Monta Ellis vs. Alex English Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Alex English and Monta Ellis, 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.

Monta Ellis played 12 years in the NBA, 3 less than Alex English, who played 15. Monta Ellis had the first of his seasons in 2005-06, while Alex English had his rookie season in 1976-77. 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.

Season 2
	Monta Ellis	Alex English
Season	2006-07	1977-78
Team	Golden State Warriors	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	Bucks 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		%
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
difference:	+5	+15.4	+6.9	+1.0	+0.7	+1.6	+2.5	+1.2	+0.4	-1.2	-0.5	+2.0	+5.4	+.067				+2.2	+2.9	+.036
Alex English	82	18.9	9.6	1.8	3.1	4.8	1.6	0.5	0.7	1.7	2.2	4.2	7.7	.542	-	-	-	1.3	1.7	.727
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+2	+1.5	+5.4	+1.1	+1.4	+2.4	+0.5	+0.2	+0.6	-0.5	-0.1	+2.4	+1.2	+.225				+0.7	+1.1	+.040
Alex English	9	23.1	13.4	1.8	2.9	4.7	1.4	0.7	0.8	1.3	2.2	5.3	8.7	.615	-	-	-	2.8	3.6	.781

Season 6
	Monta Ellis	Alex English
Season	2010-11	1981-82
Team	Golden State Warriors	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+2	+3.5	+1.3	+2.0	+1.2	+3.3	+0.3	+1.0	+1.2		-0.7	+1.3	+1.2	+.100	+1.7	+4.6	+.361	+0.2		+.051
Alex English	82	36.8	25.4	2.6	4.2	6.8	5.3	1.1	1.5	3.2	3.2	10.4	18.9	.551	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	5.4	.840
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Monta Ellis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alex English	3	39.3	19.3	2.7	5.0	7.7	5.7	1.0	1.0	1.3	2.0	8.7	18.3	.473	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.3	.857

Season 7
	Monta Ellis	Alex English
Season	2011-12	1982-83
Team	Golden State Warriors, Milwaukee Bucks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
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
difference:	+24	+0.2	+8.0	+2.9	+1.0	+3.9	+1.2	+0.1	+1.2	-0.1	-0.6	+3.9	+4.7	+.083	+1.1	+3.4	+.141	+1.2	+1.3	+.033
Alex English	82	36.4	28.4	3.2	4.1	7.3	4.8	1.4	1.5	3.2	2.9	11.7	22.6	.516	0.0	0.1	.167	5.0	6.0	.829
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Monta Ellis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alex English	7	38.6	25.9	2.9	3.4	6.3	6.0	0.6	1.0	3.0	3.0	9.6	21.4	.447	0.0	0.3	.000	6.7	7.6	.887

Season 8
	Monta Ellis	Alex English
Season	2012-13	1983-84
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets Lost West 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		%
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
difference:		+2.5	+7.2	+2.1	+0.3	+1.8	+1.0	+1.1	+0.8	-0.4	-1.1	+3.8	+3.4	+.113	+1.1	+3.9	+.144	+0.8	+0.6	+.051
Alex English	82	35.0	26.4	2.6	3.0	5.7	5.0	1.0	1.2	2.7	3.1	11.1	20.9	.529	0.0	0.1	.143	4.3	5.2	.824
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+1	+2.6	+14.7	+2.7	+2.0	+4.7	+0.1	+1.9	+0.1	-2.1	-1.4	+6.0	+6.6	+.152	+0.8	+4.6	+.158	+3.5	+1.6	+.518
Alex English	5	40.6	29.0	3.2	4.8	8.0	5.6	0.6	0.4	1.4	3.4	12.0	20.4	.588	0.0	0.2	.000	5.0	5.6	.893

Season 9
	Monta Ellis	Alex English
Season	2013-14	1984-85
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
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
difference:	+1	+0.8	+8.9	+2.0		+2.1	+1.5	+0.5	+0.3	-0.1	-0.8	+4.6	+6.8	+.067	+0.8	+2.4	+.130	+0.6	+0.5	+.041
Alex English	81	36.1	27.9	2.5	3.1	5.7	4.2	1.2	0.6	3.1	3.2	11.6	22.4	.518	0.0	0.1	.200	4.7	5.7	.829
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+7	+2.7	+9.8	+1.7	+2.4	+4.2	+1.6	+0.1	+0.3		-0.2	+4.2	+3.6	+.127	+1.7	+4.8	+.353	+3.0	+3.4	+.019
Alex English	14	38.3	30.2	2.6	4.0	6.6	4.5	1.2	0.4	2.1	2.9	11.6	21.7	.536	0.0	0.1	.000	6.9	7.8	.890

Season 10
	Monta Ellis	Alex English
Season	2014-15	1985-86
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
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
difference:	+1	+3.6	+10.9	+2.0	+0.6	+2.6	+0.1	+1.0	+0.1	-0.6	-0.4	+4.2	+6.4	+.059	+1.0	+3.5	+.085	+3.4	+3.5	+.110
Alex English	81	37.3	29.8	2.4	2.6	5.0	4.0	0.9	0.4	3.1	2.9	11.7	23.3	.504	0.0	0.1	.200	6.3	7.3	.862
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+5		+1.3	+1.0	+0.7	+0.3		+1.6	+0.2	-0.4	-0.7	+0.2	+0.7	+.005	+2.2	+5.9	+.367	+3.1	+3.1	+.109
Alex English	10	39.4	27.3	1.8	1.7	3.5	5.2	0.4	0.4	2.8	2.9	10.6	22.9	.463	0.0	0.1	.000	6.1	7.1	.859

Season 11
	Monta Ellis	Alex English
Season	2015-16	1986-87
Team	Indiana Pacers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets Lost West 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		%
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
difference:	+1	+3.8	+14.8	+1.3	+0.4	+0.9	+0.4	+1.0	+0.2	-0.1	-0.5	+6.4	+10.8	+.076	+1.1	+3.3	+.042	+3.0	+3.4	+.058
Alex English	82	37.6	28.6	1.8	2.4	4.2	5.1	0.9	0.3	2.6	2.6	11.8	23.4	.503	0.0	0.2	.267	5.0	5.9	.844
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+4	+6.8	+7.1	+2.7	+2.0	+0.8	+1.0	+2.1		-0.3	-0.6	+3.6	+5.4	+.076	+1.0	+3.0		+0.9	+0.9	+.057
Alex English	3	25.3	18.7	3.3	1.3	4.7	3.3	0.0	0.0	2.7	3.0	8.3	16.3	.510	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.3	.857

Season 12
	Monta Ellis	Alex English
Season	2016-17	1987-88
Team	Indiana Pacers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
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
difference:	+6	+8.2	+16.5	+1.8	+0.1	+1.9	+1.5	+0.2	+0.1	-0.5	-0.4	+7.2	+13.8	+.052	+0.6	+1.7	+.319	+2.6	+3.0	+.101
Alex English	80	35.2	25.0	2.1	2.6	4.7	4.7	0.9	0.3	2.3	2.4	10.5	21.3	.495	0.0	0.1	.000	3.9	4.7	.828
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+7	+20.8	+18.8	+2.5	+0.7	+3.4	+3.1	+0.1		-0.5	-1.8	+8.5	+18.2	+.055	+0.5	+1.7	+.250	+2.2	+2.6	+.014
Alex English	11	39.8	24.3	2.8	2.5	5.4	4.4	0.6	0.3	1.5	3.1	10.5	23.2	.455	0.0	0.3	.000	3.2	3.9	.814

Additional Years
* Alex English played 3 seasons more than Monta Ellis in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 13 to 15, from 1989 to 1991—Alex English played in two Playoffs. In those 3 extra years over Monta Ellis, Alex English got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game