Adam Keefe vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Adam Keefe, 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.

Adam Keefe played 9 years in the NBA, 3 more than Ben Simmons, who played 6. Adam Keefe had the first of his seasons in 1992-93, 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
Adam Keefe	9	7	1992-93 to 2000-01
Ben Simmons	6	3	2017-18 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Adam Keefe	Ben Simmons
Season	1992-93	2017-18
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Adam Keefe	82	18.9	6.6	2.1	3.2	5.3	1.0	0.7	0.2	1.2	2.4	2.3	4.6	.500	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	2.9	.700
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		%
Adam Keefe	3	17.7	6.0	1.3	3.0	4.3	2.0	0.3	0.0	1.0	2.3	2.3	4.3	.538	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.0	.667
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
	Adam Keefe	Ben Simmons
Season	1993-94	2018-19
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East 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		%
Adam Keefe	63	12.1	4.3	1.2	2.0	3.2	0.5	0.3	0.1	1.0	1.3	1.5	3.4	.451	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.8	.730
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		%
Adam Keefe	7	8.9	2.3	0.4	1.4	1.9	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.6	1.3	0.9	1.4	.600	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.3	.444
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
	Adam Keefe	Ben Simmons
Season	1994-95	2019-20
Team	Utah Jazz	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Adam Keefe	75	16.9	6.1	1.8	2.6	4.4	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.8	1.9	2.3	4.0	.577	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.3	.676
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		%
Adam Keefe	4	17.3	4.5	2.0	2.3	4.3	0.5	1.3	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.8	3.0	.583	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.5	.667
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Adam Keefe	Ben Simmons
Season	1995-96	2020-21
Team	Utah Jazz	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Adam Keefe	82	20.8	6.1	2.1	3.4	5.5	0.8	0.6	0.5	1.1	2.1	2.2	4.2	.520	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.5	.692
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		%
Adam Keefe	17	10.5	3.4	0.5	1.4	1.9	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.5	1.4	1.4	2.0	.676	0.1	0.1	.500	0.6	1.0	.647
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
	Adam Keefe	Ben Simmons
Season	1996-97	2022-23
Team	Utah Jazz	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost NBA 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		%
Adam Keefe	62	14.8	3.8	1.2	2.3	3.5	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.7	1.6	1.3	2.6	.513	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.7	.689
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		%
Adam Keefe	8	7.1	1.0	0.4	1.6	2.0	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.6	0.3	0.8	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.8	.667
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Adam Keefe	Ben Simmons
Season	1997-98	2023-24
Team	Utah Jazz	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost NBA 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		%
Adam Keefe	80	25.6	7.8	2.2	3.2	5.5	1.1	0.7	0.3	0.9	2.2	2.9	5.3	.540	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.5	.810
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		%
Adam Keefe	15	10.3	2.1	0.9	1.4	2.3	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.2	1.2	0.7	1.9	.345	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.1	.647
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Adam Keefe	Ben Simmons
Season	1998-99	-
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		%
Adam Keefe	44	14.6	4.0	1.2	2.1	3.2	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.8	1.4	1.3	2.8	.452	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	2.0	.697
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adam Keefe	10	10.1	4.1	0.7	1.7	2.4	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.8	1.7	1.8	3.0	.600	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.5	1.000
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Adam Keefe	Ben Simmons
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
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		%
Adam Keefe	62	9.7	2.2	0.7	1.5	2.2	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.7	1.5	0.9	2.1	.408	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.6	.806
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 9
	Adam Keefe	Ben Simmons
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Golden State Warriors	-
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		%
Adam Keefe	67	12.5	2.5	1.3	1.8	3.1	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.6	1.5	1.0	2.4	.403	0.0	0.0	.333	0.6	0.9	.619
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Adam Keefe vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Adam Keefe, 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