Marcus Banks vs. Joel Embiid Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joel Embiid and Marcus Banks, 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.

Marcus Banks and Joel Embiid both played 8 years in the NBA. Marcus Banks had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, while Joel Embiid had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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
Marcus Banks	8	3	2003-04 to 2010-11
Joel Embiid	8	7	2016-17 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Marcus Banks	Joel Embiid
Season	2003-04	2016-17
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Marcus Banks	81	17.1	5.9	0.4	1.3	1.6	2.2	1.1	0.2	1.5	2.1	2.2	5.5	.400	0.3	1.1	.314	1.2	1.6	.756
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Banks	4	14.5	5.0	0.3	1.5	1.8	1.8	0.5	0.3	0.8	2.3	1.8	4.0	.438	0.5	1.3	.400	1.0	1.0	1.000
Joel Embiid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Marcus Banks	Joel Embiid
Season	2004-05	2017-18
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	76ers Lost East 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		%
Marcus Banks	81	14.1	4.6	0.4	1.2	1.6	1.9	0.8	0.2	1.0	1.8	1.4	3.5	.402	0.3	0.7	.356	1.5	2.0	.742
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Banks	7	15.9	4.6	0.1	1.4	1.6	1.0	0.6	0.0	0.9	2.3	1.9	4.1	.448	0.4	0.9	.500	0.4	0.9	.500
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


Season 3
	Marcus Banks	Joel Embiid
Season	2005-06	2018-19
Team	Boston Celtics, Minnesota Timberwolves	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East 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		%
Marcus Banks	58	25.8	10.0	0.4	1.9	2.3	3.8	0.9	0.2	2.1	2.8	3.8	8.1	.468	0.4	1.1	.349	2.0	2.5	.803
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

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


Season 4
	Marcus Banks	Joel Embiid
Season	2006-07	2019-20
Team	Phoenix Suns	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	76ers 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		%
Marcus Banks	45	11.2	4.9	0.2	0.6	0.8	1.3	0.5	0.1	0.9	1.6	1.9	4.4	.429	0.1	0.6	.172	1.1	1.3	.800
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Banks	2	3.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	1.0	1.0	1.000
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


Season 5
	Marcus Banks	Joel Embiid
Season	2007-08	2020-21
Team	Phoenix Suns, Miami Heat	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East 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		%
Marcus Banks	36	15.8	6.6	0.1	1.1	1.3	1.7	0.4	0.4	1.0	1.8	2.4	5.3	.450	1.1	2.8	.392	0.8	1.0	.771
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

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


Season 6
	Marcus Banks	Joel Embiid
Season	2008-09	2021-22
Team	Miami Heat, Toronto Raptors	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East 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		%
Marcus Banks	22	9.4	2.5	0.0	0.8	0.8	1.3	0.5	0.1	0.6	1.2	1.0	2.6	.368	0.1	0.9	.158	0.5	0.8	.611
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

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


Season 7
	Marcus Banks	Joel Embiid
Season	2009-10	2022-23
Team	Toronto Raptors	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East 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		%
Marcus Banks	22	11.1	5.0	0.1	0.9	1.0	1.2	0.5	0.1	0.9	1.4	1.8	3.3	.534	0.3	1.1	.292	1.1	1.3	.828
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

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


Season 8
	Marcus Banks	Joel Embiid
Season	2010-11	2023-24
Team	Toronto Raptors	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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		%
Marcus Banks	3	7.3	2.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.7	1.3	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.7	.750
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

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

Marcus Banks vs. Joel Embiid Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joel Embiid and Marcus Banks, 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