Joel Embiid vs. Jamaal Tinsley Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jamaal Tinsley 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, 3 less than Jamaal Tinsley, who played 11. Joel Embiid had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Jamaal Tinsley had his rookie season in 2001-02. 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
Jamaal Tinsley	11	6	2001-02 to 2013-14

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Joel Embiid	Jamaal Tinsley
Season	2016-17	2001-02
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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	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
Jamaal Tinsley	80	30.5	9.4	1.0	2.8	3.7	8.1	1.7	0.5	3.4	3.1	3.6	9.5	.380	0.5	2.2	.240	1.6	2.3	.704

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamaal Tinsley	5	17.8	3.6	0.4	1.6	2.0	5.0	0.4	0.0	2.4	2.4	1.6	3.8	.421	0.0	0.2	.000	0.4	0.6	.667


Season 2
	Joel Embiid	Jamaal Tinsley
Season	2017-18	2002-03
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Pacers 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	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
Jamaal Tinsley	73	30.6	7.8	0.8	2.8	3.6	7.5	1.7	0.2	2.6	2.8	3.0	7.6	.396	0.6	2.3	.277	1.1	1.5	.714

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
Jamaal Tinsley	6	31.0	8.5	1.0	2.0	3.0	6.5	0.7	0.0	1.3	3.3	3.3	5.8	.571	1.3	2.2	.615	0.5	1.0	.500


Season 3
	Joel Embiid	Jamaal Tinsley
Season	2018-19	2003-04
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Pacers Lost East 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
Jamaal Tinsley	52	26.5	8.3	0.5	2.1	2.6	5.8	1.6	0.3	2.1	2.5	2.9	7.1	.414	1.5	4.0	.372	0.9	1.3	.731

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
Jamaal Tinsley	16	26.4	8.1	0.4	2.5	2.9	5.0	1.8	0.2	1.9	3.5	3.1	7.7	.398	1.0	3.4	.296	0.9	1.0	.938


Season 4
	Joel Embiid	Jamaal Tinsley
Season	2019-20	2004-05
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pacers 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	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
Jamaal Tinsley	40	32.5	15.4	0.7	3.4	4.0	6.4	2.0	0.3	3.4	2.8	5.5	13.1	.418	1.5	3.9	.372	3.1	4.1	.744

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
Jamaal Tinsley	9	27.8	8.7	0.7	2.7	3.3	5.7	1.6	0.3	3.0	3.4	3.6	9.9	.360	0.2	2.0	.111	1.3	2.3	.571


Season 5
	Joel Embiid	Jamaal Tinsley
Season	2020-21	2005-06
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Pacers 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	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
Jamaal Tinsley	42	26.7	9.3	0.8	2.3	3.2	5.0	1.2	0.1	2.6	2.3	3.8	9.2	.409	0.4	1.7	.229	1.4	2.2	.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
Jamaal Tinsley	1	7.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 6
	Joel Embiid	Jamaal Tinsley
Season	2021-22	2006-07
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	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	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
Jamaal Tinsley	72	31.2	12.8	0.8	2.5	3.3	6.9	1.6	0.3	2.8	2.6	4.8	12.3	.389	0.8	2.7	.316	2.4	3.3	.720

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
Jamaal Tinsley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Joel Embiid	Jamaal Tinsley
Season	2022-23	2007-08
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Indiana Pacers
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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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
Jamaal Tinsley	39	33.2	11.9	0.6	3.0	3.6	8.4	1.7	0.3	3.3	2.5	4.5	11.9	.380	1.0	3.6	.284	1.8	2.6	.720

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
Jamaal Tinsley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Jamaal Tinsley didn't play in 2008-09.


Season 8
	Joel Embiid	Jamaal Tinsley
Season	2023-24	2009-10
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	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
Jamaal Tinsley	38	15.5	3.5	0.3	1.4	1.7	2.8	0.9	0.1	1.7	1.8	1.4	3.7	.371	0.2	1.0	.179	0.6	0.7	.815

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
Jamaal Tinsley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Jamaal Tinsley didn't play in 2010-11.


Season 9
	Joel Embiid	Jamaal Tinsley
Season	-	2011-12
Team	-	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Jazz 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamaal Tinsley	37	13.7	3.7	0.2	1.1	1.2	3.3	0.5	0.2	1.4	1.3	1.5	3.8	.404	0.3	1.0	.270	0.4	0.5	.765

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamaal Tinsley	4	16.3	3.8	0.0	0.5	0.5	3.0	0.5	0.0	1.5	1.8	1.3	5.0	.250	0.3	1.0	.250	1.0	1.0	1.000


Season 10
	Joel Embiid	Jamaal Tinsley
Season	-	2012-13
Team	-	Utah Jazz
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamaal Tinsley	66	18.5	3.5	0.3	1.5	1.7	4.4	1.0	0.2	1.6	1.6	1.3	3.5	.368	0.6	1.9	.307	0.3	0.4	.692

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


Season 11
	Joel Embiid	Jamaal Tinsley
Season	-	2013-14
Team	-	Utah Jazz
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamaal Tinsley	8	13.8	1.1	0.3	1.1	1.4	2.9	0.3	0.0	1.1	1.3	0.5	2.5	.200	0.1	1.9	.067	0.0	0.0	-

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

Joel Embiid vs. Jamaal Tinsley Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jamaal Tinsley 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