Joel Embiid vs. Kyle Korver Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kyle Korver 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, 8 less than Kyle Korver, who played 17. Joel Embiid had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Kyle Korver had his rookie season in 2003-04. 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	Kyle Korver
Season	2016-17	2003-04
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:	+43	+13.5	+15.7	+1.6	+4.8	+6.3	+1.6	+0.6	+2.4	-3.2	-2.2	+4.9	+9.4	+.114	+0.1	+0.4	+.024	+5.9	+7.6	+.009
Kyle Korver	74	11.9	4.5	0.4	1.1	1.5	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.6	1.4	1.6	4.4	.352	1.1	2.8	.391	0.3	0.3	.792
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Joel Embiid nor Kyle Korver played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Joel Embiid	Kyle Korver
Season	2017-18	2004-05
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	76ers Lost East 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:	+19	+2.2	+11.4	+1.8	+4.6	+6.4	+1.0	+0.7	+1.4	-2.4	-0.1	+4.2	+7.5	+.065	+1.8	+3.4	+.097	+4.7	+6.2	+.085
Kyle Korver	82	32.5	11.5	0.5	4.1	4.6	2.2	1.3	0.4	1.3	3.2	3.9	9.3	.418	2.8	6.8	.405	1.0	1.2	.854
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	+6.0	+16.4	+2.3	+7.8	+10.0	+1.4	+0.1	+1.6	-2.0	-0.3	+5.9	+11.7	+.149	+0.4	+1.2	+.016	+5.0	+7.2	+.295
Kyle Korver	5	28.8	5.0	0.6	2.0	2.6	1.6	0.8	0.2	1.6	3.6	1.6	5.6	.286	1.4	4.8	.292	0.4	0.4	1.000

Season 3
	Joel Embiid	Kyle Korver
Season	2018-19	2005-06
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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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:	+18	+2.4	+16.0	+2.2	+8.1	+10.3	+1.7	+0.1	+1.6	-2.3	-0.6	+5.1	+9.4	+.054	+1.0	+1.2	+.120	+7.0	+8.6	+.045
Kyle Korver	82	31.3	11.5	0.3	3.0	3.3	2.0	0.8	0.3	1.2	2.7	4.0	9.3	.430	2.2	5.3	.420	1.2	1.5	.849
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
Kyle Korver	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Joel Embiid	Kyle Korver
Season	2019-20	2006-07
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+23	+1.4	+8.6	+2.4	+5.8	+8.1	+1.6	+0.1	+1.0	-1.5	-0.9	+2.5	+4.3	+.037	+0.7	+0.7	+.099	+4.3	+5.7	+.107
Kyle Korver	74	30.9	14.4	0.4	3.1	3.5	1.4	0.8	0.3	1.6	2.5	5.0	11.4	.440	1.8	4.1	.430	2.6	2.8	.914
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
Kyle Korver	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Joel Embiid	Kyle Korver
Season	2020-21	2007-08
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers, Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+24	+8.0	+18.6	+1.9	+6.4	+8.3	+1.5	+0.4	+1.0	-2.1	-0.2	+5.6	+9.9	+.070	+0.4	+0.9	+.002	+7.6	+9.0	+.056
Kyle Korver	75	23.1	9.9	0.3	2.0	2.3	1.3	0.6	0.4	1.0	2.6	3.4	7.7	.443	1.5	3.9	.375	1.6	1.7	.915
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:	+1	+10.9	+20.3	+1.1	+7.3	+8.3	+2.8	+0.7	+0.8	-3.1	-0.7	+6.7	+11.8	+.102	+0.6	+0.5	+.101	+6.4	+7.8	+.085
Kyle Korver	12	21.6	7.8	0.4	1.8	2.2	0.6	0.3	0.7	0.7	2.3	2.5	6.1	.411	0.9	3.2	.289	1.9	2.1	.920

Season 6
	Joel Embiid	Kyle Korver
Season	2021-22	2008-09
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Jazz 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:	+10	+9.8	+21.6	+1.7	+6.7	+8.4	+2.4	+0.5	+1.1	-1.9	-0.5	+6.7	+12.4	+.061	+0.1	+0.3	+.015	+8.2	+10.2	+.068
Kyle Korver	78	24.0	9.0	0.4	2.9	3.3	1.8	0.6	0.4	1.2	2.2	3.1	7.2	.438	1.3	3.4	.386	1.4	1.6	.882
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:	+5	+11.3	+13.0	+1.7	+6.8	+8.5	+0.5	+0.2	+0.6	-2.8	-1.6	+4.2	+6.9	+.093	+1.7	+1.9	+.250	+6.3	+7.5	+.106
Kyle Korver	5	27.2	10.6	0.4	1.8	2.2	2.6	0.6	0.2	0.4	1.8	3.6	9.2	.391	2.4	5.2	.462	1.0	1.4	.714

Season 7
	Joel Embiid	Kyle Korver
Season	2022-23	2009-10
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+14	+16.3	+25.9	+1.5	+6.5	+8.1	+2.5	+0.5	+1.5	-2.6	-1.6	+8.3	+14.7	+.055	+0.1	+0.9	+.206	+9.2	+10.8	+.061
Kyle Korver	52	18.3	7.2	0.2	1.9	2.1	1.7	0.5	0.2	0.8	1.5	2.7	5.4	.493	1.1	2.1	.536	0.8	0.9	.796
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
difference:	+1	+16.3	+15.4	+1.8	+6.9	+8.7	+1.4	+0.2	+2.8	-3.2	-0.8	+4.1	+10.9	+.094	+0.5	+0.8	+.299	+7.6	+8.4	+.016
Kyle Korver	10	21.0	8.3	0.0	1.1	1.1	1.3	0.5	0.0	0.7	2.2	3.2	6.1	.525	1.1	2.3	.478	0.8	0.9	.889

Season 8
	Joel Embiid	Kyle Korver
Season	2023-24	2010-11
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+43	+13.5	+26.4	+2.3	+6.9	+9.2	+4.1	+0.8	+1.5	-3.1	-1.0	+8.5	+15.0	+.095	+0.1	+0.1	+.027	+9.3	+10.5	+.002
Kyle Korver	82	20.1	8.3	0.1	1.7	1.8	1.5	0.4	0.2	0.7	1.9	3.0	6.8	.434	1.5	3.5	.415	0.9	1.1	.885
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
difference:	+10	+24.0	+26.4	+3.1	+6.6	+9.6	+4.6	+0.7	+1.3	-3.2	-1.1	+7.4	+16.1	+.056	+0.8	+3.2	+.090	+10.8	+12.6	+.141
Kyle Korver	16	17.3	6.6	0.1	1.1	1.2	1.1	0.5	0.2	1.0	2.2	2.4	6.1	.388	1.4	3.3	.423	0.4	0.4	1.000

Additional Years
* Kyle Korver played 8 seasons more than Joel Embiid in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 17, from 2013 to 2020—Kyle Korver played in 8 Playoffs. In those 8 extra years over Joel Embiid, Kyle Korver got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game