Giannis Antetokounmpo vs. Monta Ellis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Monta Ellis and Giannis Antetokounmpo, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Stats Rankings / Games against each other

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.

Giannis Antetokounmpo played 13 years in the NBA, 1 more than Monta Ellis, who played 12. Giannis Antetokounmpo had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, while Monta Ellis had his rookie season in 2005-06. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Giannis Antetokounmpo	13	9	2013-14 to 2025-26
Monta Ellis	12	6	2005-06 to 2016-17

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12


Rookie Season
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Monta Ellis
Season	2013-14	2005-06
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	77	24.6	6.8	1.0	3.4	4.4	1.9	0.8	0.8	1.6	2.2	2.2	5.4	.414	0.5	1.5	.347	1.8	2.6	.683
difference:	+28	+6.5		+0.6	+1.7	+2.3	+0.3	+0.1	+0.6	-0.4	-0.8	+0.5	+1.1	+.001	+0.1	+0.2	+.006	+0.9	+1.4	+.029
Monta Ellis	49	18.1	6.8	0.4	1.7	2.1	1.6	0.7	0.2	1.2	1.4	2.7	6.5	.415	0.6	1.7	.341	0.9	1.2	.712

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Giannis Antetokounmpo nor Monta Ellis played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Monta Ellis
Season	2014-15	2006-07
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	Most Improved Player
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	81	31.4	12.7	1.2	5.5	6.7	2.6	0.9	1.0	2.1	3.1	4.7	9.6	.491	0.1	0.5	.159	3.2	4.3	.741
difference:	+4	+2.9	+3.8	+0.4	+3.1	+3.5	+1.5	+0.8	+0.7	-0.8	-0.4	+1.5	+3.5	+.016	+0.4	+1.4	+.114	+0.3	+0.3	+.022
Monta Ellis	77	34.3	16.5	0.8	2.4	3.2	4.1	1.7	0.3	2.9	2.7	6.2	13.1	.475	0.5	1.9	.273	3.5	4.6	.763

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	6	33.5	11.5	2.0	5.0	7.0	2.7	0.5	1.5	1.8	3.0	4.3	11.8	.366	0.0	0.2	.000	2.8	3.8	.739
difference:	+5	+11.9	+3.5	+1.3	+3.5	+4.7	+1.8	+0.4	+1.3		-0.9	+1.4	+4.3	+.024	+0.1	+0.6	+.111	+0.7	+1.3	+.082
Monta Ellis	11	21.6	8.0	0.7	1.5	2.3	0.9	0.9	0.2	1.8	2.1	2.9	7.5	.390	0.1	0.8	.111	2.1	2.5	.821


Season 3
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Monta Ellis
Season	2015-16	2007-08
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	80	35.3	16.9	1.4	6.2	7.7	4.3	1.2	1.4	2.6	3.2	6.4	12.7	.506	0.4	1.4	.257	3.7	5.1	.724
difference:	+1	+2.6	+3.3	+0.2	+2.9	+2.7	+0.4	+0.3	+1.1	-0.5	-0.8	+1.6	+2.4	+.025	+0.3	+0.8	+.026	+0.3		+.043
Monta Ellis	81	37.9	20.2	1.6	3.3	5.0	3.9	1.5	0.3	2.1	2.4	8.0	15.1	.531	0.1	0.6	.231	4.0	5.1	.767

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Giannis Antetokounmpo nor Monta Ellis played in the postseason in their season 3


Season 4
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Monta Ellis
Season	2016-17	2008-09
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	80	35.6	22.9	1.8	7.0	8.8	5.4	1.6	1.9	2.9	3.1	8.2	15.7	.521	0.6	2.3	.272	5.9	7.7	.770
difference:	+55	+0.1	+3.9	+1.2	+3.2	+4.5	+1.7		+1.6	-0.2	-0.4	+0.4	+1.5	+.070	+0.3	+1.3	+.036	+2.8	+3.9	+.060
Monta Ellis	25	35.7	19.0	0.6	3.8	4.3	3.7	1.6	0.3	2.7	2.7	7.8	17.2	.451	0.3	1.0	.308	3.1	3.8	.830

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	6	40.5	24.8	1.7	7.8	9.5	4.0	2.2	1.7	3.3	3.5	10.0	18.7	.536	0.7	1.7	.400	4.2	7.7	.543
Monta Ellis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Monta Ellis
Season	2017-18	2009-10
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	75	36.7	26.9	2.1	8.0	10.0	4.8	1.5	1.4	3.0	3.1	9.9	18.7	.529	0.6	1.9	.307	6.5	8.5	.760
difference:	+11	+4.7	+1.4	+1.4	+4.7	+6.0	+0.5	+0.7	+1.0	-0.8	-0.1		+3.3	+.080	+0.6	+1.7	+.031	+1.9	+2.4	+.007
Monta Ellis	64	41.4	25.5	0.7	3.3	4.0	5.3	2.2	0.4	3.8	3.0	9.9	22.0	.449	1.2	3.6	.338	4.6	6.1	.753

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	7	40.0	25.7	1.1	8.4	9.6	6.3	1.4	0.9	2.4	4.0	9.9	17.3	.570	0.6	2.0	.286	5.4	7.9	.691
Monta Ellis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Monta Ellis
Season	2018-19	2010-11
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	72	32.8	27.7	2.2	10.3	12.5	5.9	1.3	1.5	3.7	3.2	10.0	17.3	.578	0.7	2.8	.256	6.9	9.5	.729
difference:	+8	+7.5	+3.6	+1.6	+7.3	+9.0	+0.3	+0.8	+1.2	-0.5	-0.7	+0.9	+2.8	+.127	+1.0	+1.9	+.105	+2.6	+4.1	+.060
Monta Ellis	80	40.3	24.1	0.6	3.0	3.5	5.6	2.1	0.3	3.2	2.5	9.1	20.1	.451	1.7	4.7	.361	4.3	5.4	.789

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	15	34.3	25.5	2.4	9.8	12.2	4.9	1.2	2.0	3.3	3.2	8.6	17.4	.494	1.2	3.7	.327	7.1	11.2	.637
Monta Ellis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Monta Ellis
Season	2019-20	2011-12
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Golden State Warriors, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	63	30.4	29.5	2.2	11.4	13.6	5.6	1.0	1.0	3.7	3.1	10.9	19.7	.553	1.4	4.7	.304	6.3	10.0	.633
difference:	+5	+6.2	+9.1	+1.9	+8.3	+10.2	+0.4	+0.5	+0.7	-0.6	-0.8	+3.1	+1.8	+.120	+0.3	+1.2	+.004	+2.5	+5.3	+.163
Monta Ellis	58	36.6	20.4	0.3	3.1	3.4	6.0	1.5	0.3	3.1	2.3	7.8	17.9	.433	1.1	3.5	.308	3.8	4.7	.796

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	9	30.8	26.7	3.0	10.8	13.8	5.7	0.7	0.9	3.3	3.4	10.0	17.9	.559	1.4	4.4	.325	5.2	9.0	.580
Monta Ellis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Monta Ellis
Season	2020-21	2012-13
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	61	33.0	28.1	1.6	9.4	11.0	5.9	1.2	1.2	3.4	2.8	10.3	18.0	.569	1.1	3.6	.303	6.5	9.5	.685
difference:	+21	+4.5	+8.9	+1.1	+6.1	+7.1	+0.1	+0.9	+0.8	-0.3	-0.8	+3.0	+0.5	+.153		+0.4	+.016	+3.0	+4.9	+.088
Monta Ellis	82	37.5	19.2	0.5	3.3	3.9	6.0	2.1	0.4	3.1	2.0	7.3	17.5	.416	1.1	4.0	.287	3.5	4.6	.773

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	21	38.1	30.2	2.8	10.0	12.8	5.1	1.0	1.2	3.0	2.9	11.9	20.9	.569	0.6	3.3	.186	5.8	9.8	.587
difference:	+17	+0.1	+15.9	+2.3	+7.2	+9.5	+0.4	+1.5	+0.9	-0.5	-0.9	+5.9	+7.1	+.133	+0.2	+1.5	+.028	+4.3	+5.8	+.212
Monta Ellis	4	38.0	14.3	0.5	2.8	3.3	5.5	2.5	0.3	3.5	2.0	6.0	13.8	.436	0.8	4.8	.158	1.5	4.0	.375


Season 9
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Monta Ellis
Season	2021-22	2013-14
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	67	32.9	29.9	2.0	9.6	11.6	5.8	1.1	1.4	3.3	3.2	10.3	18.6	.553	1.1	3.6	.293	8.3	11.4	.722
difference:	+15	+4.0	+10.9	+1.5	+6.5	+8.0	+0.1	+0.6	+1.1	-0.1	-0.8	+3.3	+3.0	+.102	+0.3	+1.1	+.037	+4.2	+6.2	+.066
Monta Ellis	82	36.9	19.0	0.5	3.1	3.6	5.7	1.7	0.3	3.2	2.4	7.0	15.6	.451	0.8	2.5	.330	4.1	5.2	.788

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	12	37.3	31.7	2.2	12.0	14.2	6.8	0.7	1.3	4.5	3.6	11.7	23.8	.491	0.8	3.4	.220	7.6	11.2	.679
difference:	+5	+1.7	+11.3	+1.3	+10.4	+11.8	+3.9	+0.6	+1.2	-2.4	-0.9	+4.3	+5.7	+.082	+0.9	+1.5	+.133	+3.7	+6.8	+.192
Monta Ellis	7	35.6	20.4	0.9	1.6	2.4	2.9	1.3	0.1	2.1	2.7	7.4	18.1	.409	1.7	4.9	.353	3.9	4.4	.871


Season 10
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Monta Ellis
Season	2022-23	2014-15
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	63	32.1	31.1	2.2	9.6	11.8	5.7	0.8	0.8	3.9	3.1	11.2	20.3	.553	0.7	2.7	.275	7.9	12.3	.645
difference:	+17	+1.6	+12.2	+1.8	+7.6	+9.4	+1.6	+1.1	+0.5	-1.4	-0.6	+3.7	+3.4	+.108	+0.3	+0.9	+.010	+5.0	+8.5	+.107
Monta Ellis	80	33.7	18.9	0.4	2.0	2.4	4.1	1.9	0.3	2.5	2.5	7.5	16.9	.445	1.0	3.6	.285	2.9	3.8	.752

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	3	30.3	23.3	2.7	8.3	11.0	5.3	0.3	0.7	4.7	3.0	9.3	17.7	.528	0.0	1.0	.000	4.7	10.3	.452
difference:	+2	+9.1	+2.7	+1.9	+5.9	+7.8	+0.1	+1.7	+0.1	-1.5	-0.6	+1.1	+4.5	+.060	+2.2	+5.0	+.367	+1.7	+6.3	+.298
Monta Ellis	5	39.4	26.0	0.8	2.4	3.2	5.2	2.0	0.6	3.2	3.6	10.4	22.2	.468	2.2	6.0	.367	3.0	4.0	.750


Season 11
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Monta Ellis
Season	2023-24	2015-16
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Cup All-Tournament Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	73	35.2	30.4	2.7	8.8	11.5	6.5	1.2	1.1	3.4	2.9	11.5	18.8	.611	0.5	1.7	.274	7.0	10.7	.657
difference:	+8	+1.4	+16.6	+2.2	+6.0	+8.2	+1.8	+0.7	+0.6	-0.9	-0.8	+6.1	+6.2	+.184	+0.6	+1.8	+.035	+5.0	+8.2	+.129
Monta Ellis	81	33.8	13.8	0.5	2.8	3.3	4.7	1.9	0.5	2.5	2.1	5.4	12.6	.427	1.1	3.5	.309	2.0	2.5	.786

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Monta Ellis	7	32.1	11.6	0.6	3.3	3.9	4.3	2.1	0.0	2.4	2.4	4.7	10.9	.434	1.0	3.0	.333	1.1	1.4	.800


Season 12
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Monta Ellis
Season	2024-25	2016-17
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Cup MVP	-
	Cup All-Tournament Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd
Others	NBA Cup Champion	-

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	67	34.2	30.4	2.2	9.7	11.9	6.5	0.9	1.2	3.1	2.3	11.8	19.7	.601	0.2	0.9	.222	6.5	10.6	.617
difference:	+7	+7.2	+21.9	+1.9	+7.2	+9.1	+3.3	+0.2	+0.8	-1.3	-0.3	+8.5	+12.2	+.158	+0.4	+0.9	+.097	+5.2	+8.9	+.110
Monta Ellis	74	27.0	8.5	0.3	2.5	2.8	3.2	1.1	0.4	1.8	2.0	3.3	7.5	.443	0.6	1.8	.319	1.3	1.7	.727

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	5	37.6	33.0	3.8	11.6	15.4	6.6	1.0	1.0	4.6	2.4	12.0	19.8	.606	0.2	1.0	.200	8.8	12.6	.698
difference:	+1	+18.6	+27.5	+3.5	+9.8	+13.4	+5.3	+0.5	+0.7	-3.6	-1.1	+10.0	+14.8	+.206	+0.3	+1.0	+.050	+7.8	+11.3	+.102
Monta Ellis	4	19.0	5.5	0.3	1.8	2.0	1.3	0.5	0.3	1.0	1.3	2.0	5.0	.400	0.5	2.0	.250	1.0	1.3	.800

Additional Years

* Giannis Antetokounmpo played 1 season more than Monta Ellis in the NBA.

In that period—his season 13 in 2026—Giannis Antetokounmpo didn't play in the postseason.

Giannis Antetokounmpo vs. Monta Ellis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Monta Ellis and Giannis Antetokounmpo, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years