Joel Embiid vs. Isaiah Hartenstein Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isaiah Hartenstein 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, 2 more than Isaiah Hartenstein, who played 8. Joel Embiid had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Isaiah Hartenstein had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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	Isaiah Hartenstein
Season	2016-17	2018-19
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+3	+17.5	+18.3	+1.2	+5.0	+6.1	+1.6	+0.6	+2.1	-3.3	-1.6	+5.8	+12.3	+.022	+1.1	+3.0	+.034	+5.8	+7.4	+.003
Isaiah Hartenstein	28	7.9	1.9	0.8	0.9	1.7	0.5	0.3	0.4	0.5	2.0	0.7	1.5	.488	0.1	0.2	.333	0.4	0.5	.786
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isaiah Hartenstein	2	1.0	2.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 2
	Joel Embiid	Isaiah Hartenstein
Season	2017-18	2019-20
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Houston Rockets
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:	+40	+18.7	+18.2	+1.0	+6.0	+7.1	+2.4	+0.2	+1.3	-3.0	-1.5	+6.2	+13.9	+.174	+1.0	+3.2	+.308	+4.9	+6.2	+.090
Isaiah Hartenstein	23	11.6	4.7	1.3	2.7	3.9	0.8	0.4	0.5	0.7	1.8	1.9	2.9	.657	0.0	0.2	.000	0.8	1.2	.679
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
Isaiah Hartenstein	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Joel Embiid	Isaiah Hartenstein
Season	2018-19	2020-21
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Denver Nuggets, Cleveland Cavaliers
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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3rd 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	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
difference:	+18	+21.5	+22.4	+1.1	+8.6	+9.7	+2.5	+0.3	+1.1	-2.5	-1.0	+7.1	+15.0	+.066	+1.2	+4.0	+.033	+7.2	+8.6	+.156
Isaiah Hartenstein	46	12.2	5.1	1.4	2.5	3.9	1.2	0.4	0.8	1.0	2.3	2.0	3.7	.550	0.0	0.1	.333	1.0	1.5	.648
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
Isaiah Hartenstein	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Joel Embiid	Isaiah Hartenstein
Season	2019-20	2021-22
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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4th 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	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
difference:	+17	+11.6	+14.7	+1.1	+5.7	+6.7	+0.6	+0.2	+0.2	-1.9	-0.9	+4.1	+10.3	+.149	+0.9	+3.0	+.136	+5.6	+6.6	+.118
Isaiah Hartenstein	68	17.9	8.3	1.7	3.2	4.9	2.4	0.7	1.1	1.2	2.5	3.4	5.4	.626	0.2	0.4	.467	1.3	1.9	.689
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
Isaiah Hartenstein	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Joel Embiid	Isaiah Hartenstein
Season	2020-21	2022-23
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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5th 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	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
difference:	+31	+11.2	+23.5	+0.3	+4.4	+4.1	+1.6	+0.4	+0.6	-2.3	-0.2	+6.9	+13.6	+.022	+1.0	+2.5	+.161	+8.6	+9.8	+.183
Isaiah Hartenstein	82	19.9	5.0	2.5	4.0	6.5	1.2	0.6	0.8	0.8	2.6	2.1	4.0	.535	0.1	0.5	.216	0.6	0.9	.676
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
difference:		+12.5	+25.0	+0.6	+6.6	+5.9	+2.1	+0.2	+0.1	-3.3	-0.4	+8.2	+15.8	+.035	+1.5	+3.7		+7.2	+8.4	+.085
Isaiah Hartenstein	11	20.0	3.1	2.1	2.5	4.6	1.3	0.8	1.4	0.5	2.6	1.0	2.1	.478	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.5	.750

Season 6
	Joel Embiid	Isaiah Hartenstein
Season	2021-22	2023-24
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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6th 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	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
difference:	+7	+8.5	+22.8	+1.2	+4.5	+3.4	+1.7	+0.1	+0.4	-1.9	-0.1	+6.7	+14.7	+.145	+1.4	+3.7		+8.1	+9.7	+.107
Isaiah Hartenstein	75	25.3	7.8	3.3	5.1	8.3	2.5	1.2	1.1	1.2	2.8	3.1	4.9	.644	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.1	.707
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
difference:	+3	+8.7	+15.1	+1.7	+4.5	+2.9	+1.4	+0.1	+0.1	-1.7	-0.2	+4.3	+10.3	+.108	+0.6	+3.1	+.288	+5.8	+7.2	+.044
Isaiah Hartenstein	13	29.8	8.5	3.8	4.1	7.8	3.5	0.3	0.9	1.5	3.2	3.5	5.8	.592	0.1	0.2	.500	1.5	1.7	.864

Season 7
	Joel Embiid	Isaiah Hartenstein
Season	2022-23	2024-25
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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7th 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	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
difference:	+9	+6.7	+21.9	+1.2	+0.5	+0.5	+0.4	+0.2	+0.6	-1.7	-0.1	+6.1	+11.7	+.033	+1.0	+2.7	+.330	+8.6	+9.6	+.182
Isaiah Hartenstein	57	27.9	11.2	2.9	7.9	10.7	3.8	0.8	1.1	1.7	3.0	4.9	8.4	.581	0.0	0.3	.000	1.4	2.1	.675
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
difference:	+14	+14.9	+15.6	+0.9	+3.2	+2.3	+0.5	+0.1	+2.3	-2.7	-0.5	+3.7	+11.2	+.188	+0.6	+3.1		+7.5	+8.0	+.238
Isaiah Hartenstein	23	22.4	8.1	2.7	4.8	7.5	2.2	0.8	0.5	1.2	2.5	3.6	5.8	.619	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.3	.667

Season 8
	Joel Embiid	Isaiah Hartenstein
Season	2023-24	2025-26
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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8th 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	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
difference:	+34	+1.0	+25.7	+0.6		+0.6	+3.2		+1.3	-2.2	-0.5	+7.3	+14.6	+.054	+1.4	+3.2	+.388	+9.6	+10.2	+.454
Isaiah Hartenstein	5	32.6	9.0	3.0	8.6	11.6	2.4	1.2	0.4	1.6	3.4	4.2	7.2	.583	0.0	0.4	.000	0.6	1.4	.429
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
Isaiah Hartenstein	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-