Joel Embiid vs. Eduardo Najera Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Eduardo Najera 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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, 4 less than Eduardo Najera, who played 12. Joel Embiid had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Eduardo Najera had his rookie season in 2000-01. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Joel Embiid	8	7	2016-17 to 2023-24
Eduardo Najera	12	9	2000-01 to 2011-12

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Joel Embiid	Eduardo Najera
Season	2016-17	2000-01
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks 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	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
Eduardo Najera	40	10.8	3.3	1.0	1.4	2.4	0.7	0.3	0.2	0.4	1.2	1.5	2.8	.523	0.0	0.1	.333	0.4	0.8	.424

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eduardo Najera	7	6.0	3.0	1.0	1.1	2.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	1.1	1.3	2.4	.529	0.4	0.6	.750	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Joel Embiid	Eduardo Najera
Season	2017-18	2001-02
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Mavericks 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	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
Eduardo Najera	62	21.9	6.5	2.4	3.1	5.5	0.6	0.9	0.5	0.6	2.5	2.4	4.8	.500	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.4	.676

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
Eduardo Najera	8	15.4	4.6	0.4	1.3	1.6	0.1	0.4	0.0	0.3	2.8	2.0	2.9	.696	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.0	.625


Season 3
	Joel Embiid	Eduardo Najera
Season	2018-19	2002-03
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Mavericks 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	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
Eduardo Najera	48	23.0	6.7	1.9	2.8	4.6	1.0	0.8	0.5	0.5	2.7	2.7	4.8	.558	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.9	.681

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
Eduardo Najera	19	20.8	6.1	1.9	2.0	3.9	0.8	0.7	0.2	0.8	2.8	2.1	4.5	.453	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.5	.792


Season 4
	Joel Embiid	Eduardo Najera
Season	2019-20	2003-04
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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
Eduardo Najera	58	12.4	3.0	1.2	1.5	2.7	0.4	0.6	0.3	0.5	1.6	1.2	2.8	.444	0.0	0.1	.500	0.5	0.8	.652

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
Eduardo Najera	5	11.2	2.4	2.0	1.4	3.4	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.4	2.4	1.0	2.2	.455	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.4	1.000


Season 5
	Joel Embiid	Eduardo Najera
Season	2020-21	2004-05
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Golden State Warriors, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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
Eduardo Najera	68	17.4	5.2	1.5	2.1	3.6	1.0	0.6	0.4	0.9	2.2	2.1	4.7	.450	0.1	0.3	.286	0.9	1.3	.637

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
Eduardo Najera	2	6.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 6
	Joel Embiid	Eduardo Najera
Season	2021-22	2005-06
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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
Eduardo Najera	64	22.6	5.4	2.0	3.1	5.1	0.8	0.8	0.5	0.8	2.6	2.0	4.7	.422	0.1	0.2	.333	1.4	1.8	.781

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
Eduardo Najera	4	22.3	2.0	1.0	2.8	3.8	0.5	0.8	0.0	1.0	3.3	0.8	3.5	.214	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.500


Season 7
	Joel Embiid	Eduardo Najera
Season	2022-23	2006-07
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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
Eduardo Najera	75	22.1	6.6	1.7	2.4	4.1	0.9	1.0	0.3	0.7	2.8	2.7	4.7	.576	0.0	0.2	.083	1.2	1.6	.715

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
Eduardo Najera	5	19.2	1.8	2.2	3.4	5.6	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.4	2.0	0.8	3.4	.235	0.0	0.6	.000	0.2	0.4	.500


Season 8
	Joel Embiid	Eduardo Najera
Season	2023-24	2007-08
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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
Eduardo Najera	78	21.3	5.9	1.4	2.9	4.3	1.2	0.9	0.5	0.8	2.6	2.2	4.7	.473	0.7	1.9	.361	0.8	1.1	.708

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
Eduardo Najera	4	19.5	4.0	1.3	2.0	3.3	1.5	0.8	0.3	1.3	3.8	1.8	3.5	.500	0.5	1.3	.400	0.0	0.0	-


Season 9
	Joel Embiid	Eduardo Najera
Season	-	2008-09
Team	-	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eduardo Najera	27	11.8	2.9	0.6	1.9	2.5	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.7	1.9	1.2	2.7	.446	0.2	0.9	.200	0.3	0.8	.364

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eduardo Najera	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Joel Embiid	Eduardo Najera
Season	-	2009-10
Team	-	New Jersey Nets, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eduardo Najera	46	14.9	3.4	0.7	1.8	2.5	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.5	2.0	1.3	3.2	.425	0.4	1.4	.297	0.3	0.5	.583

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eduardo Najera	5	7.2	0.8	1.0	0.8	1.8	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.2	1.6	0.4	1.6	.250	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 11
	Joel Embiid	Eduardo Najera
Season	-	2010-11
Team	-	Charlotte Bobcats
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eduardo Najera	31	12.0	2.2	0.5	1.0	1.4	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.4	1.7	0.8	2.3	.361	0.4	1.1	.324	0.2	0.4	.545

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eduardo Najera	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Joel Embiid	Eduardo Najera
Season	-	2011-12
Team	-	Charlotte Bobcats
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eduardo Najera	22	12.3	2.6	0.5	1.8	2.3	0.5	0.9	0.2	0.3	1.8	1.1	2.9	.375	0.4	1.3	.276	0.1	0.2	.500

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eduardo Najera	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Joel Embiid vs. Eduardo Najera Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Eduardo Najera 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12