Joel Embiid vs. Jannero Pargo Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jannero Pargo 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 Jannero Pargo, who played 11. Joel Embiid had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Jannero Pargo had his rookie season in 2002-03. 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
Jannero Pargo	11	7	2002-03 to 2014-15

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Joel Embiid	Jannero Pargo
Season	2016-17	2002-03
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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	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
Jannero Pargo	34	10.1	2.5	0.3	0.8	1.1	1.1	0.4	0.1	0.7	1.3	1.1	2.7	.398	0.2	0.7	.292	0.1	0.1	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jannero Pargo	11	11.7	2.1	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.7	0.1	0.6	2.0	0.7	2.2	.333	0.4	1.4	.267	0.3	0.4	.750


Season 2
	Joel Embiid	Jannero Pargo
Season	2017-18	2003-04
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers, Toronto Raptors, Chicago Bulls
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
Jannero Pargo	31	15.5	6.7	0.3	0.9	1.2	2.3	0.4	0.2	1.5	1.6	2.6	6.4	.407	0.7	2.0	.355	0.7	0.9	.852

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
Jannero Pargo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Joel Embiid	Jannero Pargo
Season	2018-19	2004-05
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Bulls 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	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
Jannero Pargo	32	14.2	6.4	0.4	1.1	1.5	2.4	0.5	0.0	1.4	1.7	2.6	6.7	.385	0.7	2.1	.348	0.5	0.7	.739

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
Jannero Pargo	5	15.0	10.4	0.2	0.8	1.0	2.0	0.6	0.0	1.6	2.8	3.6	10.2	.353	2.6	6.4	.406	0.6	1.0	.600


Season 4
	Joel Embiid	Jannero Pargo
Season	2019-20	2005-06
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bulls 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
Jannero Pargo	57	11.3	4.8	0.1	0.9	1.1	1.6	0.4	0.0	1.1	1.0	1.9	5.1	.373	0.7	1.8	.379	0.3	0.4	.810

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
Jannero Pargo	5	3.8	3.4	0.2	1.0	1.2	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0	1.0	2.4	.417	0.6	1.0	.600	0.8	1.0	.800


Season 5
	Joel Embiid	Jannero Pargo
Season	2020-21	2006-07
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
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	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
Jannero Pargo	82	20.9	9.2	0.2	2.0	2.2	2.5	0.6	0.0	1.5	1.5	3.5	8.4	.409	1.0	2.5	.388	1.3	1.5	.852

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
Jannero Pargo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Joel Embiid	Jannero Pargo
Season	2021-22	2007-08
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Hornets 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	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
Jannero Pargo	80	18.7	8.1	0.3	1.3	1.6	2.4	0.6	0.1	1.2	1.5	3.2	8.2	.390	0.8	2.3	.349	0.9	1.0	.877

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
Jannero Pargo	12	22.1	10.2	0.4	2.1	2.5	2.3	1.0	0.2	0.9	1.8	3.8	9.7	.388	1.3	3.6	.349	1.4	2.0	.708

Note: Jannero Pargo didn't play in 2008-09.


Season 7
	Joel Embiid	Jannero Pargo
Season	2022-23	2009-10
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 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	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
Jannero Pargo	63	13.2	5.5	0.1	1.1	1.2	1.4	0.5	0.0	0.8	1.1	2.1	6.0	.346	0.6	2.2	.275	0.7	0.7	.933

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
Jannero Pargo	2	4.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	2.5	.200	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-

Note: Jannero Pargo didn't play in 2010-11.


Season 8
	Joel Embiid	Jannero Pargo
Season	2023-24	2011-12
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hawks 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	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
Jannero Pargo	50	13.4	5.6	0.2	1.3	1.5	1.9	0.4	0.0	1.0	1.3	2.1	5.1	.415	1.1	2.8	.384	0.4	0.4	.950

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
Jannero Pargo	5	9.2	3.2	0.2	0.8	1.0	1.2	0.4	0.0	0.6	1.0	1.2	4.2	.286	0.8	2.4	.333	0.0	0.0	-


Season 9
	Joel Embiid	Jannero Pargo
Season	-	2012-13
Team	-	Washington Wizards, Atlanta Hawks, Charlotte Bobcats
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jannero Pargo	32	15.8	6.5	0.3	0.8	1.1	2.1	0.6	0.1	1.3	1.3	2.4	6.6	.368	1.2	3.6	.336	0.4	0.4	.923

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


Season 10
	Joel Embiid	Jannero Pargo
Season	-	2013-14
Team	-	Charlotte Bobcats
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bobcats 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jannero Pargo	29	8.3	4.7	0.0	0.7	0.7	1.8	0.5	0.0	0.9	0.6	1.8	4.1	.441	0.8	2.1	.400	0.3	0.4	.727

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jannero Pargo	1	3.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 11
	Joel Embiid	Jannero Pargo
Season	-	2014-15
Team	-	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jannero Pargo	9	8.1	4.6	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.9	1.7	3.9	.429	1.0	2.4	.409	0.2	0.2	1.000

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

Joel Embiid vs. Jannero Pargo Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jannero Pargo 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