Joel Embiid vs. Cooper Flagg Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Cooper Flagg 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 10 years in the NBA, 9 more than Cooper Flagg, who played 1. Joel Embiid had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Cooper Flagg had his rookie season in 2025-26. 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	Cooper Flagg
Season	2016-17	2025-26
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Dallas Mavericks
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		%
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:	+30	+6.6	+10.2	+1.0	+3.1	+2.2	+2.1	+0.1	+2.5	-0.8	-0.6	+2.5	+0.8	+.158	+1.2	+2.2	+.367	+4.2	+5.9	+.217
Cooper Flagg	1	32.0	10.0	1.0	9.0	10.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	4.0	13.0	.308	0.0	1.0	.000	2.0	2.0	1.000
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Joel Embiid nor Cooper Flagg played in the postseason in their season 1

Additional Years
* Joel Embiid played 9 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 10, from 2018 to 2026—Joel Embiid played in 7 Playoffs. In those 9 extra years over Cooper Flagg, 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