Earl Monroe vs. Isaac Okoro Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isaac Okoro 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, 7 more than Isaac Okoro, who played 6. Earl Monroe had the first of his seasons in 1967-68, while Isaac Okoro had his rookie season in 2020-21. 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	Isaac Okoro
Season	1967-68	2020-21
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second 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:	+15	+4.3	+14.7			+2.6	+2.4				-0.6	+5.5	+11.7	+.033				+4.5	+5.6	+.055
Isaac Okoro	67	32.4	9.6	1.0	2.1	3.1	1.9	0.9	0.4	1.3	2.8	3.5	8.3	.420	0.9	3.2	.290	1.7	2.3	.726
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Earl Monroe nor Isaac Okoro played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Earl Monroe	Isaac Okoro
Season	1968-69	2021-22
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Div Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+13	+8.8	+17.0			+0.5	+3.1				-0.9	+7.0	+16.6	+.040				+3.8	+5.0
Isaac Okoro	67	29.6	8.8	1.1	1.9	3.0	1.8	0.8	0.3	0.9	2.4	3.1	6.4	.480	0.8	2.3	.350	1.8	2.3	.768
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
Isaac Okoro	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Earl Monroe	Isaac Okoro
Season	1970-71	2023-24
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost NBA Finals	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+12	+7.8	+12.0			+0.4	+2.5				-0.7	+4.8	+11.5	+.048				+3.7	+4.2	+.123
Isaac Okoro	69	27.3	9.4	1.0	2.0	3.0	1.9	0.8	0.5	0.8	2.0	3.4	7.0	.490	1.2	3.1	.391	1.3	2.0	.679
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:	+6	+15.4	+16.6			+1.8	+3.0				-0.6	+6.0	+14.0	+.050				+5.3	+6.7	+.015
Isaac Okoro	12	21.9	5.5	0.4	1.3	1.8	1.1	0.9	0.3	0.9	2.5	2.1	5.8	.357	0.8	2.9	.257	0.6	0.8	.778

Season 6
	Earl Monroe	Isaac Okoro
Season	1972-73	2025-26
Team	New York Knicks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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6th 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	75	31.6	15.5	-	-	3.3	3.8	-	-	-	2.6	6.6	13.5	.488	-	-	-	2.3	2.8	.822
difference:	+70	+9.0	+11.1			+0.7	+2.4				-0.6	+4.8	+7.9	+.167				+2.1	+2.6	+.178
Isaac Okoro	5	22.6	4.4	0.8	1.8	2.6	1.4	0.4	0.4	1.2	3.2	1.8	5.6	.321	0.6	2.6	.231	0.2	0.2	1.000
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
Isaac Okoro	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Earl Monroe played 7 seasons more than Isaac Okoro in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 13, from 1974 to 1980—Earl Monroe played in 3 Playoffs. In those 7 extra years over Isaac Okoro, Earl Monroe got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Star Game