Earl Monroe vs. Mychal Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mychal Thompson 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.

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.

Earl Monroe played 13 years in the NBA, 1 more than Mychal Thompson, who played 12. Earl Monroe had the first of his seasons in 1967-68, while Mychal Thompson had his rookie season in 1978-79. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Earl Monroe	13	8	1967-68 to 1979-80
Mychal Thompson	12	11	1978-79 to 1990-91

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Earl Monroe	Mychal Thompson
Season	1967-68	1978-79
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West 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	82	36.7	24.3	-	-	5.7	4.3	-	-	-	3.4	9.0	20.0	.453	-	-	-	6.2	7.9	.781
Mychal Thompson	73	29.4	14.7	2.7	5.6	8.3	2.4	0.9	1.8	2.8	3.7	6.3	12.8	.490	-	-	-	2.1	3.7	.572

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Monroe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mychal Thompson	3	40.3	19.7	3.0	7.3	10.3	2.0	0.7	1.7	1.7	3.7	9.0	18.0	.500	-	-	-	1.7	3.3	.500

Note: Mychal Thompson didn't play in 1979-80.


Season 2
	Earl Monroe	Mychal Thompson
Season	1968-69	1980-81
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Div Semis	Trail Blazers Lost West 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	80	38.4	25.8	-	-	3.5	4.9	-	-	-	3.3	10.1	23.0	.440	-	-	-	5.6	7.3	.768
Mychal Thompson	79	35.3	17.0	2.8	5.9	8.7	3.6	0.8	2.2	3.1	3.3	7.2	14.6	.494	0.0	0.0	.000	2.6	4.1	.641

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
Mychal Thompson	3	44.0	25.0	1.7	6.0	7.7	1.3	1.0	3.0	2.3	3.3	10.3	17.0	.608	0.0	0.0	-	4.3	6.0	.722


Season 3
	Earl Monroe	Mychal Thompson
Season	1969-70	1981-82
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
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	82	37.2	23.4	-	-	3.1	4.9	-	-	-	3.1	8.5	19.0	.446	-	-	-	6.5	7.8	.830
Mychal Thompson	79	39.6	20.8	3.3	8.4	11.7	4.0	0.9	1.4	3.1	2.9	8.6	16.5	.523	0.0	0.0	-	3.5	5.6	.628

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Monroe	7	42.7	28.0	-	-	3.3	4.0	-	-	-	3.3	10.6	22.0	.481	-	-	-	6.9	8.6	.800
Mychal Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Earl Monroe	Mychal Thompson
Season	1970-71	1982-83
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost NBA Finals	Trail Blazers 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	81	35.1	21.4	-	-	2.6	4.4	-	-	-	2.7	8.2	18.5	.442	-	-	-	5.0	6.2	.802
Mychal Thompson	80	37.7	15.7	2.3	7.1	9.4	4.8	0.9	1.4	3.5	2.7	6.3	12.9	.489	0.0	0.0	.000	3.1	5.0	.621

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
Mychal Thompson	7	40.6	15.0	2.3	5.7	8.0	5.6	0.9	1.1	4.0	3.4	5.7	12.1	.471	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	5.4	.658


Season 5
	Earl Monroe	Mychal Thompson
Season	1971-72	1983-84
Team	Baltimore Bullets, New York Knicks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	Trail Blazers Lost West 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	63	21.2	11.9	-	-	1.6	2.3	-	-	-	2.2	4.6	10.5	.434	-	-	-	2.8	3.6	.781
Mychal Thompson	79	33.5	15.7	3.0	5.7	8.7	3.9	1.1	1.4	3.0	3.0	6.2	11.8	.524	0.0	0.0	.000	3.4	5.1	.667

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
Mychal Thompson	4	30.3	15.3	2.3	5.0	7.3	3.8	1.3	0.8	1.5	2.8	5.5	11.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	4.3	5.5	.773


Season 6
	Earl Monroe	Mychal Thompson
Season	1972-73	1984-85
Team	New York Knicks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Trail Blazers 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
Mychal Thompson	79	33.1	18.4	2.7	5.2	7.8	2.6	1.0	1.3	2.9	2.7	7.2	14.1	.515	0.0	0.0	-	3.9	5.7	.684

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
Mychal Thompson	9	27.8	14.8	2.8	5.2	8.0	1.6	0.8	1.3	2.1	3.6	5.6	11.3	.490	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	5.4	.673


Season 7
	Earl Monroe	Mychal Thompson
Season	1973-74	1985-86
Team	New York Knicks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Trail Blazers Lost West 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	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
Mychal Thompson	82	31.3	14.7	2.2	5.2	7.4	2.1	0.9	0.4	2.4	3.3	6.1	12.3	.498	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.8	.641

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Mychal Thompson	4	35.0	19.0	2.8	5.5	8.3	3.5	0.3	0.8	2.5	3.3	7.8	13.5	.574	0.0	0.0	-	3.5	6.5	.538


Season 8
	Earl Monroe	Mychal Thompson
Season	1974-75	1986-87
Team	New York Knicks	San Antonio Spurs, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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	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
Mychal Thompson	82	23.0	11.4	1.7	3.3	5.0	1.4	0.5	0.9	1.6	2.5	4.4	9.7	.450	0.0	0.0	.500	2.7	3.6	.737

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
Mychal Thompson	18	22.3	8.8	1.6	3.3	4.9	0.5	0.4	0.9	0.9	2.8	3.4	7.6	.453	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.8	.680


Season 9
	Earl Monroe	Mychal Thompson
Season	1975-76	1987-88
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	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
Mychal Thompson	80	25.1	11.6	2.5	3.6	6.1	0.8	0.5	1.0	1.4	3.1	4.6	9.0	.512	0.0	0.0	.000	2.3	3.7	.634

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Monroe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mychal Thompson	24	25.6	9.7	2.6	4.5	7.1	0.5	0.7	0.9	1.4	2.9	4.1	8.0	.513	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.6	.581


Season 10
	Earl Monroe	Mychal Thompson
Season	1976-77	1988-89
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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	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
Mychal Thompson	80	24.9	9.2	2.0	3.9	5.8	0.6	0.7	0.7	1.2	2.8	3.6	6.5	.559	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	2.9	.678

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Monroe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mychal Thompson	15	25.1	11.4	2.6	2.5	5.1	0.7	0.4	0.8	0.9	3.5	4.3	8.5	.508	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	4.0	.683


Season 11
	Earl Monroe	Mychal Thompson
Season	1977-78	1989-90
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Lakers 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	76	31.2	17.8	0.6	1.8	2.4	4.8	0.8	0.3	2.4	2.5	7.3	14.8	.495	-	-	-	3.2	3.8	.832
Mychal Thompson	70	26.9	10.1	2.5	4.3	6.8	0.6	0.5	1.0	1.1	3.0	4.0	8.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	2.9	.706

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Monroe	6	24.2	9.8	0.2	0.7	0.8	2.8	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.5	4.0	10.3	.387	-	-	-	1.8	3.0	.611
Mychal Thompson	9	25.0	6.4	1.7	2.7	4.3	0.2	0.2	1.4	1.9	2.9	2.3	4.9	.477	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.9	.615


Season 12
	Earl Monroe	Mychal Thompson
Season	1978-79	1990-91
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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	64	21.8	12.3	0.4	0.8	1.2	3.0	0.8	0.1	1.5	1.9	5.1	10.9	.471	-	-	-	2.0	2.4	.838
Mychal Thompson	72	15.0	4.0	1.0	2.1	3.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.6	1.6	3.2	.496	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.2	.705

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Monroe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mychal Thompson	8	5.3	0.5	0.4	0.8	1.1	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.1	1.3	0.3	0.9	.286	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 13
	Earl Monroe	Mychal Thompson
Season	1979-80	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards
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	51	12.4	7.4	0.3	0.4	0.7	1.3	0.4	0.1	0.5	0.9	3.2	6.9	.457	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.3	.875
Mychal Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Monroe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mychal Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Earl Monroe vs. Mychal Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mychal Thompson 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13