Ben Simmons vs. Odie Spears Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Odie Spears 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, 2 less than Odie Spears, who played 8. Ben Simmons had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Odie Spears had his rookie season in 1948-49. 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
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Rookie Season
	Ben Simmons	Odie Spears
Season	2017-18	1948-49
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Chicago Stags
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Stags 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	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
Odie Spears	57	-	9.3	-	-	-	1.7	-	-	-	3.5	3.5	11.1	.317	-	-	-	2.3	3.5	.665
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
Odie Spears	2	-	9.0	-	-	-	1.0	-	-	-	4.5	3.5	13.0	.269	-	-	-	2.0	3.5	.571

Season 2
	Ben Simmons	Odie Spears
Season	2018-19	1949-50
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Chicago Stags
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Stags Lost Cent 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	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
Odie Spears	68	-	10.5	-	-	-	2.3	-	-	-	3.7	4.1	11.4	.357	-	-	-	2.3	3.4	.687
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
Odie Spears	2	-	11.5	-	-	-	0.5	-	-	-	5.5	4.5	11.0	.409	-	-	-	2.5	5.0	.500

Note: Odie Spears didn't play in 1950-51.

Season 3
	Ben Simmons	Odie Spears
Season	2019-20	1951-52
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals 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	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
Odie Spears	66	25.3	8.6	-	-	4.6	2.5	-	-	-	3.4	3.4	8.6	.395	-	-	-	1.8	2.3	.763
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Odie Spears	6	20.5	4.8	-	-	3.5	1.5	-	-	-	3.0	1.7	5.5	.303	-	-	-	1.5	2.7	.563

Season 4
	Ben Simmons	Odie Spears
Season	2020-21	1952-53
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Royals 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
Odie Spears	62	22.8	9.6	-	-	4.0	1.8	-	-	-	3.7	3.2	8.0	.401	-	-	-	3.2	3.9	.819
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
Odie Spears	3	20.7	6.7	-	-	4.0	0.0	-	-	-	4.0	2.7	6.3	.421	-	-	-	1.3	1.7	.800

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