Earl Monroe vs. Andrew Nembhard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Andrew Nembhard and Earl Monroe, 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.

Earl Monroe played 13 years in the NBA, 9 more than Andrew Nembhard, who played 4. Earl Monroe had the first of his seasons in 1967-68, while Andrew Nembhard had his rookie season in 2022-23. 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
	Earl Monroe	Andrew Nembhard
Season	1967-68	2022-23
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Earl Monroe	82	36.7	24.3	-	-	5.7	4.3	-	-	-	3.4	9.0	20.0	.453	-	-	-	6.2	7.9	.781
difference:	+7	+9.0	+14.8			+3.0	+0.2				-1.0	+5.2	+11.4	+.012				+5.5	+7.1	+.009
Andrew Nembhard	75	27.7	9.5	0.5	2.2	2.7	4.5	0.9	0.2	1.7	2.4	3.8	8.6	.441	1.2	3.5	.350	0.7	0.8	.790
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Earl Monroe nor Andrew Nembhard played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Earl Monroe	Andrew Nembhard
Season	1968-69	2023-24
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Div Semis	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
Earl Monroe	80	38.4	25.8	-	-	3.5	4.9	-	-	-	3.3	10.1	23.0	.440	-	-	-	5.6	7.3	.768
difference:	+12	+13.4	+16.6			+1.4	+0.8				-1.2	+6.3	+15.3	+.058				+4.9	+6.5	+.036
Andrew Nembhard	68	25.0	9.2	0.5	1.5	2.1	4.1	0.9	0.1	1.5	2.1	3.8	7.7	.498	0.9	2.5	.357	0.7	0.8	.804
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Monroe	4	42.8	28.3	-	-	5.3	4.0	-	-	-	2.5	11.0	28.5	.386	-	-	-	6.3	7.8	.806
difference:	+13	+10.2	+13.4			+2.0	+1.5				-0.8	+5.0	+17.8	+.174				+5.1	+6.3	+.037
Andrew Nembhard	17	32.6	14.9	0.8	2.5	3.3	5.5	0.4	0.2	1.4	3.3	6.0	10.7	.560	1.7	3.5	.483	1.2	1.5	.769

Season 4
	Earl Monroe	Andrew Nembhard
Season	1970-71	2025-26
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
Earl Monroe	81	35.1	21.4	-	-	2.6	4.4	-	-	-	2.7	8.2	18.5	.442	-	-	-	5.0	6.2	.802
difference:	+74	+6.5	+3.8			+0.9	+1.7				-0.3	+2.9	+5.2	+.044				+0.1	+0.9	+.171
Andrew Nembhard	7	28.6	17.6	0.3	1.4	1.7	6.1	0.3	0.3	2.4	2.4	5.3	13.3	.398	1.9	5.7	.325	5.1	5.3	.973
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Monroe	18	37.3	22.1	-	-	3.6	4.1	-	-	-	3.1	8.1	19.8	.407	-	-	-	5.9	7.5	.793
Andrew Nembhard	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Earl Monroe played 9 seasons more than Andrew Nembhard in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 13, from 1972 to 1980—Earl Monroe played in 5 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 9 extra years over Andrew Nembhard, Earl Monroe got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Star Game