Ben Simmons vs. Rory Sparrow Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rory Sparrow 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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, 6 less than Rory Sparrow, who played 12. Ben Simmons had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Rory Sparrow had his rookie season in 1980-81. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Ben Simmons	6	3	2017-18 to 2023-24
Rory Sparrow	12	5	1980-81 to 1991-92

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12


Rookie Season
	Ben Simmons	Rory Sparrow
Season	2017-18	1980-81
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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
Rory Sparrow	15	14.1	3.7	0.5	0.7	1.2	2.1	0.9	0.2	1.2	1.0	1.5	4.2	.349	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.1	.750

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
Rory Sparrow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Ben Simmons	Rory Sparrow
Season	2018-19	1981-82
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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
Rory Sparrow	82	31.8	10.5	0.6	2.1	2.7	5.2	1.1	0.2	1.8	2.9	4.5	8.9	.501	0.0	0.2	.067	1.5	1.8	.838

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
Rory Sparrow	2	34.5	7.0	1.0	3.0	4.0	5.5	1.0	0.0	3.5	3.5	2.5	6.0	.417	0.0	0.5	.000	2.0	2.0	1.000


Season 3
	Ben Simmons	Rory Sparrow
Season	2019-20	1982-83
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Atlanta Hawks, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Conf 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	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
Rory Sparrow	81	30.0	11.6	0.8	2.1	2.8	4.9	1.3	0.1	2.4	3.1	4.8	10.0	.484	0.1	0.3	.227	1.8	2.5	.739

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rory Sparrow	6	33.7	13.0	0.5	1.7	2.2	7.0	1.2	0.0	2.2	3.0	5.0	11.8	.423	0.2	0.8	.200	2.8	3.5	.810


Season 4
	Ben Simmons	Rory Sparrow
Season	2020-21	1983-84
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Knicks Lost East Conf 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
Rory Sparrow	79	30.8	10.4	0.6	1.8	2.4	6.8	1.3	0.1	2.7	2.9	4.4	9.3	.474	0.1	0.5	.256	1.4	1.7	.824

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
Rory Sparrow	12	32.4	11.2	0.8	1.3	2.2	7.2	1.0	0.1	2.5	3.4	4.5	10.1	.446	0.2	0.5	.333	2.0	2.5	.800

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


Season 5
	Ben Simmons	Rory Sparrow
Season	2022-23	1984-85
Team	Brooklyn Nets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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
Rory Sparrow	79	29.0	9.9	0.5	1.7	2.1	7.1	1.0	0.1	1.9	2.5	4.1	8.4	.492	0.1	0.4	.226	1.5	1.8	.865

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rory Sparrow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Ben Simmons	Rory Sparrow
Season	2023-24	1985-86
Team	Brooklyn Nets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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
Rory Sparrow	74	31.7	10.8	0.7	1.6	2.3	6.4	1.1	0.2	2.1	2.5	4.7	9.8	.477	0.1	0.3	.250	1.4	1.7	.795

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rory Sparrow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Ben Simmons	Rory Sparrow
Season	-	1986-87
Team	-	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rory Sparrow	80	24.4	7.6	0.4	1.1	1.4	5.4	0.8	0.1	1.8	2.0	3.3	7.4	.446	0.1	0.5	.262	0.9	1.1	.798

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rory Sparrow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Ben Simmons	Rory Sparrow
Season	-	1987-88
Team	-	New York Knicks, Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bulls Lost East Conf 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rory Sparrow	58	18.0	4.5	0.3	1.0	1.2	2.9	0.7	0.1	1.0	1.4	2.0	5.1	.399	0.0	0.2	.154	0.4	0.6	.727

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rory Sparrow	7	15.1	3.7	0.0	0.4	0.4	2.6	0.6	0.0	0.6	1.6	1.4	4.6	.313	0.3	0.6	.500	0.6	0.9	.667


Season 9
	Ben Simmons	Rory Sparrow
Season	-	1988-89
Team	-	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rory Sparrow	80	32.7	12.5	0.7	2.0	2.7	5.4	1.3	0.2	2.6	2.1	5.6	12.3	.452	0.2	0.9	.243	1.2	1.3	.879

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rory Sparrow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Ben Simmons	Rory Sparrow
Season	-	1989-90
Team	-	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rory Sparrow	82	21.4	5.9	0.5	1.2	1.7	3.6	0.6	0.0	1.2	1.7	2.6	6.2	.412	0.1	0.5	.200	0.7	0.9	.766

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rory Sparrow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Ben Simmons	Rory Sparrow
Season	-	1990-91
Team	-	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rory Sparrow	80	29.7	10.4	0.6	1.8	2.3	4.5	1.0	0.2	1.6	2.4	4.6	9.5	.491	0.4	1.0	.397	0.7	1.0	.699

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rory Sparrow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Ben Simmons	Rory Sparrow
Season	-	1991-92
Team	-	Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rory Sparrow	46	10.6	2.8	0.1	0.5	0.6	1.8	0.3	0.1	0.7	1.2	1.3	3.3	.384	0.1	0.3	.200	0.2	0.3	.615

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rory Sparrow	3	5.3	1.7	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.7	0.3	1.3	.250	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.750

Ben Simmons vs. Rory Sparrow Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rory Sparrow 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12