Julius Erving vs. Rodney Rogers Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rodney Rogers 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, 1 less than Rodney Rogers, who played 12. Julius Erving had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Rodney Rogers 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
Rodney Rogers	12	9	1993-94 to 2004-05

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Julius Erving	Rodney Rogers
Season	1976-77	1993-94
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA Finals	Nuggets 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
Rodney Rogers	79	17.8	8.1	1.1	1.7	2.9	1.3	0.8	0.6	1.7	2.5	3.0	6.9	.439	0.4	1.2	.380	1.6	2.4	.672

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
Rodney Rogers	12	15.8	5.1	0.7	1.1	1.8	1.3	0.6	0.5	0.7	2.1	1.6	4.1	.388	0.5	1.6	.316	1.4	2.3	.630


Season 2
	Julius Erving	Rodney Rogers
Season	1977-78	1994-95
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Finals	Nuggets 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
Rodney Rogers	80	26.8	12.2	1.7	3.2	4.8	2.0	1.2	0.6	2.2	3.5	4.7	9.6	.488	0.6	1.9	.338	2.2	3.4	.651

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
Rodney Rogers	3	25.3	8.7	0.3	3.7	4.0	1.7	1.0	1.3	1.7	4.3	4.0	7.3	.545	0.3	1.3	.250	0.3	1.3	.250


Season 3
	Julius Erving	Rodney Rogers
Season	1978-79	1995-96
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Clippers
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
Rodney Rogers	67	29.1	11.6	1.7	2.6	4.3	2.5	1.1	0.5	2.1	3.2	4.6	9.6	.477	0.7	2.3	.320	1.7	2.7	.628

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
Rodney Rogers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Julius Erving	Rodney Rogers
Season	1979-80	1996-97
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA 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	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
Rodney Rogers	81	30.6	13.2	1.7	3.4	5.1	2.7	1.1	0.8	2.7	3.4	5.0	10.9	.462	0.8	2.2	.361	2.4	3.6	.663

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
Rodney Rogers	3	28.3	10.7	1.0	1.3	2.3	2.0	1.3	1.0	2.3	4.3	4.0	9.7	.414	0.7	3.3	.200	2.0	2.7	.750


Season 5
	Julius Erving	Rodney Rogers
Season	1980-81	1997-98
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Clippers
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
Rodney Rogers	76	32.9	15.1	2.0	3.5	5.6	2.7	1.2	0.5	2.5	3.2	5.6	12.3	.456	0.9	2.8	.340	3.0	4.3	.686

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
Rodney Rogers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Julius Erving	Rodney Rogers
Season	1981-82	1998-99
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Clippers
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
Rodney Rogers	47	20.6	7.4	1.4	2.4	3.8	1.6	1.0	0.5	1.4	3.0	2.8	6.3	.441	0.4	1.3	.286	1.4	2.1	.673

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
Rodney Rogers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Julius Erving	Rodney Rogers
Season	1982-83	1999-00
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	Sixth Man of the Year
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Suns 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	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
Rodney Rogers	82	27.9	13.8	1.7	3.8	5.5	2.1	1.1	0.6	2.0	3.5	5.2	10.7	.486	1.4	3.2	.439	1.9	3.0	.639

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
Rodney Rogers	9	29.1	14.1	1.8	5.0	6.8	1.6	1.1	1.1	1.7	3.4	5.3	12.8	.417	0.9	4.0	.222	2.6	3.4	.742


Season 8
	Julius Erving	Rodney Rogers
Season	1983-84	2000-01
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Suns 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	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
Rodney Rogers	82	26.6	12.2	1.1	3.2	4.4	2.2	1.2	0.6	1.9	3.3	4.6	10.7	.430	0.7	2.3	.296	2.3	3.0	.761

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
Rodney Rogers	4	20.8	8.8	0.8	2.8	3.5	0.5	0.5	0.8	1.3	4.0	3.0	10.0	.300	0.5	2.5	.200	2.3	3.5	.643


Season 9
	Julius Erving	Rodney Rogers
Season	1984-85	2001-02
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Phoenix Suns, Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Finals	Celtics 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		%
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
Rodney Rogers	77	24.4	11.9	1.7	2.8	4.5	1.5	0.9	0.4	1.4	2.9	4.6	9.8	.471	1.1	3.1	.374	1.5	1.9	.785

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
Rodney Rogers	16	24.6	8.9	1.8	3.8	5.5	2.1	1.0	0.4	1.4	2.6	2.9	6.8	.426	1.2	3.3	.365	1.9	2.2	.886


Season 10
	Julius Erving	Rodney Rogers
Season	1985-86	2002-03
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Nets 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	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
Rodney Rogers	68	19.2	7.0	0.9	3.0	3.9	1.6	0.7	0.5	1.3	2.8	2.7	6.7	.402	0.6	1.9	.333	1.0	1.3	.756

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
Rodney Rogers	20	17.5	6.7	1.1	1.7	2.8	1.4	0.3	0.2	1.3	2.6	2.3	6.1	.372	0.9	2.1	.405	1.4	1.9	.711


Season 11
	Julius Erving	Rodney Rogers
Season	1986-87	2003-04
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nets 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	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
Rodney Rogers	69	20.4	7.8	1.4	3.0	4.4	2.0	0.9	0.4	1.4	2.7	3.0	7.3	.410	0.7	2.2	.329	1.1	1.4	.765

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
Rodney Rogers	11	20.8	6.1	0.8	4.2	5.0	1.1	0.5	0.3	1.5	2.8	2.1	6.5	.319	0.5	2.0	.227	1.5	1.8	.800


Season 12
	Julius Erving	Rodney Rogers
Season	-	2004-05
Team	-	New Orleans Hornets, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rodney Rogers	58	23.6	7.7	1.1	3.2	4.2	1.5	0.7	0.3	1.5	3.0	3.0	7.8	.382	0.8	2.9	.286	0.9	1.2	.743

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Julius Erving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rodney Rogers	4	12.3	5.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.5	0.3	1.0	1.5	3.3	.462	0.8	2.0	.375	1.3	1.8	.714

Julius Erving vs. Rodney Rogers Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rodney Rogers 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