Joel Embiid vs. Will Perdue Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Will Perdue 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 Will Perdue, who played 13. Joel Embiid had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Will Perdue had his rookie season in 1988-89. 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	Will Perdue
Season	2016-17	1988-89
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls 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	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
Will Perdue	30	6.3	2.2	0.6	0.9	1.5	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.5	1.3	1.0	2.4	.403	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.571
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Will Perdue	3	7.3	4.7	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	2.0	3.0	.667	0.0	0.3	.000	0.7	1.0	.667

Season 2
	Joel Embiid	Will Perdue
Season	2017-18	1989-90
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Bulls 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	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
Will Perdue	77	11.5	3.8	1.1	1.6	2.8	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.8	1.9	1.4	3.5	.414	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.4	.692
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
Will Perdue	13	6.0	3.1	0.5	0.9	1.5	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.3	1.0	1.0	2.2	.464	0.1	0.2	.500	1.0	1.4	.722

Season 3
	Joel Embiid	Will Perdue
Season	2018-19	1990-91
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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
Will Perdue	74	13.1	4.1	1.6	2.9	4.5	0.6	0.3	0.8	1.0	2.0	1.6	3.2	.494	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.5	.670
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
Will Perdue	17	11.6	4.1	1.9	1.9	3.8	0.2	0.1	0.5	0.8	2.4	1.7	3.1	.547	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.3	.545

Season 4
	Joel Embiid	Will Perdue
Season	2019-20	1991-92
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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
Will Perdue	77	13.1	4.5	1.4	2.6	4.1	1.0	0.2	0.6	0.9	1.7	2.0	3.6	.547	0.0	0.0	.500	0.6	1.2	.495
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
Will Perdue	18	8.7	2.5	1.0	1.2	2.2	0.5	0.2	0.6	0.7	1.9	1.0	2.1	.486	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	1.1	.450

Season 5
	Joel Embiid	Will Perdue
Season	2020-21	1992-93
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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
Will Perdue	72	13.9	4.7	1.4	2.6	4.0	1.0	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.9	1.9	3.4	.557	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.5	.604
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
Will Perdue	13	7.8	1.9	1.2	1.2	2.3	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.6	1.4	0.8	1.5	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.8	.500

Season 6
	Joel Embiid	Will Perdue
Season	2021-22	1993-94
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	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	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
Will Perdue	43	9.2	2.7	0.9	2.0	2.9	0.8	0.2	0.3	1.0	1.4	1.1	2.6	.420	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.7	.719
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
Will Perdue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Joel Embiid	Will Perdue
Season	2022-23	1994-95
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Bulls 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
Will Perdue	78	20.4	8.0	2.7	4.0	6.7	1.2	0.3	0.7	1.5	2.8	3.3	5.9	.553	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.5	.582
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
Will Perdue	10	17.6	5.0	1.8	3.0	4.8	0.6	0.1	0.3	1.0	2.7	1.9	3.7	.514	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.1	.571

Season 8
	Joel Embiid	Will Perdue
Season	2023-24	1995-96
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Spurs 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	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
Will Perdue	80	17.5	5.2	2.2	3.9	6.1	0.4	0.4	0.9	1.1	2.3	2.2	4.1	.523	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.6	.536
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
Will Perdue	10	24.2	7.4	2.6	5.3	7.9	0.5	0.2	0.4	1.1	2.4	2.9	4.2	.690	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.0	.800

Season 11
	Joel Embiid	Will Perdue
Season	-	1998-99
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	NBA Champion

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Will Perdue	37	12.0	2.4	0.9	2.8	3.7	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.6	1.7	1.0	1.6	.633	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.7	.538
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Will Perdue	12	7.2	1.1	0.8	1.6	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.3	1.7	0.5	0.9	.545	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.2	.500