Julius Erving vs. Tyrese Maxey Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tyrese Maxey 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.

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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, 6 more than Tyrese Maxey, who played 5. Julius Erving had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Tyrese Maxey had his rookie season in 2020-21. 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.

Their Careers

Player
Total Seasons Playoffs Played NBA Years
Julius Erving 11 11 1976-77 to 1986-87
Tyrese Maxey 5 4 2020-21 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season

Julius Erving Tyrese Maxey
Season 1976-772020-21
Team Philadelphia 76ersPhiladelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Second Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Achievement All-Star Game MVP-
Playoffs 76ers Lost NBA Finals76ers Lost East Conf Semis
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+21+20.6+13.6+2.1+4.6+6.8+1.7+1.5+1.2-1.8+5.2+9.7+.037+3.9+5.2+.094
Tyrese Maxey 61 15.3 8.0 0.2 1.5 1.7 2.0 0.4 0.2 0.7 1.3 3.2 7.0 .462 0.5 1.7 .301 1.0 1.1 .871
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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
difference:+7+26.9+21.0+2.1+2.5+4.6+3.2+1.9+0.7-1.1+8.3+15.0+.084+4.6+5.3+.185
Tyrese Maxey 12 13.0 6.3 0.1 1.8 1.8 1.3 0.3 0.5 0.4 1.3 2.4 5.5 .439 0.3 1.0 .333 1.2 1.8 .636

Season 2

Julius Erving Tyrese Maxey
Season 1977-782021-22
Team Philadelphia 76ersPhiladelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA First Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs 76ers Lost East Conf Finals76ers Lost East Conf Semis
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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+1+2.5+3.1+2.1+1.2+3.3+0.5+1.1+0.9-2.0-0.7+1.9+3.1+.017+1.3+1.6+.021
Tyrese Maxey 75 35.3 17.5 0.3 2.9 3.2 4.3 0.7 0.4 1.2 2.1 6.4 13.3 .485 1.8 4.1 .427 2.8 3.3 .866
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+2+4.6+1.0+3.5+2.7+6.2+0.1+0.7+1.6-1.7-1.0+1.5+2.8+.005+0.3+1.4+.190
Tyrese Maxey 12 40.4 20.8 0.5 3.0 3.5 3.9 0.8 0.2 1.8 2.0 7.3 15.2 .484 2.2 5.8 .377 3.9 4.2 .940

Season 3

Julius Erving Tyrese Maxey
Season 1978-792022-23
Team Philadelphia 76ersPhiladelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs 76ers Lost East Conf Semis76ers Lost East Conf Semis
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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+18+2.3+2.8+2.1+2.1+4.3+1.1+0.9+1.2-2.7-0.5+1.9+3.5+.010+1.8+2.8+.100
Tyrese Maxey 60 33.6 20.3 0.4 2.6 2.9 3.5 0.8 0.1 1.3 2.2 7.3 15.2 .481 2.7 6.2 .434 3.0 3.6 .845
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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
difference:+2+2.8+4.9+2.4+0.6+3.0+3.6+0.6+1.4-3.5+2.4+1.6+.090+3.2+4.6+.142
Tyrese Maxey 11 38.5 20.5 0.8 4.0 4.8 2.3 1.4 0.5 0.7 2.4 7.5 17.5 .427 3.1 7.7 .400 2.5 2.8 .903

Season 4

Julius Erving Tyrese Maxey
Season 1979-802023-24
Team Philadelphia 76ersPhiladelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA First Team-
-Achievement Most Improved Player
Achievement All-Star GameAchievement All-Star Game
Playoffs 76ers Lost NBA Finals76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd
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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+8+1.4+1.0+2.3+1.4+3.7+1.6+1.2+1.3-1.9-0.5+1.6+0.4+.069+2.9+7.8+.173+0.7+1.4+.081
Tyrese Maxey 70 37.5 25.9 0.5 3.2 3.7 6.2 1.0 0.5 1.7 2.2 9.1 20.3 .450 3.0 8.1 .373 4.7 5.4 .868
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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
difference:+12+5.9+5.4+1.5+0.8+2.4+2.4+1.2+1.8-0.9-0.4+1.8+4.2+.010+3.6+8.7+.178+1.8+2.9+.099
Tyrese Maxey 6 44.5 29.8 0.2 5.0 5.2 6.8 0.8 0.3 2.2 2.7 11.0 23.0 .478 3.7 9.2 .400 4.2 4.7 .893

Season 5

Julius Erving Tyrese Maxey
Season 1980-812024-25
Team Philadelphia 76ersPhiladelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards Achievement Season MVP-
Achievement All-NBA First Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs 76ers Lost East Conf FinalsDid Not Play
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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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
difference:+30+2.7+1.7+2.7+1.9+4.7+1.7+0.3+1.4-0.8-0.6+0.5+2.4+.084+3.1+9.0+.115+0.2+0.9+.092
Tyrese Maxey 52 37.7 26.3 0.3 3.1 3.3 6.1 1.8 0.4 2.4 2.2 9.2 21.0 .437 3.1 9.2 .337 4.9 5.6 .879
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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
Tyrese Maxey DNP------ --- ----------

Additional Years

* Julius Erving played 6 seasons more than Tyrese Maxey in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 6 to 11, from 1982 to 1987—Julius Erving played in 6 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship.

In those 6 extra years over Tyrese Maxey, Julius Erving got these achievements:

Honors & AwardsAchievement 2 All-NBA First Team
Achievement 1 All-NBA Second Team
Achievement 6 All-Star Game
Achievement 1 All-Star Game MVP