Joel Embiid vs. Jack Sikma Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jack Sikma 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, 6 less than Jack Sikma, who played 14. Joel Embiid had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Jack Sikma had his rookie season in 1977-78. 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
Jack Sikma	14	11	1977-78 to 1990-91

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Joel Embiid	Jack Sikma
Season	2016-17	1977-78
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics Lost NBA 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	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
Jack Sikma	82	27.3	10.7	2.4	5.9	8.3	1.6	0.8	0.5	2.3	3.7	4.2	9.2	.455	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.777

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Sikma	22	31.9	13.7	2.3	5.8	8.1	1.2	0.8	0.5	1.6	4.6	5.2	11.2	.466	-	-	-	3.2	4.1	.780


Season 2
	Joel Embiid	Jack Sikma
Season	2017-18	1978-79
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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
Jack Sikma	82	36.1	15.6	2.8	9.5	12.4	3.2	1.0	0.8	3.1	3.6	5.8	12.6	.460	-	-	-	4.0	4.9	.814

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
Jack Sikma	17	38.5	14.9	2.3	9.4	11.7	2.5	0.9	1.4	2.4	4.1	6.0	13.2	.455	-	-	-	2.8	3.6	.787


Season 3
	Joel Embiid	Jack Sikma
Season	2018-19	1979-80
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Supersonics 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
Jack Sikma	82	34.1	14.3	2.4	8.7	11.1	3.4	0.8	0.9	2.5	2.8	5.7	12.1	.475	0.0	0.0	.000	2.9	3.6	.805

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
Jack Sikma	15	35.6	11.7	2.0	6.4	8.4	3.7	1.1	0.3	2.3	3.7	4.3	10.9	.399	0.0	0.1	.000	3.1	3.6	.852


Season 4
	Joel Embiid	Jack Sikma
Season	2019-20	1980-81
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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	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
Jack Sikma	82	35.6	18.7	2.2	8.1	10.4	3.0	1.0	1.1	2.5	3.4	7.3	16.0	.454	0.0	0.1	.000	4.1	5.0	.823

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
Jack Sikma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Joel Embiid	Jack Sikma
Season	2020-21	1981-82
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Supersonics 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	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
Jack Sikma	82	37.2	19.6	2.7	9.9	12.7	3.4	1.2	1.3	2.6	3.3	7.1	14.8	.479	0.0	0.2	.154	5.5	6.4	.855

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
Jack Sikma	8	39.4	20.5	2.6	9.5	12.1	3.0	1.1	1.0	2.0	4.3	7.1	16.0	.445	0.0	0.0	-	6.3	7.3	.862


Season 6
	Joel Embiid	Jack Sikma
Season	2021-22	1982-83
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Supersonics 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
Jack Sikma	75	34.2	18.2	2.8	8.6	11.4	3.1	1.2	0.9	2.5	3.5	6.5	13.9	.464	0.0	0.1	.000	5.3	6.4	.837

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
Jack Sikma	2	37.5	15.0	3.0	10.0	13.0	5.5	1.0	1.0	2.5	3.5	5.5	15.5	.355	0.0	0.5	.000	4.0	6.0	.667


Season 7
	Joel Embiid	Jack Sikma
Season	2022-23	1983-84
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Supersonics 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
Jack Sikma	82	36.5	19.1	2.7	8.4	11.1	4.0	1.2	1.1	2.9	3.7	7.0	14.1	.499	0.0	0.0	.000	5.0	5.9	.856

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
Jack Sikma	5	38.6	22.0	2.2	8.0	10.2	1.0	0.6	1.4	1.8	4.4	9.8	19.6	.500	0.0	0.2	.000	2.4	2.8	.857


Season 8
	Joel Embiid	Jack Sikma
Season	2023-24	1984-85
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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	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
Jack Sikma	68	35.3	18.5	2.4	8.2	10.6	4.2	1.2	1.3	2.4	3.5	6.8	13.9	.489	0.0	0.1	.200	4.9	5.8	.852

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
Jack Sikma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Joel Embiid	Jack Sikma
Season	-	1985-86
Team	-	Seattle Supersonics
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Sikma	80	34.9	17.1	1.8	7.5	9.4	3.8	1.2	0.9	2.7	3.7	6.4	13.8	.462	0.0	0.2	.000	4.4	5.1	.864

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


Season 10
	Joel Embiid	Jack Sikma
Season	-	1986-87
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks Lost East 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Sikma	82	30.9	12.7	2.5	7.5	10.0	2.5	1.1	1.1	2.0	4.0	4.8	10.3	.463	0.0	0.0	.000	3.2	3.8	.847

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Sikma	12	35.5	16.2	2.8	8.1	10.8	1.9	1.3	0.8	1.5	4.7	6.1	12.5	.487	0.0	0.1	.000	4.0	4.1	.980


Season 11
	Joel Embiid	Jack Sikma
Season	-	1987-88
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks Lost East 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Sikma	82	35.6	16.5	2.4	6.3	8.6	3.4	1.1	1.0	1.9	3.9	6.3	12.9	.486	0.0	0.2	.214	3.9	4.2	.922

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Sikma	5	38.0	19.0	4.8	7.6	12.4	2.6	0.4	0.8	3.0	4.6	7.0	15.2	.461	0.0	0.6	.000	5.0	6.0	.833


Season 12
	Joel Embiid	Jack Sikma
Season	-	1988-89
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks Lost East 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Sikma	80	32.3	13.4	1.8	6.0	7.8	3.6	1.1	0.8	1.8	3.8	4.5	10.4	.431	1.0	2.7	.380	3.3	3.7	.905

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Sikma	9	33.4	11.7	1.0	4.6	5.6	3.3	0.9	0.4	2.3	4.6	4.1	10.4	.394	0.9	3.1	.286	2.6	3.1	.821


Season 13
	Joel Embiid	Jack Sikma
Season	-	1989-90
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks Lost East 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Sikma	71	31.7	13.9	1.5	5.4	6.9	3.2	1.1	0.7	2.0	3.4	4.8	11.6	.416	1.0	2.8	.342	3.2	3.7	.885

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Sikma	4	29.3	5.0	0.0	3.5	3.5	1.8	0.5	1.0	3.0	4.8	1.5	5.8	.261	0.5	1.8	.286	1.5	2.0	.750


Season 14
	Joel Embiid	Jack Sikma
Season	-	1990-91
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks Lost East 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Sikma	77	25.2	10.4	1.4	4.3	5.7	1.9	0.8	0.8	1.7	2.8	3.8	9.0	.427	0.6	1.8	.341	2.2	2.6	.843

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Sikma	3	17.0	4.7	1.0	3.0	4.0	2.0	1.7	0.3	1.0	1.3	2.0	5.0	.400	0.3	0.7	.500	0.3	0.7	.500

Joel Embiid vs. Jack Sikma Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jack Sikma 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

Season 13

Season 14