Julius Erving vs. Larry Foust Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Larry Foust 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

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 less than Larry Foust, who played 12. Julius Erving had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Larry Foust had his rookie season in 1950-51. 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
Larry Foust	12	10	1950-51 to 1961-62

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Julius Erving	Larry Foust
Season	1976-77	1950-51
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA Finals	Pistons Lost West Div 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	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
Larry Foust	68	-	13.5	-	-	10.0	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	4.8	13.9	.346	-	-	-	3.8	5.8	.659

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
Larry Foust	3	-	12.0	-	-	12.3	1.7	-	-	-	1.7	4.7	15.0	.311	-	-	-	2.7	3.3	.800


Season 2
	Julius Erving	Larry Foust
Season	1977-78	1951-52
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Finals	Pistons Lost West Div 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	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
Larry Foust	66	39.6	15.9	-	-	13.3	3.0	-	-	-	3.7	5.9	15.0	.394	-	-	-	4.0	6.0	.678

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
Larry Foust	2	38.5	15.0	-	-	15.0	2.5	-	-	-	4.0	6.0	11.5	.522	-	-	-	3.0	3.5	.857


Season 3
	Julius Erving	Larry Foust
Season	1978-79	1952-53
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Pistons Lost West Div 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	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
Larry Foust	67	34.4	14.3	-	-	11.5	2.3	-	-	-	4.0	4.6	12.9	.360	-	-	-	5.0	6.9	.723

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
Larry Foust	8	41.5	19.1	-	-	13.9	0.8	-	-	-	4.3	6.0	15.1	.397	-	-	-	7.1	8.5	.838


Season 4
	Julius Erving	Larry Foust
Season	1979-80	1953-54
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA Finals	Pistons Lost W Div Round Robin

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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
Larry Foust	72	37.4	15.1	-	-	13.4	2.2	-	-	-	3.6	5.2	12.8	.409	-	-	-	4.7	6.6	.712

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
Larry Foust	4	32.3	10.3	-	-	9.5	1.8	-	-	-	5.3	2.8	10.3	.268	-	-	-	4.8	6.3	.760


Season 5
	Julius Erving	Larry Foust
Season	1980-81	1954-55
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Finals	Pistons 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	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
Larry Foust	70	32.3	17.0	-	-	10.0	1.7	-	-	-	3.8	5.7	11.7	.487	-	-	-	5.6	7.3	.766

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
Larry Foust	11	30.1	15.6	-	-	9.7	2.4	-	-	-	3.9	5.5	13.8	.395	-	-	-	4.7	6.6	.712


Season 6
	Julius Erving	Larry Foust
Season	1981-82	1955-56
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA Finals	Pistons 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	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
Larry Foust	72	28.1	16.2	-	-	9.0	1.8	-	-	-	3.7	5.1	11.4	.447	-	-	-	6.0	7.7	.778

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
Larry Foust	10	28.9	16.8	-	-	12.7	1.4	-	-	-	3.8	4.9	13.0	.377	-	-	-	7.0	8.9	.787


Season 7
	Julius Erving	Larry Foust
Season	1982-83	1956-57
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pistons Lost West Div 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	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
Larry Foust	61	25.1	12.4	-	-	9.1	1.2	-	-	-	3.6	4.0	10.1	.394	-	-	-	4.5	6.2	.718

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
Larry Foust	2	32.0	22.5	-	-	12.5	3.0	-	-	-	5.0	6.5	11.5	.565	-	-	-	9.5	11.5	.826


Season 8
	Julius Erving	Larry Foust
Season	1983-84	1957-58
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	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
Larry Foust	72	30.6	16.8	-	-	12.2	1.5	-	-	-	4.2	5.4	13.6	.398	-	-	-	5.9	7.9	.756

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
Larry Foust	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Julius Erving	Larry Foust
Season	1984-85	1958-59
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Finals	Lakers 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	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
Larry Foust	72	26.8	12.3	-	-	8.7	1.3	-	-	-	3.2	4.2	10.7	.390	-	-	-	3.9	5.1	.765

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
Larry Foust	13	31.1	11.8	-	-	10.5	0.9	-	-	-	3.6	4.3	10.3	.418	-	-	-	3.2	3.8	.820


Season 10
	Julius Erving	Larry Foust
Season	1985-86	1959-60
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Minneapolis Lakers, St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Hawks 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	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
Larry Foust	72	27.3	12.2	-	-	8.6	1.3	-	-	-	3.3	4.3	10.6	.407	-	-	-	3.5	4.4	.791

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
Larry Foust	12	17.1	6.5	-	-	5.7	0.9	-	-	-	3.0	2.4	6.2	.392	-	-	-	1.7	2.1	.800


Season 11
	Julius Erving	Larry Foust
Season	1986-87	1960-61
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hawks 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	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
Larry Foust	68	17.8	8.1	-	-	5.7	1.1	-	-	-	2.7	2.9	7.2	.397	-	-	-	2.4	3.1	.788

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
Larry Foust	8	11.1	3.3	-	-	3.5	0.3	-	-	-	1.6	1.1	2.5	.450	-	-	-	1.0	1.8	.571


Season 12
	Julius Erving	Larry Foust
Season	-	1961-62
Team	-	St. Louis Hawks
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Larry Foust	57	20.2	9.7	-	-	5.8	1.4	-	-	-	3.3	3.6	7.6	.471	-	-	-	2.5	3.1	.815

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

Julius Erving vs. Larry Foust Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Larry Foust 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