Earl Monroe vs. Jason Richardson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jason Richardson 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 and Jason Richardson both played 13 years in the NBA. Earl Monroe had the first of his seasons in 1967-68, while Jason Richardson had his rookie season in 2001-02. 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
	Earl Monroe	Jason Richardson
Season	1967-68	2001-02
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
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	82	36.7	24.3	-	-	5.7	4.3	-	-	-	3.4	9.0	20.0	.453	-	-	-	6.2	7.9	.781
Jason Richardson	80	32.9	14.4	1.6	2.7	4.3	3.0	1.3	0.4	2.0	2.4	5.8	13.6	.426	1.0	3.1	.333	1.8	2.6	.671
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Monroe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Richardson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Earl Monroe	Jason Richardson
Season	1968-69	2002-03
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East 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		%
Earl Monroe	80	38.4	25.8	-	-	3.5	4.9	-	-	-	3.3	10.1	23.0	.440	-	-	-	5.6	7.3	.768
Jason Richardson	82	32.9	15.6	1.4	3.3	4.6	3.0	1.1	0.3	2.2	2.5	5.8	14.2	.410	1.5	4.1	.368	2.5	3.3	.764
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
Jason Richardson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Earl Monroe	Jason Richardson
Season	1970-71	2004-05
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost NBA 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		%
Earl Monroe	81	35.1	21.4	-	-	2.6	4.4	-	-	-	2.7	8.2	18.5	.442	-	-	-	5.0	6.2	.802
Jason Richardson	72	37.8	21.7	1.7	4.2	5.9	3.9	1.5	0.4	2.3	2.2	8.5	19.0	.446	1.7	5.1	.338	3.0	4.3	.693
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
Jason Richardson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Earl Monroe	Jason Richardson
Season	1972-73	2006-07
Team	New York Knicks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Warriors Lost West Conf 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
Jason Richardson	51	32.8	16.0	1.4	3.7	5.1	3.4	1.1	0.6	1.6	2.5	6.0	14.4	.417	2.2	5.9	.365	1.8	2.7	.657
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
Jason Richardson	11	38.9	19.1	2.2	4.5	6.7	2.0	1.3	0.5	2.2	3.5	7.4	15.5	.476	2.6	7.5	.354	1.7	2.5	.704

Season 8
	Earl Monroe	Jason Richardson
Season	1974-75	2008-09
Team	New York Knicks	Charlotte Bobcats, Phoenix Suns
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
Jason Richardson	72	33.5	16.8	1.1	3.4	4.4	2.0	1.1	0.4	1.3	2.0	6.5	13.5	.477	1.8	4.5	.397	2.1	2.8	.769
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
Jason Richardson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Earl Monroe	Jason Richardson
Season	1976-77	2010-11
Team	New York Knicks	Phoenix Suns, Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic 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		%
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
Jason Richardson	80	33.9	15.6	0.8	3.3	4.1	1.8	1.2	0.2	1.2	2.0	5.9	13.2	.447	2.4	6.0	.395	1.5	2.0	.730
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Monroe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Richardson	5	30.6	10.0	1.0	3.0	4.0	1.2	0.6	0.4	0.6	3.2	3.4	10.2	.333	1.6	5.0	.320	1.6	1.6	1.000

Note: Jason Richardson didn't play in 2013-14.