Joel Embiid vs. Ricky Pierce Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ricky Pierce 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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, 8 less than Ricky Pierce, who played 16. Joel Embiid had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Ricky Pierce had his rookie season in 1982-83. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Joel Embiid	8	7	2016-17 to 2023-24
Ricky Pierce	16	12	1982-83 to 1997-98

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	Joel Embiid	Ricky Pierce
Season	2016-17	1982-83
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	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
Ricky Pierce	39	6.8	2.2	0.4	0.5	0.9	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.5	1.1	0.8	2.3	.375	0.0	0.2	.143	0.5	0.8	.563

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Pierce	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Joel Embiid	Ricky Pierce
Season	2017-18	1983-84
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	San Diego Clippers
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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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
Ricky Pierce	69	18.6	9.9	0.9	1.1	2.0	0.9	0.4	0.2	1.2	2.1	3.9	8.3	.470	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	2.5	.861

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
Ricky Pierce	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Joel Embiid	Ricky Pierce
Season	2018-19	1984-85
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Bucks 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	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
Ricky Pierce	44	20.0	9.8	1.1	1.5	2.7	2.1	0.8	0.1	1.4	2.7	3.8	7.0	.537	0.0	0.1	.250	2.3	2.8	.823

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
Ricky Pierce	8	24.8	9.9	1.0	1.3	2.3	1.9	0.4	0.1	2.1	3.3	4.5	9.1	.493	0.0	0.3	.000	0.9	1.1	.778


Season 4
	Joel Embiid	Ricky Pierce
Season	2019-20	1985-86
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bucks Lost East Conf 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
Ricky Pierce	81	26.5	13.9	1.2	1.7	2.9	2.2	1.0	0.1	1.3	3.1	5.3	9.9	.538	0.0	0.3	.130	3.3	3.8	.858

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
Ricky Pierce	13	24.8	11.1	1.5	1.2	2.8	1.5	0.6	0.2	1.2	3.2	4.0	8.7	.460	0.0	0.2	.000	3.1	3.5	.889


Season 5
	Joel Embiid	Ricky Pierce
Season	2020-21	1986-87
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Sixth Man of the Year
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Bucks 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
Ricky Pierce	79	31.7	19.5	1.5	1.9	3.4	1.8	0.8	0.3	1.5	2.8	7.3	13.6	.534	0.0	0.4	.107	4.9	5.6	.880

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
Ricky Pierce	12	26.4	15.9	1.0	1.3	2.3	1.3	0.8	0.4	1.6	3.3	5.7	11.8	.479	0.0	0.0	-	4.6	5.6	.821


Season 6
	Joel Embiid	Ricky Pierce
Season	2021-22	1987-88
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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
Ricky Pierce	37	26.1	16.4	0.8	1.4	2.2	2.0	0.6	0.2	1.5	2.5	6.7	13.1	.510	0.1	0.4	.214	2.9	3.3	.877

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
Ricky Pierce	5	21.0	11.8	1.2	1.6	2.8	1.8	0.2	0.4	0.8	1.8	5.0	10.6	.472	0.2	1.0	.200	1.6	1.8	.889


Season 7
	Joel Embiid	Ricky Pierce
Season	2022-23	1988-89
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Bucks 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
Ricky Pierce	75	27.7	17.6	1.1	1.5	2.6	2.1	1.0	0.3	1.5	2.6	7.0	13.6	.518	0.1	0.5	.222	3.4	4.0	.859

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
Ricky Pierce	9	32.4	22.3	0.6	2.2	2.8	2.8	1.2	0.2	1.0	3.4	8.6	15.7	.546	0.7	0.9	.750	4.6	5.2	.872


Season 8
	Joel Embiid	Ricky Pierce
Season	2023-24	1989-90
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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
Ricky Pierce	59	29.0	23.0	1.1	1.7	2.8	2.3	0.8	0.1	2.2	2.7	8.5	16.7	.510	0.8	2.3	.346	5.2	6.2	.839

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
Ricky Pierce	4	30.5	22.3	1.5	0.8	2.3	1.5	1.3	0.0	0.8	3.5	7.0	15.0	.467	1.3	2.5	.500	7.0	7.8	.903


Season 9
	Joel Embiid	Ricky Pierce
Season	-	1990-91
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks, Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Pierce	78	27.8	20.5	0.9	1.6	2.4	2.2	0.8	0.2	1.9	2.2	7.2	14.8	.485	0.6	1.5	.397	5.5	6.0	.913

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Pierce	5	22.4	11.4	1.2	1.6	2.8	0.8	0.8	0.2	2.2	2.4	3.8	11.4	.333	0.6	2.0	.300	3.2	3.4	.941


Season 10
	Joel Embiid	Ricky Pierce
Season	-	1991-92
Team	-	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Supersonics Lost West 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Pierce	78	34.1	21.7	1.2	1.8	3.0	3.1	1.1	0.3	2.4	2.7	7.9	16.7	.475	0.4	1.6	.268	5.3	5.8	.916

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Pierce	9	35.1	19.6	1.0	1.4	2.4	3.1	0.6	0.1	2.7	2.7	7.0	14.6	.481	0.3	1.2	.273	5.2	6.0	.870


Season 11
	Joel Embiid	Ricky Pierce
Season	-	1992-93
Team	-	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Supersonics Lost West Conf 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Pierce	77	28.8	18.2	0.8	1.7	2.5	2.9	1.3	0.1	2.1	2.2	6.8	13.9	.489	0.5	1.5	.372	4.1	4.6	.889

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Pierce	19	30.4	17.7	0.9	1.5	2.4	2.2	0.6	0.2	1.5	2.1	6.5	14.2	.456	0.6	1.6	.400	4.2	4.6	.898


Season 12
	Joel Embiid	Ricky Pierce
Season	-	1993-94
Team	-	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Pierce	51	20.0	14.5	0.6	1.1	1.6	1.8	0.8	0.1	1.3	1.6	5.3	11.3	.471	0.1	0.6	.188	3.7	4.1	.896

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Pierce	5	14.8	8.0	0.8	0.2	1.0	0.6	0.2	0.0	1.8	1.6	2.8	6.2	.452	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.4	.706


Season 13
	Joel Embiid	Ricky Pierce
Season	-	1994-95
Team	-	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Pierce	27	24.9	12.5	0.4	1.9	2.4	1.5	0.8	0.1	0.9	1.4	4.1	9.4	.437	0.9	2.6	.329	3.4	3.9	.877

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Pierce	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Joel Embiid	Ricky Pierce
Season	-	1995-96
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Pierce	76	18.5	9.7	0.5	1.3	1.8	1.3	0.8	0.1	1.2	2.5	3.5	7.8	.447	0.5	1.4	.337	2.3	2.7	.849

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Pierce	5	26.6	10.2	0.6	0.2	0.8	3.0	1.6	0.2	2.4	2.6	3.2	9.4	.340	0.4	1.6	.250	3.4	4.0	.850


Season 15
	Joel Embiid	Ricky Pierce
Season	-	1996-97
Team	-	Denver Nuggets, Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Pierce	60	20.8	11.0	0.6	1.4	2.0	1.3	0.5	0.2	1.1	1.6	4.0	8.3	.481	0.7	1.6	.442	2.3	2.6	.897

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Pierce	3	29.0	7.7	0.3	2.3	2.7	1.3	0.7	0.0	1.0	2.7	3.7	8.0	.458	0.3	2.3	.143	0.0	0.0	-


Season 16
	Joel Embiid	Ricky Pierce
Season	-	1997-98
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Pierce	39	11.3	3.9	0.5	0.7	1.2	0.9	0.2	0.0	0.5	0.9	1.3	3.7	.364	0.1	0.3	.308	1.1	1.3	.827

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Pierce	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Joel Embiid vs. Ricky Pierce Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ricky Pierce 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16