Steve Kerr vs. Malik Monk Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Malik Monk and Steve Kerr, 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

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.

Steve Kerr played 15 years in the NBA, 6 more than Malik Monk, who played 9. Steve Kerr had the first of his seasons in 1988-89, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Steve Kerr	15	11	1988-89 to 2002-03
Malik Monk	9	1	2017-18 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Steve Kerr	Malik Monk
Season	1988-89	2017-18
Team	Phoenix Suns	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
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		%
Steve Kerr	26	6.0	2.1	0.1	0.5	0.7	0.9	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.5	0.8	1.8	.435	0.3	0.7	.471	0.2	0.3	.667
difference:	+37	+7.6	+4.6		+0.4	+0.3	+0.5		+0.1	-0.6	-0.5	+1.6	+4.9	+.075	+1.0	+3.2	+.129	+0.3	+0.3	+.175
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
* Neiher Steve Kerr nor Malik Monk played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Steve Kerr	Malik Monk
Season	1989-90	2018-19
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Steve Kerr	78	21.3	6.7	0.2	1.1	1.3	3.2	0.6	0.1	0.9	0.8	2.5	5.5	.444	0.9	1.8	.507	0.8	0.9	.863
difference:	+5	+4.1	+2.2		+0.6	+0.6	+1.6	+0.1	+0.2	-0.3	-0.7	+0.6	+2.5	+.057	+0.6	+2.7	+.177	+0.4	+0.5	+.019
Malik Monk	73	17.2	8.9	0.2	1.7	1.9	1.6	0.5	0.3	1.2	1.5	3.1	8.0	.387	1.5	4.5	.330	1.2	1.4	.882

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	5	14.6	1.6	0.2	1.0	1.2	2.0	0.8	0.0	0.4	1.2	0.8	2.8	.286	0.0	0.6	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Malik Monk	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Steve Kerr	Malik Monk
Season	1990-91	2019-20
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did not play	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		%
Steve Kerr	57	15.9	4.8	0.1	0.6	0.6	2.3	0.5	0.1	0.7	0.9	1.7	3.9	.444	0.5	1.1	.452	0.8	0.9	.849
difference:	+2	+5.4	+5.5	+0.4	+1.8	+2.3	+0.2		+0.2	-0.7	-0.4	+2.2	+5.0	+.010	+0.6	+2.6	+.168	+0.7	+0.9	+.029
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
* Neiher Steve Kerr nor Malik Monk played in the postseason in their season 3


Season 4
	Steve Kerr	Malik Monk
Season	1991-92	2020-21
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Steve Kerr	48	17.6	6.6	0.3	1.3	1.6	2.3	0.6	0.2	0.6	0.6	2.5	4.9	.511	0.7	1.5	.432	0.9	1.1	.833
difference:	+6	+3.3	+5.1		+0.8	+0.8	+0.2	+0.1	+0.1	-0.7	-0.5	+1.6	+4.6	+.077	+1.3	+3.5	+.031	+0.5	+0.6	+.014
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	12	12.4	3.7	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.8	0.4	0.0	0.3	1.0	1.5	3.4	.439	0.3	0.9	.273	0.4	0.4	1.000
Malik Monk	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Steve Kerr	Malik Monk
Season	1992-93	2021-22
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers, Orlando Magic	Los Angeles Lakers
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		%
Steve Kerr	52	9.3	2.6	0.1	0.8	0.9	1.3	0.2	0.0	0.5	0.7	1.0	2.3	.434	0.1	0.5	.231	0.4	0.5	.917
difference:	+24	+18.8	+11.2	+0.4	+2.1	+2.5	+1.6	+0.6	+0.4	-1.1	-1.1	+4.1	+8.6	+.039	+2.2	+5.3	+.160	+0.8	+1.0	+.122
Malik Monk	76	28.1	13.8	0.5	2.9	3.4	2.9	0.8	0.4	1.6	1.8	5.1	10.9	.473	2.3	5.8	.391	1.2	1.5	.795

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Steve Kerr nor Malik Monk played in the postseason in their season 5


Season 6
	Steve Kerr	Malik Monk
Season	1993-94	2022-23
Team	Chicago Bulls	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Steve Kerr	82	24.8	8.6	0.3	1.3	1.6	2.6	0.9	0.0	0.7	1.2	3.5	7.0	.497	0.6	1.5	.419	1.0	1.2	.856
difference:	+5	+2.5	+4.9	+0.1	+0.9	+1.0	+1.3	+0.3	+0.3	-1.2	-0.4	+1.1	+3.3	+.049	+1.3	+3.7	+.060	+1.4	+1.5	+.033
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		%
Steve Kerr	10	18.6	3.5	0.2	1.2	1.4	1.0	0.7	0.0	0.1	1.3	1.3	3.6	.361	0.6	1.6	.375	0.3	0.3	1.000
difference:	+3	+10.7	+15.5	+0.7	+3.4	+4.0	+2.6		+0.4	-1.9	-0.8	+4.1	+9.7	+.048	+1.3	+4.0	+.042	+6.0	+6.7	+.102
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
	Steve Kerr	Malik Monk
Season	1994-95	2023-24
Team	Chicago Bulls	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Steve Kerr	82	22.4	8.2	0.2	1.2	1.5	1.8	0.5	0.0	0.6	1.4	3.2	6.0	.527	1.1	2.1	.524	0.8	1.0	.778
difference:	+10	+3.6	+7.2	+0.2	+1.4	+1.4	+3.3	+0.1	+0.5	-1.5	-0.8	+2.3	+6.4	+.084	+1.0	+3.8	+.174	+1.6	+1.8	+.051
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	10	19.3	5.1	0.1	0.5	0.6	1.5	0.1	0.0	0.0	1.4	1.9	4.0	.475	0.8	1.9	.421	0.5	0.5	1.000
Malik Monk	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Steve Kerr	Malik Monk
Season	1995-96	2024-25
Team	Chicago Bulls	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Steve Kerr	82	23.4	8.4	0.3	1.0	1.3	2.3	0.8	0.0	0.5	1.3	3.0	5.9	.506	1.5	2.9	.515	1.0	1.0	.929
difference:	+17	+8.2	+8.8	+0.2	+2.3	+2.5	+3.3	+0.1	+0.6	-1.9	-1.1	+3.3	+8.5	+.067	+0.6	+3.7	+.190	+1.4	+1.7	+.064
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	18	19.8	6.8	0.2	0.8	1.0	1.7	0.8	0.0	0.7	1.2	2.2	4.8	.448	0.9	2.9	.321	1.5	1.7	.871
Malik Monk	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Steve Kerr	Malik Monk
Season	1996-97	2025-26
Team	Chicago Bulls	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did not play (season in progress)

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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		%
Steve Kerr	82	22.7	8.1	0.4	1.2	1.6	2.1	0.8	0.0	0.5	1.2	3.0	5.7	.533	1.3	2.9	.464	0.7	0.8	.806
difference:	+55	+0.2	+4.0		+0.5	+0.4	+0.2	+0.1	+0.4	-0.7	-0.4	+1.4	+4.4	+.102	+0.6	+1.7	+.057	+0.9	+1.1	+.018
Malik Monk	27	22.5	12.1	0.4	1.7	2.0	2.3	0.9	0.4	1.2	1.6	4.4	10.1	.431	1.9	4.6	.407	1.6	1.9	.824

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	19	17.9	5.0	0.2	0.7	0.9	1.1	0.9	0.1	0.4	1.3	1.7	4.1	.429	0.8	2.2	.381	0.7	0.7	.929
Malik Monk	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years

* Steve Kerr played 6 seasons more than Malik Monk in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 10 to 15, from 1998 to 2003—Steve Kerr played in 5 Playoffs and won 3 NBA Championships.

Steve Kerr vs. Malik Monk Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Malik Monk and Steve Kerr, 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

Additional Years