Monta Ellis vs. Zach LaVine Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zach LaVine 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, 1 more than Zach LaVine, who played 11. Monta Ellis had the first of his seasons in 2005-06, while Zach LaVine had his rookie season in 2014-15. 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
	Monta Ellis	Zach LaVine
Season	2005-06	2014-15
Team	Golden State Warriors	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second 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		%
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:	+28	+6.6	+3.3		+0.7	+0.7	+2.0		+0.1	-1.3	-0.7	+1.0	+2.3	+.007	+0.1	+0.5		+1.0	+1.1	+.130
Zach LaVine	77	24.7	10.1	0.4	2.4	2.8	3.6	0.7	0.1	2.5	2.1	3.7	8.8	.422	0.7	2.2	.341	1.9	2.3	.842
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Monta Ellis nor Zach LaVine played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Monta Ellis	Zach LaVine
Season	2006-07	2015-16
Team	Golden State Warriors	Minnesota Timberwolves
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:	+5	+6.3	+2.5	+0.5	+0.1	+0.4	+1.0	+0.9	+0.1	-1.0	-0.3	+0.9	+1.4	+.023	+1.0	+2.0	+.116	+1.5	+2.1	+.030
Zach LaVine	82	28.0	14.0	0.3	2.5	2.8	3.1	0.8	0.2	1.9	2.4	5.3	11.7	.452	1.5	3.9	.389	2.0	2.5	.793
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
Zach LaVine	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Monta Ellis	Zach LaVine
Season	2011-12	2020-21
Team	Golden State Warriors, Milwaukee Bucks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	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:		+1.5	+7.0	+0.3	+1.3	+1.6	+1.1	+0.7	+0.2	-0.4	-0.1	+2.0	+1.5	+.074	+2.3	+4.7	+.111	+0.6	+0.4	+.053
Zach LaVine	58	35.1	27.4	0.6	4.4	5.0	4.9	0.8	0.5	3.5	2.4	9.8	19.4	.507	3.4	8.2	.419	4.4	5.1	.849
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Monta Ellis nor Zach LaVine played in the postseason in their season 7

Season 8
	Monta Ellis	Zach LaVine
Season	2012-13	2021-22
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bulls Lost East 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:	+15	+2.8	+5.2	+0.2	+1.0	+0.7	+1.5	+1.5	+0.1	-0.5	-0.2	+1.1	+0.2	+.060	+1.7	+3.1	+.102	+1.3	+1.0	+.080
Zach LaVine	67	34.7	24.4	0.3	4.3	4.6	4.5	0.6	0.3	2.6	1.8	8.4	17.7	.476	2.8	7.1	.389	4.8	5.6	.853
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:		+0.3	+5.0	+0.5	+2.5	+2.0	+0.5	+1.7		-0.5	-0.3	+0.8	+2.0	+.007	+1.5	+1.2	+.217	+2.0	+0.2	+.558
Zach LaVine	4	38.3	19.3	0.0	5.3	5.3	6.0	0.8	0.3	3.0	2.3	6.8	15.8	.429	2.3	6.0	.375	3.5	3.8	.933