Jack Coleman vs. Earl Monroe Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Earl Monroe and Jack Coleman, 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.

Jack Coleman played 9 years in the NBA, 4 less than Earl Monroe, who played 13. Jack Coleman had the first of his seasons in 1949-50, while Earl Monroe had his rookie season in 1967-68. 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jack Coleman	Earl Monroe
Season	1949-50	1967-68
Team	Rochester Royals	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Royals Lost Cent Div Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jack Coleman	68	-	8.7	-	-	-	2.3	-	-	-	3.3	3.7	9.8	.377	-	-	-	1.3	1.8	.744
Earl Monroe	82	36.7	24.3	-	-	5.7	4.3	-	-	-	3.4	9.0	20.0	.453	-	-	-	6.2	7.9	.781
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jack Coleman	2	-	7.5	-	-	-	2.0	-	-	-	4.0	3.5	10.0	.350	-	-	-	0.5	0.5	1.000
Earl Monroe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Jack Coleman	Earl Monroe
Season	1950-51	1968-69
Team	Rochester Royals	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bullets Lost East Div Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jack Coleman	67	-	11.4	-	-	8.7	2.9	-	-	-	2.9	4.7	11.2	.421	-	-	-	2.0	2.6	.779
Earl Monroe	80	38.4	25.8	-	-	3.5	4.9	-	-	-	3.3	10.1	23.0	.440	-	-	-	5.6	7.3	.768
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jack Coleman	14	-	10.0	-	-	12.8	4.7	-	-	-	3.5	3.9	9.9	.396	-	-	-	2.1	2.9	.732
Earl Monroe	4	42.8	28.3	-	-	5.3	4.0	-	-	-	2.5	11.0	28.5	.386	-	-	-	6.3	7.8	.806

Season 4
	Jack Coleman	Earl Monroe
Season	1952-53	1970-71
Team	Rochester Royals	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost West Div Semis	Bullets Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jack Coleman	70	37.5	10.9	-	-	11.1	3.3	-	-	-	3.5	4.5	10.7	.420	-	-	-	1.9	3.0	.649
Earl Monroe	81	35.1	21.4	-	-	2.6	4.4	-	-	-	2.7	8.2	18.5	.442	-	-	-	5.0	6.2	.802
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jack Coleman	3	36.7	7.3	-	-	13.3	2.3	-	-	-	4.3	2.3	8.0	.292	-	-	-	2.7	3.3	.800
Earl Monroe	18	37.3	22.1	-	-	3.6	4.1	-	-	-	3.1	8.1	19.8	.407	-	-	-	5.9	7.5	.793

Season 6
	Jack Coleman	Earl Monroe
Season	1954-55	1972-73
Team	Rochester Royals	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Royals Lost West Div Semis	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jack Coleman	72	34.5	12.8	-	-	10.1	3.2	-	-	-	2.8	5.6	12.0	.462	-	-	-	1.7	2.5	.678
Earl Monroe	75	31.6	15.5	-	-	3.3	3.8	-	-	-	2.6	6.6	13.5	.488	-	-	-	2.3	2.8	.822
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jack Coleman	3	30.3	8.0	-	-	9.3	2.7	-	-	-	3.7	3.7	12.0	.306	-	-	-	0.7	3.0	.222
Earl Monroe	16	31.5	16.1	-	-	3.2	3.2	-	-	-	2.4	6.9	13.2	.526	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.750

Season 8
	Jack Coleman	Earl Monroe
Season	1956-57	1974-75
Team	St. Louis Hawks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost NBA Finals	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jack Coleman	72	29.8	10.5	-	-	9.0	2.2	-	-	-	3.3	4.4	10.8	.408	-	-	-	1.7	2.2	.764
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jack Coleman	10	31.3	9.2	-	-	8.8	3.3	-	-	-	3.2	3.6	11.3	.319	-	-	-	2.0	3.4	.588
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

Season 9
	Jack Coleman	Earl Monroe
Season	1957-58	1975-76
Team	St. Louis Hawks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jack Coleman	72	20.9	7.6	-	-	6.7	1.6	-	-	-	2.3	3.2	7.8	.413	-	-	-	1.2	1.8	.641
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jack Coleman	11	22.1	9.0	-	-	5.5	1.7	-	-	-	3.5	3.5	8.1	.427	-	-	-	2.1	3.6	.575
Earl Monroe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Jack Coleman	Earl Monroe
Season	-	1976-77
Team	-	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jack Coleman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jack Coleman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Earl Monroe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-