Danny Ainge vs. Earl Monroe Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Earl Monroe and Danny Ainge, 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.

Danny Ainge played 14 years in the NBA, 1 more than Earl Monroe, who played 13. Danny Ainge had the first of his seasons in 1981-82, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Danny Ainge	14	12	1981-82 to 1994-95
Earl Monroe	13	8	1967-68 to 1979-80

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Danny Ainge	Earl Monroe
Season	1981-82	1967-68
Team	Boston Celtics	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Danny Ainge	53	10.6	4.1	0.5	0.6	1.1	1.6	0.7	0.1	1.0	1.6	1.5	4.2	.357	0.1	0.3	.294	1.1	1.2	.862
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		%
Danny Ainge	10	12.9	5.0	0.6	0.7	1.3	1.1	0.2	0.1	1.1	2.1	1.9	4.5	.422	0.2	0.4	.500	1.0	1.3	.769
Earl Monroe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Danny Ainge	Earl Monroe
Season	1982-83	1968-69
Team	Boston Celtics	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Danny Ainge	80	25.6	9.9	1.0	1.6	2.7	3.1	1.4	0.1	1.2	3.2	4.5	9.0	.496	0.1	0.4	.172	0.9	1.2	.742
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		%
Danny Ainge	7	28.7	9.4	0.3	1.7	2.0	3.6	0.7	0.1	0.9	3.4	4.0	10.3	.389	0.3	0.7	.400	1.1	1.6	.727
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
	Danny Ainge	Earl Monroe
Season	1983-84	1969-70
Team	Boston Celtics	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Danny Ainge	71	16.3	5.4	0.4	1.2	1.6	2.3	0.6	0.1	1.0	2.0	2.3	5.1	.460	0.1	0.3	.273	0.6	0.8	.821
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		%
Danny Ainge	19	13.3	4.8	0.2	0.6	0.8	2.0	0.5	0.1	0.7	1.9	2.2	4.7	.456	0.1	0.5	.222	0.4	0.5	.700
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
	Danny Ainge	Earl Monroe
Season	1984-85	1970-71
Team	Boston Celtics	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Danny Ainge	75	34.2	12.9	1.0	2.6	3.6	5.3	1.6	0.1	2.0	3.0	5.6	10.6	.529	0.2	0.7	.268	1.6	1.8	.868
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		%
Danny Ainge	21	32.7	11.0	1.0	1.8	2.8	5.8	1.5	0.0	1.5	3.6	4.6	9.9	.466	0.3	0.8	.438	1.4	1.9	.769
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
	Danny Ainge	Earl Monroe
Season	1985-86	1971-72
Team	Boston Celtics	Baltimore Bullets, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks 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		%
Danny Ainge	80	30.1	10.7	0.6	2.4	2.9	5.1	1.2	0.1	1.6	2.6	4.4	8.8	.504	0.3	0.9	.356	1.5	1.7	.904
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		%
Danny Ainge	18	36.2	15.6	1.2	3.0	4.2	5.2	2.3	0.1	1.7	3.2	5.9	10.7	.554	0.8	1.9	.412	2.9	3.3	.867
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
	Danny Ainge	Earl Monroe
Season	1986-87	1972-73
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Danny Ainge	71	35.2	14.8	0.7	2.7	3.4	5.6	1.4	0.2	2.0	2.7	5.8	11.9	.486	1.2	2.7	.443	2.1	2.3	.897
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		%
Danny Ainge	20	38.1	14.8	0.7	2.0	2.6	4.6	1.2	0.2	2.1	3.1	5.8	11.9	.487	1.6	3.7	.438	1.6	1.8	.861
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
	Danny Ainge	Earl Monroe
Season	1987-88	1973-74
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Knicks Lost East Conf 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		%
Danny Ainge	81	37.3	15.7	0.7	2.3	3.1	6.2	1.4	0.2	1.9	2.5	6.0	12.1	.491	1.8	4.4	.415	2.0	2.2	.878
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		%
Danny Ainge	17	39.4	11.6	0.9	2.2	3.1	6.4	0.5	0.1	2.4	3.8	4.2	10.8	.386	1.1	3.4	.328	2.2	2.5	.881
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
	Danny Ainge	Earl Monroe
Season	1988-89	1974-75
Team	Boston Celtics, Sacramento Kings	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Danny Ainge	73	32.6	17.5	1.0	2.5	3.5	5.5	1.3	0.1	2.0	2.5	6.6	14.4	.457	1.6	4.2	.380	2.8	3.3	.854
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		%
Danny Ainge	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Danny Ainge	Earl Monroe
Season	1989-90	1975-76
Team	Sacramento Kings	New York Knicks
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		%
Danny Ainge	75	36.4	17.9	0.9	3.4	4.3	6.0	1.5	0.2	2.5	3.2	6.7	15.4	.438	1.4	3.9	.374	3.0	3.6	.831
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		%
Danny Ainge	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Earl Monroe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Danny Ainge	Earl Monroe
Season	1990-91	1976-77
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Danny Ainge	80	21.4	11.1	0.6	2.0	2.6	3.6	0.8	0.2	1.3	2.4	4.2	8.9	.472	1.3	3.1	.406	1.4	1.7	.826
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		%
Danny Ainge	16	17.3	8.0	0.1	1.7	1.8	1.9	0.8	0.3	1.5	2.1	2.9	6.6	.448	0.7	2.3	.306	1.4	1.8	.821
Earl Monroe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Danny Ainge	Earl Monroe
Season	1991-92	1977-78
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Danny Ainge	81	19.7	9.7	0.5	1.3	1.8	2.5	0.9	0.2	0.9	1.8	3.7	8.3	.442	1.0	2.8	.339	1.3	1.6	.824
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		%
Danny Ainge	21	21.4	10.6	0.4	1.5	1.9	2.3	0.7	0.0	1.2	2.8	3.9	8.0	.479	1.0	2.5	.404	1.9	2.2	.830
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
	Danny Ainge	Earl Monroe
Season	1992-93	1978-79
Team	Phoenix Suns	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost NBA 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		%
Danny Ainge	80	27.0	11.8	0.6	2.1	2.7	3.3	0.9	0.1	1.4	2.2	4.2	9.1	.462	1.9	4.7	.403	1.5	1.8	.848
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Ainge	24	24.6	8.1	0.8	1.7	2.5	2.3	0.5	0.1	0.9	2.5	2.7	7.1	.376	1.4	3.3	.413	1.4	1.6	.872
Earl Monroe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Danny Ainge	Earl Monroe
Season	1993-94	1979-80
Team	Phoenix Suns	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West 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		%
Danny Ainge	68	22.9	8.9	0.4	1.5	1.9	2.6	0.8	0.1	1.2	2.1	3.3	7.9	.417	1.2	3.6	.328	1.1	1.4	.830
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Ainge	10	23.0	8.6	0.7	1.6	2.3	2.1	0.6	0.1	0.5	2.6	2.7	5.9	.458	1.7	4.0	.425	1.5	2.1	.714
Earl Monroe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Danny Ainge	Earl Monroe
Season	1994-95	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Danny Ainge	74	18.6	7.7	0.3	1.1	1.5	2.8	0.6	0.1	1.1	2.1	2.6	5.7	.460	1.1	2.9	.364	1.4	1.8	.808
Earl Monroe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Ainge	10	13.7	6.0	0.2	0.8	1.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.6	1.5	1.9	3.8	.500	1.2	2.6	.462	1.0	1.1	.909
Earl Monroe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Danny Ainge vs. Earl Monroe Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Earl Monroe and Danny Ainge, 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

Season 13

Season 14