Julius Erving vs. Otis Thorpe Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Otis Thorpe 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 / Games against each other

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, 6 less than Otis Thorpe, who played 17. Julius Erving had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Otis Thorpe had his rookie season in 1984-85. 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
Otis Thorpe	17	11	1984-85 to 2000-01

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Julius Erving	Otis Thorpe
Season	1976-77	1984-85
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Kansas City Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA 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
Otis Thorpe	82	23.4	12.8	2.3	4.5	6.8	1.4	0.4	0.5	2.3	3.1	5.0	8.4	.600	0.0	0.0	.000	2.8	4.5	.620

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
Otis Thorpe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Julius Erving	Otis Thorpe
Season	1977-78	1985-86
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Finals	Kings 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	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
Otis Thorpe	75	22.3	9.9	1.8	3.8	5.6	1.1	0.5	0.5	1.6	3.1	3.9	6.6	.587	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.3	.661

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
Otis Thorpe	3	11.7	4.0	2.7	1.3	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.3	1.0	4.3	.231	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	4.3	.462


Season 3
	Julius Erving	Otis Thorpe
Season	1978-79	1986-87
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Sacramento Kings
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	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
Otis Thorpe	82	36.0	18.9	3.2	6.8	10.0	2.5	0.6	0.7	2.3	3.6	6.9	12.8	.540	0.0	0.0	.000	5.0	6.6	.761

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
Otis Thorpe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Julius Erving	Otis Thorpe
Season	1979-80	1987-88
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Sacramento Kings
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
Otis Thorpe	82	37.5	20.8	3.4	6.8	10.2	3.2	0.8	0.7	2.8	3.2	7.6	15.0	.507	0.0	0.1	.000	5.6	7.4	.755

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
Otis Thorpe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Julius Erving	Otis Thorpe
Season	1980-81	1988-89
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Finals	Rockets 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	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
Otis Thorpe	82	38.2	16.7	3.3	6.3	9.6	2.5	1.0	0.5	2.7	3.2	6.4	11.7	.542	0.0	0.0	.000	4.0	5.5	.729

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
Otis Thorpe	4	38.0	16.0	1.5	3.5	5.0	3.0	1.3	0.3	3.8	4.3	6.0	9.3	.649	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	5.3	.762


Season 6
	Julius Erving	Otis Thorpe
Season	1981-82	1989-90
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA Finals	Rockets 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
Otis Thorpe	82	35.9	17.1	3.1	5.8	9.0	3.2	0.8	0.3	2.8	3.3	6.7	12.2	.548	0.0	0.1	.000	3.7	5.4	.688

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
Otis Thorpe	4	41.0	20.0	3.5	4.8	8.3	1.8	1.3	0.0	2.3	3.0	6.8	11.3	.600	0.0	0.0	-	6.5	9.5	.684


Season 7
	Julius Erving	Otis Thorpe
Season	1982-83	1990-91
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Rockets 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	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
Otis Thorpe	82	37.1	17.5	3.5	6.8	10.3	2.4	0.9	0.2	2.6	3.4	6.7	12.0	.556	0.0	0.1	.429	4.1	5.9	.696

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
Otis Thorpe	3	38.7	15.7	2.3	6.0	8.3	2.7	0.7	0.0	2.0	2.7	7.3	12.7	.579	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.0	.500


Season 8
	Julius Erving	Otis Thorpe
Season	1983-84	1991-92
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	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
Otis Thorpe	82	37.3	17.3	3.5	7.0	10.5	3.0	0.6	0.5	2.9	3.7	6.8	11.5	.592	0.0	0.1	.000	3.7	5.6	.657

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
Otis Thorpe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Julius Erving	Otis Thorpe
Season	1984-85	1992-93
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Finals	Rockets 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
Otis Thorpe	72	32.7	12.8	3.0	5.1	8.2	2.5	0.6	0.3	2.1	3.3	5.3	9.6	.558	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	3.6	.598

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
Otis Thorpe	12	34.9	14.5	3.0	5.6	8.6	2.6	0.5	0.1	1.4	2.9	6.1	9.6	.635	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.6	.651


Season 10
	Julius Erving	Otis Thorpe
Season	1985-86	1993-94
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	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	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
Otis Thorpe	82	35.5	14.0	3.3	7.3	10.6	2.3	0.8	0.3	2.3	3.1	5.5	9.8	.561	0.0	0.0	.000	3.1	4.7	.657

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
Otis Thorpe	23	37.1	11.3	3.0	7.0	9.9	2.3	0.6	0.4	1.6	3.7	4.8	8.4	.572	0.0	0.1	.500	1.7	2.9	.567


Season 11
	Julius Erving	Otis Thorpe
Season	1986-87	1994-95
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Houston Rockets, Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers 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	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
Otis Thorpe	70	29.9	13.4	2.9	5.1	8.0	1.6	0.6	0.4	1.9	3.2	5.5	9.7	.565	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	4.0	.594

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
Otis Thorpe	3	22.0	10.3	1.7	2.7	4.3	0.7	0.0	0.0	1.0	4.0	4.0	7.0	.571	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.3	.700


Season 12
	Julius Erving	Otis Thorpe
Season	-	1995-96
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pistons 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Otis Thorpe	82	34.6	14.2	2.6	5.8	8.4	1.9	0.6	0.5	2.4	3.7	5.5	10.4	.530	0.0	0.0	.000	3.1	4.4	.710

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Julius Erving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Otis Thorpe	3	33.7	11.7	4.7	7.0	11.7	2.3	0.0	0.0	2.3	3.0	4.3	8.0	.542	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.0	.750


Season 13
	Julius Erving	Otis Thorpe
Season	-	1996-97
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pistons 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Otis Thorpe	79	33.7	13.1	2.9	5.0	7.9	1.7	0.7	0.2	1.8	3.8	5.3	10.0	.532	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	3.8	.653

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Julius Erving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Otis Thorpe	5	30.2	9.8	2.4	4.0	6.4	0.8	0.4	0.0	1.8	4.2	4.2	8.2	.512	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.8	.778


Season 14
	Julius Erving	Otis Thorpe
Season	-	1997-98
Team	-	Vancouver Grizzlies, Sacramento Kings
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Otis Thorpe	74	29.7	10.2	2.0	5.2	7.3	3.0	0.6	0.4	2.1	3.2	4.0	8.4	.471	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	3.2	.683

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


Season 15
	Julius Erving	Otis Thorpe
Season	-	1998-99
Team	-	Washington Wizards
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Otis Thorpe	49	31.4	11.3	2.0	4.9	6.8	2.1	0.9	0.4	1.8	4.0	4.9	9.0	.545	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.2	.698

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


Season 16
	Julius Erving	Otis Thorpe
Season	-	1999-00
Team	-	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Heat 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		%
Julius Erving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Otis Thorpe	51	15.2	5.5	1.1	2.2	3.3	0.6	0.5	0.2	1.2	2.7	2.5	4.8	.514	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	0.9	.604

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Julius Erving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Otis Thorpe	10	13.6	3.3	0.6	2.3	2.9	0.3	0.0	0.2	1.1	2.9	1.3	2.7	.481	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	1.4	.500


Season 17
	Julius Erving	Otis Thorpe
Season	-	2000-01
Team	-	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Hornets 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		%
Julius Erving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Otis Thorpe	49	13.2	2.8	1.0	1.9	3.0	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.7	2.2	1.2	2.7	.450	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.5	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Julius Erving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Otis Thorpe	8	7.3	0.5	0.8	1.4	2.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.0	0.3	1.1	.222	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Julius Erving vs. Otis Thorpe Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Otis Thorpe 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

Season 17