Earl Monroe vs. Charles Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Charles Smith 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, 4 more than Charles Smith, who played 9. Earl Monroe had the first of his seasons in 1967-68, while Charles Smith had his rookie season in 1988-89. 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
	Earl Monroe	Charles Smith
Season	1967-68	1988-89
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Los Angeles Clippers
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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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
Charles Smith	71	30.4	16.3	2.4	4.1	6.5	1.5	1.0	1.3	2.1	3.8	6.1	12.4	.495	0.0	0.0	.000	4.0	5.5	.725
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Monroe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Charles Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Earl Monroe	Charles Smith
Season	1968-69	1989-90
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Div 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		%
Earl Monroe	80	38.4	25.8	-	-	3.5	4.9	-	-	-	3.3	10.1	23.0	.440	-	-	-	5.6	7.3	.768
Charles Smith	78	35.0	21.1	2.3	4.4	6.7	1.5	1.1	1.5	2.1	3.8	7.6	14.7	.520	0.0	0.2	.083	5.8	7.3	.794
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
Charles Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Earl Monroe	Charles Smith
Season	1970-71	1991-92
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost NBA Finals	Clippers Lost West 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		%
Earl Monroe	81	35.1	21.4	-	-	2.6	4.4	-	-	-	2.7	8.2	18.5	.442	-	-	-	5.0	6.2	.802
Charles Smith	49	26.7	14.6	1.9	4.2	6.1	1.1	0.8	2.0	1.4	3.2	5.1	11.0	.466	0.0	0.1	.000	4.3	5.5	.785
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
Charles Smith	5	29.6	11.6	2.0	3.6	5.6	1.8	0.8	2.4	2.0	4.8	4.4	11.2	.393	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	3.0	.933

Season 6
	Earl Monroe	Charles Smith
Season	1972-73	1993-94
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks 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		%
Earl Monroe	75	31.6	15.5	-	-	3.3	3.8	-	-	-	2.6	6.6	13.5	.488	-	-	-	2.3	2.8	.822
Charles Smith	43	25.7	10.4	1.5	2.3	3.8	1.2	0.6	1.0	1.5	3.3	4.1	9.2	.443	0.2	0.4	.500	2.0	2.8	.719
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Monroe	16	31.5	16.1	-	-	3.2	3.2	-	-	-	2.4	6.9	13.2	.526	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.750
Charles Smith	25	24.5	8.8	1.4	2.4	3.8	1.0	0.5	1.0	1.3	3.7	3.4	7.1	.480	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	2.8	.729

Season 8
	Earl Monroe	Charles Smith
Season	1974-75	1995-96
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks, San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost West Conf 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		%
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
Charles Smith	73	23.5	8.3	1.8	3.1	5.0	0.9	0.7	1.1	1.5	3.1	3.3	7.9	.422	0.0	0.2	.133	1.6	2.2	.730
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Charles Smith	10	16.5	5.1	1.1	2.6	3.7	1.0	0.7	1.0	0.8	2.8	2.4	4.8	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.8	.375

Season 10
	Earl Monroe	Charles Smith
Season	1976-77	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	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		%
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
Charles Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Monroe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Charles Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-