Anfernee Simons vs. Kelly Tripucka Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kelly Tripucka and Anfernee Simons, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Anfernee Simons played 6 years in the NBA, 4 less than Kelly Tripucka, who played 10. Anfernee Simons had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Kelly Tripucka had his rookie season in 1981-82. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Anfernee Simons	6	3	2018-19 to 2023-24
Kelly Tripucka	10	5	1981-82 to 1990-91

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Anfernee Simons	Kelly Tripucka
Season	2018-19	1981-82
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anfernee Simons	20	7.1	3.8	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.6	0.5	1.4	3.2	.444	0.5	1.5	.345	0.5	0.8	.563
Kelly Tripucka	82	37.5	21.6	2.7	2.7	5.4	3.3	1.1	0.2	3.4	2.9	7.8	15.6	.496	0.1	0.3	.227	6.0	7.6	.797

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anfernee Simons	5	2.4	0.8	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	1.4	.000	0.0	0.4	.000	0.8	1.0	.800
Kelly Tripucka	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Anfernee Simons	Kelly Tripucka
Season	2019-20	1982-83
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anfernee Simons	70	20.7	8.3	0.4	1.8	2.2	1.4	0.4	0.1	0.9	1.9	3.1	7.7	.399	1.1	3.2	.332	1.1	1.3	.826
Kelly Tripucka	58	38.8	26.5	2.2	2.4	4.6	4.1	1.2	0.3	3.2	2.7	9.7	19.9	.489	0.2	0.6	.378	6.8	8.0	.845

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anfernee Simons	4	20.5	6.8	0.3	2.5	2.8	2.5	1.5	0.0	1.0	1.8	2.0	6.5	.308	1.5	3.5	.429	1.3	1.5	.833
Kelly Tripucka	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Anfernee Simons	Kelly Tripucka
Season	2020-21	1983-84
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anfernee Simons	64	17.3	7.8	0.2	2.0	2.2	1.4	0.3	0.1	0.7	1.5	2.6	6.3	.419	1.9	4.4	.426	0.7	0.9	.807
Kelly Tripucka	76	32.8	21.3	1.6	2.5	4.0	3.0	0.9	0.2	2.5	2.5	7.8	17.1	.459	0.0	0.2	.118	5.6	6.9	.815

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anfernee Simons	6	17.8	6.5	0.5	2.2	2.7	0.8	0.3	0.2	0.2	1.0	2.3	4.2	.560	1.8	3.0	.611	0.0	0.0	-
Kelly Tripucka	5	41.6	27.4	2.0	2.6	4.6	3.0	2.2	0.0	3.6	4.4	9.6	20.4	.471	0.0	0.2	.000	8.2	10.2	.804


Season 4
	Anfernee Simons	Kelly Tripucka
Season	2021-22	1984-85
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anfernee Simons	57	29.5	17.3	0.5	2.2	2.6	3.9	0.5	0.1	2.0	1.9	6.2	14.0	.443	3.1	7.8	.405	1.8	2.0	.888
Kelly Tripucka	55	30.5	19.1	1.2	2.8	4.0	2.5	0.9	0.3	2.1	2.1	7.2	15.1	.477	0.0	0.1	.400	4.6	5.2	.885

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anfernee Simons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kelly Tripucka	9	32.0	14.8	2.1	2.2	4.3	3.2	0.4	0.3	2.1	2.4	5.4	13.1	.415	0.0	0.1	.000	3.9	4.4	.875


Season 5
	Anfernee Simons	Kelly Tripucka
Season	2022-23	1985-86
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anfernee Simons	62	35.0	21.1	0.3	2.3	2.6	4.1	0.7	0.2	2.1	2.3	7.5	16.9	.447	3.4	9.1	.377	2.6	2.9	.894
Kelly Tripucka	81	32.4	20.0	1.4	2.9	4.3	3.3	1.1	0.1	2.3	2.1	7.6	15.3	.498	0.1	0.3	.480	4.7	5.5	.856

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anfernee Simons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kelly Tripucka	4	43.8	21.8	2.5	3.3	5.8	2.3	0.8	0.5	4.0	3.5	8.3	17.8	.465	0.0	0.0	-	5.3	5.8	.913


Season 6
	Anfernee Simons	Kelly Tripucka
Season	2023-24	1986-87
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anfernee Simons	46	34.4	22.6	0.5	3.2	3.6	5.5	0.5	0.1	2.7	2.1	7.8	18.2	.430	3.4	8.8	.385	3.5	3.9	.916
Kelly Tripucka	79	23.6	10.1	0.7	2.4	3.1	3.1	1.1	0.1	2.1	1.9	3.7	7.9	.469	0.2	0.7	.365	2.5	2.9	.872

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anfernee Simons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kelly Tripucka	5	14.0	6.4	0.2	1.2	1.4	0.6	0.8	0.0	1.4	1.2	2.8	4.0	.700	0.0	0.6	.000	0.8	0.8	1.000


Season 7
	Anfernee Simons	Kelly Tripucka
Season	-	1987-88
Team	-	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anfernee Simons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kelly Tripucka	49	19.9	7.5	0.6	1.8	2.4	2.1	0.7	0.1	1.4	1.4	2.8	6.2	.459	0.6	1.5	.419	1.2	1.4	.868

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anfernee Simons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kelly Tripucka	2	4.5	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 8
	Anfernee Simons	Kelly Tripucka
Season	-	1988-89
Team	-	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anfernee Simons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kelly Tripucka	71	32.4	22.6	1.1	2.6	3.8	3.2	1.2	0.2	3.3	2.8	8.0	17.1	.467	0.4	1.2	.357	6.2	7.2	.866

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anfernee Simons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kelly Tripucka	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Anfernee Simons	Kelly Tripucka
Season	-	1989-90
Team	-	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anfernee Simons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kelly Tripucka	79	30.4	15.6	1.0	3.0	4.1	2.8	0.9	0.2	2.2	2.8	5.6	13.0	.430	0.5	1.3	.365	3.9	4.4	.883

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anfernee Simons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kelly Tripucka	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Anfernee Simons	Kelly Tripucka
Season	-	1990-91
Team	-	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anfernee Simons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kelly Tripucka	77	16.7	7.0	0.6	1.7	2.3	2.1	0.4	0.2	1.2	1.7	2.4	5.4	.454	0.2	0.6	.333	2.0	2.2	.910

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anfernee Simons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kelly Tripucka	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Anfernee Simons vs. Kelly Tripucka Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kelly Tripucka and Anfernee Simons, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10