Monta Ellis vs. Austin Rivers Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Austin Rivers and Monta Ellis, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Monta Ellis played 12 years in the NBA, 1 more than Austin Rivers, who played 11. Monta Ellis had the first of his seasons in 2005-06, while Austin Rivers had his rookie season in 2012-13. 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
Monta Ellis	12	6	2005-06 to 2016-17
Austin Rivers	11	8	2012-13 to 2022-23

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12


Rookie Season
	Monta Ellis	Austin Rivers
Season	2005-06	2012-13
Team	Golden State Warriors	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards
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		%
Monta Ellis	49	18.1	6.8	0.4	1.7	2.1	1.6	0.7	0.2	1.2	1.4	2.7	6.5	.415	0.6	1.7	.341	0.9	1.2	.712
Austin Rivers	61	23.2	6.2	0.3	1.5	1.8	2.1	0.4	0.1	1.2	2.0	2.4	6.4	.372	0.5	1.4	.326	1.0	1.8	.546

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Monta Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Austin Rivers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Monta Ellis	Austin Rivers
Season	2006-07	2013-14
Team	Golden State Warriors	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West 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		%
Monta Ellis	77	34.3	16.5	0.8	2.4	3.2	4.1	1.7	0.3	2.9	2.7	6.2	13.1	.475	0.5	1.9	.273	3.5	4.6	.763
Austin Rivers	69	19.4	7.7	0.4	1.5	1.9	2.3	0.7	0.1	1.1	1.9	2.8	6.9	.405	0.5	1.4	.364	1.6	2.5	.636

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Monta Ellis	11	21.6	8.0	0.7	1.5	2.3	0.9	0.9	0.2	1.8	2.1	2.9	7.5	.390	0.1	0.8	.111	2.1	2.5	.821
Austin Rivers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Monta Ellis	Austin Rivers
Season	2007-08	2014-15
Team	Golden State Warriors	New Orleans Pelicans, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers 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		%
Monta Ellis	81	37.9	20.2	1.6	3.3	5.0	3.9	1.5	0.3	2.1	2.4	8.0	15.1	.531	0.1	0.6	.231	4.0	5.1	.767
Austin Rivers	76	20.6	7.0	0.4	1.6	2.0	2.0	0.6	0.2	0.9	1.9	2.7	6.5	.409	0.5	1.7	.298	1.1	1.7	.675

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Monta Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Austin Rivers	14	17.9	8.4	0.4	1.3	1.7	1.1	0.7	0.3	0.9	2.0	3.3	7.5	.438	0.9	2.5	.371	0.9	1.4	.632


Season 4
	Monta Ellis	Austin Rivers
Season	2008-09	2015-16
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers 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		%
Monta Ellis	25	35.7	19.0	0.6	3.8	4.3	3.7	1.6	0.3	2.7	2.7	7.8	17.2	.451	0.3	1.0	.308	3.1	3.8	.830
Austin Rivers	67	21.9	8.9	0.3	1.6	1.9	1.5	0.7	0.1	0.9	2.0	3.4	7.7	.438	0.9	2.8	.335	1.2	1.7	.681

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Monta Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Austin Rivers	6	24.0	10.3	0.7	2.0	2.7	2.7	0.5	0.0	1.2	2.0	4.3	10.2	.426	0.7	2.8	.235	1.0	1.5	.667


Season 5
	Monta Ellis	Austin Rivers
Season	2009-10	2016-17
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers 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		%
Monta Ellis	64	41.4	25.5	0.7	3.3	4.0	5.3	2.2	0.4	3.8	3.0	9.9	22.0	.449	1.2	3.6	.338	4.6	6.1	.753
Austin Rivers	74	27.8	12.0	0.3	1.9	2.2	2.8	0.6	0.1	1.6	2.5	4.4	9.9	.442	1.5	4.0	.371	1.8	2.6	.691

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Monta Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Austin Rivers	3	30.0	8.0	0.3	2.3	2.7	0.7	0.3	0.3	1.7	2.0	3.0	8.7	.346	1.3	4.3	.308	0.7	0.7	1.000


Season 6
	Monta Ellis	Austin Rivers
Season	2010-11	2017-18
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
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		%
Monta Ellis	80	40.3	24.1	0.6	3.0	3.5	5.6	2.1	0.3	3.2	2.5	9.1	20.1	.451	1.7	4.7	.361	4.3	5.4	.789
Austin Rivers	61	33.7	15.1	0.4	1.9	2.4	4.0	1.2	0.3	1.8	2.5	5.6	13.2	.424	2.2	5.9	.378	1.7	2.6	.642

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Monta Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Austin Rivers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Monta Ellis	Austin Rivers
Season	2011-12	2018-19
Team	Golden State Warriors, Milwaukee Bucks	Washington Wizards, Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets 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		%
Monta Ellis	58	36.6	20.4	0.3	3.1	3.4	6.0	1.5	0.3	3.1	2.3	7.8	17.9	.433	1.1	3.5	.308	3.8	4.7	.796
Austin Rivers	76	26.7	8.1	0.3	1.8	2.1	2.2	0.6	0.3	0.9	2.7	3.1	7.5	.406	1.4	4.3	.318	0.7	1.3	.526

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Monta Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Austin Rivers	10	21.5	7.4	0.2	1.9	2.1	1.0	0.5	0.1	0.8	3.1	2.7	6.2	.435	1.6	3.5	.457	0.4	0.6	.667


Season 8
	Monta Ellis	Austin Rivers
Season	2012-13	2019-20
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Rockets 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		%
Monta Ellis	82	37.5	19.2	0.5	3.3	3.9	6.0	2.1	0.4	3.1	2.0	7.3	17.5	.416	1.1	4.0	.287	3.5	4.6	.773
Austin Rivers	68	23.4	8.8	0.4	2.2	2.6	1.7	0.7	0.1	0.7	1.9	3.1	7.4	.421	1.4	4.0	.356	1.1	1.6	.703

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Monta Ellis	4	38.0	14.3	0.5	2.8	3.3	5.5	2.5	0.3	3.5	2.0	6.0	13.8	.436	0.8	4.8	.158	1.5	4.0	.375
Austin Rivers	12	17.6	4.8	0.2	2.3	2.5	1.3	0.6	0.1	0.7	1.8	1.6	5.1	.311	0.8	2.9	.257	0.8	1.1	.769


Season 9
	Monta Ellis	Austin Rivers
Season	2013-14	2020-21
Team	Dallas Mavericks	New York Knicks, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets 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		%
Monta Ellis	82	36.9	19.0	0.5	3.1	3.6	5.7	1.7	0.3	3.2	2.4	7.0	15.6	.451	0.8	2.5	.330	4.1	5.2	.788
Austin Rivers	36	23.5	7.9	0.2	2.1	2.3	2.3	0.8	0.1	1.0	1.8	2.9	6.8	.424	1.5	4.1	.369	0.6	0.9	.710

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Monta Ellis	7	35.6	20.4	0.9	1.6	2.4	2.9	1.3	0.1	2.1	2.7	7.4	18.1	.409	1.7	4.9	.353	3.9	4.4	.871
Austin Rivers	10	30.5	9.2	0.1	1.6	1.7	2.1	0.2	0.3	0.9	3.2	3.0	6.9	.435	1.9	4.6	.413	1.3	1.6	.813


Season 10
	Monta Ellis	Austin Rivers
Season	2014-15	2021-22
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets 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		%
Monta Ellis	80	33.7	18.9	0.4	2.0	2.4	4.1	1.9	0.3	2.5	2.5	7.5	16.9	.445	1.0	3.6	.285	2.9	3.8	.752
Austin Rivers	67	22.1	6.0	0.3	1.4	1.7	1.3	0.8	0.1	0.8	1.8	2.2	5.2	.417	1.2	3.4	.342	0.5	0.7	.727

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Monta Ellis	5	39.4	26.0	0.8	2.4	3.2	5.2	2.0	0.6	3.2	3.6	10.4	22.2	.468	2.2	6.0	.367	3.0	4.0	.750
Austin Rivers	5	21.6	4.2	0.0	0.6	0.6	1.2	1.4	0.2	0.8	3.0	1.6	3.6	.444	0.8	2.4	.333	0.2	0.2	1.000


Season 11
	Monta Ellis	Austin Rivers
Season	2015-16	2022-23
Team	Indiana Pacers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Timberwolves 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		%
Monta Ellis	81	33.8	13.8	0.5	2.8	3.3	4.7	1.9	0.5	2.5	2.1	5.4	12.6	.427	1.1	3.5	.309	2.0	2.5	.786
Austin Rivers	52	19.5	4.9	0.1	1.5	1.6	1.4	0.5	0.1	0.4	1.5	1.8	4.0	.435	0.8	2.4	.350	0.6	0.8	.769

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Monta Ellis	7	32.1	11.6	0.6	3.3	3.9	4.3	2.1	0.0	2.4	2.4	4.7	10.9	.434	1.0	3.0	.333	1.1	1.4	.800
Austin Rivers	4	11.5	2.5	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	2.0	.500	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	0.0	-


Season 12
	Monta Ellis	Austin Rivers
Season	2016-17	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Monta Ellis	74	27.0	8.5	0.3	2.5	2.8	3.2	1.1	0.4	1.8	2.0	3.3	7.5	.443	0.6	1.8	.319	1.3	1.7	.727
Austin Rivers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Monta Ellis	4	19.0	5.5	0.3	1.8	2.0	1.3	0.5	0.3	1.0	1.3	2.0	5.0	.400	0.5	2.0	.250	1.0	1.3	.800
Austin Rivers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Monta Ellis vs. Austin Rivers Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Austin Rivers and Monta Ellis, 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