William Bedford vs. Monta Ellis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Monta Ellis and William Bedford, 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.

William Bedford played 6 years in the NBA, 6 less than Monta Ellis, who played 12. William Bedford had the first of his seasons in 1986-87, while Monta Ellis had his rookie season in 2005-06. 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
William Bedford	6	3	1986-87 to 1992-93
Monta Ellis	12	6	2005-06 to 2016-17

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12


Rookie Season
	William Bedford	Monta Ellis
Season	1986-87	2005-06
Team	Phoenix Suns	Golden State Warriors
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		%
William Bedford	50	19.6	6.7	1.6	3.3	4.9	1.1	0.4	0.7	1.7	2.5	2.8	7.2	.397	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.7	.581
Monta Ellis	49	18.1	6.8	0.4	1.7	2.1	1.6	0.7	0.2	1.2	1.4	2.7	6.5	.415	0.6	1.7	.341	0.9	1.2	.712

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
William Bedford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Monta Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	William Bedford	Monta Ellis
Season	1987-88	2006-07
Team	Detroit Pistons	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	Most Improved Player
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors 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		%
William Bedford	38	7.8	2.7	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.5	1.2	1.2	2.7	.436	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.6	.565
Monta Ellis	77	34.3	16.5	0.8	2.4	3.2	4.1	1.7	0.3	2.9	2.7	6.2	13.1	.475	0.5	1.9	.273	3.5	4.6	.763

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
William Bedford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Monta Ellis	11	21.6	8.0	0.7	1.5	2.3	0.9	0.9	0.2	1.8	2.1	2.9	7.5	.390	0.1	0.8	.111	2.1	2.5	.821

Note: William Bedford didn't play in 1988-89.


Season 3
	William Bedford	Monta Ellis
Season	1989-90	2007-08
Team	Detroit Pistons	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
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		%
William Bedford	42	5.9	2.8	0.4	1.0	1.4	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.9	1.3	3.0	.432	0.0	0.1	.167	0.2	0.5	.409
Monta Ellis	81	37.9	20.2	1.6	3.3	5.0	3.9	1.5	0.3	2.1	2.4	8.0	15.1	.531	0.1	0.6	.231	4.0	5.1	.767

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
William Bedford	5	3.8	0.8	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.8	0.2	1.2	.167	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.4	1.000
Monta Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	William Bedford	Monta Ellis
Season	1990-91	2008-09
Team	Detroit Pistons	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
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		%
William Bedford	60	9.4	4.5	0.9	1.3	2.2	0.5	0.0	0.6	0.5	1.3	1.8	4.0	.438	0.1	0.2	.385	0.9	1.3	.705
Monta Ellis	25	35.7	19.0	0.6	3.8	4.3	3.7	1.6	0.3	2.7	2.7	7.8	17.2	.451	0.3	1.0	.308	3.1	3.8	.830

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
William Bedford	8	8.1	2.4	1.1	1.6	2.8	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.5	1.8	0.6	3.0	.208	0.0	0.3	.000	1.1	1.8	.643
Monta Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	William Bedford	Monta Ellis
Season	1991-92	2009-10
Team	Detroit Pistons	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
William Bedford	32	11.3	3.6	0.8	1.2	2.0	0.4	0.2	0.6	0.5	1.8	1.6	3.8	.413	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.7	.636
Monta Ellis	64	41.4	25.5	0.7	3.3	4.0	5.3	2.2	0.4	3.8	3.0	9.9	22.0	.449	1.2	3.6	.338	4.6	6.1	.753

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
William Bedford	1	9.0	6.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	6.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Monta Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	William Bedford	Monta Ellis
Season	1992-93	2010-11
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Golden State Warriors
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		%
William Bedford	16	4.1	1.6	0.1	0.6	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.9	0.6	1.7	.333	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.4	0.8	.500
Monta Ellis	80	40.3	24.1	0.6	3.0	3.5	5.6	2.1	0.3	3.2	2.5	9.1	20.1	.451	1.7	4.7	.361	4.3	5.4	.789

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
William Bedford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Monta Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	William Bedford	Monta Ellis
Season	-	2011-12
Team	-	Golden State Warriors, Milwaukee Bucks
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		%
William Bedford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Monta Ellis	58	36.6	20.4	0.3	3.1	3.4	6.0	1.5	0.3	3.1	2.3	7.8	17.9	.433	1.1	3.5	.308	3.8	4.7	.796

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
William Bedford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Monta Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	William Bedford	Monta Ellis
Season	-	2012-13
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks 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		%
William Bedford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Monta Ellis	82	37.5	19.2	0.5	3.3	3.9	6.0	2.1	0.4	3.1	2.0	7.3	17.5	.416	1.1	4.0	.287	3.5	4.6	.773

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
William Bedford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Monta Ellis	4	38.0	14.3	0.5	2.8	3.3	5.5	2.5	0.3	3.5	2.0	6.0	13.8	.436	0.8	4.8	.158	1.5	4.0	.375


Season 9
	William Bedford	Monta Ellis
Season	-	2013-14
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Mavericks 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		%
William Bedford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Monta Ellis	82	36.9	19.0	0.5	3.1	3.6	5.7	1.7	0.3	3.2	2.4	7.0	15.6	.451	0.8	2.5	.330	4.1	5.2	.788

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
William Bedford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Monta Ellis	7	35.6	20.4	0.9	1.6	2.4	2.9	1.3	0.1	2.1	2.7	7.4	18.1	.409	1.7	4.9	.353	3.9	4.4	.871


Season 10
	William Bedford	Monta Ellis
Season	-	2014-15
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Mavericks 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		%
William Bedford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Monta Ellis	80	33.7	18.9	0.4	2.0	2.4	4.1	1.9	0.3	2.5	2.5	7.5	16.9	.445	1.0	3.6	.285	2.9	3.8	.752

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
William Bedford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Monta Ellis	5	39.4	26.0	0.8	2.4	3.2	5.2	2.0	0.6	3.2	3.6	10.4	22.2	.468	2.2	6.0	.367	3.0	4.0	.750


Season 11
	William Bedford	Monta Ellis
Season	-	2015-16
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
William Bedford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Monta Ellis	81	33.8	13.8	0.5	2.8	3.3	4.7	1.9	0.5	2.5	2.1	5.4	12.6	.427	1.1	3.5	.309	2.0	2.5	.786

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
William Bedford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Monta Ellis	7	32.1	11.6	0.6	3.3	3.9	4.3	2.1	0.0	2.4	2.4	4.7	10.9	.434	1.0	3.0	.333	1.1	1.4	.800


Season 12
	William Bedford	Monta Ellis
Season	-	2016-17
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
William Bedford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Monta Ellis	74	27.0	8.5	0.3	2.5	2.8	3.2	1.1	0.4	1.8	2.0	3.3	7.5	.443	0.6	1.8	.319	1.3	1.7	.727

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
William Bedford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Monta Ellis	4	19.0	5.5	0.3	1.8	2.0	1.3	0.5	0.3	1.0	1.3	2.0	5.0	.400	0.5	2.0	.250	1.0	1.3	.800

William Bedford vs. Monta Ellis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Monta Ellis and William Bedford, 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