Darwin Cook vs. Joel Embiid Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joel Embiid and Darwin Cook, 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.

Darwin Cook and Joel Embiid both played 8 years in the NBA. Darwin Cook had the first of his seasons in 1980-81, 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
Darwin Cook	8	7	1980-81 to 1988-89
Joel Embiid	8	7	2016-17 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Darwin Cook	Joel Embiid
Season	1980-81	2016-17
Team	New Jersey Nets	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		%
Darwin Cook	81	24.4	11.2	1.2	1.7	2.9	3.7	1.7	0.4	2.2	2.4	4.7	10.1	.468	0.1	0.3	.240	1.6	2.2	.733
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		%
Darwin Cook	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Darwin Cook	Joel Embiid
Season	1981-82	2017-18
Team	New Jersey Nets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Darwin Cook	82	25.5	11.0	0.6	1.3	1.9	3.9	1.8	0.3	2.1	2.4	4.7	9.8	.482	0.1	0.4	.226	1.4	2.0	.728
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		%
Darwin Cook	2	43.0	14.0	0.0	1.5	1.5	4.5	1.0	1.0	4.5	3.5	6.5	16.5	.394	0.0	1.5	.000	1.0	3.0	.333
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
	Darwin Cook	Joel Embiid
Season	1982-83	2018-19
Team	New Jersey Nets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Darwin Cook	82	32.0	13.2	0.9	2.0	2.9	5.5	2.4	0.6	2.9	2.6	5.4	12.0	.449	0.1	0.5	.211	2.3	3.0	.769
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		%
Darwin Cook	2	31.5	10.0	1.5	1.5	3.0	5.0	0.5	0.0	2.0	4.0	4.5	13.5	.333	0.0	0.5	.000	1.0	1.0	1.000
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
	Darwin Cook	Joel Embiid
Season	1983-84	2019-20
Team	New Jersey Nets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East 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		%
Darwin Cook	82	22.8	8.7	0.6	1.3	1.9	4.3	2.0	0.4	1.7	2.2	3.7	8.4	.443	0.1	0.6	.239	1.2	1.5	.754
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		%
Darwin Cook	11	16.8	7.4	0.7	0.9	1.6	2.8	1.4	0.0	1.9	2.4	2.7	7.5	.366	0.4	1.2	.308	1.5	2.2	.708
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
	Darwin Cook	Joel Embiid
Season	1984-85	2020-21
Team	New Jersey Nets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Darwin Cook	58	18.3	8.2	0.4	1.2	1.6	2.8	1.3	0.2	1.3	1.7	3.7	7.8	.468	0.0	0.4	.087	0.8	0.9	.870
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		%
Darwin Cook	1	7.0	6.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	.750	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Darwin Cook	Joel Embiid
Season	1985-86	2021-22
Team	New Jersey Nets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Darwin Cook	79	24.9	8.0	0.6	1.6	2.2	4.9	2.0	0.3	1.7	2.2	3.4	7.9	.426	0.1	0.7	.208	1.1	1.4	.757
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		%
Darwin Cook	3	25.7	9.3	1.0	1.3	2.3	5.7	1.7	0.7	2.0	3.7	4.3	9.7	.448	0.0	1.3	.000	0.7	2.0	.333
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
	Darwin Cook	Joel Embiid
Season	1986-87	2022-23
Team	Washington Bullets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets 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		%
Darwin Cook	82	17.3	7.5	0.6	1.2	1.8	1.8	1.2	0.2	1.2	1.7	3.2	7.6	.426	0.0	0.3	.087	1.0	1.3	.796
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		%
Darwin Cook	3	13.7	4.7	1.3	1.0	2.3	1.0	1.3	0.0	0.0	1.3	2.0	8.0	.250	0.3	0.7	.500	0.3	0.7	.500
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

Note: Darwin Cook didn't play in 1987-88.


Season 8
	Darwin Cook	Joel Embiid
Season	1988-89	2023-24
Team	San Antonio Spurs, 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		%
Darwin Cook	66	17.3	7.7	0.5	1.1	1.6	1.9	1.1	0.2	1.3	1.8	3.3	7.2	.456	0.1	0.6	.195	1.0	1.2	.808
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		%
Darwin Cook	3	22.0	10.3	0.7	3.7	4.3	3.7	1.0	0.0	1.3	4.0	4.0	8.0	.500	0.3	0.7	.500	2.0	2.0	1.000
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

Darwin Cook vs. Joel Embiid Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joel Embiid and Darwin Cook, 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