Darrell Griffith vs. Earl Monroe Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Earl Monroe and Darrell Griffith, 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.

Darrell Griffith played 10 years in the NBA, 3 less than Earl Monroe, who played 13. Darrell Griffith had the first of his seasons in 1980-81, 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
	Darrell Griffith	Earl Monroe
Season	1980-81	1967-68
Team	Utah Jazz	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	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		%
Darrell Griffith	81	35.4	20.6	1.0	2.6	3.6	2.4	1.3	0.5	2.9	2.7	8.8	19.1	.464	0.1	0.6	.192	2.8	4.0	.716
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		%
Darrell Griffith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Earl Monroe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Darrell Griffith	Earl Monroe
Season	1981-82	1968-69
Team	Utah Jazz	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		%
Darrell Griffith	80	32.5	19.8	1.6	2.2	3.8	2.3	1.2	0.4	2.4	2.7	8.6	17.9	.482	0.2	0.7	.288	2.4	3.4	.697
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		%
Darrell Griffith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Darrell Griffith	Earl Monroe
Season	1983-84	1970-71
Team	Utah Jazz	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West 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		%
Darrell Griffith	82	32.3	20.0	1.2	3.0	4.1	3.5	1.4	0.3	3.0	2.5	8.5	17.4	.490	1.1	3.1	.361	1.8	2.6	.696
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		%
Darrell Griffith	11	37.9	19.2	1.5	4.5	5.9	3.7	1.7	0.2	2.8	2.2	7.4	16.6	.443	1.5	4.1	.356	3.0	4.4	.688
Earl Monroe	18	37.3	22.1	-	-	3.6	4.1	-	-	-	3.1	8.1	19.8	.407	-	-	-	5.9	7.5	.793

Note: Darrell Griffith didn't play in 1985-86.

Season 6
	Darrell Griffith	Earl Monroe
Season	1986-87	1972-73
Team	Utah Jazz	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Darrell Griffith	76	24.3	15.0	1.1	1.9	3.0	1.7	1.3	0.4	1.8	2.2	6.1	13.7	.446	0.9	2.6	.335	2.0	2.8	.703
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		%
Darrell Griffith	5	20.8	13.6	1.0	1.4	2.4	1.6	1.2	0.4	2.4	1.0	4.8	13.0	.369	1.2	3.0	.400	2.8	3.8	.737
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
	Darrell Griffith	Earl Monroe
Season	1988-89	1974-75
Team	Utah Jazz	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Darrell Griffith	82	29.0	13.8	0.9	3.1	4.0	1.6	1.0	0.3	1.7	2.1	5.7	12.7	.446	0.7	2.4	.311	1.7	2.2	.780
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		%
Darrell Griffith	3	23.7	15.3	1.0	3.0	4.0	0.0	1.3	0.3	1.7	2.3	6.7	16.3	.408	2.0	6.3	.316	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Darrell Griffith	Earl Monroe
Season	1990-91	1976-77
Team	Utah Jazz	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Darrell Griffith	75	13.4	5.7	0.2	1.0	1.2	0.5	0.6	0.1	0.6	1.3	2.3	5.9	.391	0.6	1.8	.348	0.5	0.6	.756
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		%
Darrell Griffith	3	3.0	3.3	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.7	2.3	.714	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Earl Monroe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-