Joel EmbiidPhiladelphia 76ers · #21
Joel Embiid is the dominant franchise center of the Philadelphia 76ers and the 2023 NBA MVP — the first center to win a scoring title since Shaquille O'Neal, and the first foreign-born player ever to lead the league in scoring. A Cameroonian who only took up basketball at 15, 'The Process' rose from the 76ers' rebuild to become one of the game's most unstoppable offensive big men. His career has been shadowed by a serious injury history, most recently left-knee problems that limited him to a managed schedule.
Joel Embiid — the report card
Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.
Where Joel Embiid stands
Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.
Joel Embiid — every number, three levels deep
Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.
How the model sees Joel Embiid
Projection = per-minute rate × projected minutes. Rates are recency- and health-weighted, aged along a per-stat curve, and adjusted for live usage/role. No black box — every number shows its work.
Joel Embiid career stats, season by season
| Season | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG% | 3P% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-17 | 31 | 25.4 | 20.2 | 7.8 | 2.1 | .466 | .367 |
| 2017-18 | 63 | 30.3 | 22.9 | 11.0 | 3.2 | .483 | .308 |
| 2018-19 | 64 | 33.7 | 27.5 | 13.6 | 3.7 | .484 | .300 |
| 2019-20 | 51 | 29.5 | 23.0 | 11.6 | 3.0 | .477 | .331 |
| 2020-21 | 51 | 31.1 | 28.5 | 10.6 | 2.8 | .513 | .377 |
| 2021-22 | 68 | 33.8 | 30.6 | 11.7 | 4.2 | .499 | .371 |
| 2022-23 | 66 | 34.6 | 33.1 | 10.2 | 4.2 | .548 | .330 |
| 2023-24 | 39 | 33.6 | 34.7 | 11.0 | 5.6 | .529 | .388 |
| 2024-25 | 19 | 30.2 | 23.8 | 8.2 | 4.5 | .444 | .299 |
| 2025-26 | 38 | 31.6 | 26.9 | 7.7 | 3.9 | .489 | .333 |
| Career | 490 | 31.9 | 27.7 | 10.8 | 3.7 |
The Lab
Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.
Are the Philadelphia 76ers built to win?
Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.
The Ballad of Joel Embiid
Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.
The beginning
The dominant franchise center and 2023 MVP — a Cameroonian who reshaped the 76ers, when healthy.
Turning pro
Drafted 3rd overall, 2014 as a Center.
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A Cameroonian who took up basketball at 15 and became the 2023 MVP — 'The Process' embodied.
Chapter
Discovered by Luc Mbah a Moute, Embiid played one year at Kansas and was drafted 3rd in 2014 — but injuries cost him his first two seasons.
Chapter
Healthy at last, he became a scoring champion (2022, 2023) and the 2023 MVP.
Off the court
- Height
- 7' 0"
- Weight
- 280 lbs
- College
- Kansas
- Experience
- 10th Season
- NBA debut
- 2016
- Draft
- 3rd overall, 2014
- Born
- Yaoundé, Cameroon
- Age
- 32
- Jersey
- #21
Embiid's story is one of loss and reinvention: he lost his younger brother Arthur in a 2014 car crash in Cameroon during his injured rookie year, a tragedy he has cited as formative. A citizen of Cameroon, France, and the United States who speaks three languages, he married Brazilian model Anne de Paula and is a devoted father, a practicing Catholic, and an avid Real Madrid supporter. He has donated All-Star winnings to fight homelessness in Philadelphia and founded a studio focused on African storytelling.
His on-court identity is skilled dominance — a seven-footer who scores from the post, mid-range, and three, draws fouls at will, and protects the rim. When available he is an MVP-level force; the defining question of his career has been durability, as a long history of foot, back, and knee injuries has repeatedly interrupted his prime.
A dominant, skilled two-way center — MVP-level scoring and rim protection, shadowed by durability.
Joel Embiid — frequently asked
The questions people ask most about Joel Embiid, answered.
