Dyson Daniels vs. Julius Erving Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Julius Erving and Dyson Daniels, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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.

Dyson Daniels played 4 years in the NBA, 7 less than Julius Erving, who played 11. Dyson Daniels had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, 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.

Rookie Season
	Dyson Daniels	Julius Erving
Season	2022-23	1976-77
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA 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		%
Dyson Daniels	59	17.7	3.8	0.6	2.6	3.2	2.3	0.7	0.2	1.0	1.7	1.5	3.5	.418	0.5	1.5	.314	0.4	0.7	.650
difference:	+23	+18.2	+17.8	+1.7	+3.5	+5.3	+1.4	+1.2	+1.2		-1.4	+6.9	+13.2	+.081				+4.5	+5.6	+.127
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		%
Dyson Daniels	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
	Dyson Daniels	Julius Erving
Season	2023-24	1977-78
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Dyson Daniels	61	22.3	5.8	1.0	2.9	3.9	2.7	1.4	0.4	1.0	1.7	2.3	5.1	.447	0.7	2.2	.311	0.6	0.9	.642
difference:	+13	+10.5	+14.8	+1.4	+1.2	+2.6	+1.1	+0.4	+0.9	-2.2	-1.1	+6.0	+11.3	+.055				+3.5	+4.0	+.203
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		%
Dyson Daniels	3	5.7	1.3	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.7	2.0	.333	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+7	+30.1	+20.5	+4.0	+5.0	+9.0	+4.0	+0.8	+1.8	-3.2	-3.0	+8.1	+16.0	+.156				+4.2	+5.6
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
	Dyson Daniels	Julius Erving
Season	2024-25	1978-79
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
	Steals Leader	-
	-	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		%
Dyson Daniels	76	33.8	14.1	1.6	4.3	5.9	4.4	3.0	0.7	2.0	2.3	6.0	12.1	.493	1.1	3.1	.340	1.1	1.8	.593
difference:	+2	+2.1	+9.0	+0.9	+0.4	+1.3	+0.2	+1.3	+0.6	-2.0	-0.4	+3.2	+6.6	+.002				+3.7	+4.6	+.152
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		%
Dyson Daniels	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
	Dyson Daniels	Julius Erving
Season	2025-26	1979-80
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	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		%
Dyson Daniels	14	32.8	8.7	1.6	4.1	5.7	5.9	2.3	0.4	2.1	2.6	3.8	8.1	.469	0.2	0.9	.231	0.9	1.5	.619
difference:	+64	+3.3	+18.2	+1.2	+0.5	+1.7	+1.3	+0.1	+1.4	-1.5	-0.1	+6.9	+12.6	+.050	+0.1	+0.6	+.031	+4.5	+5.3	+.168
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		%
Dyson Daniels	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

Additional Years
* Julius Erving played 7 seasons more than Dyson Daniels in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 11, from 1981 to 1987—Julius Erving played in 7 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 7 extra years over Dyson Daniels, Julius Erving got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 3 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 7 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP