Carlos Boozer vs. Julius Erving Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Julius Erving and Carlos Boozer, 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.

Carlos Boozer played 13 years in the NBA, 2 more than Julius Erving, who played 11. Carlos Boozer had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, while Julius Erving had his rookie season in 1976-77. 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 achievements, 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
Carlos Boozer	13	8	2002-03 to 2014-15
Julius Erving	11	11	1976-77 to 1986-87

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Carlos Boozer	Julius Erving
Season	2002-03	1976-77
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost NBA Finals

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	81	25.3	10.0	2.5	5.0	7.5	1.3	0.7	0.6	1.3	2.8	4.1	7.6	.536	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.4	.771
difference:	+1	+10.6	+11.6	+0.2	+1.1	+1.0	+2.4	+1.2	+0.8		-0.3	+4.3	+9.1	+.037				+3.1	+3.9	+.006
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 2
	Carlos Boozer	Julius Erving
Season	2003-04	1977-78
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East Conf Finals

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	75	34.6	15.5	3.1	8.4	11.4	2.0	1.0	0.7	1.8	2.7	6.3	12.0	.523	0.0	0.1	.167	2.9	3.8	.768
difference:	+1	+1.8	+5.1	+0.7	+4.3	+4.9	+1.8	+0.8	+0.6	-1.4	-0.1	+2.0	+4.4	+.021				+1.2	+1.1	+.077
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 3
	Carlos Boozer	Julius Erving
Season	2004-05	1978-79
Team	Utah Jazz	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	51	34.7	17.8	2.8	6.2	9.0	2.8	0.8	0.5	2.7	3.5	7.1	13.6	.521	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	5.3	.698
difference:	+27	+1.2	+5.3	+0.3	+1.5	+1.8	+1.8	+0.9	+0.8	-1.3	-0.8	+2.1	+5.1	+.030				+1.1	+1.1	+.047
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 4
	Carlos Boozer	Julius Erving
Season	2005-06	1979-80
Team	Utah Jazz	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost NBA Finals

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	33	31.1	16.3	2.2	6.4	8.6	2.7	0.9	0.2	2.1	3.2	6.6	12.1	.549	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.2	.723
difference:	+45	+5.0	+10.6	+0.6	+1.8	+1.2	+1.9	+1.3	+1.6	-1.5	-0.5	+4.1	+8.6	+.030	+0.1	+0.3		+2.4	+2.6	+.064
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 5
	Carlos Boozer	Julius Erving
Season	2006-07	1980-81
Team	Utah Jazz	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals	76ers Lost East Conf Finals

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	74	34.6	20.9	3.2	8.5	11.7	3.0	0.9	0.3	2.6	2.9	8.7	15.6	.561	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	5.0	.685
difference:	+8	+0.4	+3.7	+0.2	+3.5	+3.7	+1.4	+1.2	+1.5	-0.6	-0.1	+1.0	+3.0	+.040		+0.2		+1.7	+1.5	+.102
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	17	38.5	23.5	3.2	9.0	12.2	2.9	1.0	0.3	3.0	3.1	9.5	17.8	.536	0.0	0.0	-	4.5	6.1	.738
difference:	+1	+1.5	+0.6	+0.1	+5.1	+5.1	+0.5	+0.4	+2.3	-0.4	-0.3	+0.6	+1.0	+.061		+0.1		+0.6	+0.6	+.019
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


Season 6
	Carlos Boozer	Julius Erving
Season	2007-08	1981-82
Team	Utah Jazz	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	76ers Lost NBA Finals

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	81	34.9	21.1	2.4	8.0	10.4	2.9	1.2	0.5	2.6	3.6	8.8	16.0	.547	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	4.9	.738
difference:		+0.5	+3.3	+0.3	+3.8	+3.5	+1.0	+0.8	+1.2		-0.8	+0.8	+1.6	+.001		+0.1		+1.5	+1.8	+.025
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	12	36.8	16.0	3.5	8.8	12.3	2.8	0.5	0.2	3.0	3.9	6.3	15.3	.415	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.7	.714
difference:	+9	+0.3	+6.0	+0.8	+4.1	+4.9	+1.9	+1.3	+1.6	-0.2	-1.3	+1.7	+0.1	+.104		+0.3		+2.6	+3.2	+.038
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


Season 7
	Carlos Boozer	Julius Erving
Season	2008-09	1982-83
Team	Utah Jazz	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	37	32.4	16.2	3.0	7.4	10.4	2.1	1.1	0.2	2.1	3.6	6.8	13.8	.490	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	3.8	.698
difference:	+35	+1.2	+5.2	+0.6	+3.0	+3.6	+1.6	+0.5	+1.6	-0.6	-0.8	+1.6	+2.5	+.027		+0.1		+2.0	+2.2	+.061
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	5	37.2	20.6	2.4	10.8	13.2	2.2	1.6	0.4	3.0	3.6	7.6	14.4	.528	0.0	0.0	-	5.4	7.0	.771
difference:	+8	+0.7	+2.2	+0.1	+5.6	+5.6	+1.2	+0.4	+1.7		-0.4	+0.3	+1.8	+.078		+0.1		+1.6	+1.8	+.050
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


Season 8
	Carlos Boozer	Julius Erving
Season	2009-10	1983-84
Team	Utah Jazz	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	78	34.3	19.5	2.3	8.9	11.2	3.2	1.1	0.5	2.7	3.5	7.9	14.1	.562	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	4.9	.742
difference:	+1	+0.5	+2.9	+0.2	+4.5	+4.3	+0.8	+0.7	+1.3	-0.3	-0.7	+0.9	+3.1	+.050	+0.1	+0.3		+1.0	+1.4	+.012
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	10	40.2	19.7	3.3	9.9	13.2	3.0	0.4	0.7	2.4	3.8	8.9	16.8	.530	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	3.5	.543
difference:	+5	+1.4	+1.5	+1.5	+5.3	+6.8	+2.0	+1.2	+0.5	-1.8	-1.0	+1.7	+1.6	+.056		+0.2		+1.9	+0.9	+.321
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


Season 9
	Carlos Boozer	Julius Erving
Season	2010-11	1984-85
Team	Chicago Bulls	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	76ers Lost East Conf Finals

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	59	31.9	17.5	2.2	7.4	9.6	2.5	0.8	0.3	2.5	3.2	7.3	14.3	.510	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.1	.701
difference:	+19	+0.6	+2.5		+4.3	+4.3	+0.5	+0.9	+1.1	-0.2	-0.6	+0.5	+1.5	+.016		+0.2		+1.4	+1.6	+.064
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	16	31.7	12.6	2.5	7.2	9.7	1.8	0.6	0.4	1.8	3.1	4.8	11.1	.433	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	3.8	.800
difference:	+3	+1.7	+4.5	+0.3	+3.8	+4.1	+1.9	+1.3	+0.4	-1.0	-0.5	+1.7	+3.3	+.016				+1.2	+1.0	+.057
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


Season 10
	Carlos Boozer	Julius Erving
Season	2011-12	1985-86
Team	Chicago Bulls	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	66	29.5	15.0	1.7	6.8	8.5	1.9	1.0	0.4	1.7	2.5	6.8	12.8	.532	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.1	.693
difference:	+8	+3.9	+3.1	+0.6	+4.1	+3.5	+1.5	+0.5	+0.7	-1.2	-0.1	+0.2	+1.9	+.052	+0.1	+0.4		+2.5	+2.9	+.092
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	6	33.3	13.5	1.7	8.2	9.8	3.0	0.8	0.3	3.8	3.3	6.3	15.0	.422	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.714
difference:	+6	+2.8	+4.2	+0.5	+4.5	+4.0	+1.2	+0.1	+1.0	-0.5	-0.6	+0.5		+.028	+0.2	+0.9		+3.2	+4.2	+.024
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


Season 11
	Carlos Boozer	Julius Erving
Season	2012-13	1986-87
Team	Chicago Bulls	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	79	32.2	16.2	2.2	7.5	9.8	2.3	0.8	0.4	2.2	3.0	6.9	14.4	.477	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.3	.731
difference:	+19	+0.2	+0.6	+0.3	+5.0	+5.4	+0.9	+0.5	+1.2	-0.4	-0.7	+0.2	+0.2	+.006	+0.2	+0.9		+0.8	+0.6	+.082
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	12	35.9	16.4	2.9	6.7	9.6	1.5	0.8	0.1	2.4	3.0	6.9	14.0	.494	0.0	0.1	.000	2.6	3.8	.689
difference:	+7	+0.1	+1.8	+0.1	+4.5	+4.6	+1.9	+0.6	+1.1	-0.6	-0.8	+0.1	+2.4	+.079	+0.4	+1.1	+.333	+1.6	+1.2	+.151
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

Additional Years

* Carlos Boozer played 2 seasons more than Julius Erving in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 12 to 13, from 2014 to 2015—Carlos Boozer played in one postseason.

Carlos Boozer vs. Julius Erving Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Julius Erving and Carlos Boozer, 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years