Joel Embiid vs. Clyde Lee Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Clyde Lee 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 Clyde Lee, who played 10. Joel Embiid had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Clyde Lee had his rookie season in 1966-67. 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	Clyde Lee
Season	2016-17	1966-67
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors 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
Clyde Lee	74	16.9	7.0	-	-	7.4	1.0	-	-	-	2.3	2.8	6.8	.408	-	-	-	1.4	2.2	.633
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clyde Lee	11	11.8	3.6	-	-	4.9	0.7	-	-	-	1.8	1.7	5.2	.333	-	-	-	0.2	0.9	.200

Season 2
	Joel Embiid	Clyde Lee
Season	2017-18	1967-68
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Warriors 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	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
Clyde Lee	82	32.9	11.9	-	-	13.9	1.6	-	-	-	4.0	4.5	10.9	.417	-	-	-	2.8	4.1	.684
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
Clyde Lee	10	40.5	11.4	-	-	13.2	2.2	-	-	-	3.8	4.8	11.7	.410	-	-	-	1.8	3.6	.500

Season 3
	Joel Embiid	Clyde Lee
Season	2018-19	1968-69
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Warriors Lost West Div Semis

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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
Clyde Lee	65	34.4	10.7	-	-	13.8	1.3	-	-	-	3.5	4.1	10.4	.398	-	-	-	2.5	3.9	.625
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
Clyde Lee	6	21.5	4.5	-	-	7.2	0.8	-	-	-	2.3	1.5	5.5	.273	-	-	-	1.5	1.8	.818

Season 4
	Joel Embiid	Clyde Lee
Season	2019-20	1969-70
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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	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
Clyde Lee	82	32.2	11.0	-	-	11.3	1.0	-	-	-	3.2	4.4	10.0	.440	-	-	-	2.2	3.7	.593
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
Clyde Lee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Joel Embiid	Clyde Lee
Season	2020-21	1970-71
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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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
Clyde Lee	82	17.0	6.1	-	-	7.0	0.8	-	-	-	1.7	2.4	5.2	.453	-	-	-	1.4	2.4	.558
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
Clyde Lee	5	18.6	4.8	-	-	7.4	0.4	-	-	-	2.6	2.0	4.8	.417	-	-	-	0.8	1.6	.500

Season 6
	Joel Embiid	Clyde Lee
Season	2021-22	1971-72
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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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
Clyde Lee	78	34.3	8.1	-	-	14.5	1.1	-	-	-	3.1	3.3	7.0	.471	-	-	-	1.5	2.8	.541
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
Clyde Lee	5	35.0	4.8	-	-	12.8	1.4	-	-	-	2.8	1.6	5.6	.286	-	-	-	1.6	2.4	.667

Season 7
	Joel Embiid	Clyde Lee
Season	2022-23	1972-73
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Warriors Lost West Conf 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
Clyde Lee	66	22.4	6.3	-	-	9.1	0.5	-	-	-	2.8	2.6	5.5	.466	-	-	-	1.1	2.0	.565
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
Clyde Lee	11	37.5	10.6	-	-	15.7	1.5	-	-	-	3.9	4.4	9.4	.466	-	-	-	1.9	2.9	.656

Season 8
	Joel Embiid	Clyde Lee
Season	2023-24	1973-74
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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	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
Clyde Lee	54	30.4	5.9	3.5	7.6	11.1	1.3	0.5	0.3	-	3.3	2.4	5.3	.454	-	-	-	1.1	2.0	.579
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
Clyde Lee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-