Jamal Crawford vs. Joel Embiid Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joel Embiid and Jamal Crawford, 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 / Stats Rankings / 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.

Jamal Crawford played 20 years in the NBA, 10 more than Joel Embiid, who played 10. Jamal Crawford had the first of his seasons in 2000-01, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Jamal Crawford	20	8	2000-01 to 2019-20
Joel Embiid	10	7	2016-17 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10


Rookie Season
	Jamal Crawford	Joel Embiid
Season	2000-01	2016-17
Team	Chicago Bulls	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First 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		%
Jamal Crawford	61	17.2	4.6	0.1	1.3	1.5	2.3	0.7	0.2	1.4	1.1	1.8	5.0	.352	0.7	1.9	.350	0.4	0.6	.794
difference:	+30	+8.2	+15.6	+1.9	+4.6	+6.3	+0.2	+0.2	+2.3	-2.4	-2.5	+4.7	+8.8	+.114	+0.5	+1.3	+.017	+5.8	+7.3	+.011
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 Jamal Crawford nor Joel Embiid played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Jamal Crawford	Joel Embiid
Season	2001-02	2017-18
Team	Chicago Bulls	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		%
Jamal Crawford	23	20.9	9.3	0.2	1.3	1.5	2.4	0.8	0.2	1.4	0.8	3.9	8.1	.476	1.1	2.5	.448	0.4	0.6	.769
difference:	+40	+9.4	+13.6	+2.1	+7.4	+9.5	+0.8	+0.2	+1.6	-2.3	-2.5	+4.2	+8.7	+.007	+0.1	+0.9	+.140	+5.3	+6.8
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		%
Jamal Crawford	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


Season 3
	Jamal Crawford	Joel Embiid
Season	2002-03	2018-19
Team	Chicago Bulls	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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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jamal Crawford	80	24.9	10.7	0.3	2.1	2.3	4.2	1.0	0.3	1.7	1.6	4.2	10.1	.413	1.1	3.0	.355	1.3	1.6	.806
difference:	+16	+8.8	+16.8	+2.2	+9.0	+11.3	+0.5	+0.3	+1.6	-1.8	-1.7	+4.9	+8.6	+.071	+0.1	+1.1	+.055	+6.9	+8.5	+.002
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		%
Jamal Crawford	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Jamal Crawford	Joel Embiid
Season	2003-04	2019-20
Team	Chicago Bulls	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jamal Crawford	80	35.1	17.3	0.6	3.0	3.5	5.1	1.4	0.4	2.4	2.0	6.4	16.5	.386	2.1	6.5	.317	2.5	3.0	.833
difference:	+29	+5.6	+5.7	+2.2	+5.9	+8.1	+2.1	+0.5	+0.9	-0.7	-1.4	+1.1	+0.8	+.091	+1.0	+3.1	+.014	+4.4	+5.5	+.026
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		%
Jamal Crawford	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Jamal Crawford	Joel Embiid
Season	2004-05	2020-21
Team	New York Knicks	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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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jamal Crawford	70	38.4	17.7	0.5	2.4	2.9	4.3	1.3	0.3	2.1	1.9	6.2	15.7	.398	2.6	7.3	.361	2.6	3.1	.843
difference:	+19	+7.3	+10.8	+1.7	+6.0	+7.7	+1.5	+0.3	+1.1	-1.0	-0.5	+2.8	+1.9	+.115	+1.5	+4.3	+.016	+6.6	+7.6	+.016
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		%
Jamal Crawford	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Jamal Crawford	Joel Embiid
Season	2005-06	2021-22
Team	New York Knicks	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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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jamal Crawford	79	32.3	14.3	0.5	2.7	3.1	3.8	1.1	0.2	2.2	1.9	4.6	11.1	.416	1.3	3.7	.345	3.7	4.5	.826
difference:	+11	+1.5	+16.3	+1.6	+6.9	+8.6	+0.4		+1.3	-0.9	-0.8	+5.2	+8.5	+.083	+0.1		+.026	+5.9	+7.3	+.012
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		%
Jamal Crawford	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Jamal Crawford	Joel Embiid
Season	2006-07	2022-23
Team	New York Knicks	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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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jamal Crawford	59	37.3	17.6	0.7	2.5	3.2	4.4	1.0	0.1	2.7	1.9	6.0	15.0	.400	1.7	5.5	.320	3.9	4.6	.838
difference:	+7	+2.7	+15.5	+1.0	+5.9	+7.0	+0.2		+1.6	-0.7	-1.2	+5.0	+5.1	+.148	+0.7	+2.5	+.010	+6.1	+7.1	+.019
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		%
Jamal Crawford	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Jamal Crawford	Joel Embiid
Season	2007-08	2023-24
Team	New York Knicks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jamal Crawford	80	39.9	20.6	0.5	2.1	2.6	5.0	1.0	0.2	2.4	1.8	7.1	17.4	.410	2.2	6.2	.356	4.1	4.8	.864
difference:	+41	+6.3	+14.1	+1.9	+6.5	+8.4	+0.6	+0.2	+1.5	-1.4	-1.1	+4.4	+4.4	+.119	+0.8	+2.6	+.032	+6.1	+6.8	+.019
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		%
Jamal Crawford	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Jamal Crawford	Joel Embiid
Season	2008-09	2024-25
Team	New York Knicks, Golden State Warriors	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jamal Crawford	65	38.1	19.7	0.4	2.6	3.0	4.4	0.9	0.2	2.3	1.4	6.4	15.7	.410	2.2	6.1	.360	4.6	5.3	.872
difference:	+46	+7.9	+4.1	+1.5	+3.7	+5.2	+0.1	+0.2	+0.7	-1.0	-0.8	+1.0	+0.9	+.034	+1.0	+2.0	+.061	+3.2	+3.6	+.010
Joel Embiid	19	30.2	23.8	1.9	6.3	8.2	4.5	0.7	0.9	3.3	2.2	7.4	16.6	.444	1.2	4.1	.299	7.8	8.9	.882

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jamal Crawford nor Joel Embiid played in the postseason in their season 9


Season 10
	Jamal Crawford	Joel Embiid
Season	2009-10	2025-26
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jamal Crawford	79	31.1	18.0	0.4	2.1	2.5	3.0	0.8	0.2	1.7	1.7	6.3	14.0	.449	2.1	5.4	.382	3.4	4.0	.857
difference:	+68	+4.9	+2.5	+1.4	+2.7	+4.1	+0.2		+1.1	-0.8	-0.3	+0.5	+2.2	+.028	+1.0	+0.6	+.156	+2.3	+3.0	+.039
Joel Embiid	11	26.2	20.5	1.8	4.8	6.6	2.8	0.8	1.3	2.5	2.0	6.8	16.2	.421	1.1	4.8	.226	5.7	7.0	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jamal Crawford	11	31.9	16.3	0.1	2.6	2.7	2.7	0.8	0.1	1.8	2.4	5.1	14.0	.364	1.6	4.5	.360	4.5	5.3	.845
Joel Embiid	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Additional Years
* Jamal Crawford played 10 seasons more than Joel Embiid in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 11 to 20, from 2011 to 2020—Jamal Crawford played in 7 Playoffs. In those 10 extra years over Joel Embiid, Jamal Crawford got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 Sixth Man of the Year

Jamal Crawford vs. Joel Embiid Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joel Embiid and Jamal Crawford, 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years