Rolando Blackman vs. Joel Embiid Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joel Embiid and Rolando Blackman, 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.

Rolando Blackman played 13 years in the NBA, 5 more than Joel Embiid, who played 8. Rolando Blackman had the first of his seasons in 1981-82, 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
Rolando Blackman	13	8	1981-82 to 1993-94
Joel Embiid	8	7	2016-17 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Rolando Blackman	Joel Embiid
Season	1981-82	2016-17
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Rolando Blackman	82	24.1	13.3	1.2	1.9	3.1	1.3	0.6	0.4	1.4	1.5	5.4	10.4	.513	0.0	0.0	.250	2.6	3.4	.768
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		%
Rolando Blackman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Rolando Blackman	Joel Embiid
Season	1982-83	2017-18
Team	Dallas Mavericks	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		%
Rolando Blackman	75	31.3	17.7	1.4	2.5	3.9	2.5	0.5	0.4	1.6	1.5	6.8	13.9	.492	0.0	0.2	.200	4.0	5.1	.780
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		%
Rolando Blackman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Rolando Blackman	Joel Embiid
Season	1983-84	2018-19
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Rolando Blackman	81	37.3	22.4	1.5	3.1	4.6	3.6	0.7	0.5	2.1	1.6	8.9	16.3	.546	0.0	0.1	.091	4.6	5.7	.812
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		%
Rolando Blackman	10	39.7	23.9	1.5	2.6	4.1	4.0	0.6	0.4	2.4	1.5	9.3	17.5	.531	0.0	0.0	-	5.3	6.3	.841
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
	Rolando Blackman	Joel Embiid
Season	1984-85	2019-20
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
Rolando Blackman	81	35.0	19.7	1.3	2.4	3.7	3.6	0.8	0.2	2.0	1.2	7.7	15.2	.508	0.1	0.2	.300	4.2	5.1	.828
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		%
Rolando Blackman	4	42.3	32.8	2.8	3.8	6.5	4.8	0.5	0.5	3.5	2.0	11.8	23.0	.511	0.3	0.5	.500	9.0	9.5	.947
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
	Rolando Blackman	Joel Embiid
Season	1985-86	2020-21
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Rolando Blackman	82	34.0	21.5	1.1	2.5	3.5	3.3	1.0	0.3	2.3	1.7	8.3	16.1	.514	0.0	0.4	.138	4.9	5.9	.836
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		%
Rolando Blackman	10	37.1	20.8	1.5	2.0	3.5	3.2	0.8	0.1	2.0	2.6	8.3	16.7	.497	0.0	0.1	.000	4.2	5.3	.792
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
	Rolando Blackman	Joel Embiid
Season	1986-87	2021-22
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
Rolando Blackman	80	34.5	21.0	1.2	2.3	3.5	3.3	0.8	0.3	2.2	1.8	7.8	15.8	.495	0.1	0.2	.333	5.2	5.9	.884
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		%
Rolando Blackman	4	38.3	23.5	1.0	2.5	3.5	4.3	0.5	0.0	2.0	1.8	9.0	18.3	.493	0.0	0.3	.000	5.5	6.0	.917
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
	Rolando Blackman	Joel Embiid
Season	1987-88	2022-23
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 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		%
Rolando Blackman	71	36.3	18.7	1.2	2.3	3.5	3.7	0.9	0.3	2.0	1.6	7.0	14.8	.473	0.0	0.1	.000	4.7	5.3	.873
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		%
Rolando Blackman	17	39.5	18.1	1.5	1.7	3.2	4.5	0.9	0.2	1.5	1.6	7.4	15.4	.483	0.0	0.2	.000	3.2	3.6	.887
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
	Rolando Blackman	Joel Embiid
Season	1988-89	2023-24
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Rolando Blackman	78	37.8	19.7	0.9	2.6	3.5	3.7	0.8	0.3	2.1	1.8	7.6	16.0	.476	0.4	1.1	.353	4.1	4.7	.854
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		%
Rolando Blackman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 9
	Rolando Blackman	Joel Embiid
Season	1989-90	-
Team	Dallas Mavericks	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
Rolando Blackman	80	36.7	19.4	1.1	2.4	3.5	3.6	1.0	0.3	2.2	1.6	7.8	15.7	.498	0.2	0.5	.302	3.6	4.3	.844
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rolando Blackman	3	42.3	20.0	0.7	2.3	3.0	4.3	2.0	0.7	4.3	2.3	8.0	18.0	.444	0.7	1.7	.400	3.3	3.3	1.000
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Rolando Blackman	Joel Embiid
Season	1990-91	-
Team	Dallas Mavericks	-
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		%
Rolando Blackman	80	37.1	19.9	0.8	2.4	3.2	3.8	0.9	0.2	2.0	1.9	7.9	16.5	.482	0.5	1.4	.351	3.5	4.1	.865
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 11
	Rolando Blackman	Joel Embiid
Season	1991-92	-
Team	Dallas Mavericks	-
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		%
Rolando Blackman	75	33.7	18.3	1.0	2.1	3.2	2.7	0.7	0.3	2.0	1.8	7.1	15.5	.461	0.9	2.3	.385	3.2	3.5	.898
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 12
	Rolando Blackman	Joel Embiid
Season	1992-93	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Rolando Blackman	60	23.9	9.7	0.4	1.3	1.7	2.6	0.4	0.2	1.1	2.2	4.0	9.0	.443	0.5	1.2	.425	1.2	1.5	.789
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rolando Blackman	15	14.3	4.2	0.3	0.9	1.1	1.1	0.2	0.1	1.4	1.5	1.5	4.3	.344	0.3	1.0	.267	1.0	1.2	.833
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Rolando Blackman	Joel Embiid
Season	1993-94	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Rolando Blackman	55	17.6	7.3	0.4	1.3	1.7	1.4	0.5	0.1	0.8	1.8	2.9	6.7	.436	0.5	1.5	.357	0.9	1.0	.906
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rolando Blackman	6	5.7	1.3	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.2	1.0	0.5	1.8	.273	0.3	0.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rolando Blackman vs. Joel Embiid Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joel Embiid and Rolando Blackman, 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

Season 12

Season 13