Donovan Clingan vs. Joel Embiid Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joel Embiid and Donovan Clingan, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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.

Donovan Clingan played 2 years in the NBA, 8 less than Joel Embiid, who played 10. Donovan Clingan had the first of his seasons in 2024-25, 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Donovan Clingan	Joel Embiid
Season	2024-25	2016-17
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donovan Clingan	67	19.8	6.5	3.2	4.6	7.9	1.1	0.5	1.6	1.1	2.8	2.7	5.0	.539	0.2	0.7	.286	0.9	1.6	.596
difference:	+36	+5.6	+13.7	+1.2	+1.3	+0.1	+1.0	+0.4	+0.9	-2.7	-0.8	+3.8	+8.8	+.073	+1.0	+2.5	+.081	+5.3	+6.3	+.187
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
* Neiher Donovan Clingan nor Joel Embiid played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Donovan Clingan	Joel Embiid
Season	2025-26	2017-18
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	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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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donovan Clingan	22	25.1	9.7	4.5	5.6	10.2	1.7	0.6	1.5	0.8	2.5	3.7	7.8	.480	0.6	2.7	.237	1.6	2.0	.795
difference:	+41	+5.2	+13.2	+2.2	+3.1	+0.8	+1.5		+0.3	-2.9	-0.8	+4.4	+9.0	+.003	+0.4	+0.7	+.071	+4.1	+5.4	+.026
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		%
Donovan Clingan	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Additional Years
* Joel Embiid played 8 seasons more than Donovan Clingan in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 10, from 2019 to 2026—Joel Embiid played in 6 Playoffs. In those 8 extra years over Donovan Clingan, Joel Embiid got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 1 All-NBA First Team 3 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-Defensive Second Team 2 Scoring Leader 6 All-Star Game