Joel Embiid vs. Shake Milton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shake Milton 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 / Games against each other

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, 2 more than Shake Milton, who played 6. Joel Embiid had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Shake Milton had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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
Shake Milton 6 5 2018-19 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Joel Embiid Shake Milton
Season 2016-172018-19
Team Philadelphia 76ersPhiladelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Rookie First Team-
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid 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
Shake Milton 20 13.4 4.4 0.5 1.3 1.8 0.9 0.4 0.4 0.3 1.5 1.7 4.4 .391 0.7 2.2 .318 0.3 0.4 .714
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Joel Embiid ------- --- ----------
Shake Milton ------- --- ----------

Season 2
Joel Embiid Shake Milton
Season 2017-182019-20
Team Philadelphia 76ersPhiladelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Second Team-
Achievement All-Defensive Second Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs 76ers Lost East Conf Semis76ers 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 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
Shake Milton 40 20.1 9.4 0.4 1.8 2.2 2.6 0.5 0.2 1.2 2.3 3.4 6.9 .484 1.5 3.4 .430 1.3 1.6 .785
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
Shake Milton 4 31.5 14.5 0.3 3.0 3.3 2.8 0.5 0.0 1.5 3.3 5.3 11.0 .477 2.5 6.3 .400 1.5 1.8 .857

Season 3
Joel Embiid Shake Milton
Season 2018-192020-21
Team Philadelphia 76ersPhiladelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Second Team-
Achievement All-Defensive Second Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs 76ers Lost East Conf Semis76ers 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
Shake Milton 63 23.2 13.0 0.5 1.8 2.3 3.1 0.6 0.3 1.6 2.1 4.8 10.6 .450 1.1 3.2 .350 2.3 2.8 .830
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
Shake Milton 12 10.1 4.3 0.0 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.3 0.1 0.9 1.5 1.3 3.9 .319 0.7 1.6 .421 1.2 1.3 .933

Season 4
Joel Embiid Shake Milton
Season 2019-202021-22
Team Philadelphia 76ersPhiladelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs 76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd76ers 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 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
Shake Milton 55 21.4 8.2 0.5 2.0 2.6 2.5 0.5 0.3 0.8 1.8 3.1 7.3 .429 0.8 2.4 .323 1.1 1.3 .836
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
Shake Milton 12 13.2 5.0 0.3 1.3 1.6 0.9 0.5 0.3 0.4 1.1 1.5 3.2 .474 0.7 1.3 .533 1.3 1.7 .800

Season 5
Joel Embiid Shake Milton
Season 2020-212022-23
Team Philadelphia 76ersPhiladelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Second Team-
Achievement All-Defensive Second Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs 76ers Lost East Conf Semis76ers 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
Shake Milton 76 20.6 8.4 0.5 2.0 2.5 3.2 0.3 0.2 1.2 1.6 3.2 6.6 .479 0.7 1.9 .378 1.3 1.5 .853
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
Shake Milton 6 3.5 1.3 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.8 .600 0.0 0.2 .000 0.3 0.3 1.000

Season 6
Joel Embiid Shake Milton
Season 2021-222023-24
Team Philadelphia 76ersMinnesota Timberwolves, Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Second Team-
Achievement Scoring Leader-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs 76ers Lost East Conf SemisKnicks TBD
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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
Shake Milton 48 12.1 4.5 0.3 1.3 1.6 1.3 0.4 0.1 0.6 1.1 1.6 4.1 .405 0.4 1.3 .281 0.8 1.0 .816
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
Shake Milton 3 7.0 1.7 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 .000 0.0 0.7 .000 1.7 2.0 .833

Season 7
Joel Embiid Shake Milton
Season 2022-23-
Team Philadelphia 76ers-
Honors & Awards Achievement Season MVP-
Achievement All-NBA First Team-
Achievement Scoring Leader-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs 76ers 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
Shake Milton ------- --- ----------
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
Shake Milton ------- --- ----------

Season 8
Joel Embiid Shake Milton
Season 2023-24-
Team Philadelphia 76ers-
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs 76ers 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
Shake Milton ------- --- ----------
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
Shake Milton ------- --- ----------
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