Monta Ellis vs. Pete Maravich Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Pete Maravich 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Stats Rankings

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, 2 more than Pete Maravich, who played 10. Monta Ellis had the first of his seasons in 2005-06, while Pete Maravich had his rookie season in 1970-71. 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
Monta Ellis	12	6	2005-06 to 2016-17
Pete Maravich	10	4	1970-71 to 1979-80

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Monta Ellis	Pete Maravich
Season	2005-06	1970-71
Team	Golden State Warriors	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
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
difference:	+32	+18.0	+16.4			+1.6	+2.8				-1.5	+6.4	+13.4	+.043				+4.1	+5.0	+.088
Pete Maravich	81	36.1	23.2	-	-	3.7	4.4	-	-	-	2.9	9.1	19.9	.458	-	-	-	5.0	6.2	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Monta Ellis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pete Maravich	5	39.8	22.0	-	-	5.2	4.8	-	-	-	2.8	9.2	24.4	.377	-	-	-	3.6	5.2	.692


Season 2
	Monta Ellis	Pete Maravich
Season	2006-07	1971-72
Team	Golden State Warriors	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	Hawks Lost East 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:	+11	+0.6	+2.8			+0.7	+1.9				-0.4	+0.8	+3.2	+.048				+1.9	+2.0	+.048
Pete Maravich	66	34.9	19.3	-	-	3.9	6.0	-	-	-	3.1	7.0	16.3	.427	-	-	-	5.4	6.6	.811

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:	+5	+14.9	+19.7			+3.0	+3.8				-1.9	+6.1	+12.7	+.056				+7.6	+9.3	+.004
Pete Maravich	6	36.5	27.7	-	-	5.3	4.7	-	-	-	4.0	9.0	20.2	.446	-	-	-	9.7	11.8	.817


Season 3
	Monta Ellis	Pete Maravich
Season	2007-08	1972-73
Team	Golden State Warriors	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
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
difference:	+2	+1.2	+5.9			+0.6	+3.0				-0.7	+2.0	+7.5	+.090				+2.1	+2.6	+.033
Pete Maravich	79	39.1	26.1	-	-	4.4	6.9	-	-	-	3.1	10.0	22.6	.441	-	-	-	6.1	7.7	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Monta Ellis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pete Maravich	6	39.0	26.2	-	-	4.8	6.7	-	-	-	4.0	10.8	25.8	.419	-	-	-	4.5	5.7	.794


Season 4
	Monta Ellis	Pete Maravich
Season	2008-09	1973-74
Team	Golden State Warriors	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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
difference:	+51	+2.5	+8.7	+0.7	+0.2	+0.6	+1.5	+0.1	+0.1		-0.7	+3.0	+6.4	+.006				+3.1	+3.7	+.004
Pete Maravich	76	38.2	27.7	1.3	3.6	4.9	5.2	1.5	0.2	-	3.4	10.8	23.6	.457	-	-	-	6.2	7.5	.826

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Monta Ellis nor Pete Maravich played in the postseason in their season 4


Season 5
	Monta Ellis	Pete Maravich
Season	2009-10	1974-75
Team	Golden State Warriors	New Orleans Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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
difference:	+15	+5.3	+4.0	+0.5	+0.9	+1.3	+0.9	+0.7	+0.2		-0.1	+1.6	+2.2	+.030				+0.3		+.058
Pete Maravich	79	36.1	21.5	1.2	4.2	5.3	6.2	1.5	0.2	-	2.9	8.3	19.8	.419	-	-	-	4.9	6.1	.811

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Monta Ellis nor Pete Maravich played in the postseason in their season 5


Season 6
	Monta Ellis	Pete Maravich
Season	2010-11	1975-76
Team	Golden State Warriors	New Orleans Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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:	+18	+2.0	+1.8	+0.1	+1.1	+1.3	+0.2	+0.7	+0.1		-0.7	+0.6	+1.1	+.008				+2.1	+2.5	+.022
Pete Maravich	62	38.3	25.9	0.7	4.1	4.8	5.4	1.4	0.4	-	3.2	9.7	21.2	.459	-	-	-	6.4	7.9	.811

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Monta Ellis nor Pete Maravich played in the postseason in their season 6


Season 7
	Monta Ellis	Pete Maravich
Season	2011-12	1976-77
Team	Golden State Warriors, Milwaukee Bucks	New Orleans Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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:	+15	+5.1	+10.7	+0.9	+0.8	+1.7	+0.6	+0.3			-0.3	+4.3	+10.1					+3.1	+3.5	+.039
Pete Maravich	73	41.7	31.1	1.2	3.9	5.1	5.4	1.2	0.3	-	2.6	12.1	28.0	.433	-	-	-	6.9	8.2	.835

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Monta Ellis nor Pete Maravich played in the postseason in their season 7


Season 8
	Monta Ellis	Pete Maravich
Season	2012-13	1977-78
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New Orleans Jazz
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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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:	+32	+3.3	+7.8	+0.5	+0.7	+0.3	+0.7	+0.1	+0.2	-1.9	-0.3	+3.8	+7.6	+.028				+1.3	+0.9	+.097
Pete Maravich	50	40.8	27.0	1.0	2.6	3.6	6.7	2.0	0.2	5.0	2.3	11.1	25.1	.444	-	-	-	4.8	5.5	.870

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
Pete Maravich	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Monta Ellis	Pete Maravich
Season	2013-14	1978-79
Team	Dallas Mavericks	New Orleans Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+33	+0.3	+3.6	+0.2	+1.3	+1.1	+0.7	+0.5	+0.1	-0.9	-0.3	+1.9	+5.5	+.030				+0.7	+0.5	+.053
Pete Maravich	49	37.2	22.6	0.7	1.8	2.5	5.0	1.2	0.4	4.1	2.1	8.9	21.1	.421	-	-	-	4.8	5.7	.841

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
Pete Maravich	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Monta Ellis	Pete Maravich
Season	2014-15	1979-80
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Utah Jazz, Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+37	+11.3	+5.2		+0.6	+0.6	+2.2	+1.3	+0.2	-0.6	-0.7	+1.8	+4.3	+.004	+0.8	+3.3	+.382	+0.8	+1.4	+.115
Pete Maravich	43	22.4	13.7	0.4	1.4	1.8	1.9	0.6	0.1	1.9	1.8	5.7	12.6	.449	0.2	0.3	.667	2.1	2.4	.867

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:	+4	+27.8	+20.0	+0.8	+1.5	+2.3	+4.5	+1.7	+0.6	-2.2	-2.3	+7.6	+16.5	+.022	+2.0	+5.3	+.034	+2.8	+3.7	+.083
Pete Maravich	9	11.6	6.0	0.0	0.9	0.9	0.7	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.3	2.8	5.7	.490	0.2	0.7	.333	0.2	0.3	.667

Additional Years

* Monta Ellis played 2 seasons more than Pete Maravich in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 11 to 12, from 2016 to 2017—Monta Ellis played in two Playoffs.

Monta Ellis vs. Pete Maravich Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Pete Maravich 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.

Their Careers

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

Additional Years