Kon Knueppel vs. Earl Monroe Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Earl Monroe and Kon Knueppel, 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.

Kon Knueppel played 1 year in the NBA, 12 less than Earl Monroe, who played 13. Kon Knueppel had his first NBA Season in 2025-26, 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
	Kon Knueppel	Earl Monroe
Season	2025-26	1967-68
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First 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		%
Kon Knueppel	17	33.6	19.4	1.1	4.7	5.8	2.9	0.8	0.2	2.4	2.4	6.8	13.8	.491	3.7	8.5	.438	2.1	2.4	.900
difference:	+65	+3.1	+4.9			+0.1	+1.4				-1.0	+2.2	+6.2	+.038				+4.1	+5.5	+.119
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
* Neiher Kon Knueppel nor Earl Monroe played in the postseason in their season 1

Additional Years
* Earl Monroe played 12 seasons more than Kon Knueppel in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 13, from 1969 to 1980—Earl Monroe played in 8 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 12 extra years over Kon Knueppel, Earl Monroe got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 4 All-Star Game