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Earl Monroe

Vernon Earl Monroe (Earl, The Pearl, Black Jesus)

Position: Guard
Height: 6-3    Weight: 185 lbs.
Born: November 21, 1944 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
High School: John Bartram in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
College: Winston-Salem State University

Inducted into Hall of Fame as Player in 1990

Drafted by the Baltimore Bullets in the 1st round (2nd pick, 2nd overall) of the 1967 NBA draft.

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Totals

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1967-68 23 BAL NBA 82 3012 742 1637 .453 507 649 .781 465 349 282 1991
1968-69 24 BAL NBA 80 3075 809 1837 .440 447 582 .768 280 392 261 2065
1969-70 25 BAL NBA 82 3051 695 1557 .446 532 641 .830 257 402 258 1922
1970-71 26 BAL NBA 81 2843 663 1501 .442 406 506 .802 213 354 220 1732
1971-72 27 TOT NBA 63 1337 287 662 .434 175 224 .781 100 142 139 749
1971-72 27 BAL NBA 3 103 26 64 .406 13 18 .722 8 10 9 65
1971-72 27 NYK NBA 60 1234 261 598 .436 162 206 .786 92 132 130 684
1972-73 28 NYK NBA 75 2370 496 1016 .488 171 208 .822 245 288 195 1163
1973-74 29 NYK NBA 41 1194 240 513 .468 93 113 .823 22 99 121 110 34 19 97 573
1974-75 30 NYK NBA 78 2814 668 1462 .457 297 359 .827 56 271 327 270 108 29 200 1633
1975-76 31 NYK NBA 76 2889 647 1354 .478 280 356 .787 48 225 273 304 111 22 209 1574
1976-77 32 NYK NBA 77 2656 613 1185 .517 307 366 .839 45 178 223 366 91 23 197 1533
1977-78 33 NYK NBA 76 2369 556 1123 .495 242 291 .832 47 135 182 361 60 19 179 189 1354
1978-79 34 NYK NBA 64 1393 329 699 .471 129 154 .838 26 48 74 189 48 6 98 123 787
1979-80 35 NYK NBA 51 633 161 352 .457 0 0 56 64 .875 16 20 36 67 21 3 28 46 378
Career NBA 926 29636 6906 14898 .464 0 0 3642 4513 .807 260 976 2796 3594 473 121 305 2416 17454

Per Game

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1967-68 23 BAL NBA 82 36.7 9.0 20.0 .453 6.2 7.9 .781 5.7 4.3 3.4 24.3
1968-69 24 BAL NBA 80 38.4 10.1 23.0 .440 5.6 7.3 .768 3.5 4.9 3.3 25.8
1969-70 25 BAL NBA 82 37.2 8.5 19.0 .446 6.5 7.8 .830 3.1 4.9 3.1 23.4
1970-71 26 BAL NBA 81 35.1 8.2 18.5 .442 5.0 6.2 .802 2.6 4.4 2.7 21.4
1971-72 27 TOT NBA 63 21.2 4.6 10.5 .434 2.8 3.6 .781 1.6 2.3 2.2 11.9
1971-72 27 BAL NBA 3 34.3 8.7 21.3 .406 4.3 6.0 .722 2.7 3.3 3.0 21.7
1971-72 27 NYK NBA 60 20.6 4.4 10.0 .436 2.7 3.4 .786 1.5 2.2 2.2 11.4
1972-73 28 NYK NBA 75 31.6 6.6 13.5 .488 2.3 2.8 .822 3.3 3.8 2.6 15.5
1973-74 29 NYK NBA 41 29.1 5.9 12.5 .468 2.3 2.8 .823 0.5 2.4 3.0 2.7 0.8 0.5 2.4 14.0
1974-75 30 NYK NBA 78 36.1 8.6 18.7 .457 3.8 4.6 .827 0.7 3.5 4.2 3.5 1.4 0.4 2.6 20.9
1975-76 31 NYK NBA 76 38.0 8.5 17.8 .478 3.7 4.7 .787 0.6 3.0 3.6 4.0 1.5 0.3 2.8 20.7
1976-77 32 NYK NBA 77 34.5 8.0 15.4 .517 4.0 4.8 .839 0.6 2.3 2.9 4.8 1.2 0.3 2.6 19.9
1977-78 33 NYK NBA 76 31.2 7.3 14.8 .495 3.2 3.8 .832 0.6 1.8 2.4 4.8 0.8 0.3 2.4 2.5 17.8
1978-79 34 NYK NBA 64 21.8 5.1 10.9 .471 2.0 2.4 .838 0.4 0.8 1.2 3.0 0.8 0.1 1.5 1.9 12.3
1979-80 35 NYK NBA 51 12.4 3.2 6.9 .457 0.0 0.0 1.1 1.3 .875 0.3 0.4 0.7 1.3 0.4 0.1 0.5 0.9 7.4
Career NBA 926 32.0 7.5 16.1 .464 0.0 0.0 3.9 4.9 .807 0.6 2.1 3.0 3.9 1.0 0.3 1.6 2.6 18.8

Per 36 Minutes

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1967-68 23 BAL NBA 82 3012 8.9 19.6 .453 6.1 7.8 .781 5.6 4.2 3.4 23.8
1968-69 24 BAL NBA 80 3075 9.5 21.5 .440 5.2 6.8 .768 3.3 4.6 3.1 24.2
1969-70 25 BAL NBA 82 3051 8.2 18.4 .446 6.3 7.6 .830 3.0 4.7 3.0 22.7
1970-71 26 BAL NBA 81 2843 8.4 19.0 .442 5.1 6.4 .802 2.7 4.5 2.8 21.9
1971-72 27 TOT NBA 63 1337 7.7 17.8 .434 4.7 6.0 .781 2.7 3.8 3.7 20.2
1971-72 27 BAL NBA 3 103 9.1 22.4 .406 4.5 6.3 .722 2.8 3.5 3.1 22.7
1971-72 27 NYK NBA 60 1234 7.6 17.4 .436 4.7 6.0 .786 2.7 3.9 3.8 20.0
1972-73 28 NYK NBA 75 2370 7.5 15.4 .488 2.6 3.2 .822 3.7 4.4 3.0 17.7
1973-74 29 NYK NBA 41 1194 7.2 15.5 .468 2.8 3.4 .823 0.7 3.0 3.6 3.3 1.0 0.6 2.9 17.3
1974-75 30 NYK NBA 78 2814 8.5 18.7 .457 3.8 4.6 .827 0.7 3.5 4.2 3.5 1.4 0.4 2.6 20.9
1975-76 31 NYK NBA 76 2889 8.1 16.9 .478 3.5 4.4 .787 0.6 2.8 3.4 3.8 1.4 0.3 2.6 19.6
1976-77 32 NYK NBA 77 2656 8.3 16.1 .517 4.2 5.0 .839 0.6 2.4 3.0 5.0 1.2 0.3 2.7 20.8
1977-78 33 NYK NBA 76 2369 8.4 17.1 .495 3.7 4.4 .832 0.7 2.1 2.8 5.5 0.9 0.3 2.7 2.9 20.6
1978-79 34 NYK NBA 64 1393 8.5 18.1 .471 3.3 4.0 .838 0.7 1.2 1.9 4.9 1.2 0.2 2.5 3.2 20.3
1979-80 35 NYK NBA 51 633 9.2 20.0 .457 0.0 0.0 3.2 3.6 .875 0.9 1.1 2.0 3.8 1.2 0.2 1.6 2.6 21.5
Career NBA 926 29636 8.4 18.1 .464 0.0 0.0 4.4 5.5 .807 0.7 2.5 3.4 4.4 1.2 0.3 2.5 2.9 21.2

Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1967-68 23 BAL NBA 82 3012 19.3 .518 .453 16.8 6.2 3.1 9.3
1968-69 24 BAL NBA 80 3075 18.4 .493 .440 18.4 4.8 4.0 8.8
1969-70 25 BAL NBA 82 3051 17.3 .523 .446 17.4 5.1 3.2 8.3
1970-71 26 BAL NBA 81 2843 17.1 .502 .442 3.3 17.9 4.1 3.0 7.1
1971-72 27 TOT NBA 63 1337 14.9 .492 .434 3.7 15.8 1.3 1.2 2.5
1971-72 27 BAL NBA 3 103 14.7 .452 .406 3.7 15.4 -0.1 0.1 0.0
1971-72 27 NYK NBA 60 1234 14.9 .497 .436 3.7 15.8 1.3 1.1 2.4
1972-73 28 NYK NBA 75 2370 16.1 .525 .488 5.1 17.1 4.5 3.3 7.8
1973-74 29 NYK NBA 41 1194 14.5 .509 .468 1.9 8.7 5.3 13.6 1.3 0.9 97 1.3 1.4 2.8
1974-75 30 NYK NBA 78 2814 17.7 .504 .457 2.0 10.2 6.1 15.6 1.8 0.6 100 4.4 2.2 6.6
1975-76 31 NYK NBA 76 2889 17.1 .521 .478 1.7 8.1 4.9 16.3 1.8 0.4 101 5.1 2.1 7.2
1976-77 32 NYK NBA 77 2656 18.1 .569 .517 1.8 6.9 4.4 19.8 1.5 0.4 103 6.2 1.6 7.8
1977-78 33 NYK NBA 76 2369 16.9 .541 .495 2.1 5.8 4.0 21.2 1.1 0.4 12.5 22.9 108 107 5.0 0.7 5.8
1978-79 34 NYK NBA 64 1393 15.4 .513 .471 2.0 3.7 2.9 19.6 1.6 0.2 11.3 24.3 105 109 1.9 0.5 2.5
1979-80 35 NYK NBA 51 633 15.3 .497 .457 2.7 3.5 3.1 15.0 1.5 0.3 6.9 24.8 108 112 1.0 0.1 1.1
Career NBA 926 29636 17.2 .517 .464 2.0 7.3 4.4 17.5 1.5 0.5 11.3 23.6 107 103 50.9 26.5 77.4

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age Tm Lg G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1968-69 24 BAL NBA 4 171 44 114 25 31 21 16 10 113 .386 .806 42.8 28.3 5.3 4.0
1969-70 25 BAL NBA 7 299 74 154 48 60 23 28 23 196 .481 .800 42.7 28.0 3.3 4.0
1970-71 26 BAL NBA 18 671 145 356 107 135 64 74 56 397 .407 .793 37.3 22.1 3.6 4.1
1971-72 27 NYK NBA 16 429 76 185 45 57 45 47 41 197 .411 .789 26.8 12.3 2.8 2.9
1972-73 28 NYK NBA 16 504 111 211 36 48 51 51 39 258 .526 .750 31.5 16.1 3.2 3.2
1973-74 29 NYK NBA 12 407 81 165 47 55 8 48 25 8 9 26 209 .491 .855 33.9 17.4 4.0 2.1
1974-75 30 NYK NBA 3 89 12 45 18 22 1 9 6 4 2 6 42 .267 .818 29.7 14.0 3.0 2.0
1977-78 33 NYK NBA 6 145 24 62 11 18 1 5 17 6 0 6 15 59 .387 .611 24.2 9.8 0.8 2.8
Career NBA 82 2715 567 1292 337 426 10 266 264 18 11 6 216 1471 .439 .791 33.1 17.9 3.2 3.2

Playoffs Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1968-69 24 BAL NBA 4 171 17.4 .443 .386 15.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
1969-70 25 BAL NBA 7 299 20.3 .543 .481 16.2 0.9 0.4 1.3
1970-71 26 BAL NBA 18 671 17.0 .478 .407 4.4 17.8 0.7 0.8 1.5
1971-72 27 NYK NBA 16 429 13.2 .469 .411 5.4 16.0 0.1 0.4 0.5
1972-73 28 NYK NBA 16 504 17.7 .556 .526 5.3 14.8 1.5 0.4 1.9
1973-74 29 NYK NBA 12 407 17.8 .552 .491 2.0 11.0 6.3 10.1 1.0 1.2 101 1.0 0.2 1.2
1974-75 30 NYK NBA 3 89 11.2 .384 .267 1.3 9.4 5.5 11.1 2.2 1.2 106 -0.2 0.0 -0.2
1977-78 33 NYK NBA 6 145 9.1 .422 .387 0.6 3.0 1.7 14.5 1.8 0.0 7.9 19.7 93 113 0.0 0.0 -0.1
Career NBA 82 2715 16.4 .497 .439 1.6 9.0 5.0 15.1 1.3 0.9 7.9 19.7 93 104 3.9 2.1 6.1

All-Star Games

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1968-69 24 BAL NBA 1 1 27 6 15 .400 9 12 .750 4 4 4 21
1970-71 26 BAL NBA 1 1 18 3 9 .333 0 0 5 2 3 6
1974-75 30 NYK NBA 1 1 25 3 8 .375 3 5 .600 0 3 2 1 0 2 9
1976-77 32 NYK NBA 1 0 15 2 7 .286 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 4
Career NBA 4 3 85 14 39 .359 12 17 .706 0 12 11 1 0 10 40

College

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age College G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1963-64 19 WINSTSALST 23 71 21 163 7.1
1964-65 20 WINSTSALST 30 286 125 176 211 697 .710 23.2 7.0
1965-66 21 WINSTSALST 25 292 519 162 187 167 746 .563 .866 29.8 6.7
1966-67 22 WINSTSALST 32 509 839 311 391 218 1329 .607 .795 41.5 6.8
Career 110 1158 1358 619 754 596 2935 .853 .821 26.7 6.9

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1969 NBA
1971 NBA
1975 NBA
1977 NBA

Awards

1967-68 NBA Rookie of the Year

Honors

1967-68 NBA All-Rookie (1st)
1968-69 NBA All-NBA (1st)

MVP Award Shares

1974-75 NBA 0.005 (16)
1975-76 NBA 0.012 (12)
Career 0.017 (136)

Games

1967-68 NBA 82 (2)
1969-70 NBA 82 (1)

Field Goals

1967-68 NBA 742 (5)
1968-69 NBA 809 (2)
Career NBA 6906 (57)
Career 6906 (59)

Field Goal Attempts

1967-68 NBA 1637 (4)
1968-69 NBA 1837 (2)
1969-70 NBA 1557 (8)
Career NBA 14898 (53)
Career 14898 (56)

Free Throws

1967-68 NBA 507 (4)
1968-69 NBA 447 (8)
1969-70 NBA 532 (3)
Career NBA 3642 (77)
Career 3642 (81)

Free Throw Attempts

1967-68 NBA 649 (6)
1969-70 NBA 641 (5)
Career NBA 4513 (85)
Career 4513 (89)

Free Throw Pct

1969-70 NBA .830 (6)

Points

1967-68 NBA 1991 (4)
1968-69 NBA 2065 (2)
1969-70 NBA 1922 (9)
Career NBA 17454 (67)
Career 17454 (69)

Points Per Game

1967-68 NBA 24.3 (5)
1968-69 NBA 25.8 (2)
1969-70 NBA 23.4 (9)
Career NBA 18.8 (74)
Career 18.8 (78)

Player Efficiency Rating

1967-68 NBA 19.3 (8)

Assist Pct

1967-68 NBA 16.8 (8)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.233 (125)
  

Transactions

May 3, 1967: Drafted by the Baltimore Bullets in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1967 NBA Draft.

November 10, 1971: Traded by the Baltimore Bullets to the New York Knickerbockers for Mike Riordan, Dave Stallworth and cash.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1967-68 Baltimore Bullets NBA $40,000
1968-69 Baltimore Bullets NBA *$82,000
1969-70 Baltimore Bullets NBA *$124,000
1970-71 Baltimore Bullets NBA *$166,000
1971-72 Total NBA *$208,000
1972-73 New York Knickerbockers NBA $250,000
1973-74 New York Knickerbockers NBA *$250,000
1974-75 New York Knickerbockers NBA *$250,000
1975-76 New York Knickerbockers NBA *$250,000
1976-77 New York Knickerbockers NBA *$250,000
1977-78 New York Knickerbockers NBA *$250,000
1978-79 New York Knickerbockers NBA $250,000
Career (may be incomplete) $2,370,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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