Joel Embiid vs. Fred Scolari Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Fred Scolari 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.

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, 1 less than Fred Scolari, who played 9. Joel Embiid had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Fred Scolari had his rookie season in 1946-47. 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
	Joel Embiid	Fred Scolari
Season	2016-17	1946-47
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Washington Capitols
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Capitols Lost Semifinals

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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
Fred Scolari	58	-	12.6	-	-	-	1.0	-	-	-	2.7	5.0	17.1	.294	-	-	-	2.5	3.1	.811
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fred Scolari	6	-	11.8	-	-	-	0.8	-	-	-	2.8	3.7	15.8	.232	-	-	-	4.5	5.7	.794

Season 2
	Joel Embiid	Fred Scolari
Season	2017-18	1947-48
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Washington Capitols
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	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
Fred Scolari	47	-	12.5	-	-	-	1.2	-	-	-	3.3	4.9	16.6	.294	-	-	-	2.8	3.8	.732
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
Fred Scolari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Joel Embiid	Fred Scolari
Season	2018-19	1948-49
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Washington Capitols
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Capitols 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	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
Fred Scolari	48	-	11.2	-	-	-	2.1	-	-	-	3.1	4.1	13.2	.310	-	-	-	3.0	3.8	.798
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
Fred Scolari	9	-	9.1	-	-	-	1.8	-	-	-	2.7	3.0	11.1	.270	-	-	-	3.1	4.4	.700

Season 4
	Joel Embiid	Fred Scolari
Season	2019-20	1949-50
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Washington Capitols
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Capitols Lost East Div 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	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
Fred Scolari	66	-	13.0	-	-	-	2.7	-	-	-	2.7	4.7	13.8	.343	-	-	-	3.6	4.3	.822
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
Fred Scolari	2	-	18.5	-	-	-	1.5	-	-	-	3.0	6.5	13.5	.481	-	-	-	5.5	5.5	1.000

Season 5
	Joel Embiid	Fred Scolari
Season	2020-21	1950-51
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Washington Capitols, Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Nationals Lost East Div 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	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
Fred Scolari	66	-	13.4	-	-	3.3	3.9	-	-	-	2.8	4.6	14.0	.327	-	-	-	4.2	5.0	.843
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
Fred Scolari	7	-	12.6	-	-	5.9	2.3	-	-	-	3.3	4.7	13.3	.355	-	-	-	3.1	3.9	.815

Season 6
	Joel Embiid	Fred Scolari
Season	2021-22	1951-52
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Baltimore Bullets (1st)
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	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	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
Fred Scolari	64	35.0	14.6	-	-	3.3	4.7	-	-	-	3.3	4.5	13.5	.334	-	-	-	5.5	6.6	.835
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
Fred Scolari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Joel Embiid	Fred Scolari
Season	2022-23	1952-53
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Baltimore Bullets (1st), Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Pistons Lost West Div 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
Fred Scolari	62	34.2	13.4	-	-	3.4	3.8	-	-	-	3.4	4.5	13.0	.342	-	-	-	4.5	5.3	.844
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
Fred Scolari	8	33.5	13.4	-	-	3.1	2.6	-	-	-	3.9	3.6	11.3	.322	-	-	-	6.1	7.6	.803

Season 8
	Joel Embiid	Fred Scolari
Season	2023-24	1953-54
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pistons Lost W Div Round Robin

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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
Fred Scolari	64	24.8	7.2	-	-	2.2	2.0	-	-	-	2.4	2.5	7.7	.324	-	-	-	2.3	2.8	.800
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
Fred Scolari	4	15.0	3.0	-	-	1.8	1.5	-	-	-	2.0	1.5	6.0	.250	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-