Earl Monroe vs. Brandin Podziemski Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brandin Podziemski 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, 10 more than Brandin Podziemski, who played 3. Earl Monroe had the first of his seasons in 1967-68, while Brandin Podziemski had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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	Brandin Podziemski
Season	1967-68	2023-24
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	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:	+8	+10.1	+15.1			+0.1	+0.6				-1.8	+5.3	+11.9	+.001				+5.5	+6.8	+.148
Brandin Podziemski	74	26.6	9.2	1.6	4.2	5.8	3.7	0.8	0.2	1.2	1.6	3.7	8.1	.454	1.2	3.2	.385	0.7	1.1	.633
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Earl Monroe nor Brandin Podziemski played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Earl Monroe	Brandin Podziemski
Season	1968-69	2024-25
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Div Semis	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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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	+11.6	+14.1			+1.6	+1.5				-1.8	+5.7	+13.2	+.005				+4.5	+5.8	+.010
Brandin Podziemski	64	26.8	11.7	1.0	4.1	5.1	3.4	1.1	0.2	1.2	1.5	4.4	9.8	.445	1.8	4.8	.372	1.1	1.5	.758
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:	+8	+10.7	+17.0			+0.3	+0.9				-1.0	+7.0	+17.5	+.022				+4.9	+5.8	+.098
Brandin Podziemski	12	32.1	11.3	1.3	3.7	5.0	3.1	1.3	0.2	1.5	1.5	4.0	11.0	.364	1.8	5.6	.328	1.4	2.0	.708

Additional Years
* Earl Monroe played 10 seasons more than Brandin Podziemski in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 13, from 1971 to 1980—Earl Monroe played in 6 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 10 extra years over Brandin Podziemski, Earl Monroe got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-Star Game