Antonio Daniels vs. Joel Embiid Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joel Embiid and Antonio Daniels, 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.

Antonio Daniels played 13 years in the NBA, 5 more than Joel Embiid, who played 8. Antonio Daniels had the first of his seasons in 1997-98, 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
Antonio Daniels	13	10	1997-98 to 2010-11
Joel Embiid	8	7	2016-17 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13


Rookie Season
	Antonio Daniels	Joel Embiid
Season	1997-98	2016-17
Team	Vancouver Grizzlies	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		%
Antonio Daniels	74	26.4	7.8	0.3	1.6	1.9	4.5	0.7	0.1	2.2	1.2	3.1	7.4	.416	0.1	0.7	.212	1.5	2.3	.659
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		%
Antonio Daniels	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Antonio Daniels	Joel Embiid
Season	1998-99	2017-18
Team	San Antonio Spurs	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		%
Antonio Daniels	47	13.1	4.7	0.3	0.9	1.1	2.3	0.6	0.1	0.9	0.8	1.8	3.9	.454	0.1	0.4	.294	1.0	1.4	.754
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		%
Antonio Daniels	15	6.9	1.8	0.1	0.6	0.7	1.1	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.5	0.6	1.4	.429	0.3	0.4	.667	0.3	0.4	.833
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
	Antonio Daniels	Joel Embiid
Season	1999-00	2018-19
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Antonio Daniels	68	17.6	6.2	0.2	1.0	1.3	2.6	0.8	0.1	0.9	1.1	2.4	5.1	.474	0.3	1.0	.333	1.1	1.5	.713
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		%
Antonio Daniels	4	20.5	7.3	0.5	2.0	2.5	1.5	1.8	0.0	1.5	1.3	2.3	5.8	.391	0.5	2.0	.250	2.3	3.3	.692
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
	Antonio Daniels	Joel Embiid
Season	2000-01	2019-20
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Antonio Daniels	79	26.1	9.4	0.3	1.7	2.1	3.8	0.8	0.2	1.4	1.5	3.5	7.4	.468	0.9	2.3	.404	1.5	2.0	.776
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		%
Antonio Daniels	13	31.3	13.5	0.3	1.7	2.0	2.9	0.5	0.1	1.0	1.7	4.8	10.1	.481	1.3	3.5	.370	2.5	2.7	.943
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
	Antonio Daniels	Joel Embiid
Season	2001-02	2020-21
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Antonio Daniels	82	26.5	9.2	0.3	1.9	2.1	2.8	0.6	0.1	0.9	1.3	3.3	7.5	.440	0.7	2.4	.291	1.9	2.6	.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		%
Antonio Daniels	10	22.4	9.5	0.3	2.4	2.7	1.5	0.7	0.3	0.5	1.3	3.5	7.7	.455	0.6	1.6	.375	1.9	2.2	.864
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
	Antonio Daniels	Joel Embiid
Season	2002-03	2021-22
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Antonio Daniels	67	13.0	3.7	0.2	0.9	1.1	1.3	0.5	0.1	0.5	0.6	1.3	2.8	.452	0.3	0.9	.305	1.0	1.1	.855
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		%
Antonio Daniels	6	16.5	3.7	0.5	0.8	1.3	2.0	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.8	1.5	3.2	.474	0.5	0.8	.600	0.2	0.3	.500
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
	Antonio Daniels	Joel Embiid
Season	2003-04	2022-23
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First 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		%
Antonio Daniels	71	21.3	8.0	0.3	1.7	2.0	4.2	0.6	0.1	0.9	0.9	2.6	5.6	.470	0.6	1.6	.362	2.2	2.6	.842
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		%
Antonio Daniels	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Antonio Daniels	Joel Embiid
Season	2004-05	2023-24
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Antonio Daniels	75	27.0	11.2	0.3	2.0	2.3	4.1	0.7	0.0	1.0	1.0	3.6	8.3	.438	0.7	2.2	.297	3.3	4.1	.816
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		%
Antonio Daniels	11	30.0	13.8	0.4	2.5	2.8	4.5	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.2	4.0	8.5	.468	0.4	1.3	.286	5.5	6.4	.857
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
	Antonio Daniels	Joel Embiid
Season	2005-06	-
Team	Washington Wizards	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Wizards 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		%
Antonio Daniels	80	28.5	9.6	0.2	1.9	2.2	3.6	0.7	0.1	1.1	1.2	2.9	6.9	.418	0.3	1.3	.228	3.6	4.2	.845
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Antonio Daniels	6	36.0	13.2	0.3	2.5	2.8	3.3	0.5	0.2	1.7	0.7	4.7	8.7	.538	0.5	1.8	.273	3.3	3.7	.909
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Antonio Daniels	Joel Embiid
Season	2006-07	-
Team	Washington Wizards	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Wizards 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		%
Antonio Daniels	80	22.0	7.1	0.2	1.7	1.9	3.6	0.5	0.1	0.9	1.0	2.2	4.9	.442	0.2	0.8	.302	2.6	3.1	.832
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Antonio Daniels	4	44.0	13.3	0.5	4.0	4.5	11.8	1.3	0.3	1.8	1.0	4.3	9.5	.447	0.3	1.3	.200	4.5	5.3	.857
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Antonio Daniels	Joel Embiid
Season	2007-08	-
Team	Washington Wizards	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Wizards 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		%
Antonio Daniels	71	30.4	8.4	0.3	2.5	2.9	4.8	1.0	0.0	1.3	1.1	2.9	6.3	.459	0.2	1.0	.230	2.4	3.1	.776
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Antonio Daniels	6	25.7	7.3	0.2	2.2	2.3	3.0	0.3	0.3	1.2	1.0	2.3	5.2	.452	0.2	0.7	.250	2.5	2.8	.882
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Antonio Daniels	Joel Embiid
Season	2008-09	-
Team	Washington Wizards, New Orleans Hornets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets 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		%
Antonio Daniels	74	13.8	4.1	0.1	1.0	1.0	2.4	0.4	0.0	0.8	0.7	1.3	3.2	.419	0.3	0.8	.367	1.1	1.4	.800
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Antonio Daniels	5	12.8	2.8	0.2	0.4	0.6	1.8	0.4	0.2	1.0	0.2	0.4	2.6	.154	0.2	0.8	.250	1.8	2.2	.818
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Antonio Daniels didn't play in 2009-10.


Season 13
	Antonio Daniels	Joel Embiid
Season	2010-11	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	-
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		%
Antonio Daniels	4	8.8	1.5	0.0	1.3	1.3	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.5	1.3	.400	0.0	0.5	.000	0.5	0.5	1.000
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Antonio Daniels vs. Joel Embiid Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joel Embiid and Antonio Daniels, 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