Julius Erving vs. Clemon Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Clemon Johnson 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, 1 more than Clemon Johnson, who played 10. Julius Erving had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Clemon Johnson had his rookie season in 1978-79. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Julius Erving	Clemon Johnson
Season	1976-77	1978-79
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA Finals	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	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
Clemon Johnson	74	10.7	3.2	1.1	1.9	3.1	1.1	0.3	0.5	0.9	1.6	1.4	2.9	.470	-	-	-	0.5	1.0	.486
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
Clemon Johnson	3	15.7	4.7	1.7	4.0	5.7	0.7	0.7	1.3	2.3	1.7	1.3	3.7	.364	-	-	-	2.0	3.7	.545

Season 2
	Julius Erving	Clemon Johnson
Season	1977-78	1979-80
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	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	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
Clemon Johnson	79	19.5	6.0	1.8	3.2	5.0	1.5	0.6	1.5	1.0	2.7	2.5	5.0	.503	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.5	.632
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
Clemon Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Julius Erving	Clemon Johnson
Season	1978-79	1980-81
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Pacers 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	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
Clemon Johnson	81	20.3	7.2	2.1	3.6	5.8	1.8	0.5	1.5	1.5	2.3	2.9	5.8	.504	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.3	.593
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
Clemon Johnson	2	27.5	7.5	5.0	5.0	10.0	1.5	2.0	1.0	1.5	1.5	2.5	6.0	.417	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	5.0	.500

Season 4
	Julius Erving	Clemon Johnson
Season	1979-80	1981-82
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	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
Clemon Johnson	79	25.1	9.5	2.3	4.9	7.2	1.6	0.8	1.4	1.7	3.1	3.9	8.1	.487	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.4	.651
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
Clemon Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Julius Erving	Clemon Johnson
Season	1980-81	1982-83
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Indiana Pacers, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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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
Clemon Johnson	83	23.1	8.5	2.3	4.0	6.3	1.7	0.8	1.1	1.5	2.7	3.6	7.0	.515	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	2.2	.617
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
Clemon Johnson	12	16.8	4.2	1.8	1.8	3.6	0.6	0.3	0.4	1.0	2.3	2.1	4.1	.510	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.3	.000

Season 6
	Julius Erving	Clemon Johnson
Season	1981-82	1983-84
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA Finals	76ers 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	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
Clemon Johnson	80	21.5	5.7	1.6	3.3	5.0	0.7	0.4	0.8	1.2	2.6	2.4	5.2	.468	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.4	.611
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
Clemon Johnson	5	9.0	1.6	0.6	0.6	1.2	0.0	0.2	0.8	0.6	1.6	0.8	2.4	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 7
	Julius Erving	Clemon Johnson
Season	1982-83	1984-85
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	76ers Lost East 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	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
Clemon Johnson	58	15.1	4.7	1.6	2.2	3.8	0.6	0.3	0.8	0.7	1.9	2.0	4.1	.498	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	0.8	.735
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
Clemon Johnson	13	12.7	3.2	1.3	1.5	2.8	0.2	0.2	0.5	1.0	2.5	1.0	2.5	.394	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.6	.762

Season 8
	Julius Erving	Clemon Johnson
Season	1983-84	1985-86
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	76ers 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	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
Clemon Johnson	75	14.3	3.5	1.4	2.0	3.4	0.2	0.3	0.8	0.5	1.7	1.4	3.0	.471	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.1	.630
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
Clemon Johnson	12	25.3	6.2	1.9	3.1	5.0	0.7	0.9	1.3	0.8	2.9	2.4	4.4	.547	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.1	.640

Season 9
	Julius Erving	Clemon Johnson
Season	1984-85	1986-87
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Finals	Supersonics 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	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
Clemon Johnson	78	13.5	3.2	1.4	2.2	3.6	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.5	1.8	1.1	2.3	.494	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.4	.636
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
Clemon Johnson	14	18.7	4.3	1.8	1.7	3.5	0.3	0.5	1.1	0.1	1.3	1.7	3.8	.453	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.4	.632

Season 10
	Julius Erving	Clemon Johnson
Season	1985-86	1987-88
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Supersonics 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	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
Clemon Johnson	74	9.8	1.6	0.9	1.5	2.4	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.4	1.4	0.7	1.4	.467	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	.688
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
Clemon Johnson	5	7.8	1.4	0.0	1.4	1.4	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.4	2.0	0.6	1.4	.429	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.500

Season 11
	Julius Erving	Clemon Johnson
Season	1986-87	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers 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	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
Clemon Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Clemon Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-