Monta Ellis vs. Courtney Lee Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Courtney Lee 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 and Courtney Lee both played 12 years in the NBA. Monta Ellis had the first of his seasons in 2005-06, while Courtney Lee had his rookie season in 2008-09. 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
Courtney Lee	12	5	2008-09 to 2019-20

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Monta Ellis	Courtney Lee
Season	2005-06	2008-09
Team	Golden State Warriors	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic 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		%
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
Courtney Lee	77	25.2	8.4	0.2	2.1	2.3	1.2	1.0	0.2	0.9	2.0	3.2	7.0	.450	1.1	2.6	.404	1.0	1.2	.830

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Monta Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Courtney Lee	21	26.2	8.0	0.3	1.6	1.9	1.3	0.9	0.1	1.0	2.0	3.2	7.3	.435	0.6	2.1	.273	1.1	1.2	.885


Season 2
	Monta Ellis	Courtney Lee
Season	2006-07	2009-10
Team	Golden State Warriors	New Jersey Nets
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
Courtney Lee	71	33.5	12.5	0.8	2.7	3.5	1.7	1.3	0.3	1.1	1.8	4.8	10.9	.436	1.1	3.2	.338	1.9	2.2	.869

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
Courtney Lee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Monta Ellis	Courtney Lee
Season	2007-08	2010-11
Team	Golden State Warriors	Houston Rockets
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	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
Courtney Lee	81	21.3	8.3	0.6	2.0	2.6	1.2	0.7	0.2	0.8	1.3	3.1	7.1	.439	0.9	2.1	.408	1.2	1.5	.792

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


Season 4
	Monta Ellis	Courtney Lee
Season	2008-09	2011-12
Team	Golden State Warriors	Houston Rockets
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	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
Courtney Lee	58	30.3	11.4	0.4	2.3	2.7	1.5	1.2	0.4	1.1	1.8	4.3	10.0	.433	1.5	3.7	.401	1.2	1.5	.826

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


Season 5
	Monta Ellis	Courtney Lee
Season	2009-10	2012-13
Team	Golden State Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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	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
Courtney Lee	78	24.9	7.8	0.4	2.0	2.4	1.8	1.1	0.3	1.1	1.8	3.2	6.8	.464	0.7	2.0	.372	0.8	0.9	.861

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Monta Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Courtney Lee	4	9.8	1.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.3	1.3	.200	0.0	0.5	.000	1.0	1.0	1.000


Season 6
	Monta Ellis	Courtney Lee
Season	2010-11	2013-14
Team	Golden State Warriors	Boston Celtics, Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Grizzlies 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	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
Courtney Lee	79	25.0	9.6	0.4	2.0	2.4	1.5	0.8	0.4	0.9	1.6	3.7	7.8	.480	0.9	2.5	.371	1.3	1.4	.884

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Monta Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Courtney Lee	7	32.0	10.0	0.4	1.6	2.0	1.6	0.7	0.3	0.9	2.9	3.6	8.6	.417	0.9	2.7	.316	2.0	2.6	.778


Season 7
	Monta Ellis	Courtney Lee
Season	2011-12	2014-15
Team	Golden State Warriors, Milwaukee Bucks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Grizzlies 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
Courtney Lee	77	30.6	10.1	0.3	2.0	2.3	2.0	1.0	0.2	1.0	1.7	3.7	8.4	.448	1.2	2.9	.402	1.4	1.7	.860

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Monta Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Courtney Lee	11	33.4	13.3	0.3	2.3	2.5	2.2	1.1	0.0	1.2	2.2	5.0	9.1	.550	1.3	2.7	.467	2.0	2.1	.957


Season 8
	Monta Ellis	Courtney Lee
Season	2012-13	2015-16
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Memphis Grizzlies, Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hornets 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	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
Courtney Lee	79	29.5	9.6	0.4	2.2	2.6	1.7	1.1	0.4	0.9	1.7	3.7	8.1	.454	1.0	2.7	.378	1.3	1.5	.839

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
Courtney Lee	7	36.7	8.6	0.7	2.1	2.9	1.3	0.9	0.4	0.7	2.7	3.0	7.3	.412	0.6	1.3	.444	2.0	2.1	.933


Season 9
	Monta Ellis	Courtney Lee
Season	2013-14	2016-17
Team	Dallas Mavericks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
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
Courtney Lee	77	31.9	10.8	0.7	2.7	3.4	2.3	1.1	0.3	0.9	1.8	4.2	9.1	.456	1.4	3.5	.401	1.1	1.3	.867

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
Courtney Lee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Monta Ellis	Courtney Lee
Season	2014-15	2017-18
Team	Dallas Mavericks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
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
Courtney Lee	76	30.4	12.0	0.4	2.6	2.9	2.4	1.1	0.2	1.1	1.4	4.5	9.9	.454	1.5	3.7	.406	1.5	1.6	.919

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
Courtney Lee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Monta Ellis	Courtney Lee
Season	2015-16	2018-19
Team	Indiana Pacers	New York Knicks, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
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
Courtney Lee	34	12.6	4.0	0.3	1.3	1.6	1.1	0.6	0.1	0.4	0.9	1.6	3.8	.411	0.5	1.6	.291	0.4	0.6	.667

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
Courtney Lee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Monta Ellis	Courtney Lee
Season	2016-17	2019-20
Team	Indiana Pacers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
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
Courtney Lee	24	14.4	4.5	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.5	0.8	0.3	0.5	1.4	1.7	3.4	.488	0.9	2.0	.447	0.3	0.3	.857

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
Courtney Lee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Monta Ellis vs. Courtney Lee Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Courtney Lee 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