Earl Monroe vs. Latrell Sprewell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Latrell Sprewell 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 and Latrell Sprewell both played 13 years in the NBA. Earl Monroe had the first of his seasons in 1967-68, while Latrell Sprewell had his rookie season in 1992-93. 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	Latrell Sprewell
Season	1967-68	1992-93
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Golden State Warriors
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:	+5	+1.1	+8.9			+2.2	+0.5				-1.2	+3.2	+7.4	+.011				+3.5	+4.2	+.035
Latrell Sprewell	77	35.6	15.4	1.0	2.5	3.5	3.8	1.6	0.7	2.6	2.2	5.8	12.6	.464	0.9	2.6	.369	2.7	3.7	.746
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Earl Monroe nor Latrell Sprewell played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Earl Monroe	Latrell Sprewell
Season	1968-69	1993-94
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Div Semis	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+2	+4.7	+4.8			+1.4	+0.2				-1.4	+2.6	+5.7	+.007				+1.3	+1.7	+.006
Latrell Sprewell	82	43.1	21.0	1.0	3.9	4.9	4.7	2.2	0.9	2.8	1.9	7.5	17.3	.433	1.7	4.8	.361	4.3	5.6	.774
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:	+1	+2.1	+5.6			+2.3	+3.0				-2.5	+2.3	+8.5	+.047				+3.6	+3.8	+.139
Latrell Sprewell	3	40.7	22.7	0.3	2.7	3.0	7.0	0.7	1.0	3.0	5.0	8.7	20.0	.433	2.7	7.7	.348	2.7	4.0	.667

Season 3
	Earl Monroe	Latrell Sprewell
Season	1969-70	1994-95
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Div Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+13	+3.0	+2.8			+0.6	+0.9				-1.5	+1.4	+2.0	+.028				+1.4	+1.3	+.049
Latrell Sprewell	69	40.2	20.6	0.8	2.9	3.7	4.0	1.6	0.7	3.3	1.6	7.1	17.0	.418	1.3	4.7	.276	5.1	6.5	.781
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
Latrell Sprewell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Earl Monroe	Latrell Sprewell
Season	1970-71	1995-96
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Golden State Warriors
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:	+3	+4.2	+2.5			+2.3	+0.2				-0.8	+1.6	+3.1	+.014				+0.5	+0.5	+.013
Latrell Sprewell	78	39.3	18.9	1.6	3.3	4.9	4.2	1.6	0.6	2.8	1.9	6.6	15.4	.428	1.2	3.6	.323	4.5	5.7	.789
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
Latrell Sprewell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Earl Monroe	Latrell Sprewell
Season	1971-72	1996-97
Team	Baltimore Bullets, New York Knicks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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5th 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	63	21.2	11.9	-	-	1.6	2.3	-	-	-	2.2	4.6	10.5	.434	-	-	-	2.8	3.6	.781
difference:	+17	+20.7	+12.3			+3.0	+4.0				-0.3	+3.5	+7.6	+.015				+3.4	+3.7	+.062
Latrell Sprewell	80	41.9	24.2	0.7	3.9	4.6	6.3	1.7	0.6	4.0	1.9	8.1	18.1	.449	1.8	5.2	.354	6.2	7.3	.843
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Monroe	16	26.8	12.3	-	-	2.8	2.9	-	-	-	2.6	4.8	11.6	.411	-	-	-	2.8	3.6	.789
Latrell Sprewell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Earl Monroe	Latrell Sprewell
Season	1972-73	1997-98
Team	New York Knicks	Golden State Warriors
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:	+61	+7.5	+5.9			+0.3	+1.1				-0.7	+1.3	+6.3	+.091				+2.7	+3.9	+.077
Latrell Sprewell	14	39.1	21.4	0.5	3.1	3.6	4.9	1.4	0.4	3.1	1.9	7.9	19.8	.397	0.6	3.4	.188	5.0	6.7	.745
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
Latrell Sprewell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Earl Monroe	Latrell Sprewell
Season	1974-75	1999-00
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals

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8th 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	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
difference:	+4	+3.9	+2.3	+0.1	+0.2	+0.1	+0.5	+0.1	+0.1		-0.4	+1.7	+2.8	+.022				+0.4	+0.2	+.039
Latrell Sprewell	82	40.0	18.6	0.6	3.7	4.3	4.0	1.3	0.3	2.8	2.2	6.9	15.9	.435	0.5	1.5	.346	4.2	4.8	.866
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
difference:	+13	+14.1	+4.7	+0.5	+0.9	+1.4	+1.6	+0.2	+0.4		-0.2	+2.9	+1.6	+.147				+1.7	+1.8	+.034
Latrell Sprewell	16	43.8	18.7	0.8	3.6	4.4	3.6	1.1	0.3	2.3	1.8	6.9	16.6	.414	0.6	1.9	.333	4.3	5.5	.784

Season 9
	Earl Monroe	Latrell Sprewell
Season	1975-76	2000-01
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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9th 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	76	38.0	20.7	0.6	3.0	3.6	4.0	1.5	0.3	-	2.8	8.5	17.8	.478	-	-	-	3.7	4.7	.787
difference:	+1	+1.2	+3.0		+0.9	+0.9	+0.5	+0.1	+0.1		-0.7	+1.7	+2.0	+.048				+0.1	+0.1	+.004
Latrell Sprewell	77	39.2	17.7	0.6	3.9	4.5	3.5	1.4	0.4	2.8	2.1	6.8	15.8	.430	0.5	1.8	.304	3.6	4.6	.783
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Monroe	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Latrell Sprewell	5	42.4	18.4	0.6	2.4	3.0	3.4	1.0	0.2	4.0	3.4	7.0	17.2	.407	0.6	2.8	.214	3.8	5.0	.760

Season 10
	Earl Monroe	Latrell Sprewell
Season	1976-77	2001-02
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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10th 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	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
difference:	+4	+6.6	+0.5	+0.1	+0.7	+0.8	+0.9		+0.1		-0.6	+0.9	+2.1	+.113				+0.5	+0.5	+.018
Latrell Sprewell	81	41.1	19.4	0.7	3.0	3.7	3.9	1.2	0.2	2.8	2.0	7.1	17.5	.404	1.8	5.0	.360	3.5	4.3	.821
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Earl Monroe nor Latrell Sprewell played in the postseason in their season 10