Luguentz Dort vs. Julius Erving Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Julius Erving and Luguentz Dort, 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.

Luguentz Dort played 7 years in the NBA, 4 less than Julius Erving, who played 11. Luguentz Dort had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Julius Erving had his rookie season in 1976-77. 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
	Luguentz Dort	Julius Erving
Season	2019-20	1976-77
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	76ers Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Luguentz Dort	36	22.8	6.8	0.7	1.6	2.3	0.8	0.9	0.1	0.6	2.7	2.4	6.1	.394	0.8	2.8	.297	1.2	1.5	.792
difference:	+46	+13.1	+14.8	+1.6	+4.5	+6.2	+2.9	+1.0	+1.3		-0.4	+6.0	+10.6	+.105				+3.7	+4.8	+.015
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luguentz Dort	6	29.2	12.5	0.8	2.8	3.7	1.0	0.3	1.0	2.5	4.2	4.5	12.7	.355	2.2	8.3	.260	1.3	2.5	.533
difference:	+13	+10.7	+14.8	+1.4	+1.5	+2.7	+3.5	+1.9	+0.2		-1.8	+6.2	+7.8	+.168				+4.5	+4.6	+.288
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

Season 2
	Luguentz Dort	Julius Erving
Season	2020-21	1977-78
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
Luguentz Dort	52	29.7	14.0	0.7	2.9	3.6	1.7	0.9	0.4	1.5	2.6	4.8	12.3	.387	2.2	6.3	.343	2.3	3.2	.744
difference:	+22	+3.1	+6.6	+1.7	+1.2	+2.9	+2.1	+0.9	+0.9	-1.7	-0.2	+3.5	+4.1	+.115				+1.8	+1.7	+.101
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luguentz Dort	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 3
	Luguentz Dort	Julius Erving
Season	2021-22	1978-79
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Luguentz Dort	51	32.6	17.2	0.7	3.4	4.2	1.7	0.9	0.4	1.7	2.9	5.7	14.2	.404	2.5	7.7	.332	3.2	3.7	.843
difference:	+27	+3.3	+5.9	+1.8	+1.3	+3.0	+2.9	+0.8	+0.9	-2.3	-0.2	+3.5	+4.5	+.087				+1.6	+2.7	+.098
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luguentz Dort	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 4
	Luguentz Dort	Julius Erving
Season	2022-23	1979-80
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Luguentz Dort	74	30.7	13.7	1.7	2.9	4.6	2.1	1.0	0.3	1.2	3.3	4.6	11.8	.388	1.8	5.5	.330	2.7	3.5	.772
difference:	+4	+5.4	+13.2	+1.1	+1.7	+2.8	+2.5	+1.2	+1.5	-2.4	-0.6	+6.1	+8.9	+.131	+1.7	+5.2	+.130	+2.7	+3.3	+.015
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luguentz Dort	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 5
	Luguentz Dort	Julius Erving
Season	2023-24	1980-81
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	76ers Lost East Conf Finals

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luguentz Dort	79	28.4	10.9	0.9	2.7	3.6	1.4	0.9	0.6	0.9	2.9	3.6	8.3	.438	2.0	5.0	.394	1.6	2.0	.826
difference:	+3	+6.6	+13.7	+2.1	+2.3	+4.4	+3.0	+1.2	+1.2	-2.3	-0.1	+6.1	+10.3	+.083	+2.0	+4.8	+.172	+3.5	+4.5	+.039
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luguentz Dort	10	35.0	10.7	1.9	2.7	4.6	2.0	1.3	0.2	1.1	4.2	3.3	9.1	.363	2.5	6.4	.391	1.6	1.9	.842
difference:	+6	+2.0	+12.2	+1.4	+1.2	+2.5	+1.4	+0.1	+2.4	-2.3	-0.8	+5.6	+9.7	+.112	+2.5	+6.3	+.391	+3.5	+4.8	+.085
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

Season 6
	Luguentz Dort	Julius Erving
Season	2024-25	1981-82
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	76ers Lost NBA Finals

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luguentz Dort	71	29.2	10.1	1.3	2.9	4.1	1.6	1.1	0.5	0.7	2.9	3.6	8.4	.435	2.4	5.8	.412	0.5	0.6	.717
difference:	+10	+5.2	+14.3	+1.4	+1.3	+2.8	+2.3	+0.9	+1.2	-1.9	-0.1	+6.0	+9.2	+.111	+2.4	+5.7	+.139	+4.6	+6.1	+.046
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luguentz Dort	23	29.0	7.9	1.4	2.5	3.9	0.9	1.3	0.4	0.9	3.3	2.6	7.1	.366	2.1	6.1	.343	0.6	1.0	.636
difference:	+2	+8.1	+14.1	+1.3	+2.2	+3.5	+3.8	+0.5	+1.4	-2.3	-0.7	+5.4	+8.3	+.153	+2.1	+5.8	+.176	+5.3	+6.9	+.116
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

Season 7
	Luguentz Dort	Julius Erving
Season	2025-26	1982-83
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luguentz Dort	9	30.3	7.8	1.6	2.9	4.4	1.4	0.9	0.2	0.7	2.8	2.6	7.4	.343	1.3	4.9	.273	1.3	1.4	.923
difference:	+63	+3.3	+13.6	+0.8	+1.5	+2.4	+2.3	+0.7	+1.6	-2.0		+5.8	+8.9	+.174	+1.3	+4.8	+.013	+3.3	+4.6	+.164
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luguentz Dort	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Additional Years
* Julius Erving played 4 seasons more than Luguentz Dort in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 11, from 1984 to 1987—Julius Erving played in 4 Playoffs. In those 4 extra years over Luguentz Dort, Julius Erving got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 4 All-Star Game