Damon Jones vs. Earl Monroe Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Earl Monroe and Damon Jones, 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.

Damon Jones played 11 years in the NBA, 2 less than Earl Monroe, who played 13. Damon Jones had the first of his seasons in 1998-99, 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 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
	Damon Jones	Earl Monroe
Season	1998-99	1967-68
Team	New Jersey Nets, Boston Celtics	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
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		%
Damon Jones	24	14.3	5.2	0.3	1.6	1.8	1.8	0.5	0.0	0.7	1.0	1.8	5.0	.361	1.0	2.6	.403	0.6	0.7	.824
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		%
Damon Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Earl Monroe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Damon Jones	Earl Monroe
Season	1999-00	1968-69
Team	Golden State Warriors, Dallas Mavericks	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets Lost East Div 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		%
Damon Jones	55	11.1	4.2	0.2	0.8	1.0	1.7	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.6	1.5	3.8	.385	0.7	2.1	.360	0.6	0.9	.667
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		%
Damon Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Earl Monroe	4	42.8	28.3	-	-	5.3	4.0	-	-	-	2.5	11.0	28.5	.386	-	-	-	6.3	7.8	.806

Season 4
	Damon Jones	Earl Monroe
Season	2001-02	1970-71
Team	Detroit Pistons	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Semis	Bullets Lost NBA 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		%
Damon Jones	67	16.2	5.1	0.2	1.3	1.5	2.1	0.3	0.0	0.9	1.2	1.7	4.2	.401	1.0	2.8	.371	0.6	0.9	.729
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		%
Damon Jones	10	18.1	4.3	0.1	2.0	2.1	2.5	0.5	0.0	0.6	1.4	1.6	4.2	.381	0.8	2.7	.296	0.3	0.4	.750
Earl Monroe	18	37.3	22.1	-	-	3.6	4.1	-	-	-	3.1	8.1	19.8	.407	-	-	-	5.9	7.5	.793

Season 6
	Damon Jones	Earl Monroe
Season	2003-04	1972-73
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damon Jones	82	24.6	7.0	0.2	1.9	2.1	5.8	0.4	0.0	1.3	1.1	2.6	6.4	.401	1.2	3.3	.359	0.7	0.9	.764
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		%
Damon Jones	5	29.0	10.0	0.4	3.6	4.0	7.4	1.0	0.0	1.8	2.8	3.6	6.8	.529	2.0	4.2	.476	0.8	1.2	.667
Earl Monroe	16	31.5	16.1	-	-	3.2	3.2	-	-	-	2.4	6.9	13.2	.526	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.750

Season 8
	Damon Jones	Earl Monroe
Season	2005-06	1974-75
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Knicks 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		%
Damon Jones	82	25.5	6.7	0.2	1.5	1.6	2.1	0.5	0.0	0.7	1.4	2.3	6.0	.387	1.7	4.5	.377	0.4	0.6	.640
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		%
Damon Jones	13	13.9	1.8	0.2	1.1	1.2	0.9	0.2	0.0	0.2	1.3	0.6	2.0	.308	0.4	1.4	.278	0.2	0.3	.750
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 10
	Damon Jones	Earl Monroe
Season	2007-08	1976-77
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 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		%
Damon Jones	67	19.9	6.5	0.1	1.0	1.1	1.9	0.3	0.0	0.5	1.0	2.3	5.4	.416	1.7	4.1	.417	0.3	0.4	.714
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		%
Damon Jones	5	5.2	1.2	0.0	0.0	0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.4	2.0	.200	0.4	1.4	.286	0.0	0.0	-
Earl Monroe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-