Carmelo Anthony vs. Earl Monroe Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Earl Monroe and Carmelo Anthony, 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.

Carmelo Anthony played 19 years in the NBA, 6 more than Earl Monroe, who played 13. Carmelo Anthony had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, while Earl Monroe had his rookie season in 1967-68. 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Carmelo Anthony	Earl Monroe
Season	2003-04	1967-68
Team	Denver Nuggets	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	82	36.5	21.0	2.2	3.8	6.1	2.8	1.2	0.5	3.0	2.7	7.6	17.9	.426	0.8	2.6	.322	5.0	6.4	.777
difference:		+0.2	+3.3			+0.4	+1.5				-0.7	+1.4	+2.1	+.027				+1.2	+1.5	+.004
Earl Monroe	82	36.7	24.3	-	-	5.7	4.3	-	-	-	3.4	9.0	20.0	.453	-	-	-	6.2	7.9	.781
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	4	36.3	15.0	1.8	6.5	8.3	2.8	1.3	0.0	4.3	2.8	5.3	16.0	.328	0.5	2.8	.182	4.0	5.0	.800
Earl Monroe	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Carmelo Anthony	Earl Monroe
Season	2004-05	1968-69
Team	Denver Nuggets	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bullets Lost East Div Semis

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	75	34.8	20.8	1.9	3.8	5.7	2.6	0.9	0.4	3.0	3.1	7.1	16.4	.431	0.6	2.1	.266	6.1	7.6	.796
difference:	+5	+3.6	+5.0			+2.2	+2.3				-0.2	+3.0	+6.6	+.009				+0.5	+0.3	+.028
Earl Monroe	80	38.4	25.8	-	-	3.5	4.9	-	-	-	3.3	10.1	23.0	.440	-	-	-	5.6	7.3	.768
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	5	36.2	19.2	2.8	2.6	5.4	2.0	0.6	0.2	2.6	4.0	7.0	16.6	.422	0.0	0.2	.000	5.2	6.4	.813
difference:	+1	+6.6	+9.1			+0.1	+2.0				-1.5	+4.0	+11.9	+.036				+1.1	+1.4	+.007
Earl Monroe	4	42.8	28.3	-	-	5.3	4.0	-	-	-	2.5	11.0	28.5	.386	-	-	-	6.3	7.8	.806

Season 3
	Carmelo Anthony	Earl Monroe
Season	2005-06	1969-70
Team	Denver Nuggets	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bullets Lost East Div Semis

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	80	36.8	26.5	1.5	3.4	4.9	2.7	1.1	0.5	2.7	2.9	9.5	19.7	.481	0.5	1.9	.243	7.2	8.9	.808
difference:	+2	+0.4	+3.1			+1.8	+2.2				-0.2	+1.0	+0.7	+.035				+0.7	+1.1	+.022
Earl Monroe	82	37.2	23.4	-	-	3.1	4.9	-	-	-	3.1	8.5	19.0	.446	-	-	-	6.5	7.8	.830
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	5	38.6	21.0	2.4	4.2	6.6	2.8	0.8	0.2	3.0	4.0	6.6	19.8	.333	0.0	0.8	.000	7.8	10.4	.750
difference:	+2	+4.1	+7.0			+3.3	+1.2				-0.7	+4.0	+2.2	+.148				+0.9	+1.8	+.050
Earl Monroe	7	42.7	28.0	-	-	3.3	4.0	-	-	-	3.3	10.6	22.0	.481	-	-	-	6.9	8.6	.800

Season 4
	Carmelo Anthony	Earl Monroe
Season	2006-07	1970-71
Team	Denver Nuggets	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bullets Lost NBA Finals

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	65	38.2	28.9	2.2	3.8	6.0	3.8	1.2	0.4	3.6	3.1	10.6	22.4	.476	0.6	2.3	.268	7.1	8.7	.808
difference:	+16	+3.1	+7.5			+3.4	+0.6				-0.4	+2.4	+3.9	+.034				+2.1	+2.5	+.006
Earl Monroe	81	35.1	21.4	-	-	2.6	4.4	-	-	-	2.7	8.2	18.5	.442	-	-	-	5.0	6.2	.802
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	5	42.0	26.8	3.6	5.0	8.6	1.2	1.0	0.0	3.8	2.4	9.4	19.6	.480	1.8	3.6	.500	6.2	7.8	.795
difference:	+13	+4.7	+4.7			+5.0	+2.9				-0.7	+1.3	+0.2	+.073				+0.3	+0.3	+.002
Earl Monroe	18	37.3	22.1	-	-	3.6	4.1	-	-	-	3.1	8.1	19.8	.407	-	-	-	5.9	7.5	.793

Season 5
	Carmelo Anthony	Earl Monroe
Season	2007-08	1971-72
Team	Denver Nuggets	Baltimore Bullets, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost NBA Finals

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	77	36.4	25.7	2.3	5.1	7.4	3.4	1.3	0.5	3.3	3.3	9.5	19.2	.492	0.8	2.1	.354	6.0	7.7	.786
difference:	+14	+15.2	+13.8			+5.8	+1.1				-1.1	+4.9	+8.7	+.058				+3.2	+4.1	+.005
Earl Monroe	63	21.2	11.9	-	-	1.6	2.3	-	-	-	2.2	4.6	10.5	.434	-	-	-	2.8	3.6	.781
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	4	36.5	22.5	4.8	4.8	9.5	2.0	0.5	0.3	3.0	4.3	8.0	22.0	.364	0.5	2.0	.250	6.0	7.3	.828
difference:	+12	+9.7	+10.2			+6.7	+0.9				-1.7	+3.2	+10.4	+.047				+3.2	+3.7	+.039
Earl Monroe	16	26.8	12.3	-	-	2.8	2.9	-	-	-	2.6	4.8	11.6	.411	-	-	-	2.8	3.6	.789

Season 6
	Carmelo Anthony	Earl Monroe
Season	2008-09	1972-73
Team	Denver Nuggets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	66	34.5	22.8	1.6	5.2	6.8	3.4	1.1	0.4	3.0	3.0	8.1	18.3	.443	1.0	2.6	.371	5.6	7.1	.793
difference:	+9	+2.9	+7.3			+3.5	+0.4				-0.4	+1.5	+4.8	+.045				+3.3	+4.3	+.029
Earl Monroe	75	31.6	15.5	-	-	3.3	3.8	-	-	-	2.6	6.6	13.5	.488	-	-	-	2.3	2.8	.822
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	16	38.3	27.2	1.6	4.2	5.8	4.1	1.8	0.6	2.3	3.8	9.1	20.1	.453	1.5	4.1	.364	7.4	9.0	.826
difference:		+6.8	+11.1			+2.6	+0.9				-1.4	+2.2	+6.9	+.073				+5.1	+6.0	+.076
Earl Monroe	16	31.5	16.1	-	-	3.2	3.2	-	-	-	2.4	6.9	13.2	.526	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.750

Season 7
	Carmelo Anthony	Earl Monroe
Season	2009-10	1973-74
Team	Denver Nuggets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	69	38.2	28.2	2.2	4.4	6.6	3.2	1.3	0.4	3.0	3.3	10.0	21.8	.458	0.9	2.7	.316	7.4	8.9	.830
difference:	+28	+9.1	+14.2	+1.7	+2.0	+3.6	+0.5	+0.5	+0.1		-0.9	+4.1	+9.3	+.010				+5.1	+6.1	+.007
Earl Monroe	41	29.1	14.0	0.5	2.4	3.0	2.7	0.8	0.5	-	2.4	5.9	12.5	.468	-	-	-	2.3	2.8	.823
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	6	42.3	30.7	2.3	6.2	8.5	3.3	2.0	0.5	3.5	4.3	10.7	23.0	.464	1.0	3.2	.316	8.3	9.5	.877
difference:	+6	+8.4	+13.3	+1.6	+2.9	+4.5	+1.2	+1.3	+0.3		-2.1	+3.9	+9.2	+.027				+4.4	+4.9	+.022
Earl Monroe	12	33.9	17.4	0.7	3.3	4.0	2.1	0.7	0.8	-	2.2	6.8	13.8	.491	-	-	-	3.9	4.6	.855

Season 8
	Carmelo Anthony	Earl Monroe
Season	2010-11	1974-75
Team	Denver Nuggets, New York Knicks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	77	35.7	25.6	1.5	5.8	7.3	2.9	0.9	0.6	2.7	2.9	8.9	19.5	.455	1.2	3.3	.378	6.6	7.9	.838
difference:	+1	+0.4	+4.7	+0.8	+2.3	+3.1	+0.6	+0.5	+0.2		-0.3	+0.3	+0.8	+.002				+2.8	+3.3	+.011
Earl Monroe	78	36.1	20.9	0.7	3.5	4.2	3.5	1.4	0.4	-	2.6	8.6	18.7	.457	-	-	-	3.8	4.6	.827
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	4	39.0	26.0	3.3	7.0	10.3	4.8	1.3	0.8	3.3	4.0	8.3	22.0	.375	2.3	6.5	.346	7.3	8.5	.853
difference:	+1	+9.3	+12.0	+3.0	+4.3	+7.3	+2.8		+0.1		-2.0	+4.3	+7.0	+.108				+1.3	+1.2	+.035
Earl Monroe	3	29.7	14.0	0.3	2.7	3.0	2.0	1.3	0.7	-	2.0	4.0	15.0	.267	-	-	-	6.0	7.3	.818

Season 9
	Carmelo Anthony	Earl Monroe
Season	2011-12	1975-76
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	55	34.1	22.6	1.6	4.7	6.3	3.6	1.1	0.4	2.6	2.8	8.0	18.6	.430	1.2	3.7	.335	5.4	6.7	.804
difference:	+21	+3.9	+1.9	+1.0	+1.7	+2.7	+0.4	+0.4	+0.1			+0.5	+0.8	+.048				+1.7	+2.0	+.017
Earl Monroe	76	38.0	20.7	0.6	3.0	3.6	4.0	1.5	0.3	-	2.8	8.5	17.8	.478	-	-	-	3.7	4.7	.787
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	5	40.8	27.8	2.6	5.6	8.2	2.2	1.2	0.2	2.8	4.2	10.4	24.8	.419	0.8	3.6	.222	6.2	8.2	.756
Earl Monroe	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Carmelo Anthony	Earl Monroe
Season	2012-13	1976-77
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	67	37.0	28.7	2.0	4.9	6.9	2.6	0.8	0.5	2.6	3.1	10.0	22.2	.449	2.3	6.2	.379	6.3	7.6	.830
difference:	+10	+2.5	+8.8	+1.4	+2.6	+4.0	+2.2	+0.4	+0.2		-0.5	+2.0	+6.8	+.068				+2.3	+2.8	+.009
Earl Monroe	77	34.5	19.9	0.6	2.3	2.9	4.8	1.2	0.3	-	2.6	8.0	15.4	.517	-	-	-	4.0	4.8	.839
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	12	40.1	28.8	0.9	5.7	6.6	1.6	1.1	0.2	2.6	3.8	10.5	25.8	.406	1.4	4.8	.298	6.4	7.3	.885
Earl Monroe	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Carmelo Anthony	Earl Monroe
Season	2013-14	1977-78
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	77	38.7	27.4	1.9	6.2	8.1	3.1	1.2	0.7	2.6	2.9	9.6	21.3	.452	2.2	5.4	.402	6.0	7.0	.848
difference:	+1	+7.5	+9.6	+1.3	+4.4	+5.7	+1.7	+0.4	+0.4	-0.2	-0.4	+2.3	+6.5	+.043				+2.8	+3.2	+.016
Earl Monroe	76	31.2	17.8	0.6	1.8	2.4	4.8	0.8	0.3	2.4	2.5	7.3	14.8	.495	-	-	-	3.2	3.8	.832
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Earl Monroe	6	24.2	9.8	0.2	0.7	0.8	2.8	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.5	4.0	10.3	.387	-	-	-	1.8	3.0	.611

Season 12
	Carmelo Anthony	Earl Monroe
Season	2014-15	1978-79
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	40	35.7	24.2	1.8	4.8	6.6	3.1	1.0	0.4	2.2	2.2	9.0	20.2	.444	1.5	4.5	.341	4.7	5.9	.797
difference:	+24	+13.9	+11.9	+1.4	+4.0	+5.4	+0.1	+0.2	+0.3	-0.7	-0.3	+3.9	+9.3	+.027				+2.7	+3.5	+.041
Earl Monroe	64	21.8	12.3	0.4	0.8	1.2	3.0	0.8	0.1	1.5	1.9	5.1	10.9	.471	-	-	-	2.0	2.4	.838
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Carmelo Anthony nor Earl Monroe played in the postseason in their season 12

Season 13
	Carmelo Anthony	Earl Monroe
Season	2015-16	1979-80
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	72	35.1	21.8	1.4	6.4	7.7	4.2	0.9	0.5	2.4	2.5	7.9	18.2	.434	1.5	4.3	.339	4.6	5.6	.829
difference:	+21	+22.7	+14.4	+1.1	+6.0	+7.0	+2.9	+0.5	+0.4	-1.9	-1.6	+4.7	+11.3	+.023	+1.5	+4.3		+3.5	+4.3	+.046
Earl Monroe	51	12.4	7.4	0.3	0.4	0.7	1.3	0.4	0.1	0.5	0.9	3.2	6.9	.457	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.3	.875
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Carmelo Anthony nor Earl Monroe played in the postseason in their season 13

Additional Years
* Carmelo Anthony played 6 seasons more than Earl Monroe in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 14 to 19, from 2017 to 2022—Carmelo Anthony played in 3 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Earl Monroe, Carmelo Anthony got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game