Bill Cartwright vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Bill Cartwright, 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.

Bill Cartwright played 15 years in the NBA, 9 more than Ben Simmons, who played 6. Bill Cartwright had the first of his seasons in 1979-80, while Ben Simmons 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 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
	Bill Cartwright	Ben Simmons
Season	1979-80	2017-18
Team	New York Knicks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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		%
Bill Cartwright	82	38.4	21.7	2.4	6.5	8.9	2.0	0.6	1.2	2.7	3.4	8.1	14.8	.547	0.0	0.0	-	5.5	6.9	.797
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 2
	Bill Cartwright	Ben Simmons
Season	1980-81	2018-19
Team	New York Knicks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	76ers 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		%
Bill Cartwright	82	35.7	20.1	2.0	5.5	7.5	1.4	0.6	1.0	2.4	3.2	7.5	13.6	.554	0.0	0.0	.000	5.0	6.3	.788
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	2	24.5	10.0	2.0	4.5	6.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	3.0	3.5	3.0	8.5	.353	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	6.0	.667
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

Season 3
	Bill Cartwright	Ben Simmons
Season	1981-82	2019-20
Team	New York Knicks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Bill Cartwright	72	28.6	14.4	1.6	4.2	5.8	1.2	0.7	0.9	2.3	2.9	5.4	9.6	.562	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	4.7	.763
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Bill Cartwright	Ben Simmons
Season	1982-83	2020-21
Team	New York Knicks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	76ers 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		%
Bill Cartwright	82	30.1	15.7	2.3	4.9	7.2	1.7	0.5	1.5	2.5	3.8	5.5	9.8	.566	0.0	0.0	-	4.6	6.2	.744
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	6	28.7	11.2	1.5	4.2	5.7	0.7	0.5	1.2	3.2	4.2	4.2	7.2	.581	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	3.7	.773
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

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

Note: Bill Cartwright didn't play in 1984-85.

Season 11
	Bill Cartwright	Ben Simmons
Season	1990-91	-
Team	Chicago Bulls	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	79	28.8	9.6	2.1	4.0	6.2	1.6	0.4	0.2	1.4	2.1	4.0	8.2	.490	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.3	.697
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	17	30.1	9.5	1.5	3.2	4.7	1.9	0.5	0.4	1.2	3.2	4.1	7.9	.519	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.9	.688
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 12
	Bill Cartwright	Ben Simmons
Season	1991-92	-
Team	Chicago Bulls	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	64	23.0	8.0	1.5	3.6	5.1	1.4	0.3	0.2	1.2	2.0	3.3	7.0	.467	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.5	.604
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	22	27.8	5.6	1.3	3.1	4.5	1.7	0.5	0.2	1.2	3.2	2.5	5.3	.474	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.4	.419
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 13
	Bill Cartwright	Ben Simmons
Season	1992-93	-
Team	Chicago Bulls	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	63	19.9	5.6	1.3	2.4	3.7	1.3	0.3	0.2	1.0	2.4	2.2	5.4	.411	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.6	.735
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	19	23.4	6.3	1.5	3.0	4.5	1.5	0.6	0.2	0.7	2.7	2.4	5.2	.465	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	1.9	.778
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-