Joel Embiid vs. Dylan Harper Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dylan Harper 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 Dylan Harper, who played 1. Joel Embiid had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Dylan Harper 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	Dylan Harper
Season	2016-17	2025-26
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	San Antonio Spurs
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:	+16	+3.5	+7.1	+1.0	+3.8	+4.7	+1.6		+2.4	-2.1	-1.1	+1.4	+2.8	+.005	+0.5	+0.7	+.104	+3.9	+4.7	+.075
Dylan Harper	15	21.9	13.1	1.0	2.1	3.1	3.7	0.9	0.1	1.7	2.5	5.1	11.0	.461	0.7	2.5	.263	2.3	3.2	.708
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Joel Embiid nor Dylan Harper played in the postseason in their season 1

Additional Years
* Joel Embiid played 9 seasons more than Dylan Harper 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 Dylan Harper, 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