Ben Simmons vs. George Yardley Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Yardley 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 played 6 years in the NBA, 1 less than George Yardley, who played 7. Ben Simmons had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while George Yardley had his rookie season in 1953-54. 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: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7
Rookie Season
	Ben Simmons	George Yardley
Season	2017-18	1953-54
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Pistons Lost W Div Round Robin

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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
George Yardley	63	23.6	9.0	-	-	6.5	1.6	-	-	-	2.6	3.3	7.8	.425	-	-	-	2.3	3.3	.712
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
George Yardley	4	26.8	10.5	-	-	6.0	0.8	-	-	-	2.5	4.0	8.3	.485	-	-	-	2.5	3.0	.833

Season 2
	Ben Simmons	George Yardley
Season	2018-19	1954-55
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Pistons 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
George Yardley	60	35.8	17.3	-	-	9.9	2.1	-	-	-	3.4	6.1	14.5	.418	-	-	-	5.2	6.9	.745
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
George Yardley	11	38.2	15.8	-	-	9.0	3.3	-	-	-	3.4	5.2	13.0	.399	-	-	-	5.5	7.2	.759

Season 3
	Ben Simmons	George Yardley
Season	2019-20	1955-56
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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
George Yardley	71	33.1	17.4	-	-	9.7	2.2	-	-	-	3.0	6.1	15.0	.407	-	-	-	5.1	6.9	.742
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Yardley	10	40.6	23.0	-	-	13.9	2.6	-	-	-	2.5	7.7	18.3	.421	-	-	-	7.6	9.8	.776

Season 4
	Ben Simmons	George Yardley
Season	2020-21	1956-57
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Pistons Lost West Div 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		%
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
George Yardley	72	37.4	21.5	-	-	10.5	2.0	-	-	-	3.2	7.3	17.7	.410	-	-	-	7.0	8.9	.787
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
George Yardley	2	42.5	28.5	-	-	9.5	4.0	-	-	-	3.5	12.0	26.5	.453	-	-	-	4.5	5.5	.818

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

Season 5
	Ben Simmons	George Yardley
Season	2022-23	1957-58
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost West 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	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
George Yardley	72	39.5	27.8	-	-	10.7	1.3	-	-	-	3.1	9.3	22.6	.414	-	-	-	9.1	11.2	.811
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Yardley	7	36.3	23.4	-	-	10.3	2.4	-	-	-	3.7	7.4	18.1	.409	-	-	-	8.6	9.6	.896

Season 6
	Ben Simmons	George Yardley
Season	2023-24	1958-59
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Detroit Pistons, Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nationals 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	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
George Yardley	61	30.1	19.8	-	-	7.1	1.1	-	-	-	2.6	7.3	17.1	.428	-	-	-	5.2	6.7	.779
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Yardley	9	37.0	25.1	-	-	9.7	2.3	-	-	-	3.2	9.2	21.0	.439	-	-	-	6.7	7.8	.857

Season 7
	Ben Simmons	George Yardley
Season	-	1959-60
Team	-	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Yardley	73	32.9	20.2	-	-	7.9	1.7	-	-	-	3.1	7.5	16.5	.453	-	-	-	5.2	6.4	.816
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Yardley	3	29.3	13.3	-	-	5.7	0.3	-	-	-	3.0	5.0	13.0	.385	-	-	-	3.3	4.0	.833