Anfernee Simons vs. John Stockton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Stockton and Anfernee Simons, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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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.

Anfernee Simons played 7 years in the NBA, 12 less than John Stockton, who played 19. Anfernee Simons had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while John Stockton had his rookie season in 1984-85. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Anfernee Simons	7	3	2018-19 to 2024-25
John Stockton	19	19	1984-85 to 2002-03

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Anfernee Simons	John Stockton
Season	2018-19	1984-85
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals	Jazz Lost West 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		%
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
difference:	+62	+11.1	+1.8	+0.1	+0.5	+0.6	+4.4	+1.2	+0.1	-1.2	-2.0	+0.5	+0.9	+.027	+0.5	+1.4	+.163	+1.2	+1.6	+.173
John Stockton	82	18.2	5.6	0.3	1.0	1.3	5.1	1.3	0.1	1.8	2.5	1.9	4.1	.471	0.0	0.1	.182	1.7	2.4	.736

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+5	+16.2	+6.0	+0.7	+2.1	+2.8	+4.3	+0.9	+0.2	-1.6	-2.6	+2.1	+3.1	+.467		+0.2		+1.8	+2.5	+.057
John Stockton	10	18.6	6.8	0.7	2.1	2.8	4.3	1.1	0.2	1.6	3.0	2.1	4.5	.467	0.0	0.2	.000	2.6	3.5	.743


Season 2
	Anfernee Simons	John Stockton
Season	2019-20	1985-86
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Anfernee Simons	70	20.7	8.3	0.4	1.8	2.2	1.4	0.4	0.1	0.9	1.9	3.1	7.7	.399	1.1	3.2	.332	1.1	1.3	.826
difference:	+12	+2.9	+0.6				+6.0	+1.5		-1.1	-0.9	+0.3	+2.0	+.090	+1.1	+3.0	+.199	+1.0	+1.2	+.013
John Stockton	82	23.6	7.7	0.4	1.8	2.2	7.4	1.9	0.1	2.0	2.8	2.8	5.7	.489	0.0	0.2	.133	2.1	2.5	.839

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anfernee Simons	4	20.5	6.8	0.3	2.5	2.8	2.5	1.5	0.0	1.0	1.8	2.0	6.5	.308	1.5	3.5	.429	1.3	1.5	.833
difference:		+2.2		+0.5	+1.7	+1.3	+1.0	+0.2			-0.7	+0.3	+2.2	+.221	+1.2	+3.2	+.571	+0.7	+0.8	+.056
John Stockton	4	18.3	6.8	0.8	0.8	1.5	3.5	1.3	0.0	1.0	2.5	2.3	4.3	.529	0.3	0.3	1.000	2.0	2.3	.889


Season 3
	Anfernee Simons	John Stockton
Season	2020-21	1986-87
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Anfernee Simons	64	17.3	7.8	0.2	2.0	2.2	1.4	0.3	0.1	0.7	1.5	2.6	6.3	.419	1.9	4.4	.426	0.7	0.9	.807
difference:	+18	+5.4	+0.1	+0.2	+0.5	+0.4	+6.8	+1.9	+0.1	-1.3	-1.2	+0.2	+0.7	+.080	+1.8	+3.9	+.247	+1.5	+1.9	+.025
John Stockton	82	22.7	7.9	0.4	1.5	1.8	8.2	2.2	0.2	2.0	2.7	2.8	5.6	.499	0.1	0.5	.179	2.2	2.8	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anfernee Simons	6	17.8	6.5	0.5	2.2	2.7	0.8	0.3	0.2	0.2	1.0	2.3	4.2	.560	1.8	3.0	.611	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+1	+13.6	+3.5	+0.1	+0.4	+0.5	+7.2	+2.7		-2.0	-2.6	+1.3	+1.6	+.061	+1.0	+2.0	+.189	+2.0	+2.6
John Stockton	5	31.4	10.0	0.4	1.8	2.2	8.0	3.0	0.2	2.2	3.6	3.6	5.8	.621	0.8	1.0	.800	2.0	2.6	.769


Season 4
	Anfernee Simons	John Stockton
Season	2021-22	1987-88
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	Assists Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West 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		%
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
difference:	+25	+5.2	+2.6	+0.2		+0.3	+9.9	+2.5	+0.1	-1.2	-1.1	+0.7	+4.4	+.131	+2.8	+7.0	+.047	+1.5	+2.0	+.048
John Stockton	82	34.7	14.7	0.7	2.2	2.9	13.8	3.0	0.2	3.2	3.0	5.5	9.6	.574	0.3	0.8	.358	3.3	4.0	.840

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anfernee Simons	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Stockton	11	43.5	19.5	1.3	2.8	4.1	14.8	3.4	0.3	4.4	3.3	6.2	12.2	.507	0.4	1.3	.286	6.8	8.3	.824


Season 5
	Anfernee Simons	John Stockton
Season	2022-23	1988-89
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+20	+3.7	+4.0	+0.7	+0.3	+0.4	+9.5	+2.5		-1.7	-0.6	+1.4	+5.6	+.091	+3.2	+8.3	+.135	+2.2	+2.6	+.031
John Stockton	82	38.7	17.1	1.0	2.0	3.0	13.6	3.2	0.2	3.8	2.9	6.1	11.3	.538	0.2	0.8	.242	4.8	5.5	.863

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anfernee Simons	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Stockton	3	46.3	27.3	0.7	2.7	3.3	13.7	3.7	1.7	3.7	5.0	10.0	19.7	.508	1.0	1.3	.750	6.3	7.0	.905


Season 6
	Anfernee Simons	John Stockton
Season	2023-24	1989-90
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+32	+3.0	+5.4	+0.2	+1.3	+1.0	+9.0	+2.2	+0.1	-0.8	-0.9	+1.7	+6.4	+.084	+2.8	+7.4	+.031	+1.0	+1.6	+.097
John Stockton	78	37.4	17.2	0.7	1.9	2.6	14.5	2.7	0.2	3.5	3.0	6.1	11.8	.514	0.6	1.4	.416	4.5	5.5	.819

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anfernee Simons	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Stockton	5	38.8	15.0	0.8	2.4	3.2	15.0	1.2	0.0	2.8	4.0	5.8	13.8	.420	0.2	2.6	.077	3.2	4.0	.800


Season 7
	Anfernee Simons	John Stockton
Season	2024-25	1990-91
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anfernee Simons	70	32.7	19.3	0.4	2.3	2.7	4.8	0.9	0.1	2.0	1.7	6.8	16.1	.426	3.1	8.5	.363	2.5	2.8	.902
difference:	+12	+5.1	+2.1	+0.2		+0.2	+9.4	+2.0	+0.1	-1.6	-1.1	+0.8	+4.2	+.081	+2.4	+6.5	+.018	+1.9	+2.5	+.066
John Stockton	82	37.8	17.2	0.6	2.3	2.9	14.2	2.9	0.2	3.6	2.8	6.0	11.9	.507	0.7	2.0	.345	4.4	5.3	.836

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anfernee Simons	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Stockton	9	41.4	18.2	1.1	3.6	4.7	13.8	2.2	0.2	3.6	3.7	6.4	12.0	.537	1.2	3.0	.407	4.1	4.9	.841


Additional Years
* John Stockton played 12 seasons more than Anfernee Simons in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 19, from 1992 to 2003—John Stockton played in 12 Playoffs. In those 12 extra years over Anfernee Simons, John Stockton got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA First Team 3 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 3 All-Defensive Second Team 5 Assists Leader 1 Steals Leader 7 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP

Anfernee Simons vs. John Stockton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Stockton and Anfernee Simons, 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years