Craig Ehlo vs. Joel Embiid Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joel Embiid and Craig Ehlo, 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.

Craig Ehlo played 14 years in the NBA, 6 more than Joel Embiid, who played 8. Craig Ehlo had the first of his seasons in 1983-84, 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
Craig Ehlo	14	10	1983-84 to 1996-97
Joel Embiid	8	7	2016-17 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Craig Ehlo	Joel Embiid
Season	1983-84	2016-17
Team	Houston Rockets	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		%
Craig Ehlo	7	9.0	3.3	0.6	0.7	1.3	0.9	0.4	0.0	0.4	1.9	1.6	3.9	.407	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.1	1.000
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		%
Craig Ehlo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Craig Ehlo	Joel Embiid
Season	1984-85	2017-18
Team	Houston Rockets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Craig Ehlo	45	4.2	1.9	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.8	1.5	.493	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.7	.633
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		%
Craig Ehlo	3	2.0	1.3	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	1.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000
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
	Craig Ehlo	Joel Embiid
Season	1985-86	2018-19
Team	Houston Rockets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Craig Ehlo	36	5.5	2.7	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.6	1.0	2.3	.429	0.1	0.3	.333	0.6	0.8	.793
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		%
Craig Ehlo	10	3.8	2.0	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.8	1.6	.500	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.5	.800
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
	Craig Ehlo	Joel Embiid
Season	1986-87	2019-20
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	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		%
Craig Ehlo	44	20.2	6.2	1.3	2.4	3.7	2.1	0.9	0.7	1.4	1.8	2.3	5.4	.414	0.1	0.7	.172	1.6	2.3	.707
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		%
Craig Ehlo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Craig Ehlo	Joel Embiid
Season	1987-88	2020-21
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East 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		%
Craig Ehlo	79	21.6	7.1	1.1	2.4	3.5	2.6	1.0	0.4	1.4	2.3	2.9	6.1	.466	0.3	0.8	.344	1.1	1.7	.674
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		%
Craig Ehlo	5	25.6	8.8	0.6	3.0	3.6	3.4	1.0	0.0	2.4	2.8	3.4	8.0	.425	0.0	1.6	.000	2.0	3.2	.625
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
	Craig Ehlo	Joel Embiid
Season	1988-89	2021-22
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East 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		%
Craig Ehlo	82	22.8	7.4	1.2	2.4	3.6	3.2	1.3	0.2	1.4	2.0	3.0	6.4	.475	0.5	1.2	.390	0.9	1.4	.607
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		%
Craig Ehlo	4	24.3	12.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	3.3	0.8	0.3	1.3	2.5	4.3	9.8	.436	1.3	3.3	.385	2.3	2.8	.818
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
	Craig Ehlo	Joel Embiid
Season	1989-90	2022-23
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East 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		%
Craig Ehlo	81	35.7	13.6	1.8	3.6	5.4	4.6	1.6	0.3	2.0	2.8	5.4	11.6	.464	1.3	3.1	.419	1.6	2.3	.681
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		%
Craig Ehlo	5	39.2	13.8	1.4	5.0	6.4	6.4	1.2	0.0	2.4	3.6	5.2	12.4	.419	1.0	3.0	.333	2.4	3.8	.632
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
	Craig Ehlo	Joel Embiid
Season	1990-91	2023-24
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	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		%
Craig Ehlo	82	33.7	10.1	1.7	3.0	4.7	4.6	1.5	0.4	2.0	2.5	4.2	9.4	.445	0.6	1.8	.329	1.2	1.7	.679
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		%
Craig Ehlo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Craig Ehlo	Joel Embiid
Season	1991-92	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers 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		%
Craig Ehlo	63	32.0	12.3	1.5	3.4	4.9	3.8	1.2	0.3	1.7	2.4	4.9	10.9	.453	1.1	2.7	.413	1.4	2.0	.707
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Craig Ehlo	17	32.5	9.6	1.3	3.2	4.5	4.5	1.2	0.3	1.1	2.4	3.7	8.9	.414	1.2	3.0	.412	0.9	1.2	.762
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Craig Ehlo	Joel Embiid
Season	1992-93	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers 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		%
Craig Ehlo	82	31.2	11.6	1.4	3.5	4.9	3.1	1.3	0.3	1.5	2.1	4.7	9.6	.490	1.1	3.0	.381	1.0	1.5	.717
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Craig Ehlo	9	32.1	10.9	1.1	2.3	3.4	2.8	1.3	0.4	1.9	2.1	4.2	10.1	.418	1.1	2.9	.385	1.3	1.7	.800
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Craig Ehlo	Joel Embiid
Season	1993-94	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Craig Ehlo	82	26.2	10.0	0.9	2.5	3.4	3.3	1.7	0.3	1.6	2.0	3.9	8.6	.446	0.9	2.7	.348	1.4	1.9	.727
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Craig Ehlo	11	28.8	11.4	1.0	1.7	2.7	3.6	1.0	0.0	1.2	2.9	4.5	10.7	.424	0.7	2.1	.348	1.5	2.2	.708
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Craig Ehlo	Joel Embiid
Season	1994-95	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Craig Ehlo	49	23.8	9.7	1.1	1.9	3.0	2.3	0.9	0.1	1.5	1.8	3.9	8.6	.453	1.0	2.7	.381	0.9	1.4	.620
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Craig Ehlo	3	16.3	3.0	0.0	2.3	2.3	1.0	0.7	0.0	1.3	0.0	0.7	4.0	.167	0.3	2.0	.167	1.3	1.3	1.000
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Craig Ehlo	Joel Embiid
Season	1995-96	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Craig Ehlo	79	22.3	8.5	0.8	2.4	3.2	1.7	1.1	0.1	1.3	1.7	3.2	7.5	.428	1.0	2.8	.371	1.0	1.3	.786
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Craig Ehlo	9	19.0	4.0	0.1	1.9	2.0	1.0	1.0	0.2	1.0	1.6	1.3	4.6	.293	0.8	2.6	.304	0.6	0.8	.714
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Craig Ehlo	Joel Embiid
Season	1996-97	-
Team	Seattle Supersonics	-
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		%
Craig Ehlo	62	13.7	3.5	0.6	1.1	1.8	1.1	0.6	0.1	0.7	1.1	1.4	4.0	.351	0.4	1.5	.284	0.2	0.4	.500
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Craig Ehlo vs. Joel Embiid Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joel Embiid and Craig Ehlo, 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