Julius Erving vs. Avery Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Avery Johnson and Julius Erving, 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.

Julius Erving played 11 years in the NBA, 5 less than Avery Johnson, who played 16. Julius Erving had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Avery Johnson had his rookie season in 1988-89. 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
Julius Erving	11	11	1976-77 to 1986-87
Avery Johnson	16	10	1988-89 to 2003-04

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Julius Erving	Avery Johnson
Season	1976-77	1988-89
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA Finals	Supersonics 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		%
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
Avery Johnson	43	6.8	1.6	0.3	0.3	0.6	1.7	0.5	0.1	0.4	0.8	0.7	1.9	.349	0.0	0.2	.111	0.2	0.4	.563

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Avery Johnson	6	5.2	1.8	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.8	2.0	.417	0.0	0.7	.000	0.2	0.3	.500


Season 2
	Julius Erving	Avery Johnson
Season	1977-78	1989-90
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
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
Avery Johnson	53	10.8	2.6	0.4	0.4	0.8	3.1	0.5	0.0	0.9	1.0	1.0	2.7	.387	0.0	0.1	.250	0.5	0.8	.725

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Avery Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Julius Erving	Avery Johnson
Season	1978-79	1990-91
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Denver Nuggets, San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Spurs 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		%
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
Avery Johnson	68	14.1	4.7	0.3	0.8	1.1	3.4	0.7	0.1	1.1	0.9	1.9	4.1	.469	0.0	0.1	.111	0.9	1.3	.678

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Avery Johnson	3	6.3	0.7	0.0	0.0	0	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.7	.000	0.0	0.3	.000	0.7	0.7	1.000


Season 4
	Julius Erving	Avery Johnson
Season	1979-80	1991-92
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	San Antonio Spurs, Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
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
Avery Johnson	69	17.9	5.6	0.2	1.0	1.2	3.9	0.9	0.1	1.6	1.3	2.3	4.8	.479	0.1	0.2	.267	1.0	1.5	.653

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Avery Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Julius Erving	Avery Johnson
Season	1980-81	1992-93
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Finals	Spurs 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		%
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
Avery Johnson	75	27.1	8.7	0.3	1.7	1.9	7.5	1.1	0.2	1.9	1.9	3.4	6.8	.502	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.4	.791

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Avery Johnson	10	31.4	8.2	0.8	2.3	3.1	8.1	1.0	0.1	2.3	2.7	3.6	7.0	.514	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	1.4	.714


Season 6
	Julius Erving	Avery Johnson
Season	1981-82	1993-94
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA Finals	Warriors 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		%
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
Avery Johnson	82	28.4	10.9	0.5	1.6	2.1	5.3	1.4	0.1	2.1	2.0	4.3	8.8	.492	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	3.1	.704

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Avery Johnson	3	13.7	6.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	3.3	1.3	0.3	1.0	0.7	3.0	5.7	.529	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 7
	Julius Erving	Avery Johnson
Season	1982-83	1994-95
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Spurs Lost West 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		%
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
Avery Johnson	82	36.7	13.4	0.6	1.9	2.5	8.2	1.4	0.2	2.5	1.9	5.5	10.5	.519	0.0	0.3	.136	2.5	3.6	.685

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Avery Johnson	15	38.3	14.5	0.6	1.5	2.1	8.3	1.3	0.4	2.0	1.9	6.1	11.7	.517	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.9	.621


Season 8
	Julius Erving	Avery Johnson
Season	1983-84	1995-96
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Spurs 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		%
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
Avery Johnson	82	37.6	13.1	0.5	2.1	2.5	9.6	1.5	0.3	2.4	2.2	5.3	10.8	.494	0.1	0.4	.194	2.3	3.2	.721

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Avery Johnson	10	40.7	12.3	0.6	3.0	3.6	9.4	2.0	0.1	2.4	2.1	5.2	12.1	.430	0.0	0.2	.000	1.9	2.7	.704


Season 9
	Julius Erving	Avery Johnson
Season	1984-85	1996-97
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
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
Avery Johnson	76	32.5	10.5	0.4	1.5	1.9	6.8	1.3	0.2	1.9	2.1	4.3	9.0	.477	0.1	0.3	.231	1.8	2.7	.690

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Avery Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Julius Erving	Avery Johnson
Season	1985-86	1997-98
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Spurs 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		%
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
Avery Johnson	75	35.7	10.2	0.4	1.6	2.0	7.9	1.1	0.2	2.2	1.9	4.3	8.9	.478	0.0	0.2	.154	1.6	2.2	.726

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Avery Johnson	9	38.1	17.3	0.3	1.1	1.4	6.1	1.0	0.0	2.3	3.0	6.8	11.2	.604	0.0	0.2	.000	3.8	5.7	.667


Season 11
	Julius Erving	Avery Johnson
Season	1986-87	1998-99
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
Avery Johnson	50	33.4	9.7	0.4	1.9	2.4	7.4	1.0	0.2	2.2	2.0	4.4	9.2	.473	0.0	0.2	.083	1.0	1.8	.568

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Avery Johnson	17	38.5	12.6	0.5	1.9	2.5	7.4	1.2	0.1	2.9	1.8	5.4	11.0	.487	0.1	0.2	.333	1.9	2.8	.681


Season 12
	Julius Erving	Avery Johnson
Season	-	1999-00
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Spurs 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		%
Julius Erving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Avery Johnson	82	31.4	11.2	0.4	1.5	1.9	6.0	0.9	0.2	1.7	1.8	4.9	10.4	.473	0.0	0.1	.111	1.4	1.9	.735

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Julius Erving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Avery Johnson	4	36.3	12.0	0.5	1.8	2.3	5.3	1.0	0.0	2.5	2.5	4.8	10.5	.452	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.5	.714


Season 13
	Julius Erving	Avery Johnson
Season	-	2000-01
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Julius Erving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Avery Johnson	55	23.5	5.6	0.4	1.2	1.5	4.3	0.6	0.1	1.1	1.6	2.4	5.5	.447	0.0	0.1	.167	0.7	1.1	.683

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Julius Erving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Avery Johnson	13	21.7	5.8	0.2	1.0	1.2	3.2	0.8	0.1	0.8	1.8	2.6	6.8	.386	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	1.2	.533


Season 14
	Julius Erving	Avery Johnson
Season	-	2001-02
Team	-	Denver Nuggets, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Julius Erving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Avery Johnson	68	19.9	7.9	0.2	0.8	1.0	4.2	0.6	0.1	1.1	1.3	3.0	6.4	.479	0.0	0.1	.000	1.8	2.4	.742

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Julius Erving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Avery Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Julius Erving	Avery Johnson
Season	-	2002-03
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Julius Erving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Avery Johnson	48	9.0	3.3	0.2	0.4	0.6	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.6	0.5	1.3	3.1	.420	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	0.8	.769

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Julius Erving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Avery Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Julius Erving	Avery Johnson
Season	-	2003-04
Team	-	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Julius Erving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Avery Johnson	46	13.8	4.6	0.1	0.7	0.7	2.4	0.6	0.1	1.1	0.7	1.7	4.3	.402	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.7	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Julius Erving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Avery Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Julius Erving vs. Avery Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Avery Johnson and Julius Erving, 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

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16