Ron Anderson vs. Julius Erving Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Julius Erving and Ron Anderson, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Ron Anderson played 10 years in the NBA, 1 less than Julius Erving, who played 11. Ron Anderson had the first of his seasons in 1984-85, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Ron Anderson	10	5	1984-85 to 1993-94
Julius Erving	11	11	1976-77 to 1986-87

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Ron Anderson	Julius Erving
Season	1984-85	1976-77
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Ron Anderson	36	14.4	5.8	1.1	1.4	2.4	0.9	0.3	0.2	0.9	1.1	2.3	5.4	.431	0.0	0.1	.500	1.1	1.4	.820
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		%
Ron Anderson	2	4.5	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-	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
	Ron Anderson	Julius Erving
Season	1985-86	1977-78
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers, Indiana Pacers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Ron Anderson	77	21.8	9.2	1.7	1.9	3.6	1.9	0.7	0.1	1.1	1.6	4.0	8.2	.494	0.0	0.1	.222	1.1	1.6	.669
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		%
Ron Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Ron Anderson	Julius Erving
Season	1986-87	1978-79
Team	Indiana Pacers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Ron Anderson	63	11.4	5.8	1.2	1.2	2.4	0.9	0.5	0.0	0.9	1.0	2.2	4.7	.473	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	1.7	.787
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		%
Ron Anderson	4	6.0	1.0	0.5	0.3	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Ron Anderson	Julius Erving
Season	1987-88	1979-80
Team	Indiana Pacers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Ron Anderson	74	14.8	7.3	1.2	1.7	2.9	1.1	0.6	0.1	1.0	1.3	2.9	5.9	.498	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	1.9	.766
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		%
Ron Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Ron Anderson	Julius Erving
Season	1988-89	1980-81
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Ron Anderson	82	31.9	16.2	2.0	2.9	5.0	1.7	0.9	0.3	1.5	2.0	6.9	14.0	.491	0.0	0.1	.182	2.4	2.8	.856
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		%
Ron Anderson	3	36.3	20.7	2.3	3.0	5.3	4.3	0.3	0.7	0.7	3.3	9.7	17.0	.569	0.0	0.3	.000	1.3	1.7	.800
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
	Ron Anderson	Julius Erving
Season	1989-90	1981-82
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East 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		%
Ron Anderson	78	26.8	11.9	1.0	2.7	3.8	1.8	0.9	0.2	1.0	1.8	4.9	10.8	.451	0.0	0.3	.143	2.1	2.5	.838
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		%
Ron Anderson	10	25.6	11.2	0.6	3.1	3.7	1.4	0.4	0.0	1.5	2.2	4.0	9.3	.430	0.3	0.5	.600	2.9	3.0	.967
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
	Ron Anderson	Julius Erving
Season	1990-91	1982-83
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Ron Anderson	82	28.5	14.6	1.3	3.2	4.5	1.4	0.8	0.2	1.2	2.0	6.2	12.9	.485	0.1	0.5	.209	2.0	2.4	.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		%
Ron Anderson	8	27.9	11.0	1.1	1.5	2.6	2.4	0.8	0.0	1.5	3.0	4.4	11.0	.398	0.1	0.6	.200	2.1	2.4	.895
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
	Ron Anderson	Julius Erving
Season	1991-92	1983-84
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Ron Anderson	82	29.7	13.7	1.2	2.2	3.4	1.6	1.0	0.1	1.3	1.6	5.7	12.3	.465	0.5	1.5	.331	1.7	2.0	.877
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		%
Ron Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Ron Anderson	Julius Erving
Season	1992-93	1984-85
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Ron Anderson	69	18.3	8.1	0.9	1.8	2.7	1.3	0.4	0.1	0.9	1.1	3.3	7.9	.414	0.6	1.7	.325	1.0	1.3	.809
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		%
Ron Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Ron Anderson	Julius Erving
Season	1993-94	1985-86
Team	New Jersey Nets, Washington Bullets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Ron Anderson	21	17.0	4.6	0.8	1.8	2.5	0.8	0.4	0.1	0.5	0.8	1.7	4.1	.407	0.3	1.2	.269	0.9	1.1	.826
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		%
Ron Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Ron Anderson	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		%
Ron Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Ron Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Ron Anderson vs. Julius Erving Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Julius Erving and Ron Anderson, 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