Earl Monroe vs. Obi Toppin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Obi Toppin 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 Obi Toppin, who played 6. Earl Monroe had the first of his seasons in 1967-68, while Obi Toppin 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	Obi Toppin
Season	1967-68	2020-21
Team	Baltimore Bullets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+20	+25.7	+20.2			+3.5	+3.8				-2.5	+7.3	+16.6	+.045				+5.9	+7.5	+.050
Obi Toppin	62	11.0	4.1	0.4	1.8	2.2	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.9	1.7	3.4	.498	0.4	1.4	.306	0.3	0.4	.731
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Monroe	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Obi Toppin	5	13.0	6.4	0.8	1.8	2.6	0.4	0.0	0.2	0.6	1.2	2.4	4.6	.522	0.6	1.8	.333	1.0	1.2	.833

Season 2
	Earl Monroe	Obi Toppin
Season	1968-69	2021-22
Team	Baltimore Bullets	New York Knicks
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:	+8	+21.3	+16.8			+0.2	+3.8				-1.9	+6.6	+16.4	+.091				+4.3	+5.6	+.010
Obi Toppin	72	17.1	9.0	1.0	2.8	3.7	1.1	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.4	3.5	6.6	.531	0.7	2.3	.308	1.3	1.7	.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
Obi Toppin	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Earl Monroe	Obi Toppin
Season	1970-71	2023-24
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost NBA Finals	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+1	+14.0	+11.1			+1.3	+2.8				-1.0	+4.2	+11.4	+.131				+4.1	+5.0	+.032
Obi Toppin	82	21.1	10.3	1.0	2.9	3.9	1.6	0.6	0.5	0.8	1.7	4.0	7.1	.573	1.2	3.1	.403	0.9	1.2	.770
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:	+1	+17.1	+11.2			+0.8	+2.4				-1.9	+3.8	+11.9	+.134				+4.8	+6.0	+.033
Obi Toppin	17	20.2	10.9	0.6	3.8	4.4	1.7	0.4	0.4	0.8	1.2	4.3	7.9	.541	1.2	3.3	.357	1.1	1.5	.760

Season 6
	Earl Monroe	Obi Toppin
Season	1972-73	2025-26
Team	New York Knicks	Indiana Pacers
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:	+72	+4.3	+1.5			+3.4	+2.1				-0.3	+1.6	+1.5	+.071				+0.7	+0.2	+.178
Obi Toppin	3	27.3	14.0	1.0	5.7	6.7	1.7	1.0	0.0	2.0	2.3	5.0	12.0	.417	1.0	5.7	.176	3.0	3.0	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
Obi Toppin	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Earl Monroe played 7 seasons more than Obi Toppin 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 Obi Toppin, Earl Monroe got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Star Game