Dick McGuire vs. Earl Monroe Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Earl Monroe and Dick McGuire, 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.

Dick McGuire played 11 years in the NBA, 2 less than Earl Monroe, who played 13. Dick McGuire had the first of his seasons in 1949-50, while Earl Monroe had his rookie season in 1967-68. 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13
Rookie Season
	Dick McGuire	Earl Monroe
Season	1949-50	1967-68
Team	New York Knicks	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	Assists Leader	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick McGuire	68	-	8.6	-	-	-	5.7	-	-	-	2.4	2.8	8.3	.337	-	-	-	3.0	4.6	.652
Earl Monroe	82	36.7	24.3	-	-	5.7	4.3	-	-	-	3.4	9.0	20.0	.453	-	-	-	6.2	7.9	.781
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick McGuire	5	-	12.6	-	-	-	5.4	-	-	-	4.2	4.4	10.4	.423	-	-	-	3.8	5.2	.731
Earl Monroe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Dick McGuire	Earl Monroe
Season	1950-51	1968-69
Team	New York Knicks	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	Bullets Lost East Div Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick McGuire	64	-	8.4	-	-	5.2	6.3	-	-	-	2.4	2.8	7.5	.371	-	-	-	2.8	4.3	.649
Earl Monroe	80	38.4	25.8	-	-	3.5	4.9	-	-	-	3.3	10.1	23.0	.440	-	-	-	5.6	7.3	.768
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick McGuire	14	-	5.3	-	-	5.9	5.6	-	-	-	3.6	1.8	5.7	.313	-	-	-	1.7	3.8	.453
Earl Monroe	4	42.8	28.3	-	-	5.3	4.0	-	-	-	2.5	11.0	28.5	.386	-	-	-	6.3	7.8	.806

Season 3
	Dick McGuire	Earl Monroe
Season	1951-52	1969-70
Team	New York Knicks	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	Bullets Lost East Div Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick McGuire	64	31.5	9.2	-	-	5.2	6.1	-	-	-	2.8	3.2	7.4	.430	-	-	-	2.9	4.5	.631
Earl Monroe	82	37.2	23.4	-	-	3.1	4.9	-	-	-	3.1	8.5	19.0	.446	-	-	-	6.5	7.8	.830
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick McGuire	14	39.0	10.4	-	-	5.1	6.4	-	-	-	3.3	3.4	7.6	.449	-	-	-	3.5	6.1	.570
Earl Monroe	7	42.7	28.0	-	-	3.3	4.0	-	-	-	3.3	10.6	22.0	.481	-	-	-	6.9	8.6	.800

Season 4
	Dick McGuire	Earl Monroe
Season	1952-53	1970-71
Team	New York Knicks	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	Bullets Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick McGuire	61	29.2	7.2	-	-	4.6	4.9	-	-	-	2.8	2.3	6.1	.381	-	-	-	2.5	4.4	.569
Earl Monroe	81	35.1	21.4	-	-	2.6	4.4	-	-	-	2.7	8.2	18.5	.442	-	-	-	5.0	6.2	.802
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick McGuire	11	32.7	7.5	-	-	5.7	6.4	-	-	-	2.3	2.2	5.4	.407	-	-	-	3.2	5.0	.636
Earl Monroe	18	37.3	22.1	-	-	3.6	4.1	-	-	-	3.1	8.1	19.8	.407	-	-	-	5.9	7.5	.793

Season 5
	Dick McGuire	Earl Monroe
Season	1953-54	1971-72
Team	New York Knicks	Baltimore Bullets, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost E Div Round Robin	Knicks Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick McGuire	68	34.5	9.1	-	-	4.6	5.2	-	-	-	2.9	3.0	7.3	.408	-	-	-	3.2	5.1	.638
Earl Monroe	63	21.2	11.9	-	-	1.6	2.3	-	-	-	2.2	4.6	10.5	.434	-	-	-	2.8	3.6	.781
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick McGuire	4	17.0	2.8	-	-	1.0	1.3	-	-	-	3.0	1.0	4.0	.250	-	-	-	0.8	1.3	.600
Earl Monroe	16	26.8	12.3	-	-	2.8	2.9	-	-	-	2.6	4.8	11.6	.411	-	-	-	2.8	3.6	.789

Season 6
	Dick McGuire	Earl Monroe
Season	1954-55	1972-73
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Semis	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick McGuire	71	32.5	9.1	-	-	4.5	7.6	-	-	-	2.0	3.2	8.2	.389	-	-	-	2.7	4.3	.644
Earl Monroe	75	31.6	15.5	-	-	3.3	3.8	-	-	-	2.6	6.6	13.5	.488	-	-	-	2.3	2.8	.822
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick McGuire	3	25.0	6.7	-	-	3.0	4.0	-	-	-	2.3	2.0	6.3	.316	-	-	-	2.7	4.0	.667
Earl Monroe	16	31.5	16.1	-	-	3.2	3.2	-	-	-	2.4	6.9	13.2	.526	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.750

Season 7
	Dick McGuire	Earl Monroe
Season	1955-56	1973-74
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick McGuire	62	27.2	6.9	-	-	3.5	5.8	-	-	-	2.4	2.5	7.1	.347	-	-	-	2.0	3.1	.627
Earl Monroe	41	29.1	14.0	0.5	2.4	3.0	2.7	0.8	0.5	-	2.4	5.9	12.5	.468	-	-	-	2.3	2.8	.823
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick McGuire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Earl Monroe	12	33.9	17.4	0.7	3.3	4.0	2.1	0.7	0.8	-	2.2	6.8	13.8	.491	-	-	-	3.9	4.6	.855

Season 8
	Dick McGuire	Earl Monroe
Season	1956-57	1974-75
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick McGuire	72	16.5	5.3	-	-	2.0	3.1	-	-	-	1.4	1.9	5.1	.383	-	-	-	1.5	2.3	.644
Earl Monroe	78	36.1	20.9	0.7	3.5	4.2	3.5	1.4	0.4	-	2.6	8.6	18.7	.457	-	-	-	3.8	4.6	.827
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick McGuire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Earl Monroe	3	29.7	14.0	0.3	2.7	3.0	2.0	1.3	0.7	-	2.0	4.0	15.0	.267	-	-	-	6.0	7.3	.818

Season 9
	Dick McGuire	Earl Monroe
Season	1957-58	1975-76
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick McGuire	69	33.5	8.1	-	-	4.2	6.6	-	-	-	2.6	2.9	7.9	.373	-	-	-	2.2	3.3	.667
Earl Monroe	76	38.0	20.7	0.6	3.0	3.6	4.0	1.5	0.3	-	2.8	8.5	17.8	.478	-	-	-	3.7	4.7	.787
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick McGuire	7	33.7	9.6	-	-	4.7	5.7	-	-	-	1.9	3.6	8.6	.417	-	-	-	2.4	3.4	.708
Earl Monroe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Dick McGuire	Earl Monroe
Season	1958-59	1976-77
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick McGuire	71	29.1	9.2	-	-	4.0	6.2	-	-	-	2.1	3.3	7.6	.427	-	-	-	2.7	3.6	.740
Earl Monroe	77	34.5	19.9	0.6	2.3	2.9	4.8	1.2	0.3	-	2.6	8.0	15.4	.517	-	-	-	4.0	4.8	.839
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick McGuire	3	36.3	15.7	-	-	5.7	6.3	-	-	-	3.3	6.7	10.7	.625	-	-	-	2.3	3.7	.636
Earl Monroe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-