Anthony Avent vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Anthony Avent, 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.

Anthony Avent and Ben Simmons both played 6 years in the NBA. Anthony Avent 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Anthony Avent	Ben Simmons
Season	1992-93	2017-18
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
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		%
Anthony Avent	82	27.9	9.8	2.2	4.0	6.2	1.1	0.7	0.9	1.7	2.9	4.2	9.8	.433	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.1	.651
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		%
Anthony Avent	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Anthony Avent	Ben Simmons
Season	1993-94	2018-19
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, Orlando Magic	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic 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		%
Anthony Avent	74	18.5	5.3	1.9	2.6	4.6	0.9	0.4	0.4	1.1	2.0	2.0	5.4	.377	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.7	.724
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		%
Anthony Avent	2	20.0	9.5	4.0	1.5	5.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	3.0	6.5	.462	0.0	0.0	-	3.5	4.0	.875
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
	Anthony Avent	Ben Simmons
Season	1994-95	2019-20
Team	Orlando Magic	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic 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		%
Anthony Avent	71	15.0	3.6	1.4	2.8	4.1	0.6	0.4	0.7	0.7	2.4	1.5	3.4	.430	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.1	.640
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		%
Anthony Avent	7	5.7	1.3	0.6	0.6	1.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.3	1.6	0.4	1.0	.429	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.6	.750
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Anthony Avent	Ben Simmons
Season	1995-96	2020-21
Team	Vancouver Grizzlies	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	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		%
Anthony Avent	71	22.3	5.8	1.5	3.5	5.0	1.0	0.4	0.6	1.5	2.8	2.5	6.6	.384	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.1	.740
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		%
Anthony Avent	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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: Anthony Avent didn't play in 1996-97 and 1997-98.

Note: Ben Simmons didn't play in 2021-22.