Joel Embiid vs. Chris Morris Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chris Morris and Joel Embiid, 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.

Joel Embiid played 8 years in the NBA, 3 less than Chris Morris, who played 11. Joel Embiid had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Chris Morris had his rookie season in 1988-89. 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
Joel Embiid	8	7	2016-17 to 2023-24
Chris Morris	11	7	1988-89 to 1998-99

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Joel Embiid	Chris Morris
Season	2016-17	1988-89
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second 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		%
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
Chris Morris	76	27.6	14.1	2.5	2.8	5.2	1.6	1.3	0.8	2.5	3.3	5.4	11.9	.457	0.8	2.3	.366	2.4	3.3	.717

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


Season 2
	Joel Embiid	Chris Morris
Season	2017-18	1989-90
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
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
Chris Morris	80	30.6	14.8	2.4	2.9	5.3	1.8	1.6	1.0	2.3	2.7	5.6	13.3	.422	0.8	2.4	.316	2.9	4.0	.722

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


Season 3
	Joel Embiid	Chris Morris
Season	2018-19	1990-91
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
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
Chris Morris	79	32.3	13.2	2.7	3.9	6.6	2.8	1.7	1.2	2.1	3.1	5.2	12.2	.425	0.6	2.3	.251	2.3	3.1	.734

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


Season 4
	Joel Embiid	Chris Morris
Season	2019-20	1991-92
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nets 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		%
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
Chris Morris	77	31.1	11.4	2.6	3.8	6.4	2.6	1.7	1.1	2.2	2.7	4.5	9.4	.477	0.3	1.4	.200	2.1	3.0	.714

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Chris Morris	4	33.8	18.8	2.8	2.3	5.0	1.3	1.8	1.8	2.0	2.8	8.0	14.5	.552	1.0	2.5	.400	1.8	2.3	.778


Season 5
	Joel Embiid	Chris Morris
Season	2020-21	1992-93
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Nets 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		%
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
Chris Morris	77	29.9	14.1	2.9	2.9	5.9	1.4	1.9	0.7	1.5	2.2	5.7	11.8	.481	0.2	1.0	.224	2.6	3.2	.794

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Chris Morris	5	32.6	17.0	2.6	3.8	6.4	1.4	1.6	1.2	0.6	1.6	6.8	12.2	.557	1.2	3.2	.375	2.2	2.4	.917


Season 6
	Joel Embiid	Chris Morris
Season	2021-22	1993-94
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Nets 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		%
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
Chris Morris	50	27.0	10.9	1.8	2.7	4.6	1.7	1.1	1.0	1.0	2.4	4.1	9.1	.447	1.1	2.9	.361	1.7	2.4	.720

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Chris Morris	4	24.5	9.3	2.8	2.8	5.5	1.8	1.3	1.3	1.5	3.5	3.0	10.8	.279	0.8	5.0	.150	2.5	2.5	1.000


Season 7
	Joel Embiid	Chris Morris
Season	2022-23	1994-95
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
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
Chris Morris	71	30.0	13.4	2.5	3.1	5.7	2.1	1.2	0.7	1.6	2.2	4.9	12.1	.410	1.5	4.5	.334	2.0	2.7	.728

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


Season 8
	Joel Embiid	Chris Morris
Season	2023-24	1995-96
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Chris Morris	66	21.6	10.5	1.5	2.0	3.5	1.2	1.0	0.3	1.1	2.1	4.0	9.2	.437	1.0	3.0	.320	1.5	1.9	.772

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Chris Morris	18	17.8	6.2	1.3	2.6	3.9	1.1	0.7	0.4	0.8	1.4	2.5	5.9	.425	0.6	2.1	.270	0.7	0.9	.750


Season 9
	Joel Embiid	Chris Morris
Season	-	1996-97
Team	-	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Jazz Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Morris	73	13.4	4.3	0.5	1.7	2.2	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.6	1.7	1.7	4.1	.408	0.4	1.5	.274	0.5	0.7	.722

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Morris	20	8.9	2.9	0.3	1.4	1.6	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.9	1.0	2.5	.400	0.4	1.3	.320	0.5	0.8	.600


Season 10
	Joel Embiid	Chris Morris
Season	-	1997-98
Team	-	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Jazz Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Morris	54	10.0	4.3	0.6	1.5	2.1	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.6	1.1	1.6	3.8	.411	0.4	1.1	.306	0.8	1.1	.721

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Morris	17	14.1	4.5	0.5	2.3	2.8	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.5	2.2	1.6	4.1	.406	0.4	1.4	.304	0.8	1.2	.700


Season 11
	Joel Embiid	Chris Morris
Season	-	1998-99
Team	-	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Suns 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		%
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Morris	44	12.2	4.2	1.2	1.5	2.8	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.5	1.2	1.5	3.4	.430	0.4	1.3	.286	0.9	1.0	.870

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Morris	1	9.0	5.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	1.000	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	2.0	.000

Joel Embiid vs. Chris Morris Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chris Morris and Joel Embiid, 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