#21C · Philadelphia Sixers
Height
7'0"
Weight
280 lbs
Age
32
College
Kansas
Experience
11 yrs
Grade this player:
| Year | Team | GP | PPG | RPG | APG |
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| SPG |
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| BPG |
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| FG% |
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| 3PT% |
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| FT% |
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| Career |  | 490 | 26.9 | 7.7 | 3.9 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 48.9% | 33.9% | 83.0% |
| 2025-26 | | 38 | 26.9 | 7.7 | 3.9 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 48.9% | 33.3% | 85.4% |
| 2024-25 | | 19 | 23.8 | 8.2 | 4.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 44.4% | 29.9% | 88.2% |
| 2023-24 | | 39 | 34.7 | 11.0 | 5.6 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 52.9% | 38.8% | 88.3% |
| 2022-23 | | 66 | 33.1 | 10.2 | 4.2 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 54.8% | 33.0% | 85.7% |
| 2021-22 | | 68 | 30.6 | 11.7 | 4.2 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 49.9% | 37.1% | 81.4% |
| 2020-21 | | 51 | 28.5 | 10.6 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 51.3% | 37.7% | 85.9% |
| 2019-20 | | 51 | 23.0 | 11.6 | 3.0 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 47.7% | 33.1% | 80.7% |
| 2018-19 | | 64 | 27.5 | 13.6 | 3.7 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 48.4% | 30.0% | 80.4% |
| 2017-18 | | 63 | 22.9 | 11.0 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 48.3% | 30.8% | 76.9% |
| 2016-17 | | 31 | 20.2 | 7.8 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 2.5 | 46.6% | 36.7% | 78.3% |
| Date | OPP | Result | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | 3PT | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue, 5/5 | @ NYK | L 98-137 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3-11 | 0-2 | -24 |
| Sat, 5/2 | @ BOS | W 109-100 | 39 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12-26 | 1-4 | +11 |
| Fri, 5/1 | vs BOS | W 106-93 | 34 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 6-18 | 1-5 | +7 |
| Tue, 4/28 | @ BOS | W 113-97 | 39 | 33 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 12-23 | 0-5 | +13 |
| Sun, 4/26 | vs BOS | L 96-128 | 34 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 9-21 | 1-6 | -25 |
Length
4 years
Total Value
$243.5M
Guaranteed
$113.3M
AAV
$55.2M/yr
Joel Embiid's contract with the Philadelphia Sixers earns a C- CVI — roughly what you'd expect for this level of production and salary. Joel's production is solid — comfortably above the league-average center threshold. His $55.2M average annual value ranks as high-end money for the center market. The production lines up closely with the price tag, which is essentially paying fair market value. At 32, Joel is on the back end of his prime — the contract value depends on how well he maintains production as age-related decline typically accelerates. The 4-year contract represents a moderate investment with room to exit if needed.
Joel Embiid is playing at an elite level this season, earning an A- Performance grade. Among NBA centers, he's producing at an All-Star or All-NBA caliber. He's averaging 26.9 points, 7.7 rebounds, and 3.9 assists through 490 games — carrying a significant offensive load. Joel's strongest area is PPG at 26.9, which compares favorably to the center median of 15.0. The biggest area for growth is APG at 3.9 (center median: 4.0). Among 97 NBA centers graded this season, Joel ranks 3rd. Joel is a cornerstone of the Philadelphia Sixers' roster and is performing at a level that warrants his place among the league's best.
Joel Embiid's public standing remains firmly elite heading into the playoffs, and the A sentiment grade reflects a player whose reputation is still largely defined by one of the most decorated statistical resumes of his generation — a 2023 MVP, multiple All-NBA selections, and the kind of dominant two-way presence that makes him the gravitational center of every Philadelphia conversation. The driving force behind that perception is a media narrative anchored in genuine enthusiasm: the surge past Charlotte, with Embiid and Tyrese Maxey leading a clutch comeback, generated exactly the kind of buzz that reminds the league what this team looks like at full strength, and even the "free throw merchant" criticism from opposing broadcast booth commentary reads as stylistic frustration rather than a serious indictment of his game. His on-court production through 38 games this 2025-26 season — 26.9 PPG, 7.7 RPG, and 3.9 APG — supports the A- performance grade and confirms that when Embiid is available, he is still operating at a franchise-altering level for a 32-year-old at his position. The playoff context, however, is where sentiment gets complicated: his absence for Game 2 against New York with ankle and hip injuries has immediately revived the loudest and most persistent subplot of his career — the availability question that keeps his public narrative from ascending into the unqualified, uncontested tier reserved for the postseason's most durable stars. The bottom line is that Embiid's sentiment grade is well-earned and defensible, but it exists in a fragile equilibrium — one injury update away from shifting the entire conversation from "dangerous and dangerous duo" to the familiar, exhausting debate about what Philadelphia could have been.
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