Kirk Hinrich vs. Earl Monroe Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Earl Monroe and Kirk Hinrich, 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.

Kirk Hinrich and Earl Monroe both played 13 years in the NBA. Kirk Hinrich had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, while Earl Monroe had his rookie season in 1967-68. 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
Kirk Hinrich	13	11	2003-04 to 2015-16
Earl Monroe	13	8	1967-68 to 1979-80

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Kirk Hinrich	Earl Monroe
Season	2003-04	1967-68
Team	Chicago Bulls	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	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		%
Kirk Hinrich	76	35.6	12.0	0.6	2.9	3.4	6.8	1.3	0.3	2.7	3.6	4.2	10.8	.386	1.9	4.9	.390	1.8	2.2	.804
Earl Monroe	82	36.7	24.3	-	-	5.7	4.3	-	-	-	3.4	9.0	20.0	.453	-	-	-	6.2	7.9	.781

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


Season 2
	Kirk Hinrich	Earl Monroe
Season	2004-05	1968-69
Team	Chicago Bulls	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bullets 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		%
Kirk Hinrich	77	36.4	15.7	0.4	3.5	3.9	6.4	1.6	0.3	2.3	3.2	5.8	14.6	.397	1.9	5.3	.355	2.2	2.8	.792
Earl Monroe	80	38.4	25.8	-	-	3.5	4.9	-	-	-	3.3	10.1	23.0	.440	-	-	-	5.6	7.3	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kirk Hinrich	6	35.8	21.2	0.7	3.0	3.7	5.8	2.0	0.7	2.3	3.0	7.5	16.7	.450	2.8	5.5	.515	3.3	4.8	.690
Earl Monroe	4	42.8	28.3	-	-	5.3	4.0	-	-	-	2.5	11.0	28.5	.386	-	-	-	6.3	7.8	.806


Season 3
	Kirk Hinrich	Earl Monroe
Season	2005-06	1969-70
Team	Chicago Bulls	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bullets 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		%
Kirk Hinrich	81	36.5	15.9	0.4	3.2	3.6	6.3	1.2	0.3	2.3	3.1	5.6	13.3	.418	1.6	4.2	.370	3.2	3.9	.815
Earl Monroe	82	37.2	23.4	-	-	3.1	4.9	-	-	-	3.1	8.5	19.0	.446	-	-	-	6.5	7.8	.830

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kirk Hinrich	6	39.0	20.5	0.0	3.3	3.3	7.7	1.3	0.3	4.0	3.7	6.5	15.7	.415	1.5	4.3	.346	6.0	7.0	.857
Earl Monroe	7	42.7	28.0	-	-	3.3	4.0	-	-	-	3.3	10.6	22.0	.481	-	-	-	6.9	8.6	.800


Season 4
	Kirk Hinrich	Earl Monroe
Season	2006-07	1970-71
Team	Chicago Bulls	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Bullets 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		%
Kirk Hinrich	80	35.5	16.6	0.4	3.0	3.4	6.3	1.3	0.3	2.4	3.4	5.9	13.3	.448	1.8	4.2	.415	3.0	3.6	.835
Earl Monroe	81	35.1	21.4	-	-	2.6	4.4	-	-	-	2.7	8.2	18.5	.442	-	-	-	5.0	6.2	.802

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kirk Hinrich	10	36.2	12.1	0.4	3.8	4.2	7.5	0.9	0.3	2.3	3.7	4.4	11.7	.376	1.3	4.3	.302	2.0	2.6	.769
Earl Monroe	18	37.3	22.1	-	-	3.6	4.1	-	-	-	3.1	8.1	19.8	.407	-	-	-	5.9	7.5	.793


Season 5
	Kirk Hinrich	Earl Monroe
Season	2007-08	1971-72
Team	Chicago Bulls	Baltimore Bullets, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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		%
Kirk Hinrich	75	31.7	11.5	0.4	2.9	3.3	6.0	1.2	0.3	2.1	3.0	4.4	10.6	.414	1.1	3.2	.350	1.6	1.9	.831
Earl Monroe	63	21.2	11.9	-	-	1.6	2.3	-	-	-	2.2	4.6	10.5	.434	-	-	-	2.8	3.6	.781

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kirk Hinrich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Earl Monroe	16	26.8	12.3	-	-	2.8	2.9	-	-	-	2.6	4.8	11.6	.411	-	-	-	2.8	3.6	.789


Season 6
	Kirk Hinrich	Earl Monroe
Season	2008-09	1972-73
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Kirk Hinrich	51	26.3	9.9	0.3	2.1	2.4	3.9	1.3	0.4	1.7	2.5	3.6	8.2	.437	1.4	3.3	.408	1.3	1.7	.791
Earl Monroe	75	31.6	15.5	-	-	3.3	3.8	-	-	-	2.6	6.6	13.5	.488	-	-	-	2.3	2.8	.822

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kirk Hinrich	7	30.0	12.6	0.3	2.4	2.7	2.9	1.7	0.4	1.1	2.6	4.1	8.9	.468	1.9	4.3	.433	2.4	3.6	.680
Earl Monroe	16	31.5	16.1	-	-	3.2	3.2	-	-	-	2.4	6.9	13.2	.526	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.750


Season 7
	Kirk Hinrich	Earl Monroe
Season	2009-10	1973-74
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Conf 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		%
Kirk Hinrich	74	33.5	10.9	0.3	3.2	3.5	4.5	1.1	0.3	1.5	2.8	4.2	10.2	.409	1.4	3.8	.371	1.1	1.5	.752
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kirk Hinrich	5	39.2	12.4	0.2	4.2	4.4	4.0	1.4	0.0	0.4	2.8	4.4	10.4	.423	1.6	3.2	.500	2.0	2.8	.714
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


Season 8
	Kirk Hinrich	Earl Monroe
Season	2010-11	1974-75
Team	Washington Wizards, Atlanta Hawks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Kirk Hinrich	72	30.0	10.2	0.3	2.2	2.5	4.0	1.0	0.2	1.7	2.6	3.9	8.7	.446	1.0	2.6	.399	1.5	1.8	.841
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kirk Hinrich	6	28.8	10.2	0.2	2.2	2.3	2.7	1.2	0.3	0.7	3.5	4.3	8.7	.500	1.3	3.2	.421	0.2	0.2	1.000
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


Season 9
	Kirk Hinrich	Earl Monroe
Season	2011-12	1975-76
Team	Atlanta Hawks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Kirk Hinrich	48	25.8	6.6	0.2	1.9	2.1	2.8	0.8	0.2	1.2	2.1	2.5	6.1	.414	1.0	2.8	.346	0.5	0.7	.781
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kirk Hinrich	6	23.5	5.7	0.7	1.3	2.0	1.0	0.7	0.0	0.3	1.5	2.2	5.0	.433	1.0	2.7	.375	0.3	0.3	1.000
Earl Monroe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Kirk Hinrich	Earl Monroe
Season	2012-13	1976-77
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 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		%
Kirk Hinrich	60	29.4	7.7	0.3	2.4	2.6	5.2	1.1	0.4	1.7	3.2	2.7	7.0	.377	1.2	3.0	.390	1.2	1.6	.714
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kirk Hinrich	4	40.5	11.3	0.3	2.5	2.8	5.8	2.0	0.3	2.0	3.5	4.0	9.3	.432	1.0	2.8	.364	2.3	3.5	.643
Earl Monroe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Kirk Hinrich	Earl Monroe
Season	2013-14	1977-78
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Kirk Hinrich	73	29.0	9.1	0.4	2.2	2.6	3.9	1.1	0.4	1.6	2.8	3.3	8.5	.393	1.2	3.3	.351	1.3	1.7	.760
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kirk Hinrich	5	33.4	11.0	0.2	2.8	3.0	4.4	0.8	0.2	2.2	4.4	4.6	11.2	.411	1.4	3.8	.368	0.4	0.8	.500
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


Season 12
	Kirk Hinrich	Earl Monroe
Season	2014-15	1978-79
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 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		%
Kirk Hinrich	66	24.4	5.7	0.3	1.5	1.8	2.2	0.7	0.2	1.1	2.2	2.2	5.8	.373	0.9	2.5	.345	0.5	0.8	.700
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kirk Hinrich	10	12.6	2.6	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.1	0.3	0.1	0.1	1.4	0.9	1.9	.474	0.6	1.0	.600	0.2	0.3	.667
Earl Monroe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Kirk Hinrich	Earl Monroe
Season	2015-16	1979-80
Team	Chicago Bulls, Atlanta Hawks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 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		%
Kirk Hinrich	46	13.7	3.0	0.2	1.3	1.5	1.6	0.3	0.0	0.7	1.4	1.1	2.8	.380	0.5	1.3	.387	0.3	0.3	.938
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kirk Hinrich	6	4.5	0.8	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.2	.286	0.2	0.5	.333	0.0	0.0	-
Earl Monroe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Kirk Hinrich vs. Earl Monroe Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Earl Monroe and Kirk Hinrich, 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