Johnny Moore vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Johnny Moore, 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.

Johnny Moore played 9 years in the NBA, 3 more than Ben Simmons, who played 6. Johnny Moore had the first of his seasons in 1980-81, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Johnny Moore	9	5	1980-81 to 1989-90
Ben Simmons	6	3	2017-18 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Johnny Moore	Ben Simmons
Season	1980-81	2017-18
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 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		%
Johnny Moore	82	19.2	7.4	0.7	1.7	2.4	4.5	1.5	0.3	1.9	2.2	3.0	6.3	.479	0.0	0.2	.053	1.3	2.1	.610
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		%
Johnny Moore	7	17.7	6.0	1.1	0.7	1.9	3.9	1.4	0.1	1.1	2.0	2.6	5.3	.486	0.0	0.4	.000	0.9	1.1	.750
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
	Johnny Moore	Ben Simmons
Season	1981-82	2018-19
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	Assists Leader	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 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		%
Johnny Moore	79	29.0	9.4	0.8	2.7	3.5	9.6	2.1	0.2	2.2	3.2	3.9	8.4	.463	0.0	0.3	.048	1.5	2.3	.670
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		%
Johnny Moore	9	32.4	10.4	1.0	2.4	3.4	10.3	1.7	0.7	1.7	4.2	4.3	9.1	.476	0.0	0.3	.000	1.8	3.0	.593
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
	Johnny Moore	Ben Simmons
Season	1982-83	2019-20
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Johnny Moore	77	33.1	12.2	0.8	2.8	3.6	9.8	2.5	0.4	2.9	3.2	5.1	10.9	.468	0.1	0.3	.227	1.9	2.6	.744
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		%
Johnny Moore	11	37.6	22.5	0.7	3.5	4.3	14.6	2.5	0.3	2.5	3.7	9.5	17.9	.533	0.8	1.5	.529	2.5	3.2	.800
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Johnny Moore	Ben Simmons
Season	1983-84	2020-21
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Johnny Moore	59	28.0	10.1	0.6	2.4	3.0	9.6	2.1	0.3	2.4	2.8	3.9	8.8	.446	0.5	1.5	.322	1.8	2.4	.755
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		%
Johnny Moore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Johnny Moore	Ben Simmons
Season	1984-85	2022-23
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Johnny Moore	82	32.8	12.8	1.1	3.5	4.6	10.0	2.8	0.2	2.9	3.0	5.1	11.1	.457	0.3	1.1	.281	2.3	3.0	.762
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		%
Johnny Moore	5	33.6	13.2	2.6	3.4	6.0	8.4	2.0	0.4	3.2	3.4	5.0	10.8	.463	0.2	0.6	.333	3.0	4.6	.652
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Johnny Moore	Ben Simmons
Season	1985-86	2023-24
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Johnny Moore	28	30.6	13.0	0.9	2.2	3.1	9.0	2.5	0.2	2.9	2.8	5.4	10.8	.495	0.1	0.8	.182	2.1	3.1	.686
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		%
Johnny Moore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Johnny Moore	Ben Simmons
Season	1986-87	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
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		%
Johnny Moore	55	22.4	8.6	0.6	1.2	1.8	4.5	1.5	0.1	1.9	1.8	3.6	8.1	.442	0.4	1.4	.278	1.0	1.3	.800
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Moore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Johnny Moore	Ben Simmons
Season	1987-88	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs, New Jersey Nets	-
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		%
Johnny Moore	5	12.2	1.6	0.4	0.8	1.2	2.4	0.6	0.0	1.4	0.2	0.8	2.0	.400	0.0	0.2	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Moore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Johnny Moore didn't play in 1988-89.


Season 9
	Johnny Moore	Ben Simmons
Season	1989-90	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Johnny Moore	53	9.7	2.2	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.5	0.6	0.1	0.7	1.0	0.9	2.4	.373	0.2	0.6	.235	0.3	0.5	.593
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Moore	9	9.6	1.8	0.3	0.9	1.2	2.3	0.8	0.1	0.8	1.2	0.7	2.7	.250	0.0	0.7	.000	0.4	0.9	.500
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Johnny Moore vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Johnny Moore, 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