Vincent Askew vs. Joel Embiid Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joel Embiid and Vincent Askew, 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.

Vincent Askew played 9 years in the NBA, 1 more than Joel Embiid, who played 8. Vincent Askew had the first of his seasons in 1987-88, 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Vincent Askew	Joel Embiid
Season	1987-88	2016-17
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	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		%
Vincent Askew	14	16.7	3.7	0.4	1.1	1.6	2.4	0.7	0.4	0.9	0.9	1.6	5.3	.297	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.8	.727
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		%
Vincent Askew	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Vincent Askew didn't play in 1988-89 and 1989-90.

Season 2
	Vincent Askew	Joel Embiid
Season	1990-91	2017-18
Team	Golden State Warriors	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors 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		%
Vincent Askew	7	12.1	4.7	1.0	0.6	1.6	1.9	0.3	0.0	0.9	3.0	1.7	3.6	.480	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.6	.818
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		%
Vincent Askew	6	6.8	2.5	0.8	1.0	1.8	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.5	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.500
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
	Vincent Askew	Joel Embiid
Season	1991-92	2018-19
Team	Golden State Warriors	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors 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		%
Vincent Askew	80	18.7	6.2	1.1	1.8	2.9	2.4	0.6	0.3	1.1	1.6	2.4	4.7	.509	0.0	0.1	.100	1.4	2.0	.694
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		%
Vincent Askew	4	7.5	0.5	0.8	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.8	0.3	2.0	.125	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Vincent Askew	Joel Embiid
Season	1992-93	2019-20
Team	Sacramento Kings, Seattle Supersonics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Vincent Askew	73	15.5	5.6	0.8	1.4	2.2	1.7	0.5	0.3	0.9	1.8	2.1	4.2	.492	0.0	0.1	.333	1.4	2.0	.705
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		%
Vincent Askew	12	8.6	5.2	0.8	0.8	1.6	0.8	0.1	0.1	0.6	1.0	1.9	3.4	.561	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.9	.696
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
	Vincent Askew	Joel Embiid
Season	1993-94	2020-21
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics 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		%
Vincent Askew	80	21.1	9.1	0.8	1.6	2.3	2.4	0.9	0.2	0.9	1.8	3.4	7.1	.481	0.1	0.4	.194	2.2	2.6	.829
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		%
Vincent Askew	5	19.0	7.2	0.4	0.8	1.2	1.8	0.4	0.0	0.4	2.0	2.0	5.6	.357	0.0	0.2	.000	3.2	3.8	.842
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
	Vincent Askew	Joel Embiid
Season	1994-95	2021-22
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics 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		%
Vincent Askew	71	24.2	9.9	0.9	1.6	2.5	2.5	0.7	0.2	1.2	2.7	3.5	7.1	.492	0.4	1.3	.330	2.5	3.4	.739
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		%
Vincent Askew	4	23.3	7.5	2.8	1.0	3.8	2.0	0.8	0.0	0.8	3.5	3.0	7.3	.414	1.0	1.3	.800	0.5	0.8	.667
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
	Vincent Askew	Joel Embiid
Season	1995-96	2022-23
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost NBA 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		%
Vincent Askew	69	25.0	8.4	0.9	2.2	3.2	2.4	0.7	0.2	1.4	2.6	3.1	6.3	.493	0.4	1.2	.337	1.8	2.3	.764
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		%
Vincent Askew	19	18.2	3.7	0.3	1.9	2.2	1.4	0.7	0.4	1.5	2.6	1.3	3.7	.343	0.3	1.2	.261	0.9	1.5	.607
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
	Vincent Askew	Joel Embiid
Season	1996-97	2023-24
Team	New Jersey Nets, Indiana Pacers, Denver Nuggets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Vincent Askew	43	19.5	5.6	0.6	1.7	2.3	2.1	0.4	0.1	1.1	2.9	1.9	4.3	.435	0.2	0.6	.292	1.6	2.0	.795
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		%
Vincent Askew	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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