Earl Monroe vs. Austin Reaves Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Austin Reaves 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, 8 more than Austin Reaves, who played 5. Earl Monroe had the first of his seasons in 1967-68, while Austin Reaves had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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	Austin Reaves
Season	1967-68	2021-22
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Los Angeles Lakers
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:	+21	+13.5	+17.0			+2.5	+2.5				-2.0	+6.6	+14.8	+.006				+4.6	+6.0	+.058
Austin Reaves	61	23.2	7.3	0.7	2.4	3.2	1.8	0.5	0.3	0.7	1.4	2.4	5.2	.459	0.9	2.7	.317	1.6	1.9	.839
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Earl Monroe nor Austin Reaves played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Earl Monroe	Austin Reaves
Season	1968-69	2022-23
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Div Semis	Lakers Lost West 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:	+16	+9.6	+12.8			+0.5	+1.5				-1.6	+6.1	+15.3	+.089				+2.0	+3.2	+.096
Austin Reaves	64	28.8	13.0	0.5	2.5	3.0	3.4	0.5	0.3	1.5	1.7	4.0	7.7	.529	1.3	3.4	.398	3.6	4.1	.864
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:	+12	+6.6	+11.4			+0.9	+0.6				-0.1	+5.4	+16.4	+.078				+3.1	+4.2	+.089
Austin Reaves	16	36.2	16.9	1.3	3.2	4.4	4.6	0.6	0.2	1.6	2.4	5.6	12.1	.464	2.4	5.5	.443	3.2	3.6	.895

Season 3
	Earl Monroe	Austin Reaves
Season	1969-70	2023-24
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Div Semis	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd
Others	-	NBA Cup Champion

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3rd 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	37.2	23.4	-	-	3.1	4.9	-	-	-	3.1	8.5	19.0	.446	-	-	-	6.5	7.8	.830
difference:		+5.1	+7.5			+1.2	+0.6				-1.2	+2.9	+7.5	+.040				+3.7	+4.5	+.023
Austin Reaves	82	32.1	15.9	0.7	3.6	4.3	5.5	0.8	0.3	2.1	1.9	5.6	11.5	.486	1.9	5.1	.367	2.8	3.3	.853
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Monroe	7	42.7	28.0	-	-	3.3	4.0	-	-	-	3.3	10.6	22.0	.481	-	-	-	6.9	8.6	.800
difference:	+2	+7.9	+11.2			+0.5	+0.4				-1.7	+4.6	+9.4	+.005				+3.5	+4.8	+.095
Austin Reaves	5	34.8	16.8	1.0	2.8	3.8	3.6	1.4	0.6	0.8	1.6	6.0	12.6	.476	1.4	5.2	.269	3.4	3.8	.895

Season 4
	Earl Monroe	Austin Reaves
Season	1970-71	2024-25
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost NBA Finals	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+8	+0.2	+1.2			+1.9	+1.4				-0.6	+1.7	+4.3	+.018				+0.6	+1.2	+.075
Austin Reaves	73	34.9	20.2	0.8	3.7	4.5	5.8	1.1	0.3	2.4	2.1	6.5	14.2	.460	2.7	7.3	.377	4.4	5.0	.877
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
difference:	+13	+1.9	+5.9			+1.8	+0.5				-0.5	+2.1	+5.2	+.004				+4.7	+6.1	+.064
Austin Reaves	5	39.2	16.2	0.8	4.6	5.4	3.6	0.2	0.6	2.8	3.6	6.0	14.6	.411	3.0	9.4	.319	1.2	1.4	.857

Additional Years
* Earl Monroe played 8 seasons more than Austin Reaves in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 13, from 1973 to 1980—Earl Monroe played in 4 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 8 extra years over Austin Reaves, Earl Monroe got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Star Game