Earl Monroe vs. Adrian Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Adrian Smith and Earl Monroe, 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.

Earl Monroe played 13 years in the NBA, 3 more than Adrian Smith, who played 10. Earl Monroe had the first of his seasons in 1967-68, while Adrian Smith had his rookie season in 1961-62. 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
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Rookie Season
	Earl Monroe	Adrian Smith
Season	1967-68	1961-62
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost West 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		%
Earl Monroe	82	36.7	24.3	-	-	5.7	4.3	-	-	-	3.4	9.0	20.0	.453	-	-	-	6.2	7.9	.781
Adrian Smith	80	18.3	7.2	-	-	1.9	2.1	-	-	-	1.3	2.5	6.2	.405	-	-	-	2.2	2.8	.775
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Monroe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Adrian Smith	4	13.3	5.3	-	-	1.3	0.8	-	-	-	0.5	2.0	4.8	.421	-	-	-	1.3	1.3	1.000

Season 2
	Earl Monroe	Adrian Smith
Season	1968-69	1962-63
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Div Semis	Royals Lost East Div 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		%
Earl Monroe	80	38.4	25.8	-	-	3.5	4.9	-	-	-	3.3	10.1	23.0	.440	-	-	-	5.6	7.3	.768
Adrian Smith	79	19.3	8.9	-	-	2.2	1.8	-	-	-	2.0	3.1	6.9	.443	-	-	-	2.8	3.5	.811
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Monroe	4	42.8	28.3	-	-	5.3	4.0	-	-	-	2.5	11.0	28.5	.386	-	-	-	6.3	7.8	.806
Adrian Smith	12	16.7	8.1	-	-	1.3	2.3	-	-	-	1.6	2.8	6.8	.402	-	-	-	2.6	3.7	.705

Season 4
	Earl Monroe	Adrian Smith
Season	1970-71	1964-65
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost NBA Finals	Royals 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		%
Earl Monroe	81	35.1	21.4	-	-	2.6	4.4	-	-	-	2.7	8.2	18.5	.442	-	-	-	5.0	6.2	.802
Adrian Smith	80	34.3	15.1	-	-	2.8	3.0	-	-	-	2.5	5.8	12.7	.456	-	-	-	3.6	4.3	.830
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Monroe	18	37.3	22.1	-	-	3.6	4.1	-	-	-	3.1	8.1	19.8	.407	-	-	-	5.9	7.5	.793
Adrian Smith	4	37.5	14.3	-	-	2.8	5.3	-	-	-	2.8	4.5	12.0	.375	-	-	-	5.3	5.5	.955

Season 5
	Earl Monroe	Adrian Smith
Season	1971-72	1965-66
Team	Baltimore Bullets, New York Knicks	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	Royals 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		%
Earl Monroe	63	21.2	11.9	-	-	1.6	2.3	-	-	-	2.2	4.6	10.5	.434	-	-	-	2.8	3.6	.781
Adrian Smith	80	37.3	18.4	-	-	3.6	3.2	-	-	-	3.5	6.6	16.4	.405	-	-	-	5.1	6.0	.850
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Monroe	16	26.8	12.3	-	-	2.8	2.9	-	-	-	2.6	4.8	11.6	.411	-	-	-	2.8	3.6	.789
Adrian Smith	5	31.4	13.0	-	-	2.4	2.6	-	-	-	2.4	4.4	11.8	.373	-	-	-	4.2	4.4	.955

Season 6
	Earl Monroe	Adrian Smith
Season	1972-73	1966-67
Team	New York Knicks	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Royals 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		%
Earl Monroe	75	31.6	15.5	-	-	3.3	3.8	-	-	-	2.6	6.6	13.5	.488	-	-	-	2.3	2.8	.822
Adrian Smith	81	32.5	16.6	-	-	2.5	2.3	-	-	-	3.4	6.2	14.2	.438	-	-	-	4.2	4.7	.903
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Monroe	16	31.5	16.1	-	-	3.2	3.2	-	-	-	2.4	6.9	13.2	.526	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.750
Adrian Smith	4	30.0	11.3	-	-	2.0	2.8	-	-	-	2.0	4.5	12.0	.375	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.750

Season 8
	Earl Monroe	Adrian Smith
Season	1974-75	1968-69
Team	New York Knicks	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
Adrian Smith	73	18.3	9.6	-	-	1.4	1.7	-	-	-	2.3	3.3	7.7	.432	-	-	-	3.0	3.7	.807
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Adrian Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Earl Monroe	Adrian Smith
Season	1976-77	1970-71
Team	New York Knicks	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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
Adrian Smith	21	11.8	5.3	-	-	1.1	1.4	-	-	-	1.1	1.8	4.2	.427	-	-	-	1.7	2.0	.854
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Monroe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Adrian Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-