Julius Winfield Erving II is well known in the sports industry under the name of Julius Erving. It has been reported that the current overall size of Julius Erving’s net worth is as high as $16 million. Julius Erving became famous and wealthy because of his successful career in basketball. However, he is no longer playing basketball professionally as he has already retired, although it has brought much financial success to him and added a lot of revenue to Julius’ net worth. Erving has earned his fame and net worth because of his success in the NBA. Julius Erving was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a player in 1983 and was selected in the NBA’s 50th Anniversary All-Time team. He is also an inductee into the Nassau County Sports Hall of Fame. Erving accumulated his net worth while playing basketball professionally from 1971 till 1987.
Julius Erving Net Worth $16 Million
Julius Winfield Erving II was born on February 22, 1950 in Nassau County, New York, United States. He was raised in a Catholic family and faith means a lot to him. He played for the Roosevelt High School basketball team, and then from 1968 to 1971, Julius played for The UMass Minutemen basketball team which represents the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.
Julius Winfield started his professional career after graduating from college, this way opening his net worth account. Being 201cm in height and weighing 91kg, he played in the positions of guard or forward. In 1972, in the NBA draft he was selected in the first round 12th pick by the Milwaukee Bucks, however, he was traded to the Virginia Squires, for whom he played from 1971 until 1973. From 1973 until 1976, Julius played for the New York Nets and from 1976 until 1987 for the team called the Philadelphia 76ers. At the peak of his career, Julius managed to score 31,9 points per game and was able to play 42.2 minutes per game and these outstanding performances helped add much to Winfield’s net worth and fame.
During his entire career, Julius net worth increased after each award or honour. He has a long list of career highlights and awards including J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award (1983), he became the ABA most valuable player three times, NBA All Star eleven times, All-NBA First Team five times plus a long list of other awards. In addition to this, he was inducted into the lists of National Basketball Association career steals leaders, block leaders, play-off scoring leaders, play-off steals leaders, play-off blocks leaders, and play-off turnovers leader. These statistics really prove that Winfield was one of the best players of all times.
In 1972, Julius Erving married Turquoise Erving. The family has four children. However, the couple divorced in 2003. In 1979, Julius had a love affair with Samantha Stevenson. They have a daughter out of wedlock., the famous tennis player Alexandra Stevenson. Since 2003, Erving has been in a relationship with Dorys Madden. They have three children together, and married in 2008.
