Monta Ellis vs. Ralph Sampson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ralph Sampson 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

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, 3 more than Ralph Sampson, who played 9. Monta Ellis had the first of his seasons in 2005-06, while Ralph Sampson had his rookie season in 1983-84. 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
Ralph Sampson	9	4	1983-84 to 1991-92

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Monta Ellis	Ralph Sampson
Season	2005-06	1983-84
Team	Golden State Warriors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
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
Ralph Sampson	82	32.8	21.0	3.6	7.6	11.1	2.0	0.9	2.4	3.6	4.1	8.7	16.7	.523	0.0	0.0	.250	3.5	5.3	.661

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


Season 2
	Monta Ellis	Ralph Sampson
Season	2006-07	1984-85
Team	Golden State Warriors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	Most Improved Player	-
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	Rockets 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	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
Ralph Sampson	82	37.6	22.1	2.8	7.6	10.4	2.7	1.0	2.0	4.0	3.7	9.2	18.3	.502	0.0	0.1	.000	3.7	5.5	.676

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
Ralph Sampson	5	38.6	21.2	5.0	11.6	16.6	1.4	0.4	1.6	3.4	4.6	8.6	20.0	.430	0.2	0.2	1.000	3.8	7.4	.514


Season 3
	Monta Ellis	Ralph Sampson
Season	2007-08	1985-86
Team	Golden State Warriors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets 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	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
Ralph Sampson	79	36.3	18.9	3.3	7.9	11.1	3.6	1.3	1.6	3.6	3.9	7.9	16.2	.488	0.0	0.2	.133	3.1	4.8	.641

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Monta Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ralph Sampson	20	37.1	20.0	3.3	7.5	10.8	4.0	1.5	1.8	3.6	4.0	7.8	15.1	.518	0.1	0.1	1.000	4.3	5.9	.729


Season 4
	Monta Ellis	Ralph Sampson
Season	2008-09	1986-87
Team	Golden State Warriors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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	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
Ralph Sampson	43	30.8	15.6	2.0	6.6	8.7	2.8	0.9	1.3	2.9	3.9	6.4	13.2	.489	0.0	0.1	.000	2.7	4.4	.624

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Monta Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ralph Sampson	10	33.0	18.6	2.7	6.1	8.8	2.1	0.2	1.2	3.1	4.7	7.5	14.6	.514	0.1	0.2	.500	3.5	4.3	.814


Season 5
	Monta Ellis	Ralph Sampson
Season	2009-10	1987-88
Team	Golden State Warriors	Houston Rockets, Golden State Warriors
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	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
Ralph Sampson	48	34.6	15.6	2.9	6.7	9.6	2.5	0.9	1.8	3.6	3.4	6.2	14.2	.438	0.0	0.2	.182	3.1	4.1	.760

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


Season 6
	Monta Ellis	Ralph Sampson
Season	2010-11	1988-89
Team	Golden State Warriors	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors 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	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
Ralph Sampson	61	17.8	6.4	1.7	3.3	5.0	1.3	0.5	1.1	1.5	2.8	2.7	6.0	.449	0.0	0.1	.375	1.0	1.6	.653

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Monta Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ralph Sampson	3	14.3	6.7	2.0	2.7	4.7	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.3	2.7	3.0	7.3	.409	0.0	1.3	.000	0.7	1.3	.500


Season 7
	Monta Ellis	Ralph Sampson
Season	2011-12	1989-90
Team	Golden State Warriors, Milwaukee Bucks	Sacramento Kings
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	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
Ralph Sampson	26	16.0	4.2	0.4	2.8	3.2	1.1	0.5	0.8	1.3	2.5	1.8	5.0	.372	0.0	0.2	.250	0.5	0.9	.522

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


Season 8
	Monta Ellis	Ralph Sampson
Season	2012-13	1990-91
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks 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	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
Ralph Sampson	25	13.9	3.0	1.6	2.8	4.4	0.7	0.4	0.7	1.1	2.2	1.4	3.7	.366	0.0	0.2	.200	0.2	0.8	.263

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
Ralph Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Monta Ellis	Ralph Sampson
Season	2013-14	1991-92
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Washington Bullets
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
Ralph Sampson	10	10.8	2.2	1.1	1.9	3.0	0.4	0.3	0.8	1.0	1.4	0.9	2.9	.310	0.0	0.2	.000	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	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
Ralph Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Monta Ellis	Ralph Sampson
Season	2014-15	-
Team	Dallas Mavericks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks 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
Ralph Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Ralph Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Monta Ellis	Ralph Sampson
Season	2015-16	-
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	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
Ralph Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Ralph Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Monta Ellis	Ralph Sampson
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
Ralph Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Ralph Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Monta Ellis vs. Ralph Sampson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ralph Sampson 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