Ben Simmons vs. Ernie Vandeweghe Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ernie Vandeweghe and Ben Simmons, 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.

Ben Simmons and Ernie Vandeweghe both played 6 years in the NBA. Ben Simmons had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Ernie Vandeweghe had his rookie season in 1949-50. 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6
Rookie Season
	Ben Simmons	Ernie Vandeweghe
Season	2017-18	1949-50
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Knicks Lost East Div Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Ernie Vandeweghe	42	-	10.0	-	-	-	1.9	-	-	-	3.0	3.9	9.3	.421	-	-	-	2.2	3.3	.664
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Ernie Vandeweghe	4	-	8.0	-	-	-	0.8	-	-	-	4.0	2.3	6.5	.346	-	-	-	3.5	4.0	.875

Season 2
	Ben Simmons	Ernie Vandeweghe
Season	2018-19	1950-51
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Knicks Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Ernie Vandeweghe	44	-	7.7	-	-	4.4	2.8	-	-	-	3.3	3.1	7.6	.402	-	-	-	1.5	2.2	.701
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Ernie Vandeweghe	14	-	7.2	-	-	4.7	2.4	-	-	-	3.9	2.6	6.5	.407	-	-	-	1.9	2.6	.730

Season 3
	Ben Simmons	Ernie Vandeweghe
Season	2019-20	1951-52
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Ernie Vandeweghe	57	26.4	9.2	-	-	4.6	2.9	-	-	-	3.3	3.5	8.0	.438	-	-	-	2.2	2.8	.775
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ernie Vandeweghe	14	29.6	10.8	-	-	4.9	1.9	-	-	-	4.1	3.6	8.4	.432	-	-	-	3.5	4.3	.817

Season 4
	Ben Simmons	Ernie Vandeweghe
Season	2020-21	1952-53
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Knicks Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Ernie Vandeweghe	61	28.6	12.0	-	-	5.6	2.4	-	-	-	4.0	4.5	10.2	.435	-	-	-	3.1	4.0	.766
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Ernie Vandeweghe	11	30.9	13.1	-	-	5.8	2.5	-	-	-	4.5	4.5	10.2	.438	-	-	-	4.2	5.5	.754

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

Note: Ernie Vandeweghe didn't play in 1954-55.