Earl Monroe vs. Trent Tucker Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Trent Tucker 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, 2 more than Trent Tucker, who played 11. Earl Monroe had the first of his seasons in 1967-68, while Trent Tucker had his rookie season in 1982-83. 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	Trent Tucker
Season	1967-68	1982-83
Team	Baltimore Bullets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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	82	36.7	24.3	-	-	5.7	4.3	-	-	-	3.4	9.0	20.0	.453	-	-	-	6.2	7.9	.781
Trent Tucker	78	23.5	8.4	1.0	1.8	2.8	2.5	0.7	0.1	0.9	3.0	3.8	8.3	.462	0.2	0.4	.467	0.6	0.8	.672
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Monroe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trent Tucker	6	14.2	4.3	0.3	1.2	1.5	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.2	1.5	2.5	.600	0.2	0.3	.500	1.2	1.7	.700

Season 2
	Earl Monroe	Trent Tucker
Season	1968-69	1983-84
Team	Baltimore Bullets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Div Semis	Knicks 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	80	38.4	25.8	-	-	3.5	4.9	-	-	-	3.3	10.1	23.0	.440	-	-	-	5.6	7.3	.768
Trent Tucker	63	19.5	7.6	0.7	1.4	2.1	2.2	1.0	0.1	0.9	2.0	3.6	7.1	.500	0.1	0.3	.375	0.4	0.5	.758
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
Trent Tucker	12	21.2	7.6	0.5	1.0	1.5	2.3	0.9	0.3	1.0	2.7	3.5	7.0	.500	0.1	0.4	.200	0.5	0.8	.600

Season 4
	Earl Monroe	Trent Tucker
Season	1970-71	1985-86
Team	Baltimore Bullets	New York Knicks
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
Trent Tucker	77	23.2	10.6	0.9	1.3	2.2	2.5	0.8	0.1	0.9	2.2	4.5	9.6	.472	0.5	1.2	.451	1.0	1.3	.790
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
Trent Tucker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Earl Monroe	Trent Tucker
Season	1972-73	1987-88
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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	75	31.6	15.5	-	-	3.3	3.8	-	-	-	2.6	6.6	13.5	.488	-	-	-	2.3	2.8	.822
Trent Tucker	71	17.6	7.1	0.5	1.2	1.7	1.6	0.7	0.1	0.7	2.2	2.7	6.4	.424	1.0	2.4	.413	0.7	1.0	.718
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
Trent Tucker	4	17.8	6.3	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.8	0.0	0.3	1.0	2.0	4.8	.421	1.5	3.3	.462	0.8	1.0	.750

Season 8
	Earl Monroe	Trent Tucker
Season	1974-75	1989-90
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks 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	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
Trent Tucker	81	21.3	8.2	0.7	1.4	2.1	2.1	0.9	0.1	0.9	2.0	3.1	7.5	.417	1.2	3.0	.388	0.8	1.1	.767
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
Trent Tucker	10	17.8	6.0	0.5	0.9	1.4	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.6	1.9	2.2	5.5	.400	1.0	2.7	.370	0.6	0.6	1.000

Season 10
	Earl Monroe	Trent Tucker
Season	1976-77	1991-92
Team	New York Knicks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs 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	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
Trent Tucker	24	17.3	6.5	0.3	1.2	1.5	1.1	0.9	0.1	0.6	1.6	2.5	5.4	.465	0.8	2.0	.396	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trent Tucker	3	12.7	4.7	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	4.7	.429	0.3	1.7	.200	0.3	0.3	1.000

Season 11
	Earl Monroe	Trent Tucker
Season	1977-78	1992-93
Team	New York Knicks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 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		%
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
Trent Tucker	69	13.2	5.2	0.2	0.8	1.0	1.2	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.9	2.1	4.3	.485	0.8	1.9	.397	0.3	0.3	.818
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
Trent Tucker	19	10.9	2.8	0.2	0.7	0.9	1.0	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.8	1.0	2.4	.413	0.6	1.4	.462	0.2	0.3	.500