Julius Erving vs. Quentin Grimes Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Quentin Grimes 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, 7 more than Quentin Grimes, who played 4. Julius Erving had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Quentin Grimes had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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	Quentin Grimes
Season	1976-77	2021-22
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second 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:	+36	+18.8	+15.6	+1.8	+4.6	+6.5	+2.7	+1.2	+1.2		-1.5	+6.3	+11.6	+.095				+4.6	+5.9	+.093
Quentin Grimes	46	17.1	6.0	0.5	1.5	2.0	1.0	0.7	0.2	0.6	1.6	2.1	5.1	.404	1.6	4.1	.381	0.3	0.4	.684
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
Quentin Grimes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Julius Erving	Quentin Grimes
Season	1977-78	2022-23
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Finals	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+3	+2.9	+9.3	+1.7	+1.6	+3.3	+1.7	+1.1	+0.9	-2.2	-0.3	+4.3	+7.9	+.034				+3.0	+3.5	+.049
Quentin Grimes	71	29.9	11.3	0.7	2.5	3.2	2.1	0.7	0.4	1.0	2.5	4.0	8.5	.468	2.2	5.7	.386	1.1	1.4	.796
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
difference:	+1	+8.9	+16.7	+3.7	+3.3	+6.9	+2.6	+0.5	+1.2	-2.4	-1.1	+7.2	+12.9	+.185				+3.2	+4.4	+.068
Quentin Grimes	9	26.9	5.1	0.3	2.4	2.8	1.4	1.0	0.6	1.1	1.9	1.6	5.1	.304	1.0	4.1	.243	1.0	1.2	.818

Season 3
	Julius Erving	Quentin Grimes
Season	1978-79	2023-24
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+27	+15.8	+16.1	+2.2	+3.0	+5.2	+3.3	+1.0	+1.2	-3.5	-1.2	+6.8	+12.3	+.119				+4.1	+5.5	+.011
Quentin Grimes	51	20.1	7.0	0.3	1.7	2.0	1.3	0.7	0.1	0.5	1.5	2.4	6.4	.372	1.6	4.7	.338	0.7	0.9	.756
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
Quentin Grimes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Julius Erving	Quentin Grimes
Season	1979-80	2024-25
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Dallas Mavericks, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+3	+9.3	+12.3	+2.0	+1.1	+3.1	+1.6	+1.2	+1.5	-1.7	-0.9	+5.6	+9.7	+.052	+2.1	+5.3	+.185	+3.2	+3.9	+.030
Quentin Grimes	75	26.8	14.6	0.8	3.5	4.3	3.0	1.0	0.3	1.9	1.8	5.1	11.0	.467	2.2	5.6	.385	2.2	2.9	.757
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
Quentin Grimes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Julius Erving played 7 seasons more than Quentin Grimes 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 Quentin Grimes, 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