Alec Burks vs. Joel Embiid Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joel Embiid and Alec Burks, 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.

Alec Burks played 13 years in the NBA, 5 more than Joel Embiid, who played 8. Alec Burks 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
Alec Burks	13	5	2011-12 to 2023-24
Joel Embiid	8	7	2016-17 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Alec Burks	Joel Embiid
Season	2011-12	2016-17
Team	Utah Jazz	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West 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		%
Alec Burks	59	15.9	7.2	1.0	1.3	2.2	0.9	0.5	0.1	0.9	1.4	2.6	6.1	.429	0.3	0.8	.333	1.8	2.4	.727
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		%
Alec Burks	4	15.8	6.5	1.3	1.5	2.8	0.8	0.5	0.0	0.8	1.0	1.8	7.0	.250	0.0	0.5	.000	3.0	3.5	.857
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Alec Burks	Joel Embiid
Season	2012-13	2017-18
Team	Utah Jazz	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		%
Alec Burks	64	17.8	7.0	0.6	1.7	2.3	1.4	0.5	0.2	1.2	1.8	2.5	6.1	.420	0.5	1.4	.359	1.4	2.0	.713
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		%
Alec Burks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Alec Burks	Joel Embiid
Season	2013-14	2018-19
Team	Utah Jazz	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		%
Alec Burks	78	28.1	14.0	0.8	2.5	3.3	2.7	0.9	0.2	1.9	2.4	4.9	10.7	.457	0.6	1.8	.350	3.6	4.8	.748
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		%
Alec Burks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Alec Burks	Joel Embiid
Season	2014-15	2019-20
Team	Utah Jazz	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		%
Alec Burks	27	33.3	13.9	0.7	3.5	4.2	3.0	0.6	0.2	1.9	2.4	4.5	11.1	.403	1.0	2.5	.382	3.9	4.8	.822
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		%
Alec Burks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Alec Burks	Joel Embiid
Season	2015-16	2020-21
Team	Utah Jazz	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		%
Alec Burks	31	25.7	13.3	0.5	3.0	3.5	2.0	0.6	0.1	1.6	2.3	4.4	10.8	.410	1.0	2.5	.405	3.4	4.5	.752
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		%
Alec Burks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Alec Burks	Joel Embiid
Season	2016-17	2021-22
Team	Utah Jazz	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	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		%
Alec Burks	42	15.5	6.7	0.4	2.5	2.9	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.8	1.2	2.4	5.9	.399	0.6	1.8	.329	1.4	1.9	.769
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		%
Alec Burks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Alec Burks	Joel Embiid
Season	2017-18	2022-23
Team	Utah Jazz	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Alec Burks	64	16.5	7.7	0.3	2.7	3.0	1.0	0.6	0.1	0.9	1.2	2.7	6.5	.411	0.7	2.2	.331	1.7	1.9	.863
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		%
Alec Burks	9	13.3	9.1	0.2	2.4	2.7	1.9	0.4	0.1	0.9	1.0	3.3	7.1	.469	1.0	2.2	.450	1.4	1.7	.867
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
	Alec Burks	Joel Embiid
Season	2018-19	2023-24
Team	Utah Jazz, Cleveland Cavaliers, Sacramento Kings	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		%
Alec Burks	64	21.5	8.8	0.5	3.2	3.7	2.0	0.6	0.3	1.0	1.4	3.0	7.4	.405	1.0	2.6	.363	1.8	2.2	.823
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		%
Alec Burks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Alec Burks	Joel Embiid
Season	2019-20	-
Team	Golden State Warriors, Philadelphia 76ers	-
Honors & Awards
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		%
Alec Burks	66	26.6	15.0	0.7	3.5	4.3	2.9	0.9	0.3	1.4	1.9	4.9	11.6	.418	1.8	4.6	.385	3.6	4.0	.887
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alec Burks	4	23.8	10.5	1.8	2.0	3.8	1.8	0.3	0.8	0.8	1.8	4.0	12.3	.327	0.8	4.0	.188	1.8	2.3	.778
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Alec Burks	Joel Embiid
Season	2020-21	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Alec Burks	49	25.6	12.7	0.4	4.2	4.6	2.2	0.6	0.3	1.0	2.1	4.3	10.2	.420	2.1	5.0	.415	2.1	2.4	.856
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alec Burks	5	25.6	14.0	1.0	4.0	5.0	2.6	0.2	0.0	0.8	2.2	4.8	11.2	.429	1.6	4.8	.333	2.8	3.8	.737
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Alec Burks	Joel Embiid
Season	2021-22	-
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		%
Alec Burks	81	28.6	11.7	0.6	4.3	4.9	3.0	1.0	0.3	1.1	2.7	3.5	9.0	.391	1.9	4.8	.404	2.7	3.3	.822
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 12
	Alec Burks	Joel Embiid
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
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		%
Alec Burks	51	22.0	12.8	0.4	2.7	3.1	2.2	0.7	0.2	1.1	1.9	3.9	9.0	.436	1.9	4.7	.414	3.0	3.7	.814
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 13
	Alec Burks	Joel Embiid
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks TBD	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alec Burks	66	18.3	10.4	0.4	1.9	2.3	1.3	0.4	0.2	0.7	1.1	3.2	8.6	.369	1.9	5.0	.376	2.2	2.5	.868
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alec Burks	5	18.6	12.6	0.6	2.8	3.4	0.8	0.2	0.2	0.0	1.2	3.4	7.4	.459	2.0	4.6	.435	3.8	4.8	.792
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Alec Burks vs. Joel Embiid Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joel Embiid and Alec Burks, 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