Earl Monroe vs. Josh Powell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Josh Powell 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, 6 more than Josh Powell, who played 7. Earl Monroe had the first of his seasons in 1967-68, while Josh Powell had his rookie season in 2005-06. 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	Josh Powell
Season	1967-68	2005-06
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks 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		%
Earl Monroe	82	36.7	24.3	-	-	5.7	4.3	-	-	-	3.4	9.0	20.0	.453	-	-	-	6.2	7.9	.781
Josh Powell	37	11.6	3.0	0.8	1.4	2.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.6	1.4	1.0	2.2	.457	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.2	.800
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Monroe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Josh Powell	6	4.2	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.8	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 2
	Earl Monroe	Josh Powell
Season	1968-69	2006-07
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Indiana Pacers, Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Div Semis	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	80	38.4	25.8	-	-	3.5	4.9	-	-	-	3.3	10.1	23.0	.440	-	-	-	5.6	7.3	.768
Josh Powell	37	9.5	3.1	0.6	1.7	2.4	0.6	0.1	0.3	0.8	1.6	1.2	2.5	.462	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.1	.714
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
Josh Powell	4	1.5	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500

Season 4
	Earl Monroe	Josh Powell
Season	1970-71	2008-09
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Earl Monroe	81	35.1	21.4	-	-	2.6	4.4	-	-	-	2.7	8.2	18.5	.442	-	-	-	5.0	6.2	.802
Josh Powell	60	11.7	4.2	1.2	1.8	2.9	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.9	1.6	1.8	4.0	.444	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.8	.760
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
Josh Powell	14	5.2	2.1	0.5	0.7	1.2	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.6	0.8	1.9	.423	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.4	0.4	1.000

Season 5
	Earl Monroe	Josh Powell
Season	1971-72	2009-10
Team	Baltimore Bullets, New York Knicks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Earl Monroe	63	21.2	11.9	-	-	1.6	2.3	-	-	-	2.2	4.6	10.5	.434	-	-	-	2.8	3.6	.781
Josh Powell	63	9.2	2.7	0.7	1.1	1.8	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.5	1.1	1.1	3.1	.366	0.1	0.3	.438	0.3	0.5	.645
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
Josh Powell	13	3.1	0.7	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.7	0.2	0.6	.375	0.0	0.1	.000	0.2	0.3	.750

Season 6
	Earl Monroe	Josh Powell
Season	1972-73	2010-11
Team	New York Knicks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hawks Lost East 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
Josh Powell	54	12.1	4.1	0.9	1.6	2.5	0.4	0.1	0.1	1.0	1.4	1.7	3.9	.452	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	0.8	.800
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
Josh Powell	9	5.3	1.1	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.9	0.6	1.0	.556	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Note: Josh Powell didn't play in 2011-12 and 2012-13.

Season 8
	Earl Monroe	Josh Powell
Season	1974-75	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	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		%
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
Josh Powell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Josh Powell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Earl Monroe	Josh Powell
Season	1976-77	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	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
Josh Powell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Monroe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Josh Powell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-