Julius Erving vs. Robin Lopez Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Robin Lopez 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, 5 less than Robin Lopez, who played 16. Julius Erving had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Robin Lopez 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Julius Erving	11	11	1976-77 to 1986-87
Robin Lopez	16	7	2008-09 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Julius Erving	Robin Lopez
Season	1976-77	2008-09
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Phoenix Suns
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
Robin Lopez	60	10.2	3.2	0.9	1.1	2.0	0.1	0.2	0.7	0.5	1.6	1.2	2.3	.518	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.1	.691

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
Robin Lopez	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Julius Erving	Robin Lopez
Season	1977-78	2009-10
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Finals	Suns 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	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
Robin Lopez	51	19.3	8.4	2.0	2.8	4.9	0.1	0.2	1.0	0.8	2.3	3.4	5.7	.588	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.5	.704

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
Robin Lopez	6	17.3	7.8	2.0	2.0	4.0	0.0	0.3	0.2	0.5	1.8	3.2	5.8	.543	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	1.5	1.000


Season 3
	Julius Erving	Robin Lopez
Season	1978-79	2010-11
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Phoenix Suns
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
Robin Lopez	67	14.8	6.4	1.2	2.0	3.2	0.1	0.3	0.7	0.7	2.1	2.7	5.3	.501	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.5	.740

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
Robin Lopez	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Julius Erving	Robin Lopez
Season	1979-80	2011-12
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Phoenix Suns
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
Robin Lopez	64	14.0	5.4	1.4	1.9	3.3	0.3	0.3	0.9	0.7	2.0	1.9	4.2	.461	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.2	.714

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
Robin Lopez	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Julius Erving	Robin Lopez
Season	1980-81	2012-13
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New Orleans Hornets
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
Robin Lopez	82	26.0	11.3	2.8	2.9	5.6	0.8	0.4	1.6	1.3	2.0	4.7	8.8	.534	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.5	.778

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
Robin Lopez	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Julius Erving	Robin Lopez
Season	1981-82	2013-14
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA Finals	Trail Blazers 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	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
Robin Lopez	82	31.7	11.1	4.0	4.6	8.5	0.9	0.3	1.7	1.0	2.4	4.3	7.9	.551	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	3.0	.818

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
Robin Lopez	11	33.4	10.0	4.3	4.9	9.2	0.8	0.5	1.8	1.0	3.6	3.9	8.0	.489	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.3	.667


Season 7
	Julius Erving	Robin Lopez
Season	1982-83	2014-15
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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	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
Robin Lopez	59	27.8	9.6	3.2	3.5	6.7	0.9	0.3	1.4	1.2	2.1	4.0	7.4	.535	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.2	.772

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
Robin Lopez	5	23.4	5.2	1.8	2.6	4.4	0.6	0.2	1.0	1.0	3.0	1.8	3.0	.600	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	1.6	1.000


Season 8
	Julius Erving	Robin Lopez
Season	1983-84	2015-16
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New York Knicks
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
Robin Lopez	82	27.1	10.3	3.3	4.1	7.3	1.4	0.2	1.6	1.6	2.2	4.4	8.1	.539	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.0	.795

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
Robin Lopez	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Julius Erving	Robin Lopez
Season	1984-85	2016-17
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Finals	Bulls 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	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
Robin Lopez	81	28.0	10.4	3.0	3.4	6.4	1.0	0.2	1.4	1.1	1.9	4.7	9.6	.493	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.3	.721

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
Robin Lopez	6	27.0	12.7	4.7	2.5	7.2	0.8	0.5	1.0	1.3	2.2	5.7	8.7	.654	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.3	1.000


Season 10
	Julius Erving	Robin Lopez
Season	1985-86	2017-18
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Chicago Bulls
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
Robin Lopez	64	26.4	11.8	2.1	2.4	4.5	1.9	0.2	0.8	1.7	1.7	5.3	10.1	.530	0.1	0.2	.286	1.1	1.4	.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
Robin Lopez	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Julius Erving	Robin Lopez
Season	1986-87	2018-19
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Chicago Bulls
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
Robin Lopez	74	21.7	9.5	1.9	2.0	3.9	1.2	0.1	1.1	1.3	1.7	4.1	7.2	.568	0.1	0.4	.226	1.2	1.7	.724

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
Robin Lopez	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Julius Erving	Robin Lopez
Season	-	2019-20
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robin Lopez	66	14.5	5.4	0.8	1.6	2.4	0.7	0.2	0.7	1.0	1.5	2.2	4.5	.492	0.5	1.6	.333	0.4	0.8	.528

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Julius Erving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robin Lopez	3	7.0	2.0	0.0	1.3	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.0	1.3	.750	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 13
	Julius Erving	Robin Lopez
Season	-	2020-21
Team	-	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Wizards 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robin Lopez	71	19.1	9.0	2.0	1.8	3.8	0.8	0.2	0.6	1.1	1.5	3.8	6.0	.633	0.1	0.3	.278	1.4	1.9	.723

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Julius Erving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robin Lopez	5	14.6	7.4	0.8	1.0	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.2	1.4	3.6	5.0	.720	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.8	.250


Season 14
	Julius Erving	Robin Lopez
Season	-	2021-22
Team	-	Orlando Magic
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robin Lopez	36	17.0	7.1	1.9	1.6	3.5	1.5	0.1	0.5	1.2	1.9	3.1	5.5	.553	0.1	0.2	.333	0.9	1.5	.593

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


Season 15
	Julius Erving	Robin Lopez
Season	-	2022-23
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Cavaliers 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robin Lopez	37	8.1	3.0	0.6	0.8	1.4	0.5	0.1	0.2	0.7	1.2	1.3	2.0	.640	0.1	0.1	.500	0.4	0.5	.778

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Julius Erving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robin Lopez	2	3.0	4.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.5	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000


Season 16
	Julius Erving	Robin Lopez
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robin Lopez	16	4.1	1.1	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.4	1.2	.368	0.1	0.5	.250	0.1	0.1	1.000

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

Julius Erving vs. Robin Lopez Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Robin Lopez 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