Julius Erving vs. Nick Van Exel Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nick Van Exel 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, 2 less than Nick Van Exel, who played 13. Julius Erving had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Nick Van Exel had his rookie season in 1993-94. 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
Nick Van Exel	13	7	1993-94 to 2005-06

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Julius Erving	Nick Van Exel
Season	1976-77	1993-94
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
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	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
Nick Van Exel	81	33.3	13.6	0.6	2.4	2.9	5.8	1.0	0.1	1.8	1.9	5.1	13.0	.394	1.5	4.5	.338	1.9	2.4	.781

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
Nick Van Exel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Julius Erving	Nick Van Exel
Season	1977-78	1994-95
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
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
Nick Van Exel	80	36.8	16.9	0.3	2.5	2.8	8.3	1.2	0.1	2.8	2.0	5.8	13.8	.420	2.3	6.4	.358	2.9	3.8	.783

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
Nick Van Exel	10	46.4	20.0	0.9	2.9	3.8	7.3	2.1	0.3	2.2	3.3	6.7	16.2	.414	2.1	6.6	.318	4.5	5.9	.763


Season 3
	Julius Erving	Nick Van Exel
Season	1978-79	1995-96
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Lakers 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
Nick Van Exel	74	34.0	14.9	0.4	2.1	2.4	6.9	0.9	0.1	2.1	1.6	5.4	12.8	.417	1.9	5.4	.357	2.2	2.8	.799

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
Nick Van Exel	4	34.3	11.8	1.0	3.0	4.0	6.8	0.5	0.0	2.8	2.5	4.0	13.5	.296	1.3	4.0	.313	2.5	3.3	.769


Season 4
	Julius Erving	Nick Van Exel
Season	1979-80	1996-97
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
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
Nick Van Exel	79	37.2	15.3	0.6	2.3	2.9	8.5	0.9	0.1	2.7	1.4	5.5	13.6	.402	2.2	5.9	.378	2.1	2.5	.825

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
Nick Van Exel	9	39.2	14.4	0.7	2.8	3.4	6.4	1.1	0.0	2.0	2.1	5.0	13.2	.378	1.3	4.9	.273	3.1	3.8	.824


Season 5
	Julius Erving	Nick Van Exel
Season	1980-81	1997-98
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Finals	Lakers 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	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
Nick Van Exel	64	32.1	13.8	0.5	2.5	3.0	6.9	1.0	0.1	1.6	1.9	4.9	11.6	.419	1.9	4.9	.389	2.1	2.7	.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
Nick Van Exel	13	28.3	11.6	0.7	1.8	2.5	4.2	0.6	0.1	1.7	2.3	3.8	11.6	.331	1.7	5.4	.314	2.2	3.1	.725


Season 6
	Julius Erving	Nick Van Exel
Season	1981-82	1998-99
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Denver Nuggets
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	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
Nick Van Exel	50	36.0	16.5	0.3	2.0	2.3	7.4	0.8	0.1	2.4	1.8	6.1	15.4	.398	1.4	4.7	.308	2.8	3.5	.811

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
Nick Van Exel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Julius Erving	Nick Van Exel
Season	1982-83	1999-00
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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	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
Nick Van Exel	79	37.3	16.1	0.4	3.5	3.9	9.0	0.9	0.1	2.8	1.9	6.0	15.4	.390	1.7	5.1	.332	2.5	3.0	.817

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
Nick Van Exel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Julius Erving	Nick Van Exel
Season	1983-84	2000-01
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
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
Nick Van Exel	71	37.9	17.7	0.6	2.8	3.4	8.5	0.9	0.3	2.3	1.5	6.5	15.7	.414	1.9	5.0	.377	2.9	3.5	.819

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
Nick Van Exel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Julius Erving	Nick Van Exel
Season	1984-85	2001-02
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Denver Nuggets, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Finals	Mavericks 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	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
Nick Van Exel	72	34.7	18.4	0.4	3.1	3.5	6.6	0.6	0.2	2.2	1.4	7.0	17.0	.409	1.7	4.9	.340	2.8	3.5	.801

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
Nick Van Exel	8	32.8	11.1	0.9	2.1	3.0	3.9	1.0	0.0	1.5	3.3	4.6	12.6	.366	0.9	4.3	.206	1.0	1.5	.667


Season 10
	Julius Erving	Nick Van Exel
Season	1985-86	2002-03
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Mavericks 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	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
Nick Van Exel	73	27.8	12.5	0.5	2.4	2.8	4.3	0.6	0.1	1.7	1.2	4.7	11.4	.412	1.6	4.3	.378	1.5	2.0	.764

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
Nick Van Exel	20	33.7	19.5	0.9	2.5	3.4	4.1	0.6	0.0	2.0	2.4	7.5	16.3	.460	2.2	5.6	.393	2.3	3.2	.703


Season 11
	Julius Erving	Nick Van Exel
Season	1986-87	2003-04
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
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
Nick Van Exel	39	32.2	12.6	0.4	2.3	2.7	5.3	0.5	0.1	2.0	1.5	4.8	12.3	.390	1.2	3.8	.307	1.8	2.5	.707

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
Nick Van Exel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Julius Erving	Nick Van Exel
Season	-	2004-05
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Van Exel	53	30.5	11.1	0.4	2.7	3.0	4.3	0.8	0.0	1.7	1.3	4.0	10.6	.381	1.9	4.8	.389	1.1	1.4	.784

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


Season 13
	Julius Erving	Nick Van Exel
Season	-	2005-06
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Van Exel	65	15.2	5.5	0.1	1.3	1.4	1.9	0.2	0.0	0.9	0.9	2.1	5.3	.397	0.8	2.4	.357	0.4	0.6	.683

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Julius Erving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Van Exel	12	11.1	2.2	0.1	0.9	1.0	1.4	0.3	0.2	0.4	1.2	0.6	2.7	.219	0.3	0.8	.300	0.8	0.8	1.000

Julius Erving vs. Nick Van Exel Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nick Van Exel 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