Joel Embiid vs. Mark Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mark Williams 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, 6 more than Mark Williams, who played 3. Joel Embiid had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Mark Williams had his rookie season in 2022-23. 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	Mark Williams
Season	2016-17	2022-23
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Charlotte Hornets
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:	+12	+6.1	+11.2	+0.2	+1.0	+0.7	+1.7	+0.2	+1.5	-2.9	-1.4	+2.8	+8.0	+.171	+1.2	+3.2		+4.6	+5.6	+.092
Mark Williams	43	19.3	9.0	2.2	4.9	7.1	0.4	0.7	1.0	0.9	2.2	3.7	5.8	.637	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.3	.691
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Joel Embiid nor Mark Williams played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Joel Embiid	Mark Williams
Season	2017-18	2023-24
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Charlotte Hornets
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:	+44	+3.6	+10.2	+1.7	+3.0	+1.3	+2.0	+0.2	+0.7	-2.8	-0.7	+2.9	+8.9	+.166	+1.0	+3.4		+3.3	+4.0	+.050
Mark Williams	19	26.7	12.7	4.0	5.7	9.7	1.2	0.8	1.1	0.9	2.6	5.2	7.9	.649	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.4	.719
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
Mark Williams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Joel Embiid	Mark Williams
Season	2018-19	2024-25
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Charlotte Hornets
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:	+20	+7.1	+12.2	+0.5	+3.9	+3.4	+1.2		+0.7	-1.9	-0.9	+3.0	+8.5	+.120	+1.2	+4.0	+.300	+5.2	+6.4
Mark Williams	44	26.6	15.3	3.0	7.2	10.2	2.5	0.7	1.2	1.6	2.4	6.1	10.2	.604	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	3.7	.804
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
Mark Williams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Joel Embiid played 6 seasons more than Mark Williams in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 9, from 2020 to 2025—Joel Embiid played in 5 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Mark Williams, Joel Embiid got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 1 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 2 Scoring Leader 5 All-Star Game