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Willie Reed
Willie Reed stats, teams and career impact
#2799 all-timeCareer averages · 4.9 PPG · 3.8 RPG · 0.3 APGPeak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded
- Position
- Center
- Teams in final NBA season
- Detroit Pistons and Los Angeles Clippers
- Height / weight
- 6 ft 11 in (211 cm) · 245 lb (111 kg)
- Born
- May 16, 1990 (36 yrs old)
- College
- Saint Louis
- NBA seasons
- 3 seasons · 2015–16 to 2017–18
Career summaryWillie Reed was a center who played 3 NBA seasons, from 2015–16 through 2017–18.
- Career PPG
- 4.9
- Career RPG
- 3.8
- Career APG
- 0.3
- #176 in 2016–17
- #2799 all-time
Best-Season Impact Rank
Career Impact Rank
Peak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded
Career overview
Why Willie Reed ranks #2799 all time
Willie Reed ranks #2799 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #302.0. His full-career value ranks #1606, so longevity is a major reason he lands this high.
450+ minutes required per season
152 games · Career Value Rank #1606
Head to head
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Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources
Full team history
- Teams
- Brooklyn Nets, Miami Heat, Detroit Pistons, and Los Angeles Clippers
Career shooting
NBA regular season- Field goal
- 59.2%FG%
- Three-point
- 33.3%3P%
- Free throw
- 56.1%FT%
152 career games · 1,885 minutes
Sources and updateConventional stats and measurements: Basketball Reference, accessed Sep 13, 2026. hussEyquation ranking data through 2025–26. Life dates: Wikidata; conflicting dates checked against Basketball Reference, accessed Sep 17, 2026.
Traditional box score
Willie Reed stats by season
Start with scoring and impact, then switch views for shooting or the full advanced picture. Career percentages use total makes and attempts.
Box impact is an estimate in points per 100 possessions, not the 0–100 Impact Rate score. Zero is league average; higher is better. Rate rank is a league place: No. 1 is best.
Swipe for PPG · RPG · APG · Box impact · Team · G · GS · MPG →
| pts/100 · higher is better | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017–18 | 4.6 | 2.9 | 0.2 | -0.31 | DET/LAC | 42 | 5 | 10.2 | 66.9% | 50.0% | 58.2% | — | 14.9 |
| 2016–17 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 0.4 | -0.77 | MIA | 71 | 5 | 14.5 | 56.8% | 25.0% | 55.7% | #176 | 25.3 |
| 2015–16 | 4.7 | 3.1 | 0.3 | -0.28 | BRK | 39 | 2 | 10.9 | 57.1% | — | 54.5% | — | 14.5 |
| Career | 4.9 | 3.8 | 0.3 | — | BRK/DET/LAC/MIA | 152 | — | 12.4 | 59.2% | 33.3% | 56.1% | — | — |
Source: Basketball Reference regular-season totals, accessed Sep 13, 2026.
What these measures mean
- Box impact
- Estimated points per 100 possessions above that season's league average, from the historical box-score model. Zero is league average; higher is better. Historical defense estimates are included where labeled. This is not the live model's lineup-adjusted estimate.
- Impact Rate
- A 0–100 score comparing performance within one season. Higher is better. This is a score, not points per possession.
- Impact estimate
- The season model's final estimated points per 100 possessions above league average, before conversion to the 0–100 Impact Rate score. It includes lineup evidence where available. Zero is league average; higher is better.
- Impact Rate rank
- The player's place among qualified players in that season's Impact Rate ranking. No. 1 is best. This is a rank, not an impact score.
- Value contribution / Season Value
- Completed seasons use a fixed-baseline contribution to Career Value. The live season instead uses Season Value, combining that season's impact with workload.
- Career Impact Rank
- An all-time rank weighted toward the player's best three, five, and ten seasons.
318.4 composite · lower is better
327.2 average league finish
55 total value
- Impact Rate
- 0–100 score within one season. Higher is better.
- Box impact
- Estimated points per 100 possessions above league average, from the historical model. Zero is average; higher is better.
Career standing
How Willie Reed ranks all time
These are league placements, not raw scores. Each season is judged against that season's qualified player pool.
Best in the league
Elite finishes
Upper-tier finishes
Tie-breaker across top-ten seasons
Career Composite Score318.4
Best 3, Best 5, and Best 10 average league finishes receive 50%, 30%, and 20% window weights. Missing seasons receive a replacement finish just below the player's typical qualified field. Lower is better.
- Best 3 effective weight
- 74%
- Missing-season finish
- 365.0
- Qualified seasons
- 1
- All-time rank
- #2799
Strongest seasons
Every season
Willie Reed advanced stats by season
Era-centered box impact supports comparisons through time. Impact Rate and its rank compare players only within that season.
More advanced statsAge, minutes, impact, rank, value and data coverage
Career movement
Willie Reed's box impact by season
Peak box impact -0.28 points per 100 possessions in 2015–16 · 3 seasons · 1,885 minutes
Box impact estimates points per 100 possessions above each season's league average. Zero is average; higher is better. Rank labels show Impact Rate league places, not ranks on this chart's box-impact scale.
Box impact · points per 100 possessionsMinutes
Player-specific impact scaleWorkload
Early-career comparison
Compare the first 3 seasons
Both players are limited to their first 3 seasons. Later seasons never affect the selection or score, and the result is not a career prediction.
Willie ReedChris Gatling
| NBA season | Willie Reed | Chris Gatling |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | -0.3 | -0.7 |
| 2 | -0.8 | -1.3 |
| 3 | -0.3 | -0.2 |
NBA season number · first 3 seasons only
Similar starts
Players with starts similar to Willie Reed
The start-similarity percentile compares era-relative impact, season-relative workload, trajectory, debut age, and role across exactly 3 seasons and 2,103 eligible starts. Higher means closer; it is not a probability or forecast.
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Chris Gatling
99.8start similarity percentile
Impact: very closeWorkload: very closeTrend: very closeAge: very closeRole: very close
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99.8start similarity percentile
Impact: very closeWorkload: very closeTrend: very closeAge: very closeRole: close
Medium evidence · first 3 seasonsClosest early-season pairing · 2015–16 ↔ 1993–94C · All-Time Career #1730Jock Landale
99.8start similarity percentile
Impact: very closeWorkload: closeTrend: very closeAge: very closeRole: very close
Medium evidence · first 3 seasonsClosest early-season pairing · 2015–16 ↔ 2021–22Impact Rate shows how strong a player was compared with everyone else that season. Season Value adds how much he played; completed player-profile rows instead show each season's fixed-baseline contribution to Career Value. Career Impact Rank rewards a high peak, a long prime, and repeated seasons near the top. Older seasons use clearly labeled estimates where the NBA did not record today's full set of statistics. Read how every ranking works →