Adrian Dantley vs. Anfernee Simons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Anfernee Simons and Adrian Dantley, 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.

Adrian Dantley played 15 years in the NBA, 8 more than Anfernee Simons, who played 7. Adrian Dantley had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Anfernee Simons had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Adrian Dantley	Anfernee Simons
Season	1976-77	2018-19
Team	Buffalo Braves	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	77	36.6	20.3	3.3	4.4	7.6	1.9	1.2	0.2	-	2.8	7.1	13.6	.520	-	-	-	6.2	7.6	.818
difference:	+57	+29.5	+16.5	+3.1	+3.9	+6.9	+1.2	+1.1	+0.2		-2.3	+5.7	+10.4	+.076				+5.7	+6.8	+.255
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 4
	Adrian Dantley	Anfernee Simons
Season	1979-80	2021-22
Team	Utah Jazz	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	68	39.3	28.0	2.7	4.9	7.6	2.8	1.4	0.2	3.4	3.1	10.7	18.6	.576	0.0	0.0	-	6.5	7.7	.842
difference:	+11	+9.8	+10.7	+2.2	+2.7	+5.0	+1.1	+0.9	+0.1	-1.4	-1.2	+4.5	+4.6	+.133	+3.1	+7.8		+4.7	+5.7	+.046
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Adrian Dantley nor Anfernee Simons played in the postseason in their season 4

Season 5
	Adrian Dantley	Anfernee Simons
Season	1980-81	2022-23
Team	Utah Jazz	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	80	42.7	30.7	2.4	4.0	6.4	4.0	1.4	0.2	3.5	3.1	11.4	20.3	.559	0.0	0.1	.286	7.9	9.8	.806
difference:	+18	+7.7	+9.6	+2.1	+1.7	+3.8	+0.1	+0.7		-1.4	-0.8	+3.9	+3.4	+.112	+3.4	+9.0	+.091	+5.3	+6.9	+.088
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Adrian Dantley nor Anfernee Simons played in the postseason in their season 5

Season 6
	Adrian Dantley	Anfernee Simons
Season	1981-82	2023-24
Team	Utah Jazz	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	81	39.8	30.3	2.9	3.5	6.3	4.0	1.2	0.2	3.7	3.1	11.2	19.6	.570	0.0	0.0	-	8.0	10.1	.792
difference:	+35	+5.4	+7.7	+2.4	+0.3	+2.7	+1.5	+0.7	+0.1	-1.0	-1.0	+3.4	+1.4	+.140	+3.4	+8.8		+4.5	+6.2	+.124
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Adrian Dantley nor Anfernee Simons played in the postseason in their season 6

Additional Years
* Adrian Dantley played 8 seasons more than Anfernee Simons in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 15, from 1984 to 1991—Adrian Dantley played in 5 Playoffs. In those 8 extra years over Anfernee Simons, Adrian Dantley got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 1 Scoring Leader 3 All-Star Game