Scottie Barnes vs. Julius Erving Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Julius Erving and Scottie Barnes, 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.

Scottie Barnes played 5 years in the NBA, 6 less than Julius Erving, who played 11. Scottie Barnes had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, 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
	Scottie Barnes	Julius Erving
Season	2021-22	1976-77
Team	Toronto Raptors	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East 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		%
Scottie Barnes	74	35.4	15.3	2.6	4.9	7.5	3.5	1.1	0.7	1.8	2.6	6.2	12.6	.492	0.8	2.6	.301	2.1	2.9	.735
difference:	+8	+0.5	+6.3	+0.3	+1.2	+1.0	+0.2	+0.8	+0.7		-0.5	+2.2	+4.1	+.007				+2.8	+3.4	+.042
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		%
Scottie Barnes	4	33.3	12.8	1.8	7.3	9.0	4.3	1.0	0.3	1.3	3.0	4.5	10.5	.429	0.5	3.0	.167	3.3	4.0	.813
difference:	+15	+6.6	+14.5	+0.4	+3.0	+2.6	+0.2	+1.2	+0.9		-0.6	+6.2	+10.0	+.094				+2.5	+3.1	+.008
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
	Scottie Barnes	Julius Erving
Season	2022-23	1977-78
Team	Toronto Raptors	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		%
Scottie Barnes	77	34.8	15.3	2.3	4.3	6.6	4.8	1.1	0.8	2.0	2.2	6.0	13.2	.456	0.8	2.9	.281	2.5	3.2	.772
difference:	+3	+2.0	+5.3	+0.1	+0.2	+0.1	+1.0	+0.7	+0.5	-1.2	-0.6	+2.3	+3.2	+.046				+1.6	+1.7	+.073
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		%
Scottie Barnes	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
	Scottie Barnes	Julius Erving
Season	2023-24	1978-79
Team	Toronto Raptors	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	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		%
Scottie Barnes	60	34.9	19.9	2.4	5.9	8.2	6.1	1.3	1.5	2.8	2.0	7.5	15.7	.475	1.7	4.9	.341	3.3	4.2	.781
difference:	+18	+1.0	+3.2	+0.1	+1.2	+1.0	+1.5	+0.4	+0.2	-1.2	-0.7	+1.7	+3.0	+.016				+1.5	+2.2	+.036
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		%
Scottie Barnes	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
	Scottie Barnes	Julius Erving
Season	2024-25	1979-80
Team	Toronto Raptors	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		%
Scottie Barnes	65	32.8	19.3	1.7	6.0	7.7	5.8	1.4	1.0	2.8	1.7	7.3	16.4	.446	1.2	4.3	.271	3.5	4.6	.755
difference:	+13	+3.3	+7.6	+1.1	+1.4	+0.3	+1.2	+0.8	+0.8	-0.8	-1.0	+3.4	+4.3	+.073	+1.1	+4.0	+.071	+1.9	+2.2	+.032
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		%
Scottie Barnes	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
	Scottie Barnes	Julius Erving
Season	2025-26	1980-81
Team	Toronto Raptors	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Scottie Barnes	26	33.9	19.7	2.0	5.8	7.8	5.3	1.4	1.6	2.4	3.1	7.6	15.1	.501	1.4	3.6	.383	3.2	3.8	.847
difference:	+56	+1.1	+4.9	+1.0	+0.8	+0.2	+0.9	+0.7	+0.2	-0.8	-0.3	+2.1	+3.5	+.020	+1.4	+3.4	+.161	+1.9	+2.7	+.060
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		%
Scottie Barnes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Additional Years
* Julius Erving played 6 seasons more than Scottie Barnes 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 Scottie Barnes, Julius Erving got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 6 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP