Joel Embiid vs bottom-10 defenses
Joel Embiid has averaged 28.6 points and 7.8 rebounds per game in 14 games against bottom-10 defenses, vs 25.5 points and 8.6 rebounds in 24 games against everyone else (2025-26 to 2026-27, regular season).
- Vs bottom-10 defenses
- 28.6
- points per game · 14 games
- Vs everyone else
- 25.5
- points per game · 24 games
- Difference
- +3.1
- per game, bottom 10 minus everyone else
Career and by season
| Period | Opponents | Games | PTS | REB | AST | 3PM | STL | BLK | MIN | FG% | FT% | TS% | eFG% | PTS diff vs others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | Bottom 10 | 14 | 28.6 | 7.8 | 4.4 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 32.5 | 53.4% | 88.3% | 63.7% | 56.3% | +3.1 |
| Everyone else | 24 | 25.5 | 8.6 | 4.0 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 33.5 | 45.1% | 84.1% | 57.2% | 48.7% | ||
| 2026-27 | Bottom 10 | 3 | 21.3 | 10.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 33.1 | 45.8% | 87.0% | 55.1% | 45.8% | +5.6 |
| Everyone else | 3 | 15.7 | 8.3 | 4.7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 33.7 | 34.9% | 82.4% | 46.6% | 38.4% | ||
| 2025-26 | Bottom 10 | 11 | 30.6 | 7.2 | 4.3 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 32.4 | 55.1% | 88.7% | 65.6% | 58.6% | +3.6 |
| Everyone else | 21 | 27.0 | 8.6 | 4.0 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 33.4 | 46.2% | 84.2% | 58.3% | 49.9% |
Every game against bottom-10 defenses
- Nov 2, 2026vs CHI · No. 22 defense (prior season's final)15 pts, 8 reb, 3 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 25 min
- Oct 28, 2026at IND · No. 25 defense (prior season's final)21 pts, 11 reb, 2 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 1 blk · 39 min
- Oct 24, 2026vs MIL · No. 27 defense (prior season's final)28 pts, 11 reb, 10 ast · 0 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 36 min
- Mar 25, 2026vs CHI · No. 23 defense (that season, games so far)35 pts, 6 reb, 7 ast · 3 3PM · 0 stl, 1 blk · 28 min
- Feb 24, 2026at IND · No. 21 defense (that season, games so far)27 pts, 6 reb, 5 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 1 blk · 26 min
- Feb 5, 2026at LAL · No. 25 defense (that season, games so far)35 pts, 7 reb, 7 ast · 1 3PM · 1 stl, 2 blk · 39 min
- Jan 31, 2026vs NOP · No. 27 defense (that season, games so far)40 pts, 11 reb, 4 ast · 3 3PM · 1 stl, 2 blk · 39 min
- Jan 29, 2026vs SAC · No. 28 defense (that season, games so far)37 pts, 5 reb, 8 ast · 1 3PM · 1 stl, 1 blk · 36 min
- Jan 27, 2026vs MIL · No. 22 defense (that season, games so far)29 pts, 9 reb, 5 ast · 1 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 29 min
- Jan 7, 2026vs WAS · No. 29 defense (that season, games so far)28 pts, 7 reb, 2 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 2 blk · 26 min
- Jan 5, 2026vs DEN · No. 23 defense (that season, games so far)32 pts, 10 reb, 2 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 1 blk · 40 min
- Dec 26, 2025at CHI · No. 24 defense (that season, games so far)31 pts, 5 reb, 1 ast · 2 3PM · 0 stl, 1 blk · 32 min
- Dec 23, 2025vs BKN · No. 21 defense (that season, games so far)27 pts, 6 reb, 4 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 2 blk · 31 min
- Dec 7, 2025vs LAL · No. 21 defense (that season, games so far)16 pts, 7 reb, 2 ast · 0 3PM · 1 stl, 1 blk · 30 min
What counts: a team's defensive rating is 100 × the points its opponents scored ÷ possessions, with possessions = FGA + 0.44*FTA - OREB + TOV, mean of both teams. A game's rank uses only games played before that date. Until every team has 15 games, the prior season's final ranks are used (6 games here, 32 games ranked on that season's games so far). Games are regular season; games he did not play are not counted. 6 games where the opponent's rank could not be determined are left out of both columns. TS% = PTS ÷ (2 × (FGA + 0.44 × FTA)); eFG% = (FGM + 0.5 × 3PM) ÷ FGA; both from totals for each row. Past results, not a projection.