Joel Embiid vs. Dalton Knecht Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dalton Knecht 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, 8 more than Dalton Knecht, who played 2. Joel Embiid had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Dalton Knecht 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	Dalton Knecht
Season	2016-17	2024-25
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+47	+6.2	+11.1	+1.5	+3.6	+5.0	+1.3	+0.6	+2.4	-3.3	-2.4	+3.2	+6.7	+.005	+0.4	+1.2	+.009	+5.4	+6.8	+.021
Dalton Knecht	78	19.2	9.1	0.5	2.3	2.8	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.5	1.2	3.3	7.1	.461	1.6	4.4	.376	0.8	1.1	.762
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dalton Knecht	2	2.0	2.5	1.0	0.5	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.5	.400	0.5	2.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-

Season 2
	Joel Embiid	Dalton Knecht
Season	2017-18	2025-26
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+50	+11.4	+15.3	+1.7	+6.9	+8.6	+2.6	+0.1	+1.3	-3.1	-1.8	+5.1	+10.3	+.019	+0.2	+0.1	+.018	+5.2	+6.7	+.102
Dalton Knecht	13	18.9	7.6	0.6	1.8	2.4	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.6	1.5	3.0	6.5	.464	1.2	3.5	.326	0.5	0.7	.667
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
Dalton Knecht	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Joel Embiid played 8 seasons more than Dalton Knecht in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 10, from 2019 to 2026—Joel Embiid played in 6 Playoffs. In those 8 extra years over Dalton Knecht, Joel Embiid got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 1 All-NBA First Team 3 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-Defensive Second Team 2 Scoring Leader 6 All-Star Game