Joel Embiid vs. Ja Morant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ja Morant 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, 3 more than Ja Morant, who played 7. Joel Embiid had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Ja Morant had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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	Ja Morant
Season	2016-17	2019-20
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	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:	+36	+5.6	+2.4	+1.2	+2.8	+3.9	+5.2		+2.2	-0.5	-2.0	+0.2	+0.2	+.011	+0.3	+0.5	+.032	+2.6	+3.3	+.007
Ja Morant	67	31.0	17.8	0.8	3.1	3.9	7.3	0.9	0.3	3.3	1.6	6.7	14.0	.477	0.9	2.7	.335	3.6	4.6	.776
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Joel Embiid nor Ja Morant played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Joel Embiid	Ja Morant
Season	2017-18	2020-21
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:		+2.3	+3.8	+1.4	+5.6	+7.0	+4.2	+0.3	+1.6	-0.5	-1.9	+1.3	+1.6	+.034	+0.2	+0.4	+.005	+1.4	+1.5	+.041
Ja Morant	63	32.6	19.1	0.9	3.1	4.0	7.4	0.9	0.2	3.2	1.4	6.8	15.2	.449	1.2	3.8	.303	4.3	5.9	.728
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
difference:	+3	+5.8	+8.8	+1.5	+6.4	+7.8	+5.2	+0.5	+1.8	-0.2	-2.1	+3.5	+5.3	+.052	+1.0	+2.6	+.047	+0.8	+0.4	+.070
Ja Morant	5	40.6	30.2	1.4	3.4	4.8	8.2	0.4	0.0	3.4	1.8	11.0	22.6	.487	2.0	6.2	.323	6.2	8.0	.775

Season 3
	Joel Embiid	Ja Morant
Season	2018-19	2021-22
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Most Improved Player
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+7	+0.6	+0.1	+1.1	+6.7	+7.9	+3.0	+0.5	+1.5	-0.1	-1.8	+1.1	+1.9	+.009	+0.3	+0.4	+.044	+2.7	+2.8	+.043
Ja Morant	57	33.1	27.4	1.4	4.4	5.7	6.7	1.2	0.4	3.4	1.5	10.2	20.6	.493	1.5	4.5	.344	5.5	7.3	.761
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
difference:	+2	+7.2	+6.9	+0.5	+1.9	+2.5	+6.4	+1.3	+1.9		-0.7	+2.8	+5.9	+.012	+0.8	+2.1	+.032	+0.5	+1.5	+.075
Ja Morant	9	37.6	27.1	1.4	6.6	8.0	9.8	2.0	0.4	3.6	2.4	9.0	20.4	.440	1.9	5.6	.340	7.2	9.7	.747

Season 4
	Joel Embiid	Ja Morant
Season	2019-20	2022-23
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+10	+2.4	+3.2	+1.8	+4.0	+5.7	+5.1	+0.2	+1.0	-0.3	-1.8	+1.8	+4.2	+.011	+0.4	+1.5	+.024	+0.8	+0.4	+.059
Ja Morant	61	31.9	26.2	1.0	4.9	5.9	8.1	1.1	0.3	3.4	1.6	9.3	19.9	.466	1.5	4.9	.307	6.1	8.1	.748
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
difference:	+1	+1.1	+5.4	+1.2	+4.3	+5.5	+5.7	+0.3	+1.1	-0.4	-2.1	+0.5	+2.7	+.034	+1.6	+2.2	+.169	+8.0	+9.6	+.045
Ja Morant	5	37.4	24.6	1.6	5.2	6.8	7.0	1.8	0.2	3.4	2.4	9.0	21.2	.425	2.6	6.2	.419	4.0	5.2	.769

Season 5
	Joel Embiid	Ja Morant
Season	2020-21	2023-24
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Memphis Grizzlies
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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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:	+42	+4.2	+3.4	+1.5	+3.5	+5.0	+5.3	+0.2	+0.8	-0.1	-0.3	+0.1	+1.3	+.042	+0.5	+2.7	+.102	+3.4	+3.6	+.046
Ja Morant	9	35.3	25.1	0.7	4.9	5.6	8.1	0.8	0.6	3.0	2.1	8.9	18.9	.471	1.6	5.7	.275	5.8	7.1	.813
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
Ja Morant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Joel Embiid	Ja Morant
Season	2021-22	2024-25
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+18	+3.4	+7.4	+1.4	+6.2	+7.6	+3.1	+0.1	+1.3	-0.6	-0.4	+1.7	+1.8	+.045	+0.4	+2.0	+.062	+4.3	+5.4	+.010
Ja Morant	50	30.4	23.2	0.7	3.4	4.1	7.3	1.2	0.2	3.7	2.3	8.1	17.8	.454	1.8	5.7	.309	5.3	6.4	.824
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:	+7	+11.2	+5.3	+1.8	+6.9	+8.7	+2.9	+0.3	+0.1	-1.2	-2.4	+0.5	+1.6	+.069	+0.6	+2.0	+.038	+5.0	+5.2	+.184
Ja Morant	3	27.3	18.3	0.3	1.7	2.0	5.0	0.7	0.7	2.0	1.0	7.3	17.7	.415	1.3	5.3	.250	2.3	3.7	.636

Season 7
	Joel Embiid	Ja Morant
Season	2022-23	2025-26
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+60	+6.1	+12.3	+1.4	+5.4	+6.9	+2.5		+1.7	-0.9	-1.6	+3.8	+2.4	+.142	+0.2	+2.3	+.174	+4.3	+5.9	+.114
Ja Morant	6	28.5	20.8	0.3	3.0	3.3	6.7	1.0	0.0	2.5	1.5	7.2	17.7	.406	0.8	5.3	.156	5.7	5.8	.971
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
Ja Morant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Joel Embiid played 3 seasons more than Ja Morant in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 10, from 2024 to 2026—Joel Embiid played in one postseason. In those 3 extra years over Ja Morant, Joel Embiid got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game