Earl Monroe vs. Victor Wembanyama Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Victor Wembanyama 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, 11 more than Victor Wembanyama, who played 2. Earl Monroe had the first of his seasons in 1967-68, while Victor Wembanyama 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	Victor Wembanyama
Season	1967-68	2023-24
Team	Baltimore Bullets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	Rookie of the Year	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	-	Blocks Leader
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:	+11	+7.0	+2.9			+4.9	+0.4				-1.2	+1.2	+3.3	+.012				+2.1	+2.7	+.015
Victor Wembanyama	71	29.7	21.4	2.3	8.4	10.6	3.9	1.2	3.6	3.7	2.2	7.8	16.7	.465	1.8	5.5	.325	4.1	5.2	.796
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Earl Monroe nor Victor Wembanyama played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Earl Monroe	Victor Wembanyama
Season	1968-69	2024-25
Team	Baltimore Bullets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	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:	+34	+5.2	+1.5			+7.5	+1.2				-1.0	+1.2	+4.4	+.036				+2.2	+3.2	+.068
Victor Wembanyama	46	33.2	24.3	1.8	9.2	11.0	3.7	1.1	3.8	3.2	2.3	8.9	18.6	.476	3.1	8.8	.352	3.4	4.1	.836
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
Victor Wembanyama	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Earl Monroe played 11 seasons more than Victor Wembanyama in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 13, from 1970 to 1980—Earl Monroe played in 7 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 11 extra years over Victor Wembanyama, Earl Monroe got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-Star Game