Joel Embiid vs. Metta World Peace: Career Scoring Comparison

We break down the scoring legacies of Metta World Peace and Joel Embiid to determine who has the better numbers. Here you can compare their career totals, points per game, games of 40+ points, 50+, etc. and their year-by-year scoring averages side by side, both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

Joel Embiid has one of the highest career point averages in NBA history, and here we compare his scoring stats with those recorded by Metta World Peace.

By taking a look at their career numbers for points, the first conclusion one can arrive at is that Joel Embiid has better scoring averages both in the regular season and Playoffs and also scored more points in during the postseason while Metta World Peace scored more points in the regular season. However, we won't stop there and we'll go into detail to analyze what these statistics are made up of, from how many games they had in each threshold (30+ points, 40+, 50+, etc.) to their season-by-season scoring averages.

Career Numbers
Who has the better scoring stats?

Points in the Regular Season

In his 9 NBA regular seasons played, Joel Embiid averages 14.5 points more than Metta World Peace in his 17 seasons (27.7 points against 13.2). On the other hand Metta World Peace scored a total of 535 points more than Joel Embiid (13,058 vs. 12,523).

Points Per Game			Seasons
Joel Embiid	27.7	+14.5	9
Metta World Peace	13.2		17

Total Points			Seasons
Joel Embiid	12,523		9
Metta World Peace	13,058	+535	17

Scoring Titles
Joel Embiid	2	+2
Metta World Peace	0

Points by Thresholds

Career Shooting Stats Comparison

Year by Year Points Average Comparison

= NBA Scoring Leader

= NBA Champion

Regular Season

Rookie Season	Points per game		Year	Games
Joel Embiid	20.2	+8.2	2017	31
Metta World Peace	12.0		2000	72

Season 2	Points per game		Year	Games
Joel Embiid	22.9	+11.0	2018	63
Metta World Peace	11.9		2001	76

Season 3	Points per game		Year	Games
Joel Embiid	27.5	+14.3	2019	64
Metta World Peace	13.2		2002	55

Season 4	Points per game		Year	Games
Joel Embiid	23.0	+7.5	2020	51
Metta World Peace	15.5		2003	69

Season 5	Points per game		Year	Games
Joel Embiid	28.5	+10.2	2021	51
Metta World Peace	18.3		2004	73

Season 6	Points per game		Year	Games
Joel Embiid	30.6	+6.0	2022	68
Metta World Peace	24.6		2005	7

Season 7	Points per game		Year	Games
Joel Embiid	33.1	+15.5	2023	66
Metta World Peace	17.6		2006	56

Season 8	Points per game		Year	Games
Joel Embiid	34.7	+15.9	2024	39
Metta World Peace	18.8		2007	70

Season 9	Points per game		Year	Games
Joel Embiid	23.8	+3.3	2025	19
Metta World Peace	20.5		2008	57

Metta World Peace's additional seasons:

* Metta World Peace played 8 seasons more than Joel Embiid in the NBA. In those years—his seasons 10 to 17, from 2009 to 2017—he averaged 9.9 points in a total of 456 regular season games. During that period, his highest average was 17.1 ppg and his lowest 2.3.