Julius Erving vs. Herb Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Herb Williams 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 / Games against each other

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, 7 less than Herb Williams, who played 18. Julius Erving had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Herb Williams had his rookie season in 1981-82. 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
Herb Williams	18	8	1981-82 to 1998-99

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Julius Erving	Herb Williams
Season	1976-77	1981-82
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Indiana Pacers
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
Herb Williams	82	27.8	11.5	2.1	5.2	7.4	1.7	0.6	2.2	1.7	2.4	5.0	10.4	.477	0.0	0.1	.286	1.5	2.3	.670

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
Herb Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Julius Erving	Herb Williams
Season	1977-78	1982-83
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	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
Herb Williams	78	32.2	16.9	1.9	5.5	7.5	3.4	0.7	2.2	2.9	2.9	7.4	14.9	.499	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	2.8	.705

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
Herb Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Julius Erving	Herb Williams
Season	1978-79	1983-84
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Indiana Pacers
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
Herb Williams	69	33.0	14.9	2.2	5.8	8.0	3.1	0.9	1.6	3.0	2.8	6.0	12.5	.478	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	4.3	.702

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
Herb Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Julius Erving	Herb Williams
Season	1979-80	1984-85
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Indiana Pacers
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
Herb Williams	75	34.1	18.3	2.1	6.4	8.5	3.4	0.7	1.8	3.5	2.9	7.7	16.1	.475	0.0	0.1	.111	3.0	4.5	.657

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
Herb Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Julius Erving	Herb Williams
Season	1980-81	1985-86
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Indiana Pacers
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
Herb Williams	78	35.5	19.9	2.2	6.9	9.1	2.2	0.6	2.4	2.7	3.1	8.0	16.3	.492	0.0	0.2	.083	3.8	5.2	.730

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
Herb Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Julius Erving	Herb Williams
Season	1981-82	1986-87
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA Finals	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	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
Herb Williams	74	34.1	14.9	1.9	5.4	7.3	2.4	0.8	1.3	2.0	3.4	6.1	12.7	.480	0.0	0.1	.000	2.7	3.6	.740

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
Herb Williams	4	33.5	11.8	0.8	4.3	5.0	1.8	0.0	0.3	2.8	3.0	5.0	8.5	.588	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	3.3	.538


Season 7
	Julius Erving	Herb Williams
Season	1982-83	1987-88
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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	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
Herb Williams	75	26.2	10.0	1.5	4.7	6.3	1.3	0.5	1.9	1.6	3.3	4.1	9.8	.425	0.0	0.1	.000	1.7	2.3	.737

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
Herb Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Julius Erving	Herb Williams
Season	1983-84	1988-89
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Indiana Pacers, Dallas Mavericks
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
Herb Williams	76	32.5	10.2	1.8	6.0	7.8	1.6	0.6	1.8	2.0	3.1	4.2	9.7	.436	0.0	0.1	.000	1.8	2.6	.686

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
Herb Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Julius Erving	Herb Williams
Season	1984-85	1989-90
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Finals	Mavericks 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	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
Herb Williams	81	27.1	8.6	0.9	3.9	4.8	1.5	0.6	1.3	1.3	3.0	3.6	8.2	.444	0.0	0.1	.222	1.3	2.0	.679

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
Herb Williams	3	27.0	13.7	1.3	3.0	4.3	1.7	0.3	0.7	1.0	5.3	4.7	7.7	.609	0.0	0.0	-	4.3	5.3	.813


Season 10
	Julius Erving	Herb Williams
Season	1985-86	1990-91
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Dallas Mavericks
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
Herb Williams	60	30.5	12.5	1.4	4.5	6.0	1.6	0.5	1.5	1.9	3.3	5.5	10.9	.507	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	2.2	.638

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
Herb Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Julius Erving	Herb Williams
Season	1986-87	1991-92
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Dallas Mavericks
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
Herb Williams	75	27.2	11.5	1.4	4.6	6.1	1.3	0.5	1.3	1.5	2.5	4.9	11.3	.431	0.0	0.1	.167	1.7	2.3	.725

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
Herb Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Julius Erving	Herb Williams
Season	-	1992-93
Team	-	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Knicks 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Herb Williams	55	10.4	2.9	0.8	1.9	2.7	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.4	1.4	1.3	3.2	.411	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Julius Erving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Herb Williams	7	9.9	2.0	0.7	1.3	2.0	0.3	0.1	0.6	0.3	1.9	0.7	2.0	.357	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.6	1.000


Season 13
	Julius Erving	Herb Williams
Season	-	1993-94
Team	-	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Knicks Lost NBA 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Herb Williams	70	11.1	3.3	0.8	1.8	2.6	0.4	0.3	0.6	0.6	1.5	1.5	3.3	.442	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.6	.643

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Julius Erving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Herb Williams	19	6.7	1.5	0.5	0.5	1.1	0.2	0.2	0.6	0.4	1.0	0.7	1.6	.419	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.2	.667


Season 14
	Julius Erving	Herb Williams
Season	-	1994-95
Team	-	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Knicks 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Herb Williams	56	13.3	3.3	0.4	1.9	2.4	0.5	0.2	0.8	0.7	1.9	1.5	3.2	.456	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.7	.622

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Julius Erving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Herb Williams	8	6.9	1.0	0.4	0.5	0.9	0.0	0.6	0.6	0.1	1.6	0.4	1.6	.231	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.3	1.000


Season 15
	Julius Erving	Herb Williams
Season	-	1995-96
Team	-	New York Knicks, Toronto Raptors, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Knicks 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Herb Williams	44	13.0	3.1	0.3	1.7	2.0	0.6	0.3	0.8	0.5	1.8	1.4	3.5	.408	0.0	0.1	.250	0.3	0.5	.650

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Julius Erving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Herb Williams	5	6.6	1.8	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.2	0.6	0.6	1.0	.600	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.8	.750


Season 16
	Julius Erving	Herb Williams
Season	-	1996-97
Team	-	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Knicks 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Herb Williams	21	8.8	1.9	0.4	1.0	1.5	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.9	0.9	2.2	.391	0.0	0.0	.000	0.1	0.2	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Julius Erving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Herb Williams	3	7.3	1.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	0.7	1.7	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 17
	Julius Erving	Herb Williams
Season	-	1997-98
Team	-	New York Knicks
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Herb Williams	27	6.6	1.4	0.2	0.9	1.1	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.2	1.3	0.7	1.6	.419	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.3	.125

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


Season 18
	Julius Erving	Herb Williams
Season	-	1998-99
Team	-	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Knicks Lost NBA 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Herb Williams	6	5.7	1.7	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.3	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.3	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Julius Erving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Herb Williams	8	1.9	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.1	0.6	.200	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Julius Erving vs. Herb Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Herb Williams 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

Season 17

Season 18