Aron Baynes vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Aron Baynes, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Aron Baynes played 9 years in the NBA, 3 more than Ben Simmons, who played 6. Aron Baynes had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, 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
Aron Baynes	9	6	2012-13 to 2020-21
Ben Simmons	6	3	2017-18 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Aron Baynes	Ben Simmons
Season	2012-13	2017-18
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Spurs Lost NBA 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		%
Aron Baynes	16	8.8	2.7	0.8	1.3	2.0	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.7	1.4	1.1	2.3	.500	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.8	.583
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		%
Aron Baynes	4	5.8	2.0	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.0	1.0	1.8	.571	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Aron Baynes	Ben Simmons
Season	2013-14	2018-19
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Aron Baynes	53	9.3	3.0	1.1	1.7	2.7	0.6	0.0	0.1	0.7	1.5	1.3	3.1	.436	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.4	.905
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		%
Aron Baynes	14	7.2	2.3	0.9	1.4	2.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.5	1.1	0.9	1.7	.500	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	0.7	.800
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
	Aron Baynes	Ben Simmons
Season	2014-15	2019-20
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Aron Baynes	70	16.0	6.6	1.6	3.0	4.5	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.9	2.3	2.6	4.7	.566	0.0	0.1	.250	1.3	1.5	.865
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		%
Aron Baynes	4	10.0	2.3	0.8	1.8	2.5	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.8	2.3	0.8	2.5	.300	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	0.8	1.000
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Aron Baynes	Ben Simmons
Season	2015-16	2020-21
Team	Detroit Pistons	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Aron Baynes	81	15.2	6.3	1.7	3.0	4.7	0.6	0.3	0.6	0.8	1.9	2.4	4.7	.505	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.0	.764
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		%
Aron Baynes	4	11.0	2.5	0.8	1.3	2.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.8	1.0	1.0	2.3	.444	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.8	.667
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
	Aron Baynes	Ben Simmons
Season	2016-17	2022-23
Team	Detroit Pistons	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Aron Baynes	75	15.5	4.9	1.5	3.0	4.4	0.4	0.2	0.5	0.7	2.2	1.9	3.7	.513	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.3	.840
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		%
Aron Baynes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Aron Baynes	Ben Simmons
Season	2017-18	2023-24
Team	Boston Celtics	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 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		%
Aron Baynes	81	18.3	6.0	1.6	3.8	5.4	1.1	0.3	0.6	1.0	2.5	2.6	5.5	.471	0.0	0.3	.143	0.7	1.0	.756
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		%
Aron Baynes	19	20.5	6.0	2.4	3.8	6.2	1.0	0.2	0.6	0.4	2.3	2.4	4.7	.506	0.6	1.2	.478	0.7	0.9	.722
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Aron Baynes	Ben Simmons
Season	2018-19	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Aron Baynes	51	16.1	5.6	1.7	3.0	4.7	1.1	0.2	0.7	0.8	2.5	2.1	4.4	.471	0.4	1.2	.344	1.0	1.2	.855
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aron Baynes	9	12.8	2.1	0.7	2.1	2.8	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.6	2.2	0.9	1.6	.571	0.2	0.7	.333	0.1	0.2	.500
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Aron Baynes	Ben Simmons
Season	2019-20	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
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		%
Aron Baynes	42	22.3	11.5	1.7	4.0	5.6	1.6	0.2	0.5	1.2	3.4	4.4	9.1	.480	1.4	4.0	.351	1.3	1.8	.747
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 9
	Aron Baynes	Ben Simmons
Season	2020-21	-
Team	Toronto Raptors	-
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		%
Aron Baynes	53	18.5	6.1	1.6	3.5	5.2	0.9	0.3	0.4	0.9	2.2	2.5	5.7	.441	0.5	1.9	.262	0.5	0.8	.707
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Aron Baynes vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Aron Baynes, 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