Joel Embiid vs. Latrell Sprewell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Latrell Sprewell 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 10 years in the NBA, 3 less than Latrell Sprewell, who played 13. Joel Embiid had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Latrell Sprewell had his rookie season in 1992-93. 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	Latrell Sprewell
Season	2016-17	1992-93
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second 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:	+46	+10.2	+4.8	+1.0	+3.4	+4.3	+1.7	+0.7	+1.8	-1.2	-1.4	+0.7	+1.2	+.002	+0.3	+0.6	+.002	+3.5	+4.2	+.037
Latrell Sprewell	77	35.6	15.4	1.0	2.5	3.5	3.8	1.6	0.7	2.6	2.2	5.8	12.6	.464	0.9	2.6	.369	2.7	3.7	.746
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Joel Embiid nor Latrell Sprewell played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Joel Embiid	Latrell Sprewell
Season	2017-18	1993-94
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Warriors Lost West 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	+12.8	+1.9	+1.3	+4.8	+6.1	+1.5	+1.6	+0.9	-0.9	-1.4	+0.6	+0.5	+.050	+0.7	+1.4	+.053	+1.4	+1.8	+.005
Latrell Sprewell	82	43.1	21.0	1.0	3.9	4.9	4.7	2.2	0.9	2.8	1.9	7.5	17.3	.433	1.7	4.8	.361	4.3	5.6	.774
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:	+5	+5.9	+1.3	+2.6	+7.1	+9.6	+4.0	+0.2	+0.8	-0.6	-1.1	+1.2	+2.7	+.002	+1.7	+4.1	+.072	+2.7	+3.6	+.038
Latrell Sprewell	3	40.7	22.7	0.3	2.7	3.0	7.0	0.7	1.0	3.0	5.0	8.7	20.0	.433	2.7	7.7	.348	2.7	4.0	.667

Season 3
	Joel Embiid	Latrell Sprewell
Season	2018-19	1994-95
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	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:	+5	+6.5	+6.9	+1.7	+8.2	+9.9	+0.3	+0.9	+1.2	-0.2	-1.7	+2.0	+1.7	+.066	+0.1	+0.6	+.024	+3.1	+3.6	+.023
Latrell Sprewell	69	40.2	20.6	0.8	2.9	3.7	4.0	1.6	0.7	3.3	1.6	7.1	17.0	.418	1.3	4.7	.276	5.1	6.5	.781
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
Latrell Sprewell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Joel Embiid	Latrell Sprewell
Season	2019-20	1995-96
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Golden State Warriors
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:	+27	+9.8	+4.1	+1.2	+5.6	+6.7	+1.2	+0.7	+0.7	-0.3	-1.5	+0.9	+0.3	+.049	+0.1	+0.2	+.008	+2.4	+2.8	+.018
Latrell Sprewell	78	39.3	18.9	1.6	3.3	4.9	4.2	1.6	0.6	2.8	1.9	6.6	15.4	.428	1.2	3.6	.323	4.5	5.7	.789
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
Latrell Sprewell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Joel Embiid	Latrell Sprewell
Season	2020-21	1996-97
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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	+10.8	+4.3	+1.5	+4.5	+6.0	+3.5	+0.7	+0.8	-0.9	-0.5	+0.9	+0.5	+.064	+0.7	+2.2	+.023	+3.0	+3.4	+.016
Latrell Sprewell	80	41.9	24.2	0.7	3.9	4.6	6.3	1.7	0.6	4.0	1.9	8.1	18.1	.449	1.8	5.2	.354	6.2	7.3	.843
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
Latrell Sprewell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Joel Embiid	Latrell Sprewell
Season	2021-22	1997-98
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+54	+5.3	+9.2	+1.6	+6.5	+8.1	+0.7	+0.3	+1.1		-0.8	+1.9	+0.2	+.102	+0.8	+0.3	+.183	+4.6	+5.1	+.069
Latrell Sprewell	14	39.1	21.4	0.5	3.1	3.6	4.9	1.4	0.4	3.1	1.9	7.9	19.8	.397	0.6	3.4	.188	5.0	6.7	.745
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
Latrell Sprewell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Joel Embiid	Latrell Sprewell
Season	2022-23	1998-99
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Knicks Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+29	+1.3	+16.7	+0.6	+5.3	+6.0	+1.7	+0.2	+1.6	-1.3	-1.3	+5.2	+6.1	+.133	+0.4	+0.9	+.057	+5.8	+6.5	+.045
Latrell Sprewell	37	33.3	16.4	1.1	3.1	4.2	2.5	1.2	0.1	2.1	1.8	5.8	14.0	.415	0.6	2.1	.273	4.2	5.2	.812
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:	+11	+0.2	+3.3	+0.6	+4.4	+5.0	+0.5	+0.3	+2.5	-1.0	-1.0		+0.3	+.012	+0.4	+1.8	+.019	+2.7	+2.6	+.055
Latrell Sprewell	20	37.1	20.4	1.2	3.6	4.8	2.2	1.0	0.3	2.9	2.0	7.3	17.3	.419	0.2	1.3	.160	5.7	6.7	.850

Season 8
	Joel Embiid	Latrell Sprewell
Season	2023-24	1999-00
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks 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	+6.4	+16.1	+1.8	+4.9	+6.7	+1.6	+0.1	+1.4	-1.0	-0.7	+4.6	+5.9	+.094	+0.9	+2.1	+.042	+6.0	+6.8	+.017
Latrell Sprewell	82	40.0	18.6	0.6	3.7	4.3	4.0	1.3	0.3	2.8	2.2	6.9	15.9	.435	0.5	1.5	.346	4.2	4.8	.866
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	+2.5	+14.3	+2.4	+4.1	+6.4	+2.1	+0.1	+1.2	-1.9	-1.5	+2.9	+5.6	+.030	+1.6	+4.6		+6.9	+7.5	+.075
Latrell Sprewell	16	43.8	18.7	0.8	3.6	4.4	3.6	1.1	0.3	2.3	1.8	6.9	16.6	.414	0.6	1.9	.333	4.3	5.5	.784

Season 9
	Joel Embiid	Latrell Sprewell
Season	2024-25	2000-01
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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9th 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	19	30.2	23.8	1.9	6.3	8.2	4.5	0.7	0.9	3.3	2.2	7.4	16.6	.444	1.2	4.1	.299	7.8	8.9	.882
difference:	+58	+9.0	+6.1	+1.3	+2.4	+3.7	+1.0	+0.7	+0.5	-0.5	-0.1	+0.6	+0.8	+.014	+0.7	+2.3	+.005	+4.2	+4.3	+.099
Latrell Sprewell	77	39.2	17.7	0.6	3.9	4.5	3.5	1.4	0.4	2.8	2.1	6.8	15.8	.430	0.5	1.8	.304	3.6	4.6	.783
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Latrell Sprewell	5	42.4	18.4	0.6	2.4	3.0	3.4	1.0	0.2	4.0	3.4	7.0	17.2	.407	0.6	2.8	.214	3.8	5.0	.760