Monta Ellis vs. Richard Hamilton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Richard Hamilton 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, 2 less than Richard Hamilton, who played 14. Monta Ellis had the first of his seasons in 2005-06, while Richard Hamilton had his rookie season in 1999-00. 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	Richard Hamilton
Season	2006-07	2000-01
Team	Golden State Warriors	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+1	+2.0	+1.6	+0.2	+0.3	+0.1	+1.2	+0.7	+0.2	-0.3	-0.1	+0.8	+2.9	+.037			+.001	+0.1	+0.5	+.105
Richard Hamilton	78	32.3	18.1	1.0	2.1	3.1	2.9	1.0	0.1	2.6	2.6	7.0	16.0	.438	0.5	1.9	.274	3.6	4.1	.868
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
Richard Hamilton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Monta Ellis	Richard Hamilton
Season	2009-10	2003-04
Team	Golden State Warriors	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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:	+14	+5.9	+7.9	+0.3	+0.7	+0.4	+1.3	+0.9	+0.2	-1.1	-0.2	+3.1	+7.1	+.006	+1.0	+2.7	+.073	+0.8	+1.7	+.115
Richard Hamilton	78	35.5	17.6	1.0	2.6	3.6	4.0	1.3	0.2	2.7	2.8	6.8	14.9	.455	0.2	0.9	.265	3.8	4.4	.868
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Monta Ellis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Hamilton	23	40.6	21.5	1.4	3.2	4.6	4.2	1.2	0.0	3.1	3.1	7.9	17.6	.447	0.7	1.7	.385	5.1	6.0	.848

Season 7
	Monta Ellis	Richard Hamilton
Season	2011-12	2005-06
Team	Golden State Warriors, Milwaukee Bucks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+22	+1.3	+0.3	+0.8	+0.9	+0.2	+2.6	+0.8	+0.1	-0.9	-0.3	+0.3	+1.4	+.058	+0.4	+2.0	+.150	+0.6	+0.9	+.049
Richard Hamilton	80	35.3	20.1	1.1	2.2	3.2	3.4	0.7	0.2	2.2	2.6	8.1	16.5	.491	0.7	1.5	.458	3.2	3.8	.845
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Monta Ellis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Hamilton	18	38.3	20.4	0.9	2.0	2.9	2.7	0.9	0.3	2.2	3.3	7.1	17.2	.413	0.8	2.2	.350	5.4	6.3	.851

Season 8
	Monta Ellis	Richard Hamilton
Season	2012-13	2006-07
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+7	+0.7	+0.6	+0.5	+0.5	+0.1	+2.2	+1.3	+0.2	-1.0	-1.1		+1.9	+.052	+0.5	+2.3	+.054	+1.1	+0.8	+.088
Richard Hamilton	75	36.8	19.8	1.0	2.8	3.8	3.8	0.8	0.2	2.1	3.1	7.3	15.6	.468	0.6	1.7	.341	4.6	5.4	.861
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:	+12	+1.9	+4.5	+1.5	+0.5	+1.0	+1.7	+1.6	+0.2	-1.6	-1.8	+0.8	+2.0	+.007	+0.3	+3.5	+.242	+3.3	+1.6	+.490
Richard Hamilton	16	39.9	18.8	2.0	2.3	4.3	3.8	0.9	0.1	1.9	3.8	6.8	15.8	.429	0.5	1.3	.400	4.8	5.6	.865

Season 9
	Monta Ellis	Richard Hamilton
Season	2013-14	2007-08
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pistons Lost East 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:	+10	+3.2	+1.7	+0.5	+0.9	+0.3	+1.5	+0.7	+0.2	-1.4		+0.1	+1.3	+.033	+0.1	+0.5	+.110	+1.5	+2.1	+.045
Richard Hamilton	72	33.7	17.3	1.0	2.2	3.3	4.2	1.0	0.1	1.8	2.4	6.9	14.3	.484	0.9	2.0	.440	2.6	3.1	.833
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:	+10	+3.0	+1.2	+0.2	+1.5	+1.8	+1.0	+0.1	+0.4	-0.7	-0.1	+0.5	+1.3	+.061	+1.2	+3.4	+.045	+1.5	+1.5	+.040
Richard Hamilton	17	38.6	21.6	1.1	3.1	4.2	3.9	1.4	0.5	2.8	2.8	7.9	16.8	.470	0.5	1.5	.308	5.4	5.9	.911