Steve Blake vs. Joel Embiid Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joel Embiid and Steve Blake, 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.

Steve Blake played 13 years in the NBA, 5 more than Joel Embiid, who played 8. Steve Blake had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, 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
Steve Blake	13	9	2003-04 to 2015-16
Joel Embiid	8	7	2016-17 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Steve Blake	Joel Embiid
Season	2003-04	2016-17
Team	Washington Wizards	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		%
Steve Blake	75	18.6	5.9	0.2	1.3	1.6	2.8	0.8	0.1	1.7	1.3	2.1	5.4	.386	1.0	2.7	.371	0.7	0.9	.821
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		%
Steve Blake	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Steve Blake	Joel Embiid
Season	2004-05	2017-18
Team	Washington Wizards	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Wizards 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		%
Steve Blake	44	14.7	4.3	0.4	1.2	1.6	1.6	0.3	0.0	0.9	1.1	1.4	4.2	.328	0.8	2.1	.387	0.8	0.9	.805
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		%
Steve Blake	4	4.0	0.5	0.0	0.8	0.8	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.8	0.3	1.0	.250	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Steve Blake	Joel Embiid
Season	2005-06	2018-19
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	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		%
Steve Blake	68	26.2	8.2	0.4	1.8	2.1	4.5	0.6	0.1	1.2	1.6	3.0	6.9	.438	1.1	2.7	.413	1.1	1.3	.791
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		%
Steve Blake	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Steve Blake	Joel Embiid
Season	2006-07	2019-20
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, Denver Nuggets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
Steve Blake	82	27.1	6.4	0.3	1.8	2.1	5.0	0.7	0.1	1.6	1.5	2.5	6.2	.411	0.8	2.5	.322	0.5	0.8	.672
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		%
Steve Blake	5	36.0	7.2	0.2	2.2	2.4	4.6	0.6	0.0	2.0	1.6	2.8	6.2	.452	1.6	3.2	.500	0.0	0.0	-
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


Season 5
	Steve Blake	Joel Embiid
Season	2007-08	2020-21
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	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		%
Steve Blake	81	29.9	8.5	0.4	2.0	2.4	5.1	0.7	0.0	1.4	1.6	3.2	7.9	.408	1.5	3.7	.406	0.6	0.8	.766
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		%
Steve Blake	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Steve Blake	Joel Embiid
Season	2008-09	2021-22
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Steve Blake	69	31.7	11.0	0.4	2.1	2.5	5.0	1.0	0.1	1.6	1.8	4.0	9.4	.428	2.0	4.8	.427	0.9	1.1	.840
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		%
Steve Blake	6	38.5	9.8	0.7	3.3	4.0	6.2	0.8	0.0	1.5	1.8	3.7	7.5	.489	1.7	4.0	.417	0.8	1.2	.714
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
	Steve Blake	Joel Embiid
Season	2009-10	2022-23
Team	Portland Trail Blazers, Los Angeles Clippers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	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		%
Steve Blake	80	27.0	7.3	0.3	2.1	2.3	4.8	0.7	0.1	1.6	1.5	2.7	6.5	.416	1.5	3.7	.395	0.5	0.6	.750
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		%
Steve Blake	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Steve Blake	Joel Embiid
Season	2010-11	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Steve Blake	79	20.0	4.0	0.2	1.7	2.0	2.2	0.5	0.0	0.9	1.3	1.4	3.9	.359	0.9	2.4	.378	0.3	0.4	.867
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		%
Steve Blake	9	16.1	2.2	0.1	1.4	1.6	2.2	0.6	0.0	0.6	0.9	0.8	2.6	.304	0.7	2.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Steve Blake	Joel Embiid
Season	2011-12	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Steve Blake	53	23.3	5.2	0.2	1.4	1.6	3.3	0.7	0.0	1.4	1.4	1.9	5.1	.377	1.0	3.0	.335	0.4	0.5	.778
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Blake	12	25.5	6.3	0.7	2.2	2.8	2.3	0.7	0.2	1.3	1.8	2.2	5.2	.419	1.5	3.6	.419	0.4	0.6	.714
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Steve Blake	Joel Embiid
Season	2012-13	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Steve Blake	45	26.1	7.3	0.5	2.5	2.9	3.8	0.8	0.1	1.4	1.8	2.5	6.0	.422	1.6	3.8	.421	0.6	0.8	.771
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Blake	2	37.5	14.0	0.0	4.0	4.0	2.5	2.0	1.5	2.0	4.0	5.5	14.0	.393	2.5	6.0	.417	0.5	0.5	1.000
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Steve Blake	Joel Embiid
Season	2013-14	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors 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		%
Steve Blake	55	27.2	6.9	0.2	2.7	2.9	5.6	1.0	0.1	1.9	1.5	2.4	6.4	.377	1.4	3.8	.376	0.6	0.8	.767
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Blake	6	7.5	1.8	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	2.0	.333	0.5	1.7	.300	0.0	0.2	.000
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Steve Blake	Joel Embiid
Season	2014-15	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Steve Blake	81	18.9	4.3	0.2	1.5	1.7	3.6	0.5	0.1	1.3	1.5	1.5	4.0	.373	1.0	2.7	.352	0.4	0.5	.707
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Blake	5	8.6	1.4	0.0	0.2	0.2	1.6	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.8	0.4	2.2	.182	0.2	1.6	.125	0.4	0.4	1.000
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Steve Blake	Joel Embiid
Season	2015-16	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Steve Blake	58	17.0	4.4	0.2	1.4	1.5	3.4	0.4	0.1	1.4	1.2	1.6	4.1	.388	0.9	2.6	.344	0.3	0.3	.800
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Blake	4	10.8	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.5	0.0	0.0	1.3	1.8	0.3	1.3	.200	0.3	0.5	.500	0.3	0.5	.500
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Steve Blake vs. Joel Embiid Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joel Embiid and Steve Blake, 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