Ben Simmons vs. Jayson Tatum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jayson Tatum 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 7 years in the NBA, 1 less than Jayson Tatum, who played 8. Ben Simmons had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Jayson Tatum 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 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.

Rookie Season
	Ben Simmons	Jayson Tatum
Season	2017-18	2017-18
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
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
difference:	+1	+3.2	+1.9	+1.2	+1.9	+3.1	+6.6	+0.7	+0.2	-2.0	-0.5	+1.7	+1.9	+.070	+1.3	+2.9	+.434	+0.3	+1.0	+.266
Jayson Tatum	80	30.5	13.9	0.6	4.4	5.0	1.6	1.0	0.7	1.4	2.1	5.0	10.4	.475	1.3	3.0	.434	2.7	3.2	.826
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
difference:	+9	+1.0	+2.2	+1.1	+4.0	+5.0	+5.0	+0.5	+0.3	-2.2	-0.8	+0.4	+1.2	+.017	+1.2	+3.6	+.324	+0.2	+0.7	+.138
Jayson Tatum	19	35.9	18.5	0.5	3.8	4.4	2.7	1.2	0.5	2.2	2.6	6.5	13.7	.471	1.2	3.7	.324	4.3	5.1	.845

Season 2
	Ben Simmons	Jayson Tatum
Season	2018-19	2018-19
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
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
difference:		+3.1	+1.2	+1.3	+1.4	+2.8	+5.6	+0.3	+0.1	-2.0	-0.5	+0.9	+0.9	+.113	+1.5	+3.8	+.373	+0.8	+2.5	+.255
Jayson Tatum	79	31.1	15.7	0.9	5.2	6.0	2.1	1.1	0.7	1.5	2.1	5.9	13.1	.450	1.5	3.9	.373	2.5	2.9	.855
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
difference:	+3	+2.3	+1.3	+1.1	+0.8	+0.3	+4.1	+0.2	+0.2	-0.7	-1.5	+0.6	+2.7	+.183	+1.1	+3.4		+1.3	+1.0	+.169
Jayson Tatum	9	32.8	15.2	0.8	5.9	6.7	1.9	1.1	0.8	2.0	2.3	5.4	12.4	.438	1.1	3.4	.323	3.2	4.3	.744

Season 3
	Ben Simmons	Jayson Tatum
Season	2019-20	2019-20
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
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
difference:	+9	+1.1	+7.0	+1.0	+0.2	+0.8	+5.0	+0.7	+0.3	-1.2	-1.2	+1.8	+7.2	+.130	+2.9	+7.0	+.117	+0.6	+0.5	+.191
Jayson Tatum	66	34.3	23.4	1.0	6.0	7.0	3.0	1.4	0.9	2.3	2.1	8.4	18.6	.450	2.9	7.1	.403	3.8	4.7	.812
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ben Simmons	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jayson Tatum	17	40.6	25.7	1.3	8.7	10.0	5.0	1.0	1.2	2.8	2.4	8.5	19.6	.434	2.8	7.4	.373	5.9	7.2	.813

Season 4
	Ben Simmons	Jayson Tatum
Season	2020-21	2020-21
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+6	+3.4	+12.1	+0.8	+1.0	+0.2	+2.6	+0.4	+0.1	-0.3	-1.0	+3.9	+10.5	+.098	+2.8	+7.4	+.086	+1.6	+0.4	+.255
Jayson Tatum	64	35.8	26.4	0.8	6.6	7.4	4.3	1.2	0.5	2.7	1.9	9.5	20.6	.459	2.9	7.6	.386	4.6	5.3	.868
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
difference:	+7	+3.5	+18.7	+1.5	+0.6	+2.1	+4.2	+0.1	+0.8	-0.3	-0.3	+4.5	+14.3	+.198	+2.8	+7.1	+.389	+6.9	+3.7	+.576
Jayson Tatum	5	37.0	30.6	0.6	5.2	5.8	4.6	1.2	1.6	2.6	3.0	9.4	22.2	.423	2.8	7.2	.389	9.0	9.8	.918

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

Season 5
	Ben Simmons	Jayson Tatum
Season	2022-23	2021-22
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
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	-	0.6	1.4	.439
difference:	+34	+9.6	+20.0	+0.1	+1.6	+1.7	+1.7	+0.3		-0.6	-1.0	+6.1	+15.0	+.113	+3.0	+8.6		+4.7	+4.8	+.414
Jayson Tatum	76	35.9	26.9	1.1	6.9	8.0	4.4	1.0	0.6	2.9	2.3	9.3	20.6	.453	3.0	8.6	.353	5.3	6.2	.853
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ben Simmons	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jayson Tatum	24	41.0	25.6	1.0	5.7	6.7	6.2	1.2	0.9	4.2	3.0	8.4	19.7	.426	3.2	8.2	.393	5.7	7.1	.800

Season 6
	Ben Simmons	Jayson Tatum
Season	2023-24	2022-23
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
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
difference:	+59	+13.0	+24.0	+1.0	+1.8	+0.9	+1.1	+0.3	+0.1	-1.1	-0.2	+6.9	+16.2	+.115	+3.2	+9.3		+6.8	+7.4	+.454
Jayson Tatum	74	36.9	30.1	1.1	7.7	8.8	4.6	1.1	0.7	2.9	2.2	9.8	21.1	.466	3.2	9.3	.350	7.2	8.4	.854
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ben Simmons	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jayson Tatum	20	40.0	27.2	1.3	9.2	10.5	5.3	1.1	1.1	2.8	2.2	9.3	20.2	.458	2.7	8.2	.323	6.0	6.9	.876

Season 7
	Ben Simmons	Jayson Tatum
Season	2024-25	2023-24
Team	Brooklyn Nets, Los Angeles Clippers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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		%
Ben Simmons	51	22.0	5.0	0.9	3.8	4.7	5.6	0.7	0.5	2.0	2.1	2.3	4.4	.520	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.6	.727
difference:	+23	+13.7	+21.9		+3.4	+3.4	+0.7	+0.3	+0.1	-0.5	-0.1	+6.8	+14.9	+.049	+3.1	+8.2		+5.1	+6.1	+.106
Jayson Tatum	74	35.7	26.9	0.9	7.2	8.1	4.9	1.0	0.6	2.5	2.0	9.1	19.3	.471	3.1	8.2	.376	5.6	6.7	.833
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ben Simmons	5	8.4	0.8	0.6	0.8	1.4	0.8	0.2	0.8	0.4	2.2	0.4	1.2	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+14	+32.0	+24.2	+0.3	+8.0	+8.3	+5.5	+0.9	+0.1	-2.2	-0.6	+8.0	+18.4	+.094	+2.1	+7.3		+6.2	+7.2
Jayson Tatum	19	40.4	25.0	0.9	8.8	9.7	6.3	1.1	0.7	2.6	2.8	8.4	19.6	.427	2.1	7.3	.283	6.2	7.2	.861

Additional Years
* Jayson Tatum played 1 season more than Ben Simmons in the NBA. In that period—his season 8 in 2025—Jayson Tatum played in the Playoffs. In that extra year over Ben Simmons, Jayson Tatum got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 1 All-Star Game