Joel Embiid vs. Ed Nealy Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ed Nealy 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, 2 less than Ed Nealy, who played 10. Joel Embiid had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Ed Nealy had his rookie season in 1982-83. 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
Ed Nealy	10	6	1982-83 to 1992-93

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Joel Embiid	Ed Nealy
Season	2016-17	1982-83
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Kansas City Kings
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		%
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
Ed Nealy	82	20.0	4.4	2.1	3.8	5.9	0.8	0.8	0.1	0.6	3.0	1.8	3.0	.595	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.4	.614

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


Season 2
	Joel Embiid	Ed Nealy
Season	2017-18	1983-84
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Kansas City Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Kings 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	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
Ed Nealy	71	13.5	2.5	1.0	2.1	3.1	0.7	0.6	0.1	0.5	1.9	0.9	1.8	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.8	.800

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
Ed Nealy	2	9.5	3.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000


Season 3
	Joel Embiid	Ed Nealy
Season	2018-19	1984-85
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Kansas City Kings
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
Ed Nealy	22	10.2	2.8	0.7	1.3	2.0	0.8	0.1	0.0	0.5	1.2	1.2	2.0	.591	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.9	.526

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
Ed Nealy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Ed Nealy didn't play in 1985-86.


Season 4
	Joel Embiid	Ed Nealy
Season	2019-20	1986-87
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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	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
Ed Nealy	60	16.3	3.7	1.6	3.1	4.7	1.4	0.7	0.2	0.6	2.4	1.4	3.2	.438	0.1	0.5	.129	0.9	1.2	.739

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
Ed Nealy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Joel Embiid	Ed Nealy
Season	2020-21	1987-88
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Spurs 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	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
Ed Nealy	68	12.3	2.1	1.2	2.1	3.3	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.4	1.4	0.7	1.6	.459	0.0	0.0	.500	0.6	0.9	.651

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
Ed Nealy	2	18.0	2.0	1.5	2.0	3.5	2.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	3.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 6
	Joel Embiid	Ed Nealy
Season	2021-22	1988-89
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Chicago Bulls, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Suns 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	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
Ed Nealy	43	6.0	0.7	0.5	1.3	1.8	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.2	1.0	0.3	0.8	.361	0.0	0.0	.000	0.1	0.2	.444

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
Ed Nealy	4	1.5	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.8	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 7
	Joel Embiid	Ed Nealy
Season	2022-23	1989-90
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Bulls Lost East 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	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
Ed Nealy	46	10.9	2.3	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.4	1.5	0.8	1.5	.529	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	0.9	.732

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
Ed Nealy	15	15.2	3.1	1.1	2.4	3.5	0.3	0.7	0.1	0.5	3.0	1.1	2.4	.472	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.4	.619


Season 8
	Joel Embiid	Ed Nealy
Season	2023-24	1990-91
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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	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
Ed Nealy	55	10.4	2.2	0.8	1.9	2.7	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.8	0.8	1.8	.464	0.1	0.3	.313	0.5	0.7	.737

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
Ed Nealy	2	10.0	1.0	1.0	1.5	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	0.5	2.5	.200	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 9
	Joel Embiid	Ed Nealy
Season	-	1991-92
Team	-	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Suns 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		%
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ed Nealy	52	9.7	3.1	0.5	1.7	2.1	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.9	1.2	2.3	.512	0.4	1.0	.400	0.3	0.5	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ed Nealy	8	8.4	2.9	0.5	1.8	2.3	0.5	0.4	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.9	2.3	.389	0.6	1.6	.385	0.5	0.5	1.000


Season 10
	Joel Embiid	Ed Nealy
Season	-	1992-93
Team	-	Golden State Warriors, Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	NBA Champion

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ed Nealy	41	7.5	1.7	0.3	1.3	1.6	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.2	1.0	0.6	1.7	.377	0.2	0.7	.296	0.2	0.3	.750

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

Joel Embiid vs. Ed Nealy Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ed Nealy 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