Matt Bullard vs. Joel Embiid Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joel Embiid and Matt Bullard, 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.

Matt Bullard played 11 years in the NBA, 3 more than Joel Embiid, who played 8. Matt Bullard had the first of his seasons in 1990-91, while Joel Embiid had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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
Matt Bullard	11	6	1990-91 to 2001-02
Joel Embiid	8	7	2016-17 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Matt Bullard	Joel Embiid
Season	1990-91	2016-17
Team	Houston Rockets	Philadelphia 76ers
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		%
Matt Bullard	18	3.5	2.2	0.3	0.4	0.8	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.6	0.8	1.7	.452	0.0	0.2	.000	0.6	0.9	.647
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

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


Season 2
	Matt Bullard	Joel Embiid
Season	1991-92	2017-18
Team	Houston Rockets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Matt Bullard	80	16.0	6.4	0.9	1.9	2.8	0.9	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.6	2.6	5.6	.459	0.8	2.1	.386	0.5	0.6	.760
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Bullard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 3
	Matt Bullard	Joel Embiid
Season	1992-93	2018-19
Team	Houston Rockets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Matt Bullard	79	17.2	7.3	0.8	2.0	2.8	1.4	0.4	0.1	0.7	1.6	2.7	6.3	.431	1.2	3.1	.374	0.7	0.9	.784
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Bullard	12	14.1	5.1	0.3	1.6	1.9	1.1	0.3	0.4	0.8	0.9	1.7	3.5	.476	1.3	2.3	.536	0.5	0.5	1.000
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


Season 4
	Matt Bullard	Joel Embiid
Season	1993-94	2019-20
Team	Houston Rockets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Matt Bullard	65	11.2	3.5	0.4	0.9	1.3	1.0	0.2	0.1	0.4	1.0	1.2	3.5	.345	0.8	2.4	.325	0.3	0.4	.769
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Bullard	10	5.5	1.6	0.2	0.8	1.0	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.6	0.4	1.9	.211	0.2	1.0	.200	0.6	0.8	.750
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

Note: Matt Bullard didn't play in 1994-95.


Season 5
	Matt Bullard	Joel Embiid
Season	1995-96	2020-21
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Matt Bullard	46	10.0	3.8	0.4	0.9	1.3	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.5	1.1	1.4	3.5	.407	0.6	1.6	.361	0.3	0.4	.800
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Bullard	4	12.8	3.5	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.5	1.0	3.0	.333	1.0	2.0	.500	0.5	1.0	.500
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


Season 6
	Matt Bullard	Joel Embiid
Season	1996-97	2021-22
Team	Houston Rockets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Matt Bullard	71	14.4	4.5	0.2	1.5	1.6	0.9	0.3	0.3	0.5	1.0	1.6	4.0	.401	0.9	2.6	.366	0.4	0.5	.735
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Bullard	2	3.5	3.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.0	1.000	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-
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


Season 7
	Matt Bullard	Joel Embiid
Season	1997-98	2022-23
Team	Houston Rockets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Matt Bullard	67	17.8	7.0	0.4	1.8	2.2	0.9	0.5	0.4	0.6	1.6	2.6	5.8	.450	1.4	3.4	.416	0.3	0.4	.741
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Bullard	5	14.2	3.4	0.6	1.0	1.6	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.2	3.6	.333	0.6	2.0	.300	0.4	0.4	1.000
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


Season 8
	Matt Bullard	Joel Embiid
Season	1998-99	2023-24
Team	Houston Rockets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Matt Bullard	41	10.1	2.9	0.2	0.8	1.0	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.7	1.0	2.8	.377	0.6	1.5	.387	0.2	0.2	.700
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Bullard	2	4.0	3.5	0.0	0.0	0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.5	0.5	1.000	1.0	1.0	1.000
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


Season 9
	Matt Bullard	Joel Embiid
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
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		%
Matt Bullard	56	18.3	6.8	0.2	2.2	2.5	1.1	0.3	0.2	0.6	1.5	2.5	6.1	.409	1.4	3.2	.446	0.4	0.5	.833
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 10
	Matt Bullard	Joel Embiid
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
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		%
Matt Bullard	61	16.4	5.8	0.4	1.8	2.1	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.2	1.2	2.1	5.0	.423	1.4	3.5	.404	0.2	0.2	.714
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 11
	Matt Bullard	Joel Embiid
Season	2001-02	-
Team	Charlotte Hornets	-
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		%
Matt Bullard	31	11.3	3.4	0.3	1.2	1.5	0.5	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.9	1.3	3.7	.339	0.5	1.8	.281	0.4	0.4	.917
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Matt Bullard vs. Joel Embiid Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joel Embiid and Matt Bullard, 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