Julius Erving vs. Brandon Miller Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brandon Miller 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.

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, 9 more than Brandon Miller, who played 2. Julius Erving had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Brandon Miller had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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
	Julius Erving	Brandon Miller
Season	1976-77	2023-24
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+8	+3.7	+4.3	+1.5	+2.7	+4.2	+1.3	+1.0	+0.8		-0.6	+2.0	+2.1	+.059				+3.0	+4.0	+.050
Brandon Miller	74	32.2	17.3	0.8	3.4	4.3	2.4	0.9	0.6	1.8	2.5	6.4	14.6	.440	2.5	6.7	.373	1.9	2.3	.827
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
Brandon Miller	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Julius Erving	Brandon Miller
Season	1977-78	2024-25
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+47	+1.4	+0.4	+1.5	+0.2	+1.6	+0.2	+0.7	+0.6	-0.4	-0.1	+1.0	+1.8	+.099				+1.6	+2.0	+.016
Brandon Miller	27	34.2	21.0	0.9	3.9	4.9	3.6	1.1	0.7	2.8	2.7	7.3	18.2	.403	3.9	10.9	.355	2.5	2.9	.861
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
Brandon Miller	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Julius Erving played 9 seasons more than Brandon Miller in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 11, from 1979 to 1987—Julius Erving played in 9 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 9 extra years over Brandon Miller, Julius Erving got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 4 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 9 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP