Norris Cole vs. Joel Embiid Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joel Embiid and Norris Cole, 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.

Norris Cole played 6 years in the NBA, 2 less than Joel Embiid, who played 8. Norris Cole had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while Joel Embiid had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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
Norris Cole	6	5	2011-12 to 2016-17
Joel Embiid	8	7	2016-17 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Norris Cole	Joel Embiid
Season	2011-12	2016-17
Team	Miami Heat	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Norris Cole	65	19.4	6.8	0.3	1.1	1.4	2.0	0.7	0.0	1.6	1.9	2.7	6.9	.393	0.3	1.2	.276	1.0	1.3	.776
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Norris Cole	19	8.9	1.8	0.1	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.0	0.3	1.3	0.6	1.9	.324	0.2	0.6	.250	0.4	0.5	.778
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Norris Cole	Joel Embiid
Season	2012-13	2017-18
Team	Miami Heat	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Norris Cole	80	19.9	5.6	0.2	1.4	1.6	2.1	0.7	0.1	1.3	1.9	2.2	5.3	.421	0.4	1.2	.357	0.7	1.0	.650
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Norris Cole	21	19.9	6.1	0.3	1.6	1.9	2.0	0.7	0.1	1.1	1.9	2.3	4.9	.480	0.8	1.5	.531	0.7	0.9	.737
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


Season 3
	Norris Cole	Joel Embiid
Season	2013-14	2018-19
Team	Miami Heat	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Norris Cole	82	24.6	6.4	0.2	1.7	2.0	3.0	0.9	0.1	1.5	1.9	2.5	6.1	.414	0.7	2.1	.345	0.6	0.8	.779
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Norris Cole	20	20.2	4.6	0.1	1.1	1.1	1.8	0.5	0.1	1.0	1.7	1.6	3.9	.410	0.8	2.0	.375	0.7	0.8	.867
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


Season 4
	Norris Cole	Joel Embiid
Season	2014-15	2019-20
Team	Miami Heat, New Orleans Pelicans	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Norris Cole	75	24.4	7.6	0.2	1.9	2.1	3.4	0.8	0.2	1.3	1.7	3.1	7.4	.412	0.7	2.3	.313	0.8	1.1	.716
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Norris Cole	4	26.5	8.8	0.3	1.5	1.8	1.8	0.0	0.3	2.0	3.8	3.8	9.0	.417	0.8	3.5	.214	0.5	0.8	.667
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


Season 5
	Norris Cole	Joel Embiid
Season	2015-16	2020-21
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	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		%
Norris Cole	45	26.6	10.6	0.2	3.1	3.4	3.7	0.8	0.1	1.7	2.3	4.4	10.8	.405	0.7	2.3	.324	1.2	1.4	.800
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Norris Cole	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 6
	Norris Cole	Joel Embiid
Season	2016-17	2021-22
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West 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		%
Norris Cole	13	9.6	3.3	0.0	0.8	0.8	1.1	0.6	0.0	0.5	1.4	1.2	4.0	.308	0.2	1.0	.231	0.6	0.8	.800
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Norris Cole	4	6.3	1.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.5	1.0	0.5	2.0	.250	0.3	1.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-
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


Season 7
	Norris Cole	Joel Embiid
Season	-	2022-23
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	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		%
Norris Cole	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Norris Cole	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 8
	Norris Cole	Joel Embiid
Season	-	2023-24
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		%
Norris Cole	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Norris Cole	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Norris Cole vs. Joel Embiid Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joel Embiid and Norris Cole, 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