Dante Cunningham vs. Earl Monroe Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Earl Monroe and Dante Cunningham, 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.

Dante Cunningham played 10 years in the NBA, 3 less than Earl Monroe, who played 13. Dante Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13
Rookie Season
	Dante Cunningham	Earl Monroe
Season	2009-10	1967-68
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Dante Cunningham	63	11.2	3.9	0.9	1.7	2.5	0.2	0.4	0.3	0.2	1.5	1.7	3.4	.495	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.8	.646
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		%
Dante Cunningham	5	8.4	4.6	1.0	1.6	2.6	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.6	2.0	1.8	3.0	.600	0.0	0.2	.000	1.0	1.2	.833
Earl Monroe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Dante Cunningham	Earl Monroe
Season	2010-11	1968-69
Team	Portland Trail Blazers, Charlotte Bobcats	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		%
Dante Cunningham	78	21.0	6.2	1.2	2.3	3.6	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.7	2.3	2.8	6.1	.462	0.0	0.2	.077	0.6	0.8	.726
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		%
Dante Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Dante Cunningham	Earl Monroe
Season	2012-13	1970-71
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Dante Cunningham	80	25.1	8.7	1.8	3.3	5.1	0.8	1.1	0.5	0.7	1.9	3.9	8.4	.468	0.0	0.1	.000	0.8	1.3	.650
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		%
Dante Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Dante Cunningham	Earl Monroe
Season	2014-15	1972-73
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West 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		%
Dante Cunningham	66	25.0	5.2	1.1	2.8	3.9	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.5	1.5	2.3	5.1	.457	0.0	0.2	.100	0.4	0.7	.617
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		%
Dante Cunningham	4	18.8	5.3	1.0	3.5	4.5	0.5	0.8	1.0	0.0	1.8	2.3	2.8	.818	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	0.8	1.000
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
	Dante Cunningham	Earl Monroe
Season	2016-17	1974-75
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	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		%
Dante Cunningham	66	25.0	6.6	0.8	3.3	4.2	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.4	1.5	2.6	5.4	.485	1.1	2.7	.392	0.2	0.4	.593
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		%
Dante Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Dante Cunningham	Earl Monroe
Season	2018-19	1976-77
Team	San Antonio Spurs	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Dante Cunningham	64	14.5	3.0	0.8	2.2	2.9	0.8	0.4	0.2	0.3	1.1	1.2	2.5	.475	0.5	1.0	.462	0.2	0.3	.778
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		%
Dante Cunningham	5	2.6	1.2	0.4	0.8	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.6	.667	0.4	0.4	1.000	0.0	0.0	-
Earl Monroe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-