Joel Embiid vs. Truck Robinson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Truck Robinson and Joel Embiid, 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

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.

Joel Embiid played 8 years in the NBA, 3 less than Truck Robinson, who played 11. Joel Embiid had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Truck Robinson had his rookie season in 1974-75. 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
Joel Embiid	8	7	2016-17 to 2023-24
Truck Robinson	11	8	1974-75 to 1984-85

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Joel Embiid	Truck Robinson
Season	2016-17	1974-75
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets 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		%
Joel Embiid	31	25.4	20.2	2.0	5.9	7.8	2.1	0.9	2.5	3.8	3.6	6.5	13.8	.466	1.2	3.2	.367	6.2	7.9	.783
Truck Robinson	76	13.1	5.8	1.2	2.7	4.0	0.5	0.5	0.4	-	1.7	2.5	5.2	.486	-	-	-	0.8	1.5	.522

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Truck Robinson	17	7.6	2.1	0.6	1.7	2.4	0.4	0.4	0.6	-	1.2	0.8	2.5	.333	-	-	-	0.4	0.8	.500


Season 2
	Joel Embiid	Truck Robinson
Season	2017-18	1975-76
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Bullets 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		%
Joel Embiid	63	30.3	22.9	2.3	8.7	11.0	3.2	0.6	1.8	3.7	3.3	8.1	16.8	.483	1.0	3.4	.308	5.7	7.4	.769
Truck Robinson	82	25.1	11.2	1.7	5.1	6.8	1.4	0.5	1.3	-	2.9	4.3	9.5	.454	-	-	-	2.6	3.8	.672

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	8	34.8	21.4	2.9	9.8	12.6	3.0	0.9	1.8	3.6	3.9	7.5	17.3	.435	1.0	3.6	.276	5.4	7.6	.705
Truck Robinson	7	19.6	7.0	1.1	3.6	4.7	0.7	0.7	1.1	-	3.9	2.3	5.3	.432	-	-	-	2.4	3.0	.810


Season 3
	Joel Embiid	Truck Robinson
Season	2018-19	1976-77
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Washington Bullets, Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	64	33.7	27.5	2.5	11.1	13.6	3.7	0.7	1.9	3.5	3.3	9.1	18.7	.484	1.2	4.1	.300	8.2	10.1	.804
Truck Robinson	77	36.1	19.0	3.3	7.5	10.8	1.8	0.9	0.5	-	3.3	7.5	15.6	.478	-	-	-	4.1	5.6	.730

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	11	30.4	20.2	1.9	8.5	10.5	3.4	0.7	2.3	3.6	3.1	6.2	14.5	.428	1.1	3.5	.308	6.7	8.2	.822
Truck Robinson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Joel Embiid	Truck Robinson
Season	2019-20	1977-78
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New Orleans Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	51	29.5	23.0	2.8	8.9	11.6	3.0	0.9	1.3	3.1	3.4	7.5	15.7	.477	1.1	3.4	.331	6.9	8.5	.807
Truck Robinson	82	44.4	22.7	3.6	12.1	15.7	2.1	0.9	1.0	3.7	3.2	9.1	20.5	.444	-	-	-	4.5	7.0	.640

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	4	36.3	30.0	2.8	9.5	12.3	1.3	1.5	1.3	3.8	4.5	8.5	18.5	.459	1.0	4.0	.250	12.0	14.8	.814
Truck Robinson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Joel Embiid	Truck Robinson
Season	2020-21	1978-79
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New Orleans Jazz, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Suns Lost West 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		%
Joel Embiid	51	31.1	28.5	2.2	8.4	10.6	2.8	1.0	1.4	3.1	2.4	9.0	17.6	.513	1.1	3.0	.377	9.2	10.7	.859
Truck Robinson	69	36.8	21.1	2.8	8.8	11.6	1.6	0.7	1.1	3.4	3.0	8.2	16.7	.491	-	-	-	4.7	6.7	.701

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	11	32.5	28.1	1.5	9.1	10.5	3.4	1.0	1.5	3.8	3.0	9.2	17.9	.513	1.5	3.7	.390	8.3	9.9	.835
Truck Robinson	15	26.1	10.5	2.5	5.5	8.1	0.7	0.4	0.8	2.1	3.5	3.7	9.3	.403	-	-	-	3.0	4.6	.652


Season 6
	Joel Embiid	Truck Robinson
Season	2021-22	1979-80
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Suns Lost West 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		%
Joel Embiid	68	33.8	30.6	2.1	9.6	11.7	4.2	1.1	1.5	3.1	2.7	9.8	19.6	.499	1.4	3.7	.371	9.6	11.8	.814
Truck Robinson	82	33.0	17.3	2.6	6.8	9.4	1.7	0.7	0.7	3.1	3.2	6.6	13.0	.512	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	5.9	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	10	38.5	23.6	2.1	8.6	10.7	2.1	0.4	0.8	3.2	3.4	7.8	16.1	.484	0.7	3.3	.212	7.3	8.9	.820
Truck Robinson	3	21.3	5.7	1.7	5.0	6.7	1.3	1.0	0.7	2.7	2.0	2.0	5.3	.375	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.3	.714


Season 7
	Joel Embiid	Truck Robinson
Season	2022-23	1980-81
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Suns Lost West 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		%
Joel Embiid	66	34.6	33.1	1.7	8.4	10.2	4.2	1.0	1.7	3.4	3.1	11.0	20.1	.548	1.0	3.0	.330	10.0	11.7	.857
Truck Robinson	82	37.7	18.8	2.6	7.0	9.6	2.5	0.8	0.5	3.0	2.7	7.9	15.6	.505	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.8	.629

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	9	37.3	23.7	1.8	8.0	9.8	2.7	0.7	2.8	3.9	3.0	7.3	17.0	.431	0.6	3.1	.179	8.4	9.3	.905
Truck Robinson	7	33.3	10.6	3.3	7.4	10.7	1.9	0.7	0.3	1.9	2.1	3.9	11.0	.351	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.9	.588


Season 8
	Joel Embiid	Truck Robinson
Season	2023-24	1981-82
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Suns Lost West 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		%
Joel Embiid	39	33.6	34.7	2.4	8.6	11.0	5.6	1.2	1.7	3.8	2.9	11.5	21.8	.529	1.4	3.6	.388	10.2	11.6	.883
Truck Robinson	74	37.1	19.1	2.7	7.0	9.7	2.4	0.6	0.4	2.7	2.9	7.8	15.2	.513	0.0	0.0	1.000	3.4	5.0	.687

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	6	41.3	33.0	3.2	7.7	10.8	5.7	1.2	1.5	4.2	3.3	9.8	22.2	.444	2.2	6.5	.333	11.2	13.0	.859
Truck Robinson	7	30.4	13.3	2.0	5.6	7.6	2.7	0.7	0.1	1.4	2.4	6.4	11.4	.563	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	1.4	.300


Season 9
	Joel Embiid	Truck Robinson
Season	-	1982-83
Team	-	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Knicks 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		%
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Truck Robinson	81	30.0	9.5	2.5	5.7	8.1	1.8	0.7	0.3	2.3	3.0	4.0	8.7	.462	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.5	.587

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Truck Robinson	6	34.2	15.7	3.5	7.5	11.0	2.2	1.7	0.3	2.3	4.2	6.5	12.2	.534	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	4.7	.571


Season 10
	Joel Embiid	Truck Robinson
Season	-	1983-84
Team	-	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Knicks 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		%
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Truck Robinson	65	32.8	10.8	2.6	5.8	8.4	1.4	0.7	0.4	2.5	3.3	4.4	8.9	.489	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.2	.646

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Truck Robinson	12	30.2	7.1	2.6	5.5	8.1	0.6	0.6	0.8	2.3	3.4	3.2	6.2	.514	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.3	.600


Season 11
	Joel Embiid	Truck Robinson
Season	-	1984-85
Team	-	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Truck Robinson	2	17.5	2.0	3.0	1.5	4.5	1.5	1.0	1.5	2.5	1.5	1.0	2.5	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	1.0	.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Truck Robinson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Joel Embiid vs. Truck Robinson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Truck Robinson and Joel Embiid, 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