Joel Embiid

Seasons 2016-17–2025-26 · 10 on record · Ht 7-0 · b. 1994

★ MVP★ 2× Scoring champion7× All-Star5× All-NBA3× All-Defense

Player info

Nickname	The Process
Position	C
Number	#21 (also #24)
Team	Philadelphia 76ers
Height	7-0
Weight	280 lb
Born	1994-03-16 (age 32)
College	Kansas
Drafted	2014 · Round 1, Pick 3 · Philadelphia 76ers
Seasons	2016-17–2025-26 (10)

Career averages

27.6 PPG, 10.8 RPG, 3.7 APG · 490 games · .500 FG% · .339 3P%.

Stats by season — per game

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
2016-17	PHI	22	31	25.4	.466	.367	.783	7.8	2.1	0.9	2.5	20.2	24.1	.584
2017-18	PHI	23	63	30.3	.483	.308	.769	11.0	3.2	0.6	1.8	22.9	22.9	.573
2018-19	PHI	24	64	33.7	.484	.300	.804	13.6	3.7	0.7	1.9	27.5	26.1	.593
2019-20	PHI	25	51	29.5	.477	.331	.807	11.6	3.0	0.9	1.3	23.0	25.8	.590
2020-21	PHI	26	51	31.1	.513	.377	.859	10.6	2.8	1.0	1.4	28.5	30.3	.636
2021-22	PHI	27	68	33.8	.499	.371	.814	11.7	4.2	1.1	1.5	30.6	31.2	.616
2022-23	PHI	28	66	34.6	.548	.330	.857	10.2	4.2	1.0	1.7	33.1	31.4	.655
2023-24	PHI	29	39	33.6	.529	.388	.883	11.0	5.6	1.2	1.7	34.7	34.1	.644
2024-25	PHI	30	19	30.2	.444	.299	.882	8.2	4.5	0.7	0.9	23.8	23.4	.580
2025-26	PHI	31	38	31.6	.489	.333	.854	7.7	3.9	0.6	1.2	26.9	24.7	.605

Stats by season — totals

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
2016-17	PHI	31	31	786	200	429	.466	36	98	191	244	243	66	27	76	117	627
2017-18	PHI	63	63	1,912	510	1,056	.483	66	214	359	467	690	199	40	111	234	1,445
2018-19	PHI	64	64	2,154	580	1,199	.484	79	263	522	649	871	234	46	122	226	1,761
2019-20	PHI	51	51	1,506	382	801	.477	57	172	351	435	593	152	45	65	159	1,172
2020-21	PHI	51	51	1,585	461	899	.513	58	154	471	548	539	145	50	69	159	1,451
2021-22	PHI	68	68	2,297	666	1,334	.499	93	251	654	803	796	284	77	99	214	2,079
2022-23	PHI	66	66	2,284	728	1,328	.548	66	200	661	771	670	274	66	112	226	2,183
2023-24	PHI	39	39	1,309	450	851	.529	54	139	399	452	430	219	46	66	150	1,353
2024-25	PHI	19	19	574	140	315	.444	23	77	149	169	155	85	14	18	62	452
2025-26	PHI	38	38	1,201	341	697	.489	53	159	286	335	293	150	21	46	109	1,021
Career		490	—	—	4,458	8,909	.500	585	1727	4043	4873	5280	1808	432	784	1656	13,544

Per 36 minutes

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
2016-17	PHI	31	25.4	9.2	19.6	.466	1.6	4.5	8.7	11.2	11.1	3.0	1.2	3.5	5.4	28.7
2017-18	PHI	63	30.3	9.6	19.9	.483	1.2	4.0	6.8	8.8	13.0	3.7	0.8	2.1	4.4	27.2
2018-19	PHI	64	33.7	9.7	20.0	.484	1.3	4.4	8.7	10.8	14.6	3.9	0.8	2.0	3.8	29.4
2019-20	PHI	51	29.5	9.1	19.1	.477	1.4	4.1	8.4	10.4	14.2	3.6	1.1	1.6	3.8	28.0
2020-21	PHI	51	31.1	10.5	20.4	.513	1.3	3.5	10.7	12.4	12.2	3.3	1.1	1.6	3.6	33.0
2021-22	PHI	68	33.8	10.4	20.9	.499	1.5	3.9	10.2	12.6	12.5	4.5	1.2	1.6	3.4	32.6
2022-23	PHI	66	34.6	11.5	20.9	.548	1.0	3.2	10.4	12.2	10.6	4.3	1.0	1.8	3.6	34.4
2023-24	PHI	39	33.6	12.4	23.4	.529	1.5	3.8	11.0	12.4	11.8	6.0	1.3	1.8	4.1	37.2
2024-25	PHI	19	30.2	8.8	19.8	.444	1.4	4.8	9.3	10.6	9.7	5.3	0.9	1.1	3.9	28.3
2025-26	PHI	38	31.6	10.2	20.9	.489	1.6	4.8	8.6	10.0	8.8	4.5	0.6	1.4	3.3	30.6

Counting stats scaled to a per-36-minute pace.

Advanced stats

Season	Tm	G	MP	PER	TS%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
2016-17	PHI	31	786	24.1	.584	36.0	0.5	1.5	1.9	.117	+1.9	+2.7	+4.5	+1.3
2017-18	PHI	63	1,912	22.9	.573	33.4	2.3	3.8	6.2	.155	+2.0	+1.3	+3.3	+2.6
2018-19	PHI	64	2,154	26.1	.593	33.3	4.9	3.8	8.7	.194	+4.0	+0.9	+4.9	+3.8
2019-20	PHI	51	1,506	25.8	.590	32.9	3.3	2.7	6.0	.192	+3.7	+1.0	+4.7	+2.5
2020-21	PHI	51	1,585	30.3	.636	35.3	5.6	3.2	8.8	.266	+6.3	+1.2	+7.5	+3.8
2021-22	PHI	68	2,297	31.2	.616	37.2	7.9	4.1	12.0	.252	+7.2	+2.0	+9.2	+6.5
2022-23	PHI	66	2,284	31.4	.655	37.0	8.4	3.9	12.3	.259	+6.8	+2.3	+9.2	+6.4
2023-24	PHI	39	1,309	34.1	.644	39.6	5.2	2.3	7.5	.275	+8.5	+3.1	+11.6	+4.5
2024-25	PHI	19	574	23.4	.580	34.2	0.9	0.5	1.4	.118	+3.7	-0.3	+3.5	+0.8
2025-26	PHI	38	1,201	24.7	.605	33.5	2.8	1.3	4.1	.163	+5.1	-0.2	+4.9	+2.1
Career		490	—	—	—	—	—	—	68.9	—	—	—	—	+34.3

PER, True Shooting %, Usage %, Win Shares (Off/Def/Total, per 48), Box Plus/Minus (Off/Def/Total) and Value Over Replacement Player.

Playoff stats

Season	G	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	TS%
2017-18	8	34.4	21.4	12.6	3.0	0.9	1.8	.435	.276	.519
2018-19	12	30.0	18.5	9.6	3.1	0.7	2.1	.428	.308	.559
2019-20	4	35.8	30.0	12.2	1.2	1.5	1.2	.459	.250	.600
2020-21	11	31.9	28.1	10.5	3.4	1.0	1.5	.513	.390	.631
2021-22	10	38.2	23.6	10.7	2.1	0.4	0.8	.484	.212	.590
2022-23	9	37.0	23.7	9.8	2.7	0.7	2.8	.431	.179	.561
2023-24	6	40.8	33.0	10.8	5.7	1.2	1.5	.444	.333	.592
2025-26	7	33.3	24.0	7.3	5.4	0.3	0.9	.460	.179	.560
Career	67	34.7	24.4	10.3	3.3	0.8	1.6	.459	.277	.578

Full postseason box-score averages by season, from every playoff game played.

Game log — 2025-26

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3P	+/−
2025-10-22	@ BOS	W 117–116	20	4	6	2	0	1	1-9	0-4	-16
2025-10-25	vs CHA	W 125–121	20	20	2	4	2	0	7-11	3-6	-2
2025-10-28	@ WAS	W 139–134	23	25	7	5	0	1	9-17	3-6	+9
2025-10-31	vs BOS	L 108–109	25	20	6	3	0	2	6-13	1-2	+2
2025-11-04	@ CHI	L 111–113	25	20	6	2	3	4	7-21	1-6	+1
2025-11-08	vs TOR	W 130–120	26	29	6	4	0	1	10-16	1-4	+15
2025-11-30	vs ATL	L 134–142	30	18	4	2	1	1	6-14	0-3	-11
2025-12-04	vs GSW	W 99–98	25	12	6	3	0	1	5-13	0-5	+2
2025-12-07	vs LAL	L 108–112	30	16	7	2	1	1	4-21	0-6	+11
2025-12-12	vs IND	W 115–105	32	39	9	3	1	0	12-23	2-8	+16
2025-12-14	@ ATL	L 117–120	30	22	14	1	1	2	8-20	1-3	-8
2025-12-23	vs BKN	L 106–114	31	27	6	4	0	2	8-13	1-1	+1
2025-12-26	@ CHI	L 102–109	32	31	5	1	0	1	10-19	2-4	+2
2025-12-30	@ MEM	W 139–136	38	34	10	8	1	2	11-28	1-6	-5
2026-01-01	@ DAL	W 123–108	35	22	4	6	0	1	9-18	0-3	+9
2026-01-03	@ NYK	W 130–119	33	26	10	5	0	0	9-15	0-1	+9
2026-01-05	vs DEN	L 124–125	40	32	10	2	0	1	13-22	1-4	+8
2026-01-07	vs WAS	W 131–110	25	28	7	2	0	2	10-14	1-2	+27
2026-01-09	@ ORL	W 103–91	31	22	9	3	1	1	7-17	0-3	+4
2026-01-12	@ TOR	W 115–102	35	27	8	4	2	0	9-17	1-6	+12
2026-01-14	vs CLE	L 107–133	25	20	4	3	1	1	7-14	2-5	-18
2026-01-16	vs CLE	L 115–117	33	33	5	3	0	1	10-22	2-3	+9
2026-01-19	vs IND	W 113–104	33	30	9	4	0	0	10-17	1-1	+3
2026-01-22	vs HOU	W 128–122	45	32	15	10	1	1	10-19	1-3	+21
2026-01-24	vs NYK	L 109–112	36	38	11	5	0	1	13-21	3-5	-3
2026-01-27	vs MIL	W 139–122	29	29	9	5	1	0	11-24	1-4	+6
2026-01-29	vs SAC	W 113–111	36	37	5	8	1	1	13-21	1-2	+9
2026-01-31	vs NOP	W 124–114	39	40	11	4	1	2	13-27	3-5	+16
2026-02-02	@ LAC	W 128–113	32	24	5	3	1	0	8-19	1-2	+2
2026-02-05	@ LAL	L 115–119	38	35	7	7	1	2	13-19	1-2	+7
2026-02-07	@ PHX	W 109–103	33	33	9	3	0	1	9-19	4-7	-10
2026-02-09	@ POR	L 118–135	—	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0
2026-02-24	@ IND	W 135–114	26	27	6	5	0	1	11-17	1-4	-1
2026-02-26	vs MIA	W 124–117	31	26	11	4	1	0	8-20	2-6	0
2026-03-21	@ UTA	W 126–116	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0
2026-03-25	vs CHI	W 157–137	28	35	6	7	0	1	12-17	3-3	+33
2026-03-28	@ CHA	W 118–114	35	29	6	2	0	2	8-19	3-6	+5
2026-03-30	@ MIA	L 109–119	34	26	7	3	0	1	10-25	2-6	-18
2026-04-03	vs MIN	W 115–103	34	19	13	7	0	3	6-17	1-6	+15
2026-04-06	@ SAS	L 102–115	39	34	12	1	0	4	8-19	2-6	-7

Career splits

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	287	26.1	10.2	3.6	204–83
Away	256	23.1	9.0	3.0	133–123
In wins	337	27.3	10.4	3.7	337–0
In losses	206	20.4	8.4	2.7	0–206

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Career stats vs each team

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	22	22.0	8.5	2.6	11–11
BOS Boston Celtics	30	24.3	10.3	3.5	13–17
BKN Brooklyn Nets	25	26.2	10.4	3.4	16–9
CHA Charlotte Hornets	25	26.4	9.7	3.4	23–2
CHI Chicago Bulls	22	26.6	9.8	3.9	16–6
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	21	24.8	10.3	3.7	11–10
DAL Dallas Mavericks	12	25.8	8.9	3.8	8–4
DEN Denver Nuggets	12	22.4	8.7	3.2	7–5
DET Detroit Pistons	22	25.7	9.6	2.5	18–4
GSW Golden State Warriors	12	22.6	9.7	3.5	5–7
HOU Houston Rockets	16	26.0	9.2	4.1	10–6
IND Indiana Pacers	24	27.9	9.9	3.5	17–7
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	13	28.3	10.1	2.2	11–2
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	14	28.4	8.9	4.8	9–5
MEM Memphis Grizzlies	13	18.5	10.4	3.4	6–7
MIA Miami Heat	25	19.8	8.6	2.3	11–14
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	21	24.9	9.9	4.8	9–12
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	14	29.3	9.9	3.5	11–3
NOP New Orleans Pelicans	14	24.1	9.4	2.6	9–5
NYK New York Knicks	24	23.4	9.5	3.0	17–7
OKC Oklahoma City Thunder	14	25.8	9.8	4.8	8–6
ORL Orlando Magic	24	23.2	10.0	3.3	16–8
PHX Phoenix Suns	15	29.1	10.8	2.6	7–8
POR Portland Trail Blazers	13	22.5	6.8	2.3	7–6
SAC Sacramento Kings	11	23.5	10.4	2.8	8–3
SAS San Antonio Spurs	16	26.4	10.6	3.2	11–5
TOR Toronto Raptors	28	22.2	9.9	3.3	15–13
UTA Utah Jazz	15	19.9	8.0	2.5	9–6
WAS Washington Wizards	26	26.7	10.2	2.9	18–8

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Shooting by distance — 2025-26

Darker = a larger share of this player’s shots came from that range; the number is field-goal % from there.

Range	% of shots	FG%
At the rim (0-3 ft)	22%	.679
In the paint (3-10 ft)	15%	.423
Mid-range (10-16 ft)	22%	.506
Long two (16 ft-3P)	18%	.488
Three-pointers (3-pointers)	23%	.333

Average shot distance 13.4 ft · 2% of attempts were dunks · 5% of threes from the corner

Contract & salary

Nominal salaries; tracked coverage is limited to seasons in the current dataset.

Season	Salary
2014-15	$4,427,640
2015-16	$4,626,960
2016-17	$4,826,160
2017-18	$6,100,266
2018-19	$25,467,250
2019-20	$27,504,630
2020-21	$29,542,010
2021-22	$31,579,390
2022-23	$33,616,770
2023-24	$47,607,350
2024-25	$51,415,938
2025-26	$55,224,526
2026-27	$58,100,000
2027-28	$62,355,258
2028-29	$66,974,166
Career earnings	$509,368,314

Frequently asked questions

What team does Joel Embiid play for?

Joel Embiid plays C for the Philadelphia 76ers.

What are Joel Embiid's career stats?

Joel Embiid has averaged 27.6 PPG, 10.8 RPG, 3.7 APG over 10 seasons (2016-17–2025-26).

How much does Joel Embiid make?

Joel Embiid's salary is $66,974,166 for the 2028-29 season, with career earnings of about $509.4M.

How tall is Joel Embiid?

Joel Embiid is 7-0 (280 lb).

How old is Joel Embiid?

Joel Embiid was born 1994-03-16 and is 32 years old.

When was Joel Embiid drafted?

Joel Embiid was drafted in 2014, round 1, pick 3, by the Philadelphia 76ers.