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76ers · F-C · #21 · Shot twins 2025-26

Who shoots like Joel Embiid? The 5 current players with the closest shot diet.

Joel Embiid's shot diet

697 shots · 2025-26 regular season
  • At the rim27.0%
  • Paint (non-rim)20.7%
  • Midrange29.4%
  • Corner 31.4%
  • Above the break 321.5%
  • Free throw rate48.1

Share of his shots from each zone, plus free throw rate (free throw attempts per 100 shots). Regular season only. See every shot

Closest shot twins

Out of 279 current players with 300+ shots
Who counts
1Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderOklahoma City Thunder · G · 1322 shots91match out of 100

Embiid Gilgeous-Alexander

  • RimEmbiid 27.0, Gilgeous-Alexander 28.1
  • PaintEmbiid 20.7, Gilgeous-Alexander 24.2
  • MidEmbiid 29.4, Gilgeous-Alexander 25.1
  • Corner 3Embiid 1.4, Gilgeous-Alexander 1.4
  • Above break 3Embiid 21.5, Gilgeous-Alexander 21.2
  • FT rateEmbiid 48.1, Gilgeous-Alexander 46.5

Biggest gap: Gilgeous-Alexander takes fewer midrange shots (-4.3 per 100 shots).

His twinsShot chartCompare
2Devin BookerPhoenix Suns · G · 1198 shots79match out of 100

Embiid Booker

  • RimEmbiid 27.0, Booker 17.2
  • PaintEmbiid 20.7, Booker 25.7
  • MidEmbiid 29.4, Booker 26.2
  • Corner 3Embiid 1.4, Booker 2.7
  • Above break 3Embiid 21.5, Booker 28.1
  • FT rateEmbiid 48.1, Booker 43.4

Biggest gap: Booker takes fewer shots at the rim (-9.8 per 100 shots).

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3Bennedict MathurinNew Orleans Pelicans · G-F · 676 shots76match out of 100

Embiid Mathurin

  • RimEmbiid 27.0, Mathurin 30.2
  • PaintEmbiid 20.7, Mathurin 17.5
  • MidEmbiid 29.4, Mathurin 17.3
  • Corner 3Embiid 1.4, Mathurin 5.8
  • Above break 3Embiid 21.5, Mathurin 29.3
  • FT rateEmbiid 48.1, Mathurin 49.6

Biggest gap: Mathurin takes fewer midrange shots (-12.1 per 100 shots).

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4Jaylen BrownPhiladelphia 76ers · G · 1543 shots74match out of 100

Embiid Brown

  • RimEmbiid 27.0, Brown 23.5
  • PaintEmbiid 20.7, Brown 28.1
  • MidEmbiid 29.4, Brown 22.2
  • Corner 3Embiid 1.4, Brown 3.3
  • Above break 3Embiid 21.5, Brown 22.9
  • FT rateEmbiid 48.1, Brown 34.7

Biggest gap: Brown gets to the line less (-13.4 free throws per 100 shots).

His twinsShot chartCompare
5Paolo BancheroOrlando Magic · F · 1152 shots72match out of 100

Embiid Banchero

  • RimEmbiid 27.0, Banchero 38.6
  • PaintEmbiid 20.7, Banchero 22.2
  • MidEmbiid 29.4, Banchero 15.3
  • Corner 3Embiid 1.4, Banchero 4.5
  • Above break 3Embiid 21.5, Banchero 19.4
  • FT rateEmbiid 48.1, Banchero 51.2

Biggest gap: Banchero takes fewer midrange shots (-14.1 per 100 shots).

His twinsShot chartCompare

How the match works

We line up six numbers for every current player with 300+ shots this regular season: the share of his shots at the rim, in the rest of the paint, from midrange, from the corner 3 and from above the break 3, plus free throws per 100 shots. The gap between two players is the straight-line distance across all six numbers. The match score is 100 minus 1.5 times that gap, so identical diets score 100 and every point of gap costs 1.5 points. Most players' closest twin scores between 83 and 94, and two random players score around 50. It measures where shots come from, not how well they go in. Glossary