Jalen Johnson vs. Earl Monroe Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Earl Monroe and Jalen Johnson, 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.

Jalen Johnson played 5 years in the NBA, 8 less than Earl Monroe, who played 13. Jalen Johnson had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, 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 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
	Jalen Johnson	Earl Monroe
Season	2021-22	1967-68
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jalen Johnson	22	5.5	2.4	0.1	1.1	1.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.4	1.0	1.9	.537	0.1	0.6	.231	0.2	0.3	.714
difference:	+60	+31.2	+21.9			+4.5	+4.2				-3.0	+8.0	+18.1	+.084				+6.0	+7.6	+.067
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		%
Jalen Johnson	2	4.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.5	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Earl Monroe	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Jalen Johnson	Earl Monroe
Season	2022-23	1968-69
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bullets Lost East Div 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		%
Jalen Johnson	70	14.9	5.6	0.7	3.3	4.0	1.2	0.5	0.5	0.6	1.6	2.3	4.6	.491	0.4	1.5	.288	0.7	1.1	.628
difference:	+10	+23.5	+20.2			+0.5	+3.7				-1.7	+7.8	+18.4	+.051				+4.9	+6.2	+.140
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		%
Jalen Johnson	6	9.3	4.3	0.3	2.2	2.5	1.3	0.5	0.0	0.8	0.8	1.7	4.0	.417	0.7	1.8	.364	0.3	0.3	1.000
difference:	+2	+33.5	+24.0			+2.8	+2.7				-1.7	+9.3	+24.5	+.031				+6.0	+7.5	+.194
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
	Jalen Johnson	Earl Monroe
Season	2024-25	1970-71
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets Lost NBA 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		%
Jalen Johnson	36	35.7	18.9	1.7	8.3	10.0	5.0	1.6	1.0	2.9	1.9	7.5	15.1	.500	1.2	3.9	.312	2.6	3.5	.746
difference:	+45	+0.6	+2.5			+7.4	+0.6				-0.8	+0.7	+3.4	+.058				+2.4	+2.7	+.056
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		%
Jalen Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Earl Monroe	18	37.3	22.1	-	-	3.6	4.1	-	-	-	3.1	8.1	19.8	.407	-	-	-	5.9	7.5	.793

Additional Years
* Earl Monroe played 8 seasons more than Jalen Johnson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 13, from 1973 to 1980—Earl Monroe played in 4 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 8 extra years over Jalen Johnson, Earl Monroe got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Star Game