DeJuan Blair vs. Joel Embiid Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joel Embiid and DeJuan Blair, 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.

DeJuan Blair played 7 years in the NBA, 1 less than Joel Embiid, who played 8. DeJuan Blair had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, 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
DeJuan Blair	7	5	2009-10 to 2015-16
Joel Embiid	8	7	2016-17 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	DeJuan Blair	Joel Embiid
Season	2009-10	2016-17
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
DeJuan Blair	82	18.2	7.8	2.4	4.0	6.4	0.8	0.6	0.5	1.4	2.7	3.4	6.0	.556	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	2.0	.547
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		%
DeJuan Blair	10	9.1	3.7	1.9	2.0	3.9	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.2	1.8	1.6	3.2	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.9	.556
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	DeJuan Blair	Joel Embiid
Season	2010-11	2017-18
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		%
DeJuan Blair	81	21.4	8.3	2.7	4.3	7.0	1.0	1.2	0.5	1.4	2.6	3.6	7.2	.501	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.7	.657
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		%
DeJuan Blair	4	12.5	4.3	2.3	1.0	3.3	0.5	0.0	0.3	0.5	1.5	1.8	5.3	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.3	.600
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
	DeJuan Blair	Joel Embiid
Season	2011-12	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 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		%
DeJuan Blair	64	21.3	9.5	2.4	3.1	5.5	1.2	0.9	0.2	1.4	2.6	4.2	7.9	.534	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.9	.613
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		%
DeJuan Blair	10	7.6	3.7	0.7	1.6	2.3	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.1	1.0	1.7	2.7	.630	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.6	.500
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
	DeJuan Blair	Joel Embiid
Season	2012-13	2019-20
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost NBA 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		%
DeJuan Blair	61	14.0	5.4	1.1	2.7	3.8	0.7	0.6	0.2	0.8	1.8	2.3	4.4	.524	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.1	.629
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		%
DeJuan Blair	12	6.3	3.9	0.5	1.5	2.0	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.1	1.2	1.8	2.8	.618	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.8	.556
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
	DeJuan Blair	Joel Embiid
Season	2013-14	2020-21
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
DeJuan Blair	78	15.6	6.4	1.8	2.9	4.7	0.9	0.8	0.3	1.0	2.5	2.7	5.0	.534	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.6	.636
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		%
DeJuan Blair	6	13.5	6.7	2.3	3.8	6.2	0.2	2.0	0.0	0.8	2.3	2.7	4.5	.593	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.2	.615
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
	DeJuan Blair	Joel Embiid
Season	2014-15	2021-22
Team	Washington Wizards	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		%
DeJuan Blair	29	6.2	1.9	0.6	1.4	1.9	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.4	1.4	0.9	2.0	.456	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.2	.667
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		%
DeJuan Blair	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	DeJuan Blair	Joel Embiid
Season	2015-16	2022-23
Team	Washington Wizards	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		%
DeJuan Blair	29	7.5	2.1	0.7	1.3	2.0	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.5	1.8	1.0	2.3	.412	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.4	.385
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		%
DeJuan Blair	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	DeJuan Blair	Joel Embiid
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
DeJuan Blair	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
DeJuan Blair	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

DeJuan Blair vs. Joel Embiid Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joel Embiid and DeJuan Blair, 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