Joel Embiid vs. Jamal Mashburn Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jamal Mashburn 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 Jamal Mashburn, who played 11. Joel Embiid had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Jamal Mashburn had his rookie season in 1993-94. 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
Jamal Mashburn	11	7	1993-94 to 2003-04

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Joel Embiid	Jamal Mashburn
Season	2016-17	1993-94
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	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
Jamal Mashburn	79	36.7	19.2	1.4	3.1	4.5	3.4	1.1	0.2	3.1	2.6	7.1	17.5	.406	1.1	3.8	.284	3.9	5.5	.699

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


Season 2
	Joel Embiid	Jamal Mashburn
Season	2017-18	1994-95
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Dallas Mavericks
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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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
Jamal Mashburn	80	37.3	24.1	1.5	2.7	4.1	3.7	1.0	0.1	2.9	2.4	8.5	19.6	.436	1.4	4.3	.328	5.6	7.6	.739

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
Jamal Mashburn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Joel Embiid	Jamal Mashburn
Season	2018-19	1995-96
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Dallas Mavericks
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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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
Jamal Mashburn	18	37.2	23.4	2.1	3.3	5.4	2.8	0.8	0.2	3.1	2.2	8.1	21.3	.379	1.9	5.7	.343	5.4	7.4	.729

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
Jamal Mashburn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Joel Embiid	Jamal Mashburn
Season	2019-20	1996-97
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Dallas Mavericks, Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Heat 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	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
Jamal Mashburn	69	31.4	11.9	1.0	3.3	4.3	3.0	1.1	0.2	1.7	2.7	4.1	10.8	.385	1.3	4.0	.325	2.3	3.3	.702

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
Jamal Mashburn	17	32.8	10.5	1.3	3.6	4.9	2.1	1.0	0.1	1.8	3.4	3.8	9.9	.387	1.3	3.6	.355	1.5	2.4	.650


Season 5
	Joel Embiid	Jamal Mashburn
Season	2020-21	1997-98
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Heat 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
Jamal Mashburn	48	36.0	15.1	1.5	3.4	4.9	2.8	0.9	0.3	2.3	2.9	5.2	12.0	.435	0.8	2.5	.303	3.8	4.8	.797

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
Jamal Mashburn	5	25.8	6.2	0.8	3.6	4.4	1.8	0.6	0.2	1.8	4.2	2.4	9.0	.267	0.8	2.2	.364	0.6	0.8	.750


Season 6
	Joel Embiid	Jamal Mashburn
Season	2021-22	1998-99
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Heat 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	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
Jamal Mashburn	24	35.6	14.8	1.0	5.1	6.1	3.1	0.8	0.1	2.5	2.4	5.6	12.4	.451	0.5	1.3	.433	3.1	4.3	.721

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
Jamal Mashburn	5	30.6	10.0	0.8	1.8	2.6	2.0	0.4	0.0	2.0	2.2	3.8	9.8	.388	1.2	2.8	.429	1.2	1.8	.667


Season 7
	Joel Embiid	Jamal Mashburn
Season	2022-23	1999-00
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Heat 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	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
Jamal Mashburn	76	37.2	17.5	0.8	4.2	5.0	3.9	1.0	0.2	2.4	2.8	6.8	15.2	.445	1.5	3.7	.403	2.4	3.1	.778

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
Jamal Mashburn	10	42.4	17.5	0.9	3.7	4.6	3.2	1.1	0.2	2.4	3.0	6.3	15.7	.401	1.3	3.3	.394	3.6	4.2	.857


Season 8
	Joel Embiid	Jamal Mashburn
Season	2023-24	2000-01
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hornets 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	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
Jamal Mashburn	76	39.3	20.1	1.2	6.4	7.6	5.4	1.1	0.2	2.8	2.4	7.5	18.3	.413	1.4	3.8	.356	3.7	4.8	.766

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
Jamal Mashburn	10	42.1	24.9	1.8	4.4	6.2	5.7	1.2	0.3	3.0	2.4	8.4	20.8	.404	0.7	2.1	.333	7.4	8.8	.841


Season 9
	Joel Embiid	Jamal Mashburn
Season	-	2001-02
Team	-	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Hornets 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamal Mashburn	40	40.0	21.5	0.8	5.3	6.1	4.3	1.1	0.2	2.8	2.0	7.6	18.6	.407	1.0	2.8	.366	5.3	6.0	.876

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamal Mashburn	1	10.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.0	.000	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 10
	Joel Embiid	Jamal Mashburn
Season	-	2002-03
Team	-	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Hornets 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamal Mashburn	82	40.5	21.6	0.8	5.3	6.1	5.6	1.0	0.2	2.8	2.4	8.2	19.3	.422	1.5	3.7	.389	3.8	4.5	.848

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamal Mashburn	4	40.5	24.8	0.0	3.5	3.5	5.3	1.0	0.3	2.5	1.0	8.5	19.8	.430	1.5	3.8	.400	6.3	8.8	.714


Season 11
	Joel Embiid	Jamal Mashburn
Season	-	2003-04
Team	-	New Orleans Hornets
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamal Mashburn	19	38.4	20.8	1.0	5.2	6.2	2.5	0.7	0.3	1.9	2.2	8.2	20.9	.392	1.0	3.5	.284	3.4	4.2	.813

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

Joel Embiid vs. Jamal Mashburn Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jamal Mashburn 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