1994 - Today
Joel Hans Embiid ( joh-EL em-BEED; born 16 March 1994) is a Cameroonian professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), who also holds French and American citizenship. After one year of college basketball with the Kansas Jayhawks, he was drafted third overall by the 76ers in the 2014 NBA draft. The 7-foot (2.1 m) Embiid is a six-time NBA All-Star, a five-time member of the All-NBA Team and a three-time member of the All-Defensive Team. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joel Embiid has received more than 8,929,031 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Joel Embiid is the 396th most popular basketball player (up from 544th in 2019), the 51st most popular biography from Cameroon (up from 58th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Cameroonian Basketball Player.
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Among basketball players, Joel Embiid ranks 396 out of 1,268. Before him are Thomas Heurtel, Sergei Bazarevich, Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, JaVale McGee, Facundo Campazzo, and Ersan İlyasova. After him are Don Barksdale, Derek Harper, Anne Donovan, A. C. Green, Rick Fox, and Igor Rakočević.
1989 - Present
HPI: 36.89
Rank: 390
1965 - Present
HPI: 36.89
Rank: 391
1969 - Present
HPI: 36.86
Rank: 392
1988 - Present
HPI: 36.83
Rank: 393
1991 - Present
HPI: 36.82
Rank: 394
1987 - Present
HPI: 36.77
Rank: 395
1994 - Present
HPI: 36.74
Rank: 396
1923 - 1993
HPI: 36.74
Rank: 397
1961 - Present
HPI: 36.72
Rank: 398
1961 - 2018
HPI: 36.72
Rank: 399
1963 - Present
HPI: 36.69
Rank: 400
1969 - Present
HPI: 36.69
Rank: 401
1978 - Present
HPI: 36.65
Rank: 402
Among people born in 1994, Joel Embiid ranks 123. Before him are Lil Uzi Vert, Dakota Blue Richards, Pascal Wehrlein, Giorgian De Arrascaeta, Amir Rrahmani, and Odisseas Vlachodimos. After him are Zoey Deutch, NikkieTutorials, Aliya Mustafina, Seong-Jin Cho, Ons Jabeur, and Henrik Kristoffersen.
1994 - Present
HPI: 37.17
Rank: 117
1994 - Present
HPI: 37.02
Rank: 118
1994 - Present
HPI: 36.97
Rank: 119
1994 - Present
HPI: 36.94
Rank: 120
1994 - Present
HPI: 36.83
Rank: 121
1994 - Present
HPI: 36.80
Rank: 122
1994 - Present
HPI: 36.74
Rank: 123
1994 - Present
HPI: 36.73
Rank: 124
1994 - Present
HPI: 36.69
Rank: 125
1994 - Present
HPI: 36.68
Rank: 126
1994 - Present
HPI: 36.67
Rank: 127
1994 - Present
HPI: 36.63
Rank: 128
1994 - Present
HPI: 36.58
Rank: 129
Among people born in Cameroon, Joel Embiid ranks 51 out of 132. Before him are André Kana-Biyik (1965), Jean Makoun (1983), Sofoklis Schortsanitis (1985), Nicolas Nkoulou (1990), André-Frank Zambo Anguissa (1995), and Alphonse Tchami (1971). After him are Souleymanou Hamidou (1973), Edwin Ifeanyi (1972), Eric Djemba-Djemba (1981), Patrick Ekeng (1990), Calixthe Beyala (1961), and Mohammadou Idrissou (1980).
1965 - Present
HPI: 38.55
Rank: 45
1983 - Present
HPI: 38.18
Rank: 46
1985 - Present
HPI: 37.90
Rank: 47
1990 - Present
HPI: 37.82
Rank: 48
1995 - Present
HPI: 37.69
Rank: 49
1971 - Present
HPI: 36.90
Rank: 50
1994 - Present
HPI: 36.74
Rank: 51
1973 - Present
HPI: 36.67
Rank: 52
1972 - Present
HPI: 36.43
Rank: 53
1981 - Present
HPI: 36.41
Rank: 54
1990 - 2016
HPI: 36.41
Rank: 55
1961 - Present
HPI: 36.26
Rank: 56
1980 - Present
HPI: 36.20
Rank: 57
Among basketball players born in Cameroon, Joel Embiid ranks 2. Before him are Sofoklis Schortsanitis (1985). After him are Pascal Siakam (1994) and Luc Mbah a Moute (1986).
1985 - Present
HPI: 37.90
Rank: 1
1994 - Present
HPI: 36.74
Rank: 2
1994 - Present
HPI: 30.16
Rank: 3
1986 - Present
HPI: 27.20
Rank: 4