Joe Fulks vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Joe Fulks, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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.

Joe Fulks played 8 years in the NBA, 2 more than Ben Simmons, who played 6. Joe Fulks had the first of his seasons in 1946-47, while Ben Simmons had his rookie season in 2017-18. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Joe Fulks	Ben Simmons
Season	1946-47	2017-18
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	76ers 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		%
Joe Fulks	60	-	23.2	-	-	-	0.4	-	-	-	3.3	7.9	26.0	.305	-	-	-	7.3	10.0	.730
Ben Simmons	81	33.7	15.8	1.8	6.3	8.1	8.2	1.7	0.9	3.4	2.6	6.7	12.3	.545	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	4.2	.560
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Fulks	10	-	22.2	-	-	-	0.3	-	-	-	3.2	7.4	25.7	.288	-	-	-	7.4	9.4	.787
Ben Simmons	10	36.9	16.3	1.6	7.8	9.4	7.7	1.7	0.8	4.4	3.4	6.1	12.5	.488	0.0	0.1	.000	4.1	5.8	.707

Season 2
	Joe Fulks	Ben Simmons
Season	1947-48	2018-19
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	76ers 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		%
Joe Fulks	43	-	22.1	-	-	-	0.6	-	-	-	3.8	7.6	29.3	.259	-	-	-	6.9	9.1	.762
Ben Simmons	79	34.2	16.9	2.2	6.6	8.8	7.7	1.4	0.8	3.5	2.6	6.8	12.2	.563	0.0	0.1	.000	3.3	5.4	.600
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Fulks	13	-	21.7	-	-	-	0.2	-	-	-	4.2	7.1	29.2	.242	-	-	-	7.5	9.3	.810
Ben Simmons	12	35.1	13.9	1.9	5.1	7.0	6.0	1.3	1.0	2.7	3.8	6.0	9.7	.621	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	3.3	.575

Season 3
	Joe Fulks	Ben Simmons
Season	1948-49	2019-20
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Joe Fulks	60	-	26.0	-	-	-	1.2	-	-	-	4.4	8.8	28.2	.313	-	-	-	8.4	10.6	.787
Ben Simmons	57	35.4	16.4	2.0	5.8	7.8	8.0	2.1	0.6	3.5	3.3	6.6	11.4	.580	0.0	0.1	.286	3.2	5.2	.621
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Fulks	1	-	0.0	-	-	-	0.0	-	-	-	1.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Joe Fulks	Ben Simmons
Season	1949-50	2020-21
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Semis	76ers 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		%
Joe Fulks	68	-	14.2	-	-	-	0.8	-	-	-	3.5	4.9	17.8	.278	-	-	-	4.3	6.2	.696
Ben Simmons	58	32.4	14.3	1.6	5.6	7.2	6.9	1.6	0.6	3.0	2.9	5.6	10.1	.557	0.1	0.2	.300	3.0	4.9	.613
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Fulks	2	-	7.5	-	-	-	1.0	-	-	-	5.0	2.5	13.0	.192	-	-	-	2.5	5.0	.500
Ben Simmons	12	33.5	11.9	2.1	5.8	7.9	8.8	1.3	0.8	2.3	3.3	4.9	7.9	.621	0.0	0.1	.000	2.1	6.1	.342

Note: Ben Simmons didn't play in 2021-22.

Season 5
	Joe Fulks	Ben Simmons
Season	1950-51	2022-23
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Joe Fulks	66	-	18.7	-	-	7.9	1.8	-	-	-	3.7	6.5	20.6	.316	-	-	-	5.7	6.7	.855
Ben Simmons	42	26.3	6.9	1.0	5.3	6.3	6.1	1.3	0.6	2.3	3.3	3.2	5.6	.566	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	1.4	.439
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Fulks	2	-	26.0	-	-	8.0	0.5	-	-	-	4.5	8.0	24.5	.327	-	-	-	10.0	13.5	.741
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Joe Fulks	Ben Simmons
Season	1951-52	2023-24
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Joe Fulks	61	31.2	15.1	-	-	6.0	2.0	-	-	-	4.2	5.5	17.7	.312	-	-	-	4.1	5.0	.825
Ben Simmons	15	23.9	6.1	2.1	5.9	7.9	5.7	0.8	0.6	1.8	2.4	2.9	4.9	.581	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	1.0	.400
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Fulks	3	23.3	5.7	-	-	4.0	0.7	-	-	-	4.3	1.7	11.0	.152	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.778
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-