Joel Embiid vs. Lou Hudson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lou Hudson 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 8 years in the NBA, 5 less than Lou Hudson, who played 13. Joel Embiid had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Lou Hudson had his rookie season in 1966-67. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Joel Embiid	Lou Hudson
Season	2016-17	1966-67
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost West Div 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	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
Lou Hudson	80	30.6	18.4	-	-	5.4	1.2	-	-	-	3.5	7.8	16.6	.467	-	-	-	2.9	4.1	.706
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lou Hudson	9	35.2	22.6	-	-	5.3	1.7	-	-	-	3.9	8.6	19.9	.430	-	-	-	5.4	7.6	.721

Season 2
	Joel Embiid	Lou Hudson
Season	2017-18	1967-68
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Hawks Lost West Div 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	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
Lou Hudson	46	21.0	12.5	-	-	4.2	1.4	-	-	-	2.5	4.9	10.9	.454	-	-	-	2.6	3.6	.732
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
Lou Hudson	6	30.2	21.7	-	-	7.2	2.3	-	-	-	3.5	7.3	16.5	.444	-	-	-	7.0	7.8	.894

Season 3
	Joel Embiid	Lou Hudson
Season	2018-19	1968-69
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Hawks Lost West Div 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
Lou Hudson	81	35.4	21.9	-	-	6.6	2.7	-	-	-	3.1	8.8	18.0	.492	-	-	-	4.2	5.4	.777
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
Lou Hudson	11	38.5	22.0	-	-	5.4	2.9	-	-	-	3.9	9.2	19.6	.468	-	-	-	3.6	4.7	.769

Season 4
	Joel Embiid	Lou Hudson
Season	2019-20	1969-70
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost West Div 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
Lou Hudson	80	38.6	25.4	-	-	4.7	3.5	-	-	-	2.8	10.4	19.6	.531	-	-	-	4.6	5.6	.824
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
Lou Hudson	9	40.0	21.9	-	-	4.4	3.7	-	-	-	3.8	8.7	20.8	.417	-	-	-	4.6	5.6	.820

Season 5
	Joel Embiid	Lou Hudson
Season	2020-21	1970-71
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Hawks 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	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
Lou Hudson	76	41.0	26.8	-	-	5.1	3.4	-	-	-	2.4	10.9	22.5	.484	-	-	-	5.0	6.6	.759
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
Lou Hudson	5	42.6	25.4	-	-	7.0	3.0	-	-	-	3.8	9.8	21.6	.454	-	-	-	5.8	7.8	.744

Season 6
	Joel Embiid	Lou Hudson
Season	2021-22	1971-72
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Hawks 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	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
Lou Hudson	77	39.5	24.7	-	-	5.0	4.0	-	-	-	2.9	10.1	20.0	.503	-	-	-	4.5	5.6	.812
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
Lou Hudson	6	44.3	25.0	-	-	5.5	3.5	-	-	-	2.2	10.5	23.2	.453	-	-	-	4.0	4.8	.828

Season 7
	Joel Embiid	Lou Hudson
Season	2022-23	1972-73
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Hawks 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
Lou Hudson	75	40.4	27.1	-	-	6.2	3.4	-	-	-	2.6	10.9	22.8	.477	-	-	-	5.3	6.4	.825
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
Lou Hudson	6	42.5	29.7	-	-	7.8	2.8	-	-	-	2.7	12.7	27.7	.458	-	-	-	4.3	4.8	.897

Season 8
	Joel Embiid	Lou Hudson
Season	2023-24	1973-74
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	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
Lou Hudson	65	39.8	25.4	1.9	3.4	5.4	3.3	2.5	0.4	-	3.2	10.4	20.9	.500	-	-	-	4.5	5.4	.836
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
Lou Hudson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-