Joel Embiid vs. Jerami Grant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jerami Grant 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 9 years in the NBA, 2 less than Jerami Grant, who played 11. Joel Embiid had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Jerami Grant had his rookie season in 2014-15. 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	Jerami Grant
Season	2016-17	2014-15
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	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:	+34	+4.2	+13.9	+1.2	+3.6	+4.8	+0.9	+0.3	+1.5	-2.5	-1.4	+4.6	+8.4	+.114	+0.4	+0.8	+.053	+4.4	+4.9	+.192
Jerami Grant	65	21.2	6.3	0.8	2.3	3.0	1.2	0.6	1.0	1.3	2.2	1.9	5.4	.352	0.8	2.4	.314	1.8	3.0	.591
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Joel Embiid nor Jerami Grant played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Joel Embiid	Jerami Grant
Season	2017-18	2015-16
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers
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:	+14	+3.5	+13.2	+1.0	+5.3	+6.3	+1.4	+0.1	+0.2	-2.3	-0.5	+4.8	+9.0	+.064	+0.5	+1.5	+.068	+2.9	+3.2	+.111
Jerami Grant	77	26.8	9.7	1.3	3.4	4.7	1.8	0.7	1.6	1.4	2.8	3.3	7.8	.419	0.5	1.9	.240	2.8	4.2	.658
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
Jerami Grant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Joel Embiid	Jerami Grant
Season	2018-19	2016-17
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers, Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+16	+14.6	+22.0	+2.0	+9.0	+11.0	+3.1	+0.3	+0.9	-2.9	-1.4	+7.2	+14.6	+.021	+0.7	+2.6	+.071	+7.1	+8.3	+.192
Jerami Grant	80	19.1	5.5	0.5	2.1	2.6	0.6	0.4	1.0	0.6	1.9	1.9	4.1	.463	0.5	1.5	.371	1.1	1.8	.612
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:	+6	+8.2	+11.0	+0.5	+6.1	+6.7	+2.6	+0.5	+1.9	-3.0	-1.7	+2.4	+8.3	+.185	+0.7	+2.3	+.025	+5.5	+6.8	+.035
Jerami Grant	5	22.2	9.2	1.4	2.4	3.8	0.8	0.2	0.4	0.6	1.4	3.8	6.2	.613	0.4	1.2	.333	1.2	1.4	.857

Season 4
	Joel Embiid	Jerami Grant
Season	2019-20	2017-18
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Thunder 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:	+30	+9.2	+14.6	+1.7	+6.0	+7.7	+2.3	+0.5	+0.3	-2.4	-1.5	+4.5	+10.1	+.058	+0.7	+2.0	+.040	+4.9	+5.5	+.132
Jerami Grant	81	20.3	8.4	1.1	2.9	3.9	0.7	0.4	1.0	0.7	1.9	3.0	5.6	.535	0.4	1.4	.291	2.0	3.0	.675
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:	+2	+14.1	+22.8	+1.5	+7.5	+9.0	+0.3	+0.8	+0.8	-2.8	-2.0	+5.5	+12.7	+.055	+0.7	+2.7		+11.2	+13.0	+.359
Jerami Grant	6	22.2	7.2	1.3	2.0	3.3	1.0	0.7	0.5	1.0	2.5	3.0	5.8	.514	0.3	1.3	.250	0.8	1.8	.455

Season 5
	Joel Embiid	Jerami Grant
Season	2020-21	2018-19
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+29	+1.6	+14.9	+1.0	+4.4	+5.4	+1.8	+0.2	+0.1	-2.3	-0.3	+3.9	+7.3	+.016	+0.3	+0.7	+.015	+7.2	+7.9	+.149
Jerami Grant	80	32.7	13.6	1.2	4.0	5.2	1.0	0.8	1.3	0.8	2.7	5.1	10.3	.497	1.4	3.7	.392	2.0	2.8	.710
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:	+6	+2.7	+16.5	+0.3	+4.9	+5.1	+2.6	+0.4	+0.5	-3.0	-0.4	+5.2	+9.9	+.013	+0.3	+0.3	+.060	+6.5	+7.3	+.143
Jerami Grant	5	35.2	11.6	1.2	4.2	5.4	0.8	0.6	2.0	0.8	2.6	4.0	8.0	.500	1.8	4.0	.450	1.8	2.6	.692

Season 6
	Joel Embiid	Jerami Grant
Season	2021-22	2019-20
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+3	+7.2	+18.6	+1.3	+6.9	+8.2	+3.0	+0.4	+0.7	-2.2	-0.5	+5.5	+10.7	+.021		+0.2	+.018	+7.5	+9.0	+.064
Jerami Grant	71	26.6	12.0	0.8	2.7	3.5	1.2	0.7	0.8	0.9	2.2	4.3	8.9	.478	1.4	3.5	.389	2.1	2.8	.750
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:	+9	+4.1	+12.0	+1.7	+5.7	+7.4	+0.8	+0.2		-1.9	-0.3	+4.1	+6.9	+.078	+0.9	+1.7	+.114	+4.8	+6.1	+.069
Jerami Grant	19	34.4	11.6	0.4	2.9	3.3	1.3	0.6	0.8	1.3	3.1	3.7	9.2	.406	1.6	5.0	.326	2.5	2.8	.889

Season 7
	Joel Embiid	Jerami Grant
Season	2022-23	2020-21
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Detroit Pistons
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:	+12	+0.7	+10.8	+1.1	+4.4	+5.6	+1.4	+0.4	+0.6	-1.4	-0.8	+3.6	+2.8	+.119	+1.1	+3.1	+.020	+4.6	+5.3	+.012
Jerami Grant	54	33.9	22.3	0.6	4.0	4.6	2.8	0.6	1.1	2.0	2.3	7.4	17.3	.429	2.1	6.1	.350	5.4	6.4	.845
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
Jerami Grant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Joel Embiid	Jerami Grant
Season	2023-24	2021-22
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Detroit Pistons
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:	+8	+1.7	+15.5	+1.8	+5.1	+6.9	+3.2	+0.3	+0.7	-2.0	-0.6	+5.2	+6.9	+.103	+0.5	+1.8	+.030	+5.6	+6.1	+.045
Jerami Grant	47	31.9	19.2	0.6	3.5	4.1	2.4	0.9	1.0	1.8	2.3	6.3	14.9	.426	1.9	5.4	.358	4.6	5.5	.838
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
Jerami Grant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-