Ben Simmons vs. Lou Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lou Williams 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, 10 less than Lou Williams, who played 17. Ben Simmons had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Lou Williams had his rookie season in 2005-06. 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	Lou Williams
Season	2017-18	2005-06
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+51	+28.9	+13.9	+1.7	+5.8	+7.5	+7.9	+1.5	+0.9	-3.0	-2.2	+5.9	+10.6	+.103	+0.1	+0.2	+.222	+2.1	+3.8	+.055
Lou Williams	30	4.8	1.9	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.8	1.7	.442	0.1	0.3	.222	0.3	0.4	.615
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
Lou Williams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Ben Simmons	Lou Williams
Season	2018-19	2006-07
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+18	+22.9	+12.6	+1.9	+5.7	+7.7	+5.9	+1.0	+0.8	-2.7	-1.9	+5.3	+8.7	+.122	+0.2	+0.5	+.324	+2.3	+3.9	+.096
Lou Williams	61	11.3	4.3	0.3	0.9	1.1	1.8	0.4	0.0	0.8	0.7	1.5	3.5	.441	0.2	0.6	.324	1.0	1.5	.696
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
Lou Williams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Ben Simmons	Lou Williams
Season	2019-20	2007-08
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+23	+12.1	+4.9	+1.5	+4.2	+5.7	+4.8	+1.1	+0.4	-1.9	-1.7	+2.6	+2.0	+.156	+0.7	+1.8	+.073	+0.4	+1.6	+.162
Lou Williams	80	23.3	11.5	0.5	1.6	2.1	3.2	1.0	0.2	1.6	1.6	4.0	9.4	.424	0.7	1.9	.359	2.8	3.6	.783
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ben Simmons	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lou Williams	6	22.5	12.0	0.5	1.5	2.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.2	1.8	4.0	10.0	.400	0.3	1.5	.222	3.7	5.0	.733

Season 4
	Ben Simmons	Lou Williams
Season	2020-21	2008-09
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	76ers 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:	+23	+8.7	+1.5	+1.2	+4.0	+5.2	+3.9	+0.6	+0.4	-1.1	-1.3	+1.5	+0.3	+.159	+0.7	+2.5	+.014	+0.8	+0.1	+.177
Lou Williams	81	23.7	12.8	0.4	1.6	2.0	3.0	1.0	0.2	1.9	1.6	4.1	10.4	.398	0.8	2.7	.286	3.8	4.8	.790
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:	+6	+8.7	+2.2	+1.8	+3.6	+5.4	+6.0	+0.8	+0.6	-0.3	-1.6	+1.4	+0.6	+.209	+1.0	+2.6	+.375	+0.4	+3.6	+.325
Lou Williams	6	24.8	9.7	0.3	2.2	2.5	2.8	0.5	0.2	2.0	1.7	3.5	8.5	.412	1.0	2.7	.375	1.7	2.5	.667

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

Additional Years
* Lou Williams played 10 seasons more than Ben Simmons in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 17, from 2013 to 2022—Lou Williams played in 6 Playoffs. In those 10 extra years over Ben Simmons, Lou Williams got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 Sixth Man of the Year