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Larry Bird vs. Julius Erving: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Larry Bird vs. Julius Erving: Head-to-Head Stats

Larry Bird vs. Julius Erving: Per Game

Larry Bird vs. Julius Erving: Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	2P	2PA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Larry Bird	44	41	40.2	9.8	20.9	9.3	19.6	0.5	1.3	3.7	4.4	3.1	8.1	10.8	6.2	1.7	0.8	3.1	3.0	23.8
2	Julius Erving	44	44	35.7	9.1	18.4	8.9	18.0	0.2	0.4	4.5	5.9	2.3	4.5	6.4	3.9	1.6	1.4	2.5	3.0	22.8

Larry Bird vs. Julius Erving: Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	2P	2PA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Larry Bird	24	24	43.0	8.9	20.0	8.6	19.1	0.3	0.9	4.0	4.8	3.3	9.2	12.4	5.5	2.0	1.3	3.6	3.6	22.1
2	Julius Erving	24	24	36.0	7.3	16.7	7.2	16.5	0.1	0.2	4.9	6.1	2.3	4.2	6.5	4.1	1.8	2.1	3.3	3.4	19.5

Larry Bird vs. Julius Erving: Totals

Larry Bird vs. Julius Erving: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Larry Bird	44	41	1767	431	919	.469	410	861	.476	21	58	.362	.480	163	193	.845	.521	116	283	474	272	76	37	138	132	1046
2	Julius Erving	44	44	1570	400	809	.494	393	790	.497	7	19	.368	.499	197	261	.755	.543	82	136	281	172	70	62	112	133	1004

Larry Bird vs. Julius Erving: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Larry Bird	24	24	1033	213	481	.443	206	459	.449	7	22	.318	.450	97	114	.851	.499	78	220	298	131	47	32	87	86	530
2	Julius Erving	24	24	864	174	400	.435	172	396	.434	2	4	.500	.438	117	147	.796	.502	55	101	156	98	43	50	79	82	467

Larry Bird vs. Julius Erving: Game Logs

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Larry Bird vs. Julius Erving: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	GmSc	BPM	+/-
1	Larry Bird	BOS	1987-04-05	*	48	16	32	.500	14	29	.483	2	3	.667	5	5	1.000	.570	5	5	10	12	1	0	7	4	39	28.8	11.9
2	Julius Erving	PHI	1987-04-05	*	23	5	10	.500	5	10	.500	0	0		1	1	1.000	.527	1	4	5	5	0	0	1	4	11	8.8	1.8
3	Larry Bird	BOS	1987-03-29	*	40	7	16	.438	6	13	.462	1	3	.333	2	2	1.000	.504	2	11	13	12	1	0	2	1	17	20.3	3.9
4	Julius Erving	PHI	1987-03-29	*	35	11	26	.423	10	24	.417	1	2	.500	5	5	1.000	.496	2	1	3	4	3	1	3	5	28	17.4	4.2
5	Larry Bird	BOS	1987-01-25	*	34	6	14	.429	5	13	.385	1	1	1.000	4	5	.800	.525	0	4	4	5	4	0	2	1	17	15.5	5.0
6	Julius Erving	PHI	1987-01-25	*	29	3	11	.273	3	10	.300	0	1	.000	0	0		.273	2	3	5	2	1	2	1	3	6	3.4	-4.7
7	Larry Bird	BOS	1986-12-19	*	36	9	16	.563	9	14	.643	0	2	.000	2	2	1.000	.592	1	6	7	9	1	0	1	3	20	20.0	8.8
8	Julius Erving	PHI	1986-12-19	*	33	7	12	.583	7	12	.583	0	0		10	12	.833	.694	4	3	7	5	1	2	2	2	24	24.4	10.3
9	Larry Bird	BOS	1986-11-25	*	42	10	23	.435	10	22	.455	0	1	.000	2	3	.667	.452	2	5	7	6	0	0	5	3	22	10.4	-3.2
10	Julius Erving	PHI	1986-11-25	*	41	7	14	.500	7	13	.538	0	1	.000	2	2	1.000	.538	0	5	5	3	0	0	4	3	16	7.4	-5.6
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Larry Bird vs. Julius Erving: Player Comparison

Larry Bird vs. Julius Erving: Per Game

Larry Bird vs. Julius Erving: Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Larry Bird	23-35	1979-80	1991-92	897	870	38.4	9.6	19.3	.496	8.9	17.4	.509	0.7	1.9	.376	.514	4.4	5.0	.886	2.0	8.0	10.0	6.3	1.7	0.8	3.1	2.5	24.3
2	Julius Erving	21-36	1971-72	1986-87	1243	823	36.4	9.5	18.8	.506	9.4	18.4	.510	0.1	0.4	.298	.509	5.0	6.5	.777	3.0	5.5	8.5	4.2	2.0	1.7	3.4	2.8	24.2

Larry Bird vs. Julius Erving: Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Larry Bird	23-35	1979-80	1991-92	164	95	42.0	8.9	18.8	.472	8.4	17.3	.485	0.5	1.5	.321	.485	5.5	6.2	.890	2.2	8.1	10.3	6.5	1.8	0.9	3.1	2.8	23.8
2	Julius Erving	21-36	1971-72	1986-87	189	30	38.9	9.4	18.9	.496	9.3	18.4	.502	0.1	0.5	.224	.499	5.4	6.9	.784	2.8	5.9	8.5	4.4	1.7	1.7	3.4	2.9	24.2

Larry Bird vs. Julius Erving: Totals

Larry Bird vs. Julius Erving: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Larry Bird	23-35	1979-80	1991-92	897	870	34443	8591	17334	.496	7942	15607	.509	649	1727	.376	.514	3960	4471	.886	.564	1757	7217	8974	5695	1556	755	2816	2279	21791
2	Julius Erving	21-36	1971-72	1986-87	1243	823	45227	11818	23370	.506	11684	22921	.510	134	449	.298	.509	6256	8052	.777	.558	3689	6836	10525	5176	2272	1941	3940	3494	30026

Larry Bird vs. Julius Erving: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Larry Bird	23-35	1979-80	1991-92	164	95	6886	1458	3090	.472	1378	2841	.485	80	249	.321	.485	901	1012	.890	.551	360	1323	1683	1062	296	145	506	466	3897
2	Julius Erving	21-36	1971-72	1986-87	189	30	7352	1769	3563	.496	1752	3487	.502	17	76	.224	.499	1025	1308	.784	.553	494	893	1611	841	287	293	577	544	4580

Larry Bird vs. Julius Erving: Per 36 Minutes

Larry Bird vs. Julius Erving: Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Larry Bird	23-35	1979-80	1991-92	9.0	18.1	.496	8.3	16.3	.509	0.7	1.8	.376	4.1	4.7	.886	.6	1.8	7.5	9.4	6.0	1.6	0.8	2.9	2.4	22.8
2	Julius Erving	21-36	1971-72	1986-87	9.4	18.6	.506	9.3	18.2	.510	0.1	0.4	.298	5.0	6.4	.777	.6	2.9	5.4	8.4	4.1	1.8	1.5	3.1	2.8	23.9

Larry Bird vs. Julius Erving: Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Larry Bird	23-35	1979-80	1991-92	7.6	16.2	.472	7.2	14.9	.485	0.4	1.3	.321	4.7	5.3	.890	.6	1.9	6.9	8.8	5.6	1.5	0.8	2.6	2.4	20.4
2	Julius Erving	21-36	1971-72	1986-87	8.7	17.4	.496	8.6	17.1	.502	0.1	0.4	.224	5.0	6.4	.784	.6	2.4	5.5	7.9	4.1	1.4	1.4	2.8	2.7	22.4

Larry Bird vs. Julius Erving: Per 100 Possessions

Larry Bird vs. Julius Erving: Per 100 Possessions Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	ORtg	DRtg
1	Larry Bird	23-35	1979-80	1991-92	11.9	24.1	.496	11.0	21.7	.509	0.9	2.4	.376	5.5	6.2	.886	.6	2.4	10.0	12.5	7.9	2.2	1.0	3.9	3.2	30.3	115	101
2	Julius Erving	21-36	1971-72	1986-87	12.0	23.6	.506	14.0	27.5	.510	0.2	0.5	.298	6.4	8.2	.777	.6	3.5	8.2	10.0	5.4	2.5	2.2	3.9	3.6	30.5	112	100

Larry Bird vs. Julius Erving: Per 100 Possessions Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	ORtg	DRtg
1	Larry Bird	23-35	1979-80	1991-92	10.5	22.2	.472	9.9	20.4	.485	0.6	1.8	.321	6.5	7.3	.890	.6	2.6	9.5	12.1	7.6	2.1	1.0	3.6	3.3	28.0	114	104
2	Julius Erving	21-36	1971-72	1986-87	11.2	22.6	.496	12.5	24.9	.502	0.1	0.5	.224	6.6	8.5	.784	.6	3.4	8.0	9.6	5.4	2.1	2.1	3.6	3.6	29.1	110	102

Larry Bird vs. Julius Erving: Advanced

Larry Bird vs. Julius Erving: Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	MP	PER	TS%	ORB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Larry Bird	23-35	1979-80	1991-92	897	870	34443	23.5	.564	5.9	14.5	24.7	2.2	1.2	12.7	26.5	86.8	59.0	145.8	.203	5.1	1.8	6.9	77.2
2	Julius Erving	21-36	1971-72	1986-87	1243	823	45227	23.6	.558	8.6	11.9	17.7	2.5	2.6	13.5	27.2	107.3	73.8	181.1	.192	4.6	1.6	6.2	80.1

Larry Bird vs. Julius Erving: Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	MP	PER	TS%	ORB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Larry Bird	23-35	1979-80	1991-92	164	95	6886	21.4	.551	6.0	13.9	23.7	2.1	1.2	12.5	24.8	13.8	11.1	24.8	.173	5.4	1.5	6.9	15.4
2	Julius Erving	21-36	1971-72	1986-87	189	30	7352	22.1	.553	7.9	11.4	17.9	2.0	2.5	13.5	26.2	16.3	10.6	26.9	.176	5.3	0.7	6.0	13.5

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Game data: since 1946-47 unless otherwise noted. Regular season: PTS, FG, FT, 3P complete all-time. FTA complete back to 1948-49. FGA, TRB, AST, PF, GS over 99% complete back to 1975-76. MP over 99% complete back to 1976-77. +/- complete back to 1996-97. All other box score stats (3PA, ORB, DRB, STL, BLK, TOV) complete back to 1983-84. Playoffs: PTS, FG, FT, FTA, 3P, 3PA complete all-time. PF complete back to 1948-49. FGA, TRB, AST complete back to 1962-63. GS complete back to 1973-74. MP complete back to 1974-75. +/- complete back to 1996-97. STL, BLK, TOV complete back to 1982-83. ORB, DRB complete back to 1983-84. BPM not available for WNBA & ABA.

Season data: since 1946-47 unless otherwise noted. All box score stats are covered all-time (though not all stats were tracked for all of NBA history). PER since 1951-52. AST% since 1964-65. TRB% since 1970-71. BPM, VORP, DRtg and Per 100 Poss stats since 1973-74. ORtg since 1977-78. GS since 1981-82. Some stats were available earlier in the ABA. WNBA all-time (since 1997) unless otherwise noted. BPM and VORP not available for WNBA.

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