Julius Erving vs. Marreese Speights Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marreese Speights 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.

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, 1 more than Marreese Speights, who played 10. Julius Erving had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Marreese Speights 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Julius Erving	Marreese Speights
Season	1976-77	2008-09
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
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
Marreese Speights	79	16.0	7.7	1.6	2.2	3.7	0.4	0.3	0.7	0.6	2.3	3.2	6.4	.502	0.0	0.1	.250	1.3	1.7	.773
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
Marreese Speights	3	9.7	3.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.7	1.0	2.3	.429	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.750

Season 2
	Julius Erving	Marreese Speights
Season	1977-78	2009-10
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	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
Marreese Speights	62	16.4	8.6	1.4	2.7	4.1	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.8	2.5	3.4	7.2	.477	0.0	0.1	.000	1.7	2.3	.745
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
Marreese Speights	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Julius Erving	Marreese Speights
Season	1978-79	2010-11
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
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
Marreese Speights	64	11.5	5.4	1.0	2.3	3.3	0.5	0.1	0.3	0.6	1.9	2.3	4.5	.495	0.0	0.1	.250	0.9	1.1	.753
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
Marreese Speights	2	10.5	2.0	0.5	2.5	3.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	2.0	1.0	6.0	.167	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 4
	Julius Erving	Marreese Speights
Season	1979-80	2011-12
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
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
Marreese Speights	60	22.4	8.8	2.2	4.0	6.2	0.8	0.4	0.5	1.2	2.5	3.7	8.1	.453	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	1.8	.771
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
Marreese Speights	7	14.3	6.6	1.9	2.4	4.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.7	1.9	2.9	5.9	.488	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.4	.600

Season 5
	Julius Erving	Marreese Speights
Season	1980-81	2012-13
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Memphis Grizzlies, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	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	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
Marreese Speights	79	16.5	8.3	1.8	3.0	4.9	0.6	0.3	0.7	1.0	2.2	3.3	7.4	.445	0.0	0.1	.300	1.7	2.2	.771
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
Marreese Speights	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Julius Erving	Marreese Speights
Season	1981-82	2013-14
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	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
Marreese Speights	79	12.4	6.4	1.3	2.4	3.7	0.4	0.1	0.4	0.8	1.9	2.5	5.6	.441	0.1	0.4	.258	1.4	1.7	.821
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
Marreese Speights	7	9.7	6.3	1.3	1.9	3.1	0.4	0.3	0.6	0.3	1.7	2.7	5.1	.528	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.7	.500

Season 7
	Julius Erving	Marreese Speights
Season	1982-83	2014-15
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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	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
Marreese Speights	76	15.9	10.4	1.4	2.8	4.3	0.9	0.3	0.4	1.1	2.5	4.2	8.5	.492	0.1	0.2	.278	2.0	2.3	.843
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
Marreese Speights	10	6.7	3.7	0.8	1.3	2.1	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.4	1.4	1.4	4.2	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.5	.600

Season 8
	Julius Erving	Marreese Speights
Season	1983-84	2015-16
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Warriors 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		%
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
Marreese Speights	72	11.6	7.1	1.1	2.3	3.3	0.8	0.3	0.5	0.9	1.6	2.7	6.3	.432	0.3	0.9	.387	1.3	1.6	.825
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
Marreese Speights	24	8.4	5.6	0.6	1.3	2.0	0.5	0.1	0.3	0.8	1.8	1.9	4.9	.390	0.8	1.8	.419	1.0	1.3	.774

Season 9
	Julius Erving	Marreese Speights
Season	1984-85	2016-17
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Finals	Clippers 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	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
Marreese Speights	82	15.7	8.7	1.1	3.5	4.5	0.8	0.3	0.5	0.8	2.8	3.0	6.7	.445	1.3	3.4	.372	1.5	1.7	.876
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
Marreese Speights	7	14.0	6.6	0.6	2.3	2.9	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.4	1.9	2.3	5.3	.432	1.0	2.9	.350	1.0	1.4	.700

Season 10
	Julius Erving	Marreese Speights
Season	1985-86	2017-18
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East 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		%
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
Marreese Speights	52	13.0	7.7	0.4	2.2	2.6	0.8	0.2	0.4	0.8	2.0	2.7	6.7	.395	1.7	4.5	.369	0.8	1.1	.727
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
Marreese Speights	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Julius Erving	Marreese Speights
Season	1986-87	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	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		%
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
Marreese Speights	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Marreese Speights	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-