Joel Embiid vs. Cliff Hagan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Cliff Hagan 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 8 years in the NBA, 2 less than Cliff Hagan, who played 10. Joel Embiid had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Cliff Hagan had his rookie season in 1956-57. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Joel Embiid	Cliff Hagan
Season	2016-17	1956-57
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost NBA Finals

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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
Cliff Hagan	67	14.5	5.5	-	-	3.7	1.3	-	-	-	2.5	2.0	5.5	.361	-	-	-	1.5	2.2	.690
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cliff Hagan	10	31.9	17.0	-	-	11.2	2.8	-	-	-	4.7	6.2	14.3	.434	-	-	-	4.6	6.3	.730

Season 2
	Joel Embiid	Cliff Hagan
Season	2017-18	1957-58
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Cliff Hagan	70	31.3	19.9	-	-	10.1	2.5	-	-	-	3.8	7.2	16.2	.443	-	-	-	5.5	7.2	.768
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Cliff Hagan	11	38.0	27.7	-	-	10.5	3.4	-	-	-	4.4	10.1	20.1	.502	-	-	-	7.5	9.0	.838

Season 3
	Joel Embiid	Cliff Hagan
Season	2018-19	1958-59
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Hawks Lost West Div Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Cliff Hagan	72	37.5	23.7	-	-	10.9	3.4	-	-	-	3.8	9.0	19.7	.456	-	-	-	5.8	7.4	.774
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Cliff Hagan	6	43.2	28.5	-	-	12.0	2.7	-	-	-	3.5	10.5	20.5	.512	-	-	-	7.5	9.0	.833

Season 4
	Joel Embiid	Cliff Hagan
Season	2019-20	1959-60
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Cliff Hagan	75	37.3	24.8	-	-	10.7	4.0	-	-	-	3.6	9.6	20.7	.464	-	-	-	5.6	7.0	.803
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Cliff Hagan	14	38.9	24.2	-	-	9.9	3.9	-	-	-	3.9	8.9	21.1	.422	-	-	-	6.4	7.8	.817

Season 5
	Joel Embiid	Cliff Hagan
Season	2020-21	1960-61
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Hawks Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Cliff Hagan	77	35.1	22.1	-	-	9.3	4.9	-	-	-	3.7	8.6	19.4	.444	-	-	-	5.0	6.1	.820
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Cliff Hagan	12	37.9	22.0	-	-	9.8	4.5	-	-	-	3.8	8.7	19.6	.443	-	-	-	4.7	5.8	.812

Season 6
	Joel Embiid	Cliff Hagan
Season	2021-22	1961-62
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East 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		%
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
Cliff Hagan	77	36.2	22.9	-	-	8.2	4.8	-	-	-	3.7	9.1	19.4	.470	-	-	-	4.7	5.7	.825
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Cliff Hagan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Joel Embiid	Cliff Hagan
Season	2022-23	1962-63
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Hawks Lost West Div Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Cliff Hagan	79	21.7	15.5	-	-	4.3	2.4	-	-	-	2.7	6.2	13.4	.465	-	-	-	3.1	3.9	.800
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Cliff Hagan	11	23.2	18.5	-	-	5.0	3.1	-	-	-	3.8	7.5	16.3	.464	-	-	-	3.4	4.8	.698

Season 8
	Joel Embiid	Cliff Hagan
Season	2023-24	1963-64
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost West Div Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Cliff Hagan	77	29.6	18.4	-	-	4.9	2.5	-	-	-	3.5	7.4	16.6	.447	-	-	-	3.5	4.3	.813
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Cliff Hagan	12	32.7	16.3	-	-	6.2	4.8	-	-	-	2.8	6.3	14.6	.429	-	-	-	3.8	4.5	.833