Andrew Bogut vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Andrew Bogut, 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.

Andrew Bogut played 14 years in the NBA, 7 more than Ben Simmons, who played 7. Andrew Bogut had the first of his seasons in 2005-06, 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 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
	Andrew Bogut	Ben Simmons
Season	2005-06	2017-18
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Andrew Bogut	82	28.6	9.4	2.3	4.7	7.0	2.3	0.6	0.8	1.5	3.2	3.9	7.4	.533	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.4	.629
difference:	+1	+5.1	+6.4	+0.5	+1.6	+1.1	+5.9	+1.1	+0.1	-1.9	-0.6	+2.8	+4.9	+.012		+0.1		+0.9	+1.8	+.069
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		%
Andrew Bogut	5	34.4	8.6	1.8	4.4	6.2	3.4	0.6	0.0	1.6	4.2	4.0	9.2	.435	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.6	.375
difference:	+5	+2.5	+7.7	+0.2	+3.4	+3.2	+4.3	+1.1	+0.8	-2.8	-0.8	+2.1	+3.3	+.053		+0.1		+3.5	+4.2	+.332
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
	Andrew Bogut	Ben Simmons
Season	2006-07	2018-19
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andrew Bogut	66	34.2	12.3	2.5	6.3	8.8	3.0	0.7	0.5	2.3	3.3	5.3	9.5	.553	0.0	0.1	.200	1.7	2.9	.577
difference:	+13		+4.6	+0.3	+0.3		+4.7	+0.7	+0.3	-1.2	-0.7	+1.5	+2.7	+.010			+.200	+1.6	+2.5	+.023
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		%
Andrew Bogut	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Andrew Bogut	Ben Simmons
Season	2007-08	2019-20
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andrew Bogut	78	34.9	14.3	3.1	6.6	9.8	2.6	0.8	1.7	2.2	3.3	6.0	11.7	.511	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	4.1	.587
difference:	+21	+0.5	+2.1	+1.1	+0.8	+2.0	+5.4	+1.3	+1.1	-1.3		+0.6	+0.3	+.069			+.286	+0.8	+1.1	+.034
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
* Neiher Andrew Bogut nor Ben Simmons played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
	Andrew Bogut	Ben Simmons
Season	2008-09	2020-21
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Andrew Bogut	36	31.2	11.7	3.3	7.0	10.3	2.0	0.6	1.0	2.4	3.6	5.1	8.8	.577	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.7	.571
difference:	+22	+1.2	+2.6	+1.7	+1.4	+3.1	+4.9	+1.0	+0.4	-0.6	-0.7	+0.5	+1.3	+.020	+0.1	+0.2		+1.4	+2.2	+.042
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		%
Andrew Bogut	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Andrew Bogut	Ben Simmons
Season	2009-10	2022-23
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
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		%
Andrew Bogut	69	32.3	15.9	3.0	7.1	10.2	1.8	0.6	2.5	1.9	3.2	6.9	13.2	.520	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.4	.629
difference:	+27	+6.0	+9.0	+2.0	+1.8	+3.9	+4.3	+0.7	+1.9	-0.4	-0.1	+3.7	+7.6	+.046				+1.6	+2.0	+.190
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	-	0.6	1.4	.439
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Andrew Bogut nor Ben Simmons played in the postseason in their season 5

Season 6
	Andrew Bogut	Ben Simmons
Season	2010-11	2023-24
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	Blocks Leader	-
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		%
Andrew Bogut	65	35.3	12.8	3.1	8.0	11.1	2.0	0.7	2.6	1.9	3.3	5.6	11.4	.495	0.0	0.1	.000	1.5	3.3	.442
difference:	+50	+11.4	+6.7	+1.0	+2.1	+3.2	+3.7	+0.1	+2.0	-0.1	-0.9	+2.7	+6.5	+.086		+0.1		+1.1	+2.3	+.042
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
* Neiher Andrew Bogut nor Ben Simmons played in the postseason in their season 6

Additional Years
* Andrew Bogut played 7 seasons more than Ben Simmons in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 14, from 2013 to 2019—Andrew Bogut played in 4 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 7 extra years over Ben Simmons, Andrew Bogut got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive Second Team