.3	5.8	13.3	.434	-	-	-	4.0	5.3	.757
Monty Williams	31	5.9	2.2	0.6	0.6	1.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.6	0.8	0.9	2.2	.397	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.6	.700
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Monty Williams	7	4.1	1.0	0.4	0.6	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.6	0.3	1.3	.222	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.9	.500

Season 3
	Willis Reed	Monty Williams
Season	1966-67	1996-97
Team	New York Knicks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Willis Reed	78	36.2	20.9	-	-	14.6	1.6	-	-	-	3.8	8.1	16.6	.489	-	-	-	4.6	6.2	.735
Monty Williams	65	20.7	9.0	1.5	1.7	3.2	1.4	0.8	0.8	1.8	2.5	3.6	7.1	.509	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	2.9	.645
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
Monty Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Willis Reed	Monty Williams
Season	1967-68	1997-98
Team	New York Knicks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Semis	Spurs Lost West 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
Monty Williams	72	18.3	6.3	0.9	1.6	2.5	1.2	0.5	0.3	1.1	1.8	2.3	5.1	.448	0.0	0.0	.500	1.7	2.5	.670
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
Monty Williams	5	5.8	2.4	0.4	0.8	1.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.4	1.0	1.6	.625	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.6	.667

Season 5
	Willis Reed	Monty Williams
Season	1968-69	1998-99
Team	New York Knicks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Willis Reed	82	37.9	21.1	-	-	14.5	2.3	-	-	-	3.8	8.6	16.5	.521	-	-	-	4.0	5.3	.747
Monty Williams	1	6.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.0	.500
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
Monty Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Willis Reed	Monty Williams
Season	1969-70	1999-00
Team	New York Knicks	Orlando Magic
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
Monty Williams	75	20.0	8.7	1.3	2.1	3.3	1.4	0.6	0.2	1.5	2.5	3.5	7.2	.489	0.0	0.1	.400	1.6	2.2	.741
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
Monty Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Willis Reed	Monty Williams
Season	1970-71	2000-01
Team	New York Knicks	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Magic 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	73	39.1	20.9	-	-	13.7	2.0	-	-	-	3.1	8.4	18.2	.462	-	-	-	4.1	5.2	.785
Monty Williams	82	14.8	5.0	1.0	1.9	3.0	1.0	0.4	0.2	1.0	1.7	2.0	4.4	.445	0.0	0.2	.077	1.0	1.6	.639
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
Monty Williams	3	5.0	2.3	1.3	0.7	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.3	.750	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	1.0	.333

Season 9
	Willis Reed	Monty Williams
Season	1972-73	2002-03
Team	New York Knicks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	76ers 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	69	27.2	11.0	-	-	8.6	1.8	-	-	-	3.0	4.8	10.2	.474	-	-	-	1.3	1.8	.742
Monty Williams	21	13.1	4.4	0.6	1.6	2.1	1.2	0.6	0.2	0.8	1.6	1.6	3.8	.425	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.5	.750
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
Monty Williams	10	9.5	1.9	0.7	0.8	1.5	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.4	1.2	0.8	2.3	.348	0.0	0.1	.000	0.3	0.4	.750