Bill Bridges vs. Julius Erving Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Julius Erving and Bill Bridges, 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.

Bill Bridges played 13 years in the NBA, 2 more than Julius Erving, who played 11. Bill Bridges had the first of his seasons in 1962-63, while Julius Erving had his rookie season in 1976-77. 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
Bill Bridges	13	12	1962-63 to 1974-75
Julius Erving	11	11	1976-77 to 1986-87

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bill Bridges	Julius Erving
Season	1962-63	1976-77
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	76ers 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		%
Bill Bridges	27	13.9	6.1	-	-	5.3	0.9	-	-	-	2.1	2.4	5.9	.413	-	-	-	1.2	1.9	.627
Julius Erving	82	35.9	21.6	2.3	6.1	8.5	3.7	1.9	1.4	-	3.1	8.4	16.7	.499	-	-	-	4.9	6.3	.777

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bridges	11	18.5	9.3	-	-	7.8	0.8	-	-	-	2.8	3.7	8.7	.427	-	-	-	1.8	2.5	.741
Julius Erving	19	39.9	27.3	2.2	4.3	6.4	4.5	2.2	1.2	-	2.4	10.7	20.5	.523	-	-	-	5.8	7.1	.821


Season 2
	Bill Bridges	Julius Erving
Season	1963-64	1977-78
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	76ers 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		%
Bill Bridges	80	24.4	8.5	-	-	8.5	2.3	-	-	-	3.4	3.4	8.4	.397	-	-	-	1.8	2.8	.652
Julius Erving	74	32.8	20.6	2.4	4.1	6.5	3.8	1.8	1.3	3.2	2.8	8.3	16.4	.502	-	-	-	4.1	4.9	.845

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bridges	12	20.0	5.3	-	-	7.0	2.0	-	-	-	3.3	2.2	6.9	.313	-	-	-	1.0	1.6	.632
Julius Erving	10	35.8	21.8	4.0	5.7	9.7	4.0	1.5	1.8	3.5	3.0	8.8	18.0	.489	-	-	-	4.2	5.6	.750


Season 3
	Bill Bridges	Julius Erving
Season	1964-65	1978-79
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Semis	76ers 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		%
Bill Bridges	79	29.9	11.5	-	-	10.8	2.4	-	-	-	3.5	4.6	11.9	.386	-	-	-	2.4	3.5	.676
Julius Erving	78	35.9	23.1	2.5	4.7	7.2	4.6	1.7	1.3	4.0	2.7	9.2	18.7	.491	-	-	-	4.8	6.4	.745

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bridges	4	36.3	13.0	-	-	16.8	2.3	-	-	-	4.8	5.3	14.8	.356	-	-	-	2.5	3.8	.667
Julius Erving	9	41.3	25.4	3.2	4.6	7.8	5.9	2.0	1.9	4.2	2.4	9.9	19.1	.517	-	-	-	5.7	7.4	.761


Season 4
	Bill Bridges	Julius Erving
Season	1965-66	1979-80
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	76ers 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		%
Bill Bridges	78	34.3	13.0	-	-	12.2	2.7	-	-	-	4.3	4.8	11.9	.407	-	-	-	3.3	4.7	.706
Julius Erving	78	36.1	26.9	2.8	4.6	7.4	4.6	2.2	1.8	3.6	2.7	10.7	20.7	.519	0.1	0.3	.200	5.4	6.8	.787

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bridges	10	42.1	20.3	-	-	14.9	2.8	-	-	-	4.7	8.6	17.0	.506	-	-	-	3.1	4.3	.721
Julius Erving	18	38.6	24.4	1.7	5.8	7.6	4.4	2.0	2.1	3.1	3.1	9.2	18.8	.488	0.1	0.5	.222	6.0	7.6	.794


Season 5
	Bill Bridges	Julius Erving
Season	1966-67	1980-81
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	76ers 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		%
Bill Bridges	79	39.6	17.4	-	-	15.1	2.8	-	-	-	4.1	6.4	14.0	.455	-	-	-	4.6	6.6	.702
Julius Erving	82	35.0	24.6	3.0	5.0	8.0	4.4	2.1	1.8	3.2	2.8	9.7	18.6	.521	0.0	0.2	.222	5.1	6.5	.787

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bridges	9	41.0	15.7	-	-	18.8	2.4	-	-	-	4.0	5.3	14.2	.375	-	-	-	5.0	7.4	.672
Julius Erving	16	37.0	22.9	3.3	3.9	7.1	3.4	1.4	2.6	3.4	3.4	8.9	18.8	.475	0.0	0.1	.000	5.1	6.7	.757


Season 6
	Bill Bridges	Julius Erving
Season	1967-68	1981-82
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Semis	76ers 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		%
Bill Bridges	82	39.0	15.6	-	-	13.4	3.1	-	-	-	4.5	5.7	12.3	.462	-	-	-	4.2	5.9	.717
Julius Erving	81	34.4	24.4	2.7	4.2	6.9	3.9	2.0	1.7	2.6	2.8	9.6	17.6	.546	0.0	0.1	.273	5.1	6.7	.763

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bridges	6	36.0	15.7	-	-	12.8	2.3	-	-	-	3.8	6.3	12.5	.507	-	-	-	3.0	4.2	.720
Julius Erving	21	37.1	22.0	2.7	4.7	7.4	4.7	1.8	1.8	3.2	2.6	8.0	15.4	.519	0.0	0.3	.167	5.9	7.9	.752


Season 7
	Bill Bridges	Julius Erving
Season	1968-69	1982-83
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	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		%
Bill Bridges	80	36.6	11.8	-	-	14.2	3.7	-	-	-	3.6	4.4	9.7	.453	-	-	-	3.0	4.4	.677
Julius Erving	72	33.6	21.4	2.4	4.4	6.8	3.7	1.6	1.8	2.7	2.8	8.4	16.3	.517	0.0	0.1	.286	4.6	6.0	.759

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bridges	11	40.2	15.6	-	-	16.2	3.4	-	-	-	4.4	6.3	14.2	.442	-	-	-	3.1	4.4	.708
Julius Erving	13	37.9	18.4	2.5	5.2	7.6	3.4	1.2	2.1	3.0	3.2	7.3	16.2	.450	0.0	0.1	.000	3.8	5.2	.721


Season 8
	Bill Bridges	Julius Erving
Season	1969-70	1983-84
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	76ers 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		%
Bill Bridges	82	39.9	14.8	-	-	14.4	4.2	-	-	-	3.6	5.4	11.4	.475	-	-	-	4.0	5.5	.734
Julius Erving	77	34.8	22.4	2.5	4.4	6.9	4.0	1.8	1.8	3.0	2.8	8.8	17.2	.512	0.1	0.3	.333	4.7	6.3	.754

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bridges	9	42.3	11.6	-	-	17.1	3.2	-	-	-	4.1	4.9	12.2	.400	-	-	-	1.8	3.0	.593
Julius Erving	5	38.8	18.2	1.8	4.6	6.4	5.0	1.6	1.2	4.2	2.8	7.2	15.2	.474	0.0	0.2	.000	3.8	4.4	.864


Season 9
	Bill Bridges	Julius Erving
Season	1970-71	1984-85
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	76ers 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		%
Bill Bridges	82	38.3	11.9	-	-	15.0	2.9	-	-	-	3.9	4.7	10.2	.458	-	-	-	2.6	4.0	.639
Julius Erving	78	32.5	20.0	2.2	3.1	5.3	3.0	1.7	1.4	2.7	2.6	7.8	15.8	.494	0.0	0.2	.214	4.3	5.7	.765

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bridges	5	45.8	9.8	-	-	20.8	1.0	-	-	-	3.4	4.6	11.6	.397	-	-	-	0.6	1.8	.333
Julius Erving	13	33.4	17.1	2.2	3.4	5.6	3.7	1.9	0.8	2.8	2.6	6.5	14.4	.449	0.0	0.1	.000	4.2	4.8	.857


Season 10
	Bill Bridges	Julius Erving
Season	1971-72	1985-86
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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		%
Bill Bridges	78	35.3	12.6	-	-	13.5	2.5	-	-	-	3.4	4.9	10.0	.487	-	-	-	2.8	4.1	.703
Julius Erving	74	33.4	18.1	2.3	2.7	5.0	3.4	1.5	1.1	2.9	2.6	7.0	14.7	.480	0.1	0.4	.281	3.9	5.0	.785

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bridges	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Julius Erving	12	36.1	17.7	2.2	3.7	5.8	4.2	0.9	1.3	3.3	2.7	6.8	15.0	.450	0.2	0.9	.182	4.0	5.4	.738


Season 11
	Bill Bridges	Julius Erving
Season	1972-73	1986-87
Team	Philadelphia 76ers, Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	76ers 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		%
Bill Bridges	82	35.0	10.3	-	-	11.0	2.7	-	-	-	3.6	4.1	8.8	.461	-	-	-	2.2	3.1	.702
Julius Erving	60	32.0	16.8	1.9	2.5	4.4	3.2	1.3	1.6	2.6	2.3	6.7	14.2	.471	0.2	0.9	.264	3.2	3.9	.813

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bridges	17	34.2	8.9	-	-	9.3	1.7	-	-	-	4.0	3.4	8.0	.419	-	-	-	2.2	2.9	.776
Julius Erving	5	36.0	18.2	2.8	2.2	5.0	3.4	1.4	1.2	1.8	3.8	6.8	16.4	.415	0.4	1.2	.333	4.2	5.0	.840


Season 12
	Bill Bridges	Julius Erving
Season	1973-74	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Bill Bridges	65	27.9	8.4	3.0	4.7	7.7	2.3	0.9	0.5	-	3.4	3.3	7.9	.421	-	-	-	1.8	2.5	.707
Julius Erving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bridges	5	28.8	6.0	2.8	3.2	6.0	1.2	1.4	0.0	-	3.8	2.4	8.2	.293	-	-	-	1.2	2.6	.462
Julius Erving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Bill Bridges	Julius Erving
Season	1974-75	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Bill Bridges	32	13.0	2.7	2.0	2.2	4.2	1.0	0.3	0.2	-	2.0	1.1	2.9	.376	-	-	-	0.5	1.1	.500
Julius Erving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bridges	14	10.6	1.6	0.9	2.6	3.5	0.5	0.6	0.3	-	1.6	0.7	1.6	.435	-	-	-	0.1	0.5	.286
Julius Erving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Bill Bridges vs. Julius Erving Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Julius Erving and Bill Bridges, 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