Pat Connaughton vs. Julius Erving Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Julius Erving and Pat Connaughton, 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.

Pat Connaughton played 9 years in the NBA, 2 less than Julius Erving, who played 11. Pat Connaughton had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, 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 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Pat Connaughton	Julius Erving
Season	2015-16	1976-77
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis	76ers 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		%
Pat Connaughton	34	4.2	1.1	0.3	0.6	0.9	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.2	0.4	1.4	.265	0.1	0.6	.238	0.1	0.1	1.000
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		%
Pat Connaughton	6	1.3	1.3	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.8	.600	0.3	0.5	.667	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Pat Connaughton	Julius Erving
Season	2016-17	1977-78
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	76ers 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		%
Pat Connaughton	39	8.1	2.5	0.3	1.1	1.3	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.9	1.8	.514	0.4	0.8	.515	0.2	0.2	.778
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		%
Pat Connaughton	3	8.0	2.3	0.3	2.0	2.3	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	3.0	.222	0.0	2.0	.000	1.0	1.0	1.000
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
	Pat Connaughton	Julius Erving
Season	2017-18	1978-79
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	76ers 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		%
Pat Connaughton	82	18.1	5.4	0.4	1.5	2.0	1.1	0.3	0.3	0.5	1.5	2.0	4.8	.423	0.9	2.6	.352	0.5	0.5	.841
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		%
Pat Connaughton	4	14.8	4.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.3	0.3	0.3	2.3	1.5	3.8	.400	0.5	2.5	.200	0.5	0.5	1.000
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
	Pat Connaughton	Julius Erving
Season	2018-19	1979-80
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	76ers 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		%
Pat Connaughton	61	20.7	6.9	1.0	3.2	4.2	2.0	0.5	0.4	0.5	1.3	2.7	5.7	.466	1.1	3.3	.330	0.5	0.7	.725
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		%
Pat Connaughton	15	21.6	6.2	0.7	5.5	6.2	1.4	0.4	0.9	0.6	0.9	2.5	5.1	.481	1.0	2.8	.357	0.3	0.5	.500
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
	Pat Connaughton	Julius Erving
Season	2019-20	1980-81
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	76ers 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		%
Pat Connaughton	67	18.6	5.4	0.9	3.3	4.2	1.6	0.4	0.5	0.8	1.0	2.0	4.5	.455	0.8	2.5	.331	0.5	0.6	.775
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		%
Pat Connaughton	10	17.1	4.0	0.5	3.4	3.9	1.1	0.2	0.2	0.5	1.2	1.5	3.5	.429	0.8	2.3	.348	0.2	0.2	1.000
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
	Pat Connaughton	Julius Erving
Season	2020-21	1981-82
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	76ers 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		%
Pat Connaughton	69	22.8	6.8	0.9	3.9	4.8	1.2	0.7	0.3	0.5	1.4	2.4	5.6	.434	1.5	3.9	.371	0.4	0.6	.775
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		%
Pat Connaughton	23	23.7	6.9	1.3	3.1	4.4	0.9	0.4	0.3	0.5	1.7	2.4	5.2	.462	1.6	4.1	.389	0.5	0.6	.846
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
	Pat Connaughton	Julius Erving
Season	2021-22	1982-83
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pat Connaughton	65	26.0	9.9	0.7	3.5	4.2	1.3	0.9	0.2	0.5	1.3	3.5	7.6	.458	2.2	5.7	.395	0.7	0.8	.833
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		%
Pat Connaughton	12	26.5	9.5	0.3	4.0	4.3	0.9	0.4	0.3	0.6	1.2	3.5	7.3	.477	2.1	5.3	.391	0.4	0.4	1.000
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

Season 8
	Pat Connaughton	Julius Erving
Season	2022-23	1983-84
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	76ers 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		%
Pat Connaughton	61	23.7	7.6	0.8	3.8	4.6	1.3	0.6	0.2	0.5	1.1	2.7	6.9	.392	1.8	5.3	.339	0.4	0.7	.659
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pat Connaughton	4	22.0	12.0	1.0	4.0	5.0	1.8	1.0	0.3	0.5	2.5	4.3	7.5	.567	2.8	5.8	.478	0.8	1.0	.750
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

Season 9
	Pat Connaughton	Julius Erving
Season	2023-24	1984-85
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	76ers 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		%
Pat Connaughton	76	22.1	5.6	0.7	2.5	3.1	2.1	0.5	0.3	0.6	1.3	2.0	4.6	.435	1.1	3.1	.345	0.6	0.8	.759
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pat Connaughton	6	20.7	4.5	0.5	3.3	3.8	2.2	1.0	0.2	0.5	1.0	1.8	4.2	.440	0.5	1.8	.273	0.3	0.3	1.000
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

Season 10
	Pat Connaughton	Julius Erving
Season	-	1985-86
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	76ers 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		%
Pat Connaughton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pat Connaughton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 11
	Pat Connaughton	Julius Erving
Season	-	1986-87
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	76ers 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		%
Pat Connaughton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pat Connaughton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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