Ben Simmons vs. Victor Wembanyama Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Victor Wembanyama 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, 5 more than Victor Wembanyama, who played 2. Ben Simmons had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Victor Wembanyama had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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.
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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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: | +10 | +4.0 | +5.6 | +0.5 | +2.1 | +2.5 | +4.3 | +0.5 | +2.7 | -0.3 | -0.4 | +1.1 | +4.4 | +.080 | +1.8 | +5.4 | +.325 | +1.7 | +1.0 | +.236 |
| Victor Wembanyama |
71 |
29.7 |
21.4 |
2.3 |
8.4 |
10.6 |
3.9 |
1.2 |
3.6 |
3.7 |
2.2 |
7.8 |
16.7 |
.465 |
1.8 |
5.5 |
.325 |
4.1 |
5.2 |
.796 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
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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 |
| Victor Wembanyama |
DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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2nd Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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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: | +33 | +1.0 | +7.4 | +0.4 | +2.6 | +2.2 | +4.0 | +0.3 | +3.0 | -0.3 | -0.3 | +2.1 | +6.4 | +.087 | +3.1 | +8.7 | +.352 | +0.1 | +1.3 | +.236 |
| Victor Wembanyama |
46 |
33.2 |
24.3 |
1.8 |
9.2 |
11.0 |
3.7 |
1.1 |
3.8 |
3.2 |
2.3 |
8.9 |
18.6 |
.476 |
3.1 |
8.8 |
.352 |
3.4 |
4.1 |
.836 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
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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 |
| Victor Wembanyama |
DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Additional Years |
* Ben Simmons played 5 seasons more than Victor Wembanyama in the NBA.
In that period—his seasons 3 to 7, from 2020 to 2025—Ben Simmons played in two Playoffs. In those 5 extra years over Victor Wembanyama, Ben Simmons got these achievements: |
| Honors & Awards |  1 All-NBA Third Team
2 All-Defensive First Team
1 Steals Leader
2 All-Star Game
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