Pete Maravich vs. Malik Monk Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Malik Monk and Pete Maravich, 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.

Pete Maravich played 10 years in the NBA, 2 more than Malik Monk, who played 8. Pete Maravich had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Malik Monk had his rookie season in 2017-18. 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
	Pete Maravich	Malik Monk
Season	1970-71	2017-18
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Pete Maravich	81	36.1	23.2	-	-	3.7	4.4	-	-	-	2.9	9.1	19.9	.458	-	-	-	5.0	6.2	.800
difference:	+18	+22.5	+16.5			+2.7	+3.0				-1.9	+6.7	+13.2	+.098				+4.5	+5.6	+.042
Malik Monk	63	13.6	6.7	0.1	0.9	1.0	1.4	0.3	0.1	0.8	1.0	2.4	6.7	.360	1.3	3.9	.342	0.5	0.6	.842
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	5	39.8	22.0	-	-	5.2	4.8	-	-	-	2.8	9.2	24.4	.377	-	-	-	3.6	5.2	.692
Malik Monk	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Pete Maravich	Malik Monk
Season	1972-73	2019-20
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
Pete Maravich	79	39.1	26.1	-	-	4.4	6.9	-	-	-	3.1	10.0	22.6	.441	-	-	-	6.1	7.7	.800
difference:	+24	+17.8	+15.8			+1.5	+4.8				-1.8	+6.1	+13.7	+.007				+4.6	+5.9	+.020
Malik Monk	55	21.3	10.3	0.5	2.4	2.9	2.1	0.5	0.3	1.4	1.3	3.9	8.9	.434	1.1	3.7	.284	1.5	1.8	.820
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	6	39.0	26.2	-	-	4.8	6.7	-	-	-	4.0	10.8	25.8	.419	-	-	-	4.5	5.7	.794
Malik Monk	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Pete Maravich	Malik Monk
Season	1973-74	2020-21
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Charlotte Hornets
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		%
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
difference:	+34	+17.3	+16.0	+1.0	+1.5	+2.5	+3.1	+1.0	+0.1		-2.3	+6.7	+14.1	+.023				+4.8	+5.8	+.007
Malik Monk	42	20.9	11.7	0.3	2.1	2.4	2.1	0.5	0.1	1.3	1.1	4.1	9.5	.434	2.0	5.0	.401	1.4	1.7	.819
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Pete Maravich nor Malik Monk played in the postseason in their season 4

Season 6
	Pete Maravich	Malik Monk
Season	1975-76	2022-23
Team	New Orleans Jazz	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Kings 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		%
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
difference:	+15	+16.0	+12.4	+0.3	+1.9	+2.2	+1.5	+0.8	+0.1		-1.6	+5.1	+10.9	+.011				+4.0	+5.2	+.078
Malik Monk	77	22.3	13.5	0.4	2.2	2.6	3.9	0.6	0.3	1.9	1.6	4.6	10.3	.448	1.9	5.2	.359	2.4	2.7	.889
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Malik Monk	7	29.3	19.0	0.9	4.6	5.4	3.6	0.7	0.4	2.0	2.1	5.4	13.3	.409	1.9	5.6	.333	6.3	7.0	.898

Season 7
	Pete Maravich	Malik Monk
Season	1976-77	2023-24
Team	New Orleans Jazz	Sacramento Kings
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		%
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
difference:	+1	+15.7	+15.7	+0.8	+1.3	+2.2	+0.3	+0.6	+0.2		-0.4	+6.6	+15.6	+.010				+4.5	+5.4	+.006
Malik Monk	72	26.0	15.4	0.4	2.6	2.9	5.1	0.6	0.5	2.1	2.2	5.5	12.4	.443	2.1	5.9	.350	2.4	2.8	.829
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Pete Maravich nor Malik Monk played in the postseason in their season 7

Season 8
	Pete Maravich	Malik Monk
Season	1977-78	2024-25
Team	New Orleans Jazz	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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
difference:	+15	+9.2	+9.8	+0.5	+0.7	+0.2	+1.1	+1.1	+0.4	-2.6	-0.1	+4.8	+10.7	+.005				+2.4	+2.8	+.005
Malik Monk	65	31.6	17.2	0.5	3.3	3.8	5.6	0.9	0.6	2.4	2.4	6.3	14.4	.439	2.1	6.6	.325	2.4	2.7	.865
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Pete Maravich nor Malik Monk played in the postseason in their season 8

Additional Years
* Pete Maravich played 2 seasons more than Malik Monk in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 10, from 1979 to 1980—Pete Maravich played in one postseason. In those 2 extra years over Malik Monk, Pete Maravich got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game