Julius Erving

Seasons 1971-72–1986-87 · 16 on record · Ht 6-7 · b. 1950

★ Hall of Fame★ MVP16× All-Star7× All-NBAAll-Defense

Player info

24.2 PPG, 8.5 RPG, 4.2 APG · 1243 games · .506 FG% · .298 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1971-72	VIR	21	84	41.8	.498	.188	.745	15.7	4.0	—	—	27.3	23.9	.545
1972-73	VIR	22	71	42.2	.496	.208	.776	12.2	4.2	2.5	1.8	31.9	26.9	.547
1973-74	NYA	23	84	40.5	.512	.395	.766	10.7	5.2	2.3	2.4	27.4	25.7	.562
1974-75	NYA	24	84	40.5	.506	.333	.799	10.9	5.5	2.2	1.9	27.9	26.2	.565
1975-76	NYA	25	84	38.6	.507	.330	.801	11.0	5.0	2.5	1.9	29.3	28.7	.569
1976-77	PHI	26	82	35.9	.499	—	.777	8.5	3.7	1.9	1.4	21.6	20.9	.553
1977-78	PHI	27	74	32.8	.502	—	.845	6.5	3.8	1.8	1.3	20.6	21.7	.555
1978-79	PHI	28	78	35.9	.491	—	.745	7.2	4.6	1.7	1.3	23.1	20.1	.538
1979-80	PHI	29	78	36.1	.519	.200	.787	7.4	4.6	2.2	1.8	26.9	25.4	.568
1980-81	PHI	30	82	35.0	.521	.222	.787	8.0	4.4	2.1	1.8	24.6	25.1	.572
1981-82	PHI	31	81	34.4	.546	.273	.763	6.9	3.9	2.0	1.7	24.4	25.9	.593
1982-83	PHI	32	72	33.6	.517	.286	.759	6.8	3.7	1.6	1.8	21.4	23.1	.566
1983-84	PHI	33	77	34.8	.512	.333	.754	6.9	4.0	1.8	1.8	22.4	22.9	.562
1984-85	PHI	34	78	32.5	.494	.214	.765	5.3	3.0	1.7	1.4	20.0	20.0	.546
1985-86	PHI	35	74	33.4	.480	.281	.785	5.0	3.4	1.5	1.1	18.1	17.4	.537
1986-87	PHI	36	60	32.0	.471	.264	.813	4.4	3.2	1.3	1.6	16.8	17.0	.527

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1971-72	VIR	84	—	3,513	910	1,826	.498	3	16	467	627	1319	335	—	—	342	2,290
1972-73	VIR	71	—	2,993	894	1,804	.496	5	24	475	612	867	298	181	127	326	2,268
1973-74	NYA	84	—	3,398	914	1,785	.512	17	43	454	593	899	434	190	204	341	2,299
1974-75	NYA	84	—	3,402	914	1,806	.506	29	87	486	608	914	462	186	157	301	2,343
1975-76	NYA	84	—	3,244	949	1,873	.507	34	103	530	662	925	423	207	160	307	2,462
1976-77	PHI	82	77	2,940	685	1,373	.499	—	—	400	515	695	306	159	113	—	1,770
1977-78	PHI	74	68	2,429	611	1,217	.502	—	—	306	362	481	279	135	97	238	1,528
1978-79	PHI	78	76	2,802	715	1,455	.491	—	—	373	501	564	357	133	100	315	1,803
1979-80	PHI	78	78	2,812	838	1,614	.519	4	20	420	534	576	355	170	140	284	2,100
1980-81	PHI	82	82	2,874	794	1,524	.521	4	18	422	536	657	364	173	147	266	2,014
1981-82	PHI	81	81	2,789	780	1,428	.546	3	11	411	539	557	319	161	141	214	1,974
1982-83	PHI	72	72	2,421	605	1,170	.517	2	7	330	435	491	263	112	131	196	1,542
1983-84	PHI	77	77	2,683	678	1,324	.512	7	21	364	483	532	309	141	139	230	1,727
1984-85	PHI	78	78	2,535	610	1,236	.494	3	14	338	442	414	233	135	109	208	1,561
1985-86	PHI	74	74	2,474	521	1,085	.480	9	32	289	368	370	248	113	82	214	1,340
1986-87	PHI	60	60	1,918	400	850	.471	14	53	191	235	264	191	76	94	158	1,005
Career		1243	—	—	11,818	23,370	.506	134	449	6256	8052	10525	5176	2272	1941	3940	30,026

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1971-72	VIR	84	41.8	9.3	18.7	.498	0.0	0.2	4.8	6.4	13.5	3.4	—	—	3.5	23.5
1972-73	VIR	71	42.2	10.8	21.7	.496	0.1	0.3	5.7	7.4	10.4	3.6	2.2	1.5	3.9	27.3
1973-74	NYA	84	40.5	9.7	18.9	.512	0.2	0.5	4.8	6.3	9.5	4.6	2.0	2.2	3.6	24.4
1974-75	NYA	84	40.5	9.7	19.1	.506	0.3	0.9	5.1	6.4	9.7	4.9	2.0	1.7	3.2	24.8
1975-76	NYA	84	38.6	10.5	20.8	.507	0.4	1.1	5.9	7.3	10.3	4.7	2.3	1.8	3.4	27.3
1976-77	PHI	82	35.9	8.4	16.8	.499	—	—	4.9	6.3	8.5	3.7	1.9	1.4	—	21.7
1977-78	PHI	74	32.8	9.1	18.0	.502	—	—	4.5	5.4	7.1	4.1	2.0	1.4	3.5	22.6
1978-79	PHI	78	35.9	9.2	18.7	.491	—	—	4.8	6.4	7.2	4.6	1.7	1.3	4.0	23.2
1979-80	PHI	78	36.1	10.7	20.7	.519	0.1	0.3	5.4	6.8	7.4	4.5	2.2	1.8	3.6	26.9
1980-81	PHI	82	35.0	9.9	19.1	.521	0.1	0.2	5.3	6.7	8.2	4.6	2.2	1.8	3.3	25.2
1981-82	PHI	81	34.4	10.1	18.4	.546	0.0	0.1	5.3	7.0	7.2	4.1	2.1	1.8	2.8	25.5
1982-83	PHI	72	33.6	9.0	17.4	.517	0.0	0.1	4.9	6.5	7.3	3.9	1.7	1.9	2.9	22.9
1983-84	PHI	77	34.8	9.1	17.8	.512	0.1	0.3	4.9	6.5	7.1	4.1	1.9	1.9	3.1	23.2
1984-85	PHI	78	32.5	8.7	17.6	.494	0.0	0.2	4.8	6.3	5.9	3.3	1.9	1.5	3.0	22.2
1985-86	PHI	74	33.4	7.6	15.8	.480	0.1	0.5	4.2	5.4	5.4	3.6	1.6	1.2	3.1	19.5
1986-87	PHI	60	32.0	7.5	16.0	.471	0.3	1.0	3.6	4.4	5.0	3.6	1.4	1.8	3.0	18.9

Counting stats scaled to a per-36-minute pace.

Season	Tm	G	MP	PER	TS%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1971-72	VIR	84	3,513	23.9	.545	25.0	7.4	5.8	13.3	.181	—	—	—	—
1972-73	VIR	71	2,993	26.9	.547	29.6	6.8	3.0	9.8	.157	—	—	—	—
1973-74	NYA	84	3,398	25.7	.562	27.2	9.2	7.2	16.5	.233	+5.6	+2.9	+8.5	+9.0
1974-75	NYA	84	3,402	26.2	.565	27.9	10.2	7.4	17.6	.248	+6.2	+2.3	+8.5	+9.0
1975-76	NYA	84	3,244	28.7	.569	29.0	11.7	6.0	17.7	.262	+8.1	+2.5	+10.6	+10.3
1976-77	PHI	82	2,940	20.9	.553	—	6.8	4.8	11.5	.188	+3.3	+1.3	+4.5	+4.8
1977-78	PHI	74	2,429	21.7	.555	25.1	6.0	3.1	9.1	.179	+4.0	+0.7	+4.8	+4.1
1978-79	PHI	78	2,802	20.1	.538	27.7	3.6	4.4	7.9	.136	+2.9	+0.6	+3.5	+3.9
1979-80	PHI	78	2,812	25.4	.568	30.3	7.3	5.2	12.5	.213	+5.7	+1.9	+7.6	+6.8
1980-81	PHI	82	2,874	25.1	.572	28.4	7.8	6.1	13.8	.231	+5.2	+2.3	+7.5	+6.9
1981-82	PHI	81	2,789	25.9	.593	28.1	8.7	4.6	13.3	.229	+6.0	+1.7	+7.7	+6.8
1982-83	PHI	72	2,421	23.1	.566	25.5	6.8	4.1	10.9	.217	+4.6	+1.9	+6.5	+5.2
1983-84	PHI	77	2,683	22.9	.562	27.2	5.6	4.5	10.1	.180	+4.3	+1.6	+5.9	+5.3
1984-85	PHI	78	2,535	20.0	.546	26.0	4.5	3.1	7.6	.144	+3.0	+0.5	+3.5	+3.5
1985-86	PHI	74	2,474	17.4	.537	23.8	3.3	2.6	5.9	.114	+1.8	+0.3	+2.1	+2.6
1986-87	PHI	60	1,918	17.0	.527	24.3	1.7	1.8	3.5	.088	+1.7	+0.0	+1.7	+1.8
Career		1243	—	—	—	—	—	—	181.0	—	—	—	—	+80.0

PER, True Shooting %, Usage %, Win Shares (Off/Def/Total, per 48), Box Plus/Minus (Off/Def/Total) and Value Over Replacement Player.

Season	G	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	TS%
1976-77	19	39.9	27.3	6.4	4.5	0.8	0.4	.523	—	.577
1977-78	10	35.8	21.8	9.7	4.0	1.5	1.8	.489	—	.533
1978-79	9	41.3	25.4	7.8	5.9	2.0	1.9	.517	—	.568
1979-80	18	38.6	24.4	7.6	4.4	1.4	2.1	.488	.222	.553
1980-81	16	37.0	22.9	7.1	3.4	1.2	2.6	.475	0.000	.527
1981-82	21	37.1	22.0	7.4	4.7	1.6	1.8	.519	.167	.581
1982-83	13	37.9	18.4	7.6	3.4	1.2	2.1	.450	0.000	.496
1983-84	5	38.8	18.2	6.4	5.0	1.6	1.2	.474	0.000	.531
1984-85	13	33.4	17.1	5.6	3.7	1.9	0.8	.449	0.000	.517
1985-86	12	35.8	17.7	5.8	4.2	0.9	1.3	.450	.182	.508
1986-87	5	35.4	18.2	5.0	3.4	1.4	1.2	.415	.333	.489
Career	141	37.5	21.9	7.0	4.2	1.4	1.6	.486	.194	.544

Full postseason box-score averages by season, from every playoff game played.

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	419	22.3	6.6	3.9	339–80
Away	417	21.6	6.8	3.8	224–193
In wins	563	22.7	6.7	4.1	563–0
In losses	273	20.5	6.6	3.4	0–273

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	53	20.5	6.7	3.9	27–26
BOS Boston Celtics	57	22.0	6.4	4.0	30–27
BKN Brooklyn Nets	54	22.5	5.8	3.3	36–18
CHI Chicago Bulls	49	21.2	7.0	3.1	33–16
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	54	21.6	6.7	3.7	43–11
DAL Dallas Mavericks	12	23.8	7.7	4.0	10–2
DEN Denver Nuggets	25	22.7	6.8	4.6	19–6
DET Detroit Pistons	52	24.7	6.7	4.1	36–16
GSW Golden State Warriors	27	21.9	6.5	3.9	17–10
HOU Houston Rockets	31	24.5	7.6	4.4	23–8
IND Indiana Pacers	53	23.2	6.9	4.5	43–10
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	18	22.8	6.8	4.9	17–1
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	27	19.8	8.0	4.5	14–13
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	45	20.8	6.3	3.6	22–23
NYK New York Knicks	55	21.2	6.2	3.6	42–13
PHX Phoenix Suns	26	21.5	7.6	3.0	15–11
POR Portland Trail Blazers	26	23.5	6.8	3.7	16–10
SAC Sacramento Kings	27	21.5	6.9	4.0	21–6
SAS San Antonio Spurs	30	23.5	7.0	4.3	18–12
UTA Utah Jazz	28	20.4	6.7	4.4	21–7

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Julius Erving plays SG for the Philadelphia 76ers.

Julius Erving has averaged 24.2 PPG, 8.5 RPG, 4.2 APG over 16 seasons (1971-72–1986-87).

Julius Erving is 6-7 (210 lb).

Julius Erving was drafted in 1972, round 1, pick 12, by the Milwaukee Bucks.