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Joel Embiid★

Philadelphia 76ers · #21 · All-Star
C7'0"280 lbage 3210 yrs expKansasYaounde, Cameroon
1st best of 15 on PHIworth +8.1 wins to the rotation
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High-level shooter & scorer
PHI
Philadelphia 76ers
Eastern · Atlantic · proj. 55-27 (▲+21.1)
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MVP5× All-NBA7× All-Star3× All-Defensive

A dominant offensive hub when healthy, but health is the whole story — he managed just 38 games and a career-quiet 26.9 points on 60.5% true shooting. Still an elite rim protector and foul magnet who lives at the line (85.4% on a huge volume), though at 32 on a $58M deal he's no longer a sure thing.

26.9
PPG
7.7
RPG
3.9
APG
0.6
SPG
1.2
BPG
GP 38MPG 31.6FG% 48.93P% 33.3FT% 85.4TS% 60.5USG% 33.5PER 24.7BPM +4.9VORP 2.1EPM +4.4
2025-26 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form
Shooting90
Scoring85
Playmaking82
Rim protection76
Rebounding62
Inside finishing60
Perimeter defense59

Skill ratings are 2025-26 per-game and advanced stats (Basketball-Reference) ranked 0–99 within position (guards vs guards, bigs vs bigs). Overall is anchored to EPM impact on a non-linear curve, nudged by these skills; Offense and Defense come from box plus-minus. A player who missed the latest season is shown from his most recent one.

Career

2016-17 to 2025-26 · 10 seasons
27.6
PPG
10.8
RPG
3.7
APG
490
GAMES
Points 13,544Win Shares 69.0Starts 490Best season 2022-23 · 33.1 ppg
Games played, last three seasons39%
AMONG CURRENT PLAYERS
13th in All-Star selections

Regular season, 2003-04 onward (Basketball-Reference). Averages are weighted by games played; honours count awards won, not finishes. “Current players” means the 802 who played in the last three seasons.

Trajectory

2023-24 → 2025-26 · age 29 → 31
▼Declining

Joel, at 31, is trending downward — 9.6 → 5.1 wins of value over the window.

Age curve▼ Behind curve
Falling off faster than age alone predicts.
2026-27 forecast▲ 8.5 wins (+3.4)
Starts from his player rating, which is higher than last season's total. Age takes about 0.6 wins off at 32. Range 5.5–11.5 wins.
Production (BPM)+11.6 → +4.9-6.726-27 forecast +5.9
His on-court production has slipped.
2023-24: +11.6 · 39 games2024-25: +3.5 · 19 games2025-26: +4.9 · 38 games2026-27: +5.9 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)9.6 → 5.1-4.526-27 forecast 8.5
His win contribution is trending down.
2023-24: 9.6 · 39 games2024-25: 2.7 · 19 games2025-26: 5.1 · 38 games2026-27: 8.5 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $47.7M vs $58.1M salary−$10.4M
He is paid more than his play is projected to be worth.
$58.1M salary2023-24: $50.8M · 39 games2024-25: $5.9M · 19 games2025-26: $17.5M · 38 games2026-27: $47.7M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: $58,100,000 cap hit · through '29. On the contract row the flat dashed line is this salary, so the gap to the 2026-27 forecast is the surplus.

Seasons from Basketball-Reference (2023-24 → 2025-26). Production is box plus-minus, a per-possession measure. Value is VORP-based wins, so it also counts games played. Contract value is what each season’s play would fetch on the open market. The dotted 2026-27 point is a forecast: his established level, a year older, assuming a normal season.

Contract

2026-27
$58,100,000Guaranteed
28% of the club’s payroll · 1st of 14 priced deals
Runs through3 seasons
Est. market value$47,708,000 /yr
Surplus−$10,392,000
ABOVE VALUEpaid above his on-court value

Market value is an estimate, not a reported figure: what his play is forecast to fetch on the open market in 2026-27 — his current rating, a year older. Cap thresholds are projected for 2026-27 until the league sets them.

Plays like

same position

Nearest skill profiles across the seven rating axes — who he plays like, not who is as good. The rating beside each name answers that second question.