Jimmy Butler vs. Joel Embiid Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joel Embiid and Jimmy Butler, 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.

Jimmy Butler played 15 years in the NBA, 5 more than Joel Embiid, who played 10. Jimmy Butler had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, 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
	Jimmy Butler	Joel Embiid
Season	2011-12	2016-17
Team	Chicago Bulls	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jimmy Butler	42	8.5	2.6	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.9	.405	0.0	0.3	.182	1.0	1.3	.768
difference:	+11	+16.9	+17.6	+1.5	+5.1	+6.5	+1.8	+0.6	+2.4	-3.5	-3.1	+5.7	+11.9	+.061	+1.2	+2.9	+.185	+5.2	+6.6	+.015
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		%
Jimmy Butler	3	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Joel Embiid	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Jimmy Butler	Joel Embiid
Season	2012-13	2017-18
Team	Chicago Bulls	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Jimmy Butler	82	26.0	8.6	1.7	2.3	4.0	1.4	1.0	0.4	0.8	1.2	2.9	6.2	.467	0.5	1.3	.381	2.3	2.8	.803
difference:	+19	+4.3	+14.3	+0.6	+6.4	+7.0	+1.8	+0.4	+1.4	-2.9	-2.1	+5.2	+10.6	+.016	+0.5	+2.1	+.073	+3.4	+4.6	+.034
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		%
Jimmy Butler	12	40.8	13.3	0.8	4.4	5.2	2.7	1.3	0.5	1.3	2.2	4.2	9.6	.435	1.3	3.1	.405	3.8	4.6	.818
difference:	+4	+6.0	+8.1	+2.1	+5.4	+7.4	+0.3	+0.4	+1.3	-2.3	-1.7	+3.3	+7.7		+0.3	+0.5	+.129	+1.6	+3.0	+.113
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
	Jimmy Butler	Joel Embiid
Season	2013-14	2018-19
Team	Chicago Bulls	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jimmy Butler	67	38.7	13.1	1.3	3.6	4.9	2.6	1.9	0.5	1.5	1.6	4.1	10.3	.397	1.0	3.6	.283	3.9	5.0	.769
difference:	+3	+5.0	+14.4	+1.2	+7.5	+8.7	+1.1	+1.2	+1.4	-2.0	-1.7	+5.0	+8.4	+.087	+0.2	+0.5	+.017	+4.3	+5.1	+.035
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		%
Jimmy Butler	5	43.6	13.6	1.2	4.0	5.2	2.2	1.2	0.0	0.6	2.6	4.4	11.4	.386	1.2	4.0	.300	3.6	4.6	.783
difference:	+6	+13.2	+6.6	+0.7	+4.5	+5.3	+1.2	+0.5	+2.3	-3.0	-0.5	+1.8	+3.1	+.042	+0.1	+0.5	+.008	+3.1	+3.6	+.039
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
	Jimmy Butler	Joel Embiid
Season	2014-15	2019-20
Team	Chicago Bulls	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Jimmy Butler	65	38.7	20.0	1.8	4.1	5.8	3.3	1.8	0.6	1.4	1.7	6.5	14.0	.462	1.1	3.0	.378	5.9	7.1	.834
difference:	+14	+9.2	+3.0	+1.0	+4.8	+5.8	+0.3	+0.9	+0.7	-1.7	-1.7	+1.0	+1.7	+.015		+0.4	+.047	+1.0	+1.4	+.027
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		%
Jimmy Butler	12	42.2	22.9	1.5	4.1	5.6	3.2	2.4	0.8	1.8	2.3	7.8	17.8	.441	2.3	6.0	.389	4.9	6.0	.819
difference:	+8	+5.9	+7.1	+1.3	+5.4	+6.7	+1.9	+0.9	+0.5	-2.0	-2.2	+0.7	+0.7	+.018	+1.3	+2.0	+.139	+7.1	+8.8	+.005
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
	Jimmy Butler	Joel Embiid
Season	2015-16	2020-21
Team	Chicago Bulls	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	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		%
Jimmy Butler	67	36.9	20.9	1.2	4.2	5.3	4.8	1.6	0.6	2.0	1.9	7.0	15.4	.454	1.0	3.1	.312	5.9	7.1	.832
difference:	+16	+5.8	+7.6	+1.0	+4.2	+5.3	+2.0	+0.6	+0.8	-1.1	-0.5	+2.0	+2.2	+.059	+0.1	+0.1	+.065	+3.3	+3.6	+.027
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		%
Jimmy Butler	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
	Jimmy Butler	Joel Embiid
Season	2016-17	2021-22
Team	Chicago Bulls	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jimmy Butler	76	37.0	23.9	1.7	4.5	6.2	5.5	1.9	0.4	2.1	1.5	7.5	16.5	.455	1.2	3.3	.367	7.7	8.9	.865
difference:	+8	+3.2	+6.7	+0.4	+5.1	+5.5	+1.3	+0.8	+1.1	-1.0	-1.2	+2.3	+3.1	+.044	+0.2	+0.4	+.004	+1.9	+2.9	+.051
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		%
Jimmy Butler	6	39.8	22.7	1.5	5.8	7.3	4.3	1.7	0.8	2.5	1.7	7.7	18.0	.426	1.0	3.8	.261	6.3	7.8	.809
difference:	+4	+1.3	+0.9	+0.6	+2.8	+3.4	+2.2	+1.3		-0.7	-1.7	+0.1	+1.9	+.058	+0.3	+0.5	+.049	+1.0	+1.1	+.011
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
	Jimmy Butler	Joel Embiid
Season	2017-18	2022-23
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jimmy Butler	59	36.7	22.2	1.3	4.0	5.3	4.9	2.0	0.4	1.8	1.3	7.4	15.6	.474	1.2	3.4	.350	6.2	7.2	.854
difference:	+7	+2.1	+10.9	+0.4	+4.4	+4.9	+0.7	+1.0	+1.3	-1.6	-1.8	+3.6	+4.5	+.074	+0.2	+0.4	+.020	+3.8	+4.5	+.003
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		%
Jimmy Butler	5	34.0	15.8	0.6	5.4	6.0	4.0	0.8	0.2	1.0	1.8	5.6	12.6	.444	1.6	3.4	.471	3.0	3.6	.833
difference:	+4	+3.3	+7.9	+1.2	+2.6	+3.8	+1.3	+0.1	+2.6	-2.9	-1.2	+1.7	+4.4	+.013	+1.0	+0.3	+.292	+5.4	+5.7	+.072
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
	Jimmy Butler	Joel Embiid
Season	2018-19	2023-24
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves, Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Jimmy Butler	65	33.6	18.7	1.9	3.4	5.3	4.0	1.9	0.6	1.5	1.7	6.4	13.9	.462	1.0	3.0	.347	4.8	5.6	.855
difference:	+26		+16.0	+0.5	+5.2	+5.7	+1.6	+0.7	+1.1	-2.3	-1.2	+5.1	+7.9	+.067	+0.4	+0.6	+.041	+5.4	+6.0	+.028
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		%
Jimmy Butler	12	35.1	19.4	1.8	4.2	6.0	5.2	1.5	0.6	1.8	1.7	6.6	14.6	.451	1.0	3.8	.267	5.3	6.0	.875
difference:	+6	+6.2	+13.6	+1.4	+3.5	+4.8	+0.5	+0.3	+0.9	-2.4	-1.6	+3.2	+7.6	+.007	+1.2	+2.7	+.066	+5.9	+7.0	+.016
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
	Jimmy Butler	Joel Embiid
Season	2019-20	2024-25
Team	Miami Heat	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Jimmy Butler	58	33.8	19.9	1.8	4.8	6.7	6.0	1.8	0.6	2.2	1.4	5.9	13.1	.455	0.5	2.1	.244	7.6	9.1	.834
difference:	+39	+3.6	+3.9	+0.1	+1.5	+1.5	+1.5	+1.1	+0.3	-1.1	-0.8	+1.5	+3.5	+.011	+0.7	+2.0	+.055	+0.2	+0.2	+.048
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	21	38.4	22.2	2.2	4.3	6.5	6.0	2.0	0.7	2.8	1.8	6.9	14.0	.488	0.7	2.0	.349	7.8	9.1	.859
Joel Embiid	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Jimmy Butler	Joel Embiid
Season	2020-21	2025-26
Team	Miami Heat	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jimmy Butler	52	33.6	21.5	1.8	5.1	6.9	7.1	2.1	0.3	2.1	1.4	7.0	14.2	.497	0.5	2.0	.245	6.9	8.0	.863
difference:	+41	+7.4	+1.0		+0.3	+0.3	+4.3	+1.3	+1.0	-0.4	-0.6	+0.2	+2.0	+.076	+0.6	+2.8	+.019	+1.2	+1.0	+.045
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		%
Jimmy Butler	4	38.5	14.5	1.5	6.0	7.5	7.0	1.3	0.3	2.3	1.5	4.8	16.0	.297	1.0	3.8	.267	4.0	5.5	.727
Joel Embiid	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Jimmy Butler played 5 seasons more than Joel Embiid in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 11 to 15, from 2022 to 2026—Jimmy Butler played in 3 Playoffs. In those 5 extra years over Joel Embiid, Jimmy Butler got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-Star Game