Joel Embiid vs. Zach Randolph Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zach Randolph 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 / Games against each other

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, 9 less than Zach Randolph, who played 17. Joel Embiid had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Zach Randolph had his rookie season in 2001-02. 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
Zach Randolph	17	9	2001-02 to 2017-18

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Joel Embiid	Zach Randolph
Season	2016-17	2001-02
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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	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
Zach Randolph	41	5.8	2.8	0.8	0.9	1.7	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.7	1.2	2.6	.449	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.7	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zach Randolph	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Joel Embiid	Zach Randolph
Season	2017-18	2002-03
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Trail Blazers 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
Zach Randolph	77	16.9	8.4	1.8	2.6	4.5	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.8	1.8	3.4	6.7	.513	0.0	0.1	.000	1.6	2.1	.758

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
Zach Randolph	7	29.3	13.9	3.1	5.6	8.7	1.6	0.4	0.3	1.9	2.4	4.6	8.7	.525	0.0	0.0	-	4.7	5.3	.892


Season 3
	Joel Embiid	Zach Randolph
Season	2018-19	2003-04
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Most Improved Player
	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
Zach Randolph	81	37.9	20.1	3.0	7.5	10.5	2.0	0.8	0.5	3.0	2.8	8.2	16.9	.485	0.0	0.1	.200	3.7	4.9	.761

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
Zach Randolph	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Joel Embiid	Zach Randolph
Season	2019-20	2004-05
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Portland Trail Blazers
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
Zach Randolph	46	34.8	18.9	3.1	6.5	9.6	1.9	0.7	0.4	2.4	2.4	7.2	16.1	.448	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	5.5	.815

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
Zach Randolph	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Joel Embiid	Zach Randolph
Season	2020-21	2005-06
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Portland Trail Blazers
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
Zach Randolph	74	34.4	18.0	2.6	5.4	8.0	1.9	0.8	0.2	2.2	2.5	7.2	16.6	.436	0.2	0.7	.291	3.3	4.6	.714

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
Zach Randolph	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Joel Embiid	Zach Randolph
Season	2021-22	2006-07
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second 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	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
Zach Randolph	68	35.7	23.6	2.9	7.2	10.1	2.2	0.8	0.2	3.2	2.7	8.8	18.9	.467	0.2	0.7	.292	5.8	7.1	.819

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
Zach Randolph	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Joel Embiid	Zach Randolph
Season	2022-23	2007-08
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New York Knicks
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
Zach Randolph	69	32.5	17.6	2.7	7.6	10.3	2.0	0.9	0.2	2.7	2.8	7.0	15.3	.459	0.3	1.2	.275	3.2	4.2	.772

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
Zach Randolph	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Joel Embiid	Zach Randolph
Season	2023-24	2008-09
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New York Knicks, Los Angeles Clippers
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	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
Zach Randolph	50	35.1	20.8	3.1	6.9	10.1	2.1	0.9	0.3	2.3	2.7	8.3	17.5	.475	0.6	1.9	.330	3.6	4.9	.734

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
Zach Randolph	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Joel Embiid	Zach Randolph
Season	-	2009-10
Team	-	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zach Randolph	81	37.7	20.8	4.1	7.7	11.7	1.8	1.0	0.4	2.1	2.8	8.0	16.5	.488	0.2	0.6	.288	4.5	5.7	.778

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


Season 10
	Joel Embiid	Zach Randolph
Season	-	2010-11
Team	-	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Playoffs	-	Grizzlies 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zach Randolph	75	36.3	20.1	4.3	7.8	12.2	2.2	0.8	0.3	2.0	2.3	8.0	15.8	.503	0.1	0.6	.186	4.0	5.3	.758

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zach Randolph	13	39.6	22.2	3.3	7.5	10.8	2.4	1.1	0.8	2.1	3.5	7.7	17.2	.446	0.2	0.6	.250	6.7	8.2	.821


Season 11
	Joel Embiid	Zach Randolph
Season	-	2011-12
Team	-	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Grizzlies 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zach Randolph	28	26.3	11.6	2.8	5.3	8.0	1.7	0.8	0.1	1.4	2.0	4.7	10.2	.463	0.1	0.3	.250	2.1	3.1	.659

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zach Randolph	7	35.4	13.7	3.9	6.0	9.9	0.9	1.0	0.6	1.6	3.6	5.3	12.6	.420	0.0	0.6	.000	3.1	5.0	.629


Season 12
	Joel Embiid	Zach Randolph
Season	-	2012-13
Team	-	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Grizzlies 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zach Randolph	76	34.3	15.4	4.1	7.2	11.2	1.4	0.8	0.4	2.0	2.4	6.2	13.5	.460	0.0	0.3	.087	3.0	3.9	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zach Randolph	15	36.9	17.4	3.9	6.1	10.0	1.6	0.7	0.5	2.1	3.5	6.6	14.3	.460	0.0	0.1	.000	4.2	6.3	.670


Season 13
	Joel Embiid	Zach Randolph
Season	-	2013-14
Team	-	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Grizzlies 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zach Randolph	79	34.2	17.4	3.4	6.7	10.1	2.5	0.7	0.3	2.3	2.7	7.1	15.2	.467	0.0	0.3	.100	3.2	4.3	.742

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zach Randolph	6	39.0	18.2	2.8	5.8	8.7	2.3	0.8	0.2	1.7	2.2	7.0	17.3	.404	0.0	0.2	.000	4.2	6.8	.610


Season 14
	Joel Embiid	Zach Randolph
Season	-	2014-15
Team	-	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Grizzlies 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zach Randolph	71	32.5	16.1	3.2	7.4	10.5	2.2	1.0	0.2	2.2	2.5	6.4	13.1	.487	0.1	0.3	.350	3.2	4.2	.765

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zach Randolph	11	34.7	15.6	2.9	5.5	8.5	2.1	0.5	0.0	2.1	3.4	6.5	15.3	.423	0.1	0.5	.200	2.6	3.0	.879


Season 15
	Joel Embiid	Zach Randolph
Season	-	2015-16
Team	-	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Grizzlies 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zach Randolph	68	29.6	15.3	2.6	5.1	7.8	2.1	0.6	0.2	1.5	2.1	6.3	13.3	.475	0.1	0.4	.231	2.5	3.2	.796

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zach Randolph	4	30.0	13.0	3.8	5.0	8.8	1.8	0.3	0.0	1.8	2.5	5.8	15.5	.371	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	1.8	.857


Season 16
	Joel Embiid	Zach Randolph
Season	-	2016-17
Team	-	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Grizzlies 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zach Randolph	73	24.5	14.1	2.5	5.7	8.2	1.7	0.5	0.1	1.4	1.9	5.9	13.2	.449	0.3	1.3	.223	1.9	2.6	.731

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zach Randolph	6	31.8	13.2	1.5	6.7	8.2	0.7	0.8	0.3	1.2	2.3	5.8	13.8	.422	0.2	1.2	.143	1.3	1.8	.727


Season 17
	Joel Embiid	Zach Randolph
Season	-	2017-18
Team	-	Sacramento Kings
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zach Randolph	59	25.6	14.5	1.6	5.1	6.7	2.2	0.7	0.2	2.0	2.0	6.1	12.9	.473	0.9	2.5	.347	1.4	1.8	.785

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

Joel Embiid vs. Zach Randolph Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zach Randolph 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

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17