Joel Embiid vs. Alex Sarr Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Alex Sarr and Joel Embiid, 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.

Joel Embiid played 9 years in the NBA, 8 more than Alex Sarr, who played 1. Joel Embiid had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Alex Sarr had his rookie season in 2024-25. 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
	Joel Embiid	Alex Sarr
Season	2016-17	2024-25
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	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		%
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
difference:	+36	+1.7	+7.2	+0.1	+1.3	+1.3	+0.3	+0.2	+1.0	-2.1	-1.4	+1.6	+1.4	+.072	+0.4	+1.9	+.059	+4.5	+5.4	+.104
Alex Sarr	67	27.1	13.0	1.9	4.6	6.5	2.4	0.7	1.5	1.7	2.2	4.9	12.4	.394	1.6	5.1	.308	1.7	2.5	.679
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Joel Embiid nor Alex Sarr played in the postseason in their season 1

Additional Years
* Joel Embiid played 8 seasons more than Alex Sarr in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 9, from 2018 to 2025—Joel Embiid played in 7 Playoffs. In those 8 extra years over Alex Sarr, Joel Embiid got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 1 All-NBA First Team 4 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-Defensive Second Team 2 Scoring Leader 7 All-Star Game