Chris Andersen vs. Joel Embiid Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joel Embiid and Chris Andersen, 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.

Chris Andersen played 15 years in the NBA, 7 more than Joel Embiid, who played 8. Chris Andersen had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, 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
Chris Andersen	15	7	2001-02 to 2016-17
Joel Embiid	8	7	2016-17 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15


Rookie Season
	Chris Andersen	Joel Embiid
Season	2001-02	2016-17
Team	Denver Nuggets	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		%
Chris Andersen	24	10.9	3.0	1.6	1.6	3.2	0.3	0.3	1.2	0.5	1.5	1.0	3.1	.338	0.0	0.2	.000	0.9	1.2	.786
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		%
Chris Andersen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Chris Andersen	Joel Embiid
Season	2002-03	2017-18
Team	Denver Nuggets	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		%
Chris Andersen	59	15.4	5.2	1.8	2.8	4.6	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.0	1.5	1.9	4.8	.400	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	2.4	.550
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		%
Chris Andersen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Chris Andersen	Joel Embiid
Season	2003-04	2018-19
Team	Denver Nuggets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
Chris Andersen	71	14.5	3.4	1.3	2.9	4.2	0.5	0.5	1.6	0.7	1.7	1.3	2.9	.443	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.5	.589
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		%
Chris Andersen	5	6.6	1.2	1.2	1.6	2.8	0.4	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.6	1.8	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Chris Andersen	Joel Embiid
Season	2004-05	2019-20
Team	New Orleans Hornets	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		%
Chris Andersen	67	21.3	7.7	2.0	4.1	6.1	1.1	0.2	1.5	1.0	2.1	2.9	5.3	.534	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	2.8	.689
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		%
Chris Andersen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Chris Andersen	Joel Embiid
Season	2005-06	2020-21
Team	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets	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		%
Chris Andersen	32	17.8	5.0	1.9	2.9	4.8	0.2	0.3	1.3	0.8	2.6	1.8	3.1	.571	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	3.2	.476
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		%
Chris Andersen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Note: Chris Andersen didn't play in 2006-07.


Season 6
	Chris Andersen	Joel Embiid
Season	2007-08	2021-22
Team	New Orleans Hornets	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		%
Chris Andersen	5	6.8	1.2	0.4	1.4	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.2	1.2	0.4	1.4	.286	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.8	.500
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		%
Chris Andersen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Chris Andersen	Joel Embiid
Season	2008-09	2022-23
Team	Denver Nuggets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
Chris Andersen	71	20.6	6.4	2.3	3.9	6.2	0.4	0.6	2.5	1.0	2.5	2.3	4.1	.548	0.0	0.1	.200	1.8	2.5	.718
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		%
Chris Andersen	15	21.9	6.5	1.9	4.4	6.3	0.6	0.3	2.1	0.5	2.8	2.3	3.6	.630	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.9	.659
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
	Chris Andersen	Joel Embiid
Season	2009-10	2023-24
Team	Denver Nuggets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
Chris Andersen	76	22.3	5.9	1.9	4.4	6.4	0.4	0.6	1.9	0.8	2.3	1.9	3.3	.566	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	3.1	.695
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		%
Chris Andersen	6	19.3	4.5	1.2	3.3	4.5	0.2	0.2	1.0	0.7	2.3	1.5	2.8	.529	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.3	.643
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
	Chris Andersen	Joel Embiid
Season	2010-11	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
Chris Andersen	45	16.3	5.6	1.7	3.2	4.9	0.4	0.5	1.3	0.6	1.8	1.8	3.0	.599	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	3.0	.637
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Andersen	5	14.6	4.8	1.0	1.8	2.8	0.6	0.6	1.4	0.6	1.6	1.4	2.2	.636	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.8	.714
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Chris Andersen	Joel Embiid
Season	2011-12	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
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		%
Chris Andersen	32	15.2	5.3	1.5	3.1	4.6	0.2	0.6	1.4	0.5	1.6	1.8	3.4	.546	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.6	.610
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 11
	Chris Andersen	Joel Embiid
Season	2012-13	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Andersen	42	14.9	4.9	1.4	2.7	4.1	0.4	0.4	1.0	0.6	2.1	1.7	2.9	.577	0.0	0.1	.667	1.5	2.2	.677
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Andersen	20	15.2	6.4	1.6	2.2	3.8	0.2	0.5	1.1	0.6	2.7	2.3	2.9	.807	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.5	.735
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Chris Andersen	Joel Embiid
Season	2013-14	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat 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		%
Chris Andersen	72	19.4	6.6	1.8	3.5	5.3	0.3	0.4	1.3	0.7	2.3	2.5	3.8	.644	0.0	0.2	.250	1.7	2.3	.710
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Andersen	18	17.6	5.1	1.4	4.5	5.9	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.5	1.9	1.8	3.2	.579	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	2.1	.684
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Chris Andersen	Joel Embiid
Season	2014-15	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
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		%
Chris Andersen	60	18.9	5.3	1.3	3.7	5.0	0.7	0.4	1.0	0.7	1.5	2.0	3.5	.580	0.1	0.2	.308	1.3	1.9	.667
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 14
	Chris Andersen	Joel Embiid
Season	2015-16	-
Team	Miami Heat, Memphis Grizzlies	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies 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		%
Chris Andersen	27	14.9	3.9	1.3	2.3	3.6	0.4	0.6	0.5	0.3	1.1	1.4	2.7	.528	0.1	0.5	.286	0.9	1.3	.694
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Andersen	4	19.8	3.8	3.3	4.5	7.8	0.8	0.5	0.8	1.3	1.0	1.3	3.0	.417	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.0	.625
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Chris Andersen	Joel Embiid
Season	2016-17	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	-
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		%
Chris Andersen	12	9.5	2.3	0.8	1.8	2.6	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.4	1.7	0.8	1.8	.409	0.0	0.3	.000	0.8	1.2	.714
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Chris Andersen vs. Joel Embiid Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joel Embiid and Chris Andersen, 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

Season 14

Season 15