Brad Daugherty vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Brad Daugherty, 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.

Brad Daugherty played 8 years in the NBA, 2 more than Ben Simmons, who played 6. Brad Daugherty had the first of his seasons in 1986-87, 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.

Their Careers

Player		 Total Seasons Playoffs Played NBA Years
Brad Daugherty 8 5 1986-87 to 1993-94
Ben Simmons 6 3 2017-18 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Brad Daugherty Ben Simmons
Season 1986-872017-18
Team Cleveland CavaliersPhiladelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards -Achievement Rookie of the Year
Achievement All-Rookie First TeamAchievement All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs Did Not Play76ers 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 %
Brad Daugherty 80 33.7 15.7 1.9 6.2 8.1 3.8 0.6 0.8 3.1 3.1 6.1 11.3 .538 0.0 0.0 - 3.5 5.0 .696
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 %
Brad Daugherty ------- --- ----------
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
Brad Daugherty Ben Simmons
Season 1987-882018-19
Team Cleveland CavaliersPhiladelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star GameAchievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd76ers 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 %
Brad Daugherty 79 37.4 18.7 1.9 6.5 8.4 4.2 0.6 0.7 3.4 3.0 7.0 13.7 .510 0.0 0.0 .000 4.8 6.7 .716
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 %
Brad Daugherty 5 40.8 15.8 2.0 7.2 9.2 3.2 0.4 1.4 3.2 2.2 5.8 12.6 .460 0.0 0.0 - 4.2 6.2 .677
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
Brad Daugherty Ben Simmons
Season 1988-892019-20
Team Cleveland CavaliersPhiladelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-NBA Third Team
-Achievement All-Defensive First Team
-Achievement Steals Leader
Achievement All-Star GameAchievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st RdDid 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 %
Brad Daugherty 78 36.2 18.9 2.1 7.1 9.2 3.7 0.8 0.5 2.9 2.2 7.0 13.0 .538 0.0 0.0 .333 4.9 6.7 .737
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 %
Brad Daugherty 5 33.4 11.0 2.4 6.8 9.2 2.4 1.2 1.0 1.2 3.6 3.4 9.4 .362 0.0 0.2 .000 4.2 7.0 .600
Ben Simmons ------- --- ----------

Season 4
Brad Daugherty Ben Simmons
Season 1989-902020-21
Team Cleveland CavaliersPhiladelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-Defensive First Team
-Achievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd76ers 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 %
Brad Daugherty 41 35.1 16.8 1.9 7.2 9.1 3.2 0.7 0.5 2.7 2.6 6.0 12.4 .479 0.0 0.0 .000 4.9 7.0 .704
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 %
Brad Daugherty 5 37.2 22.8 0.8 8.8 9.6 4.0 0.4 0.8 2.6 2.4 8.2 14.0 .586 0.0 0.0 - 6.4 9.2 .696
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.

Season 5
Brad Daugherty Ben Simmons
Season 1990-912022-23
Team Cleveland CavaliersBrooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid 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 %
Brad Daugherty 76 38.8 21.6 2.3 8.6 10.9 3.3 1.0 0.6 2.8 2.5 8.0 15.2 .524 0.0 0.0 .000 5.7 7.6 .751
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
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Brad Daugherty ------- --- ----------
Ben Simmons ------- --- ----------

Season 6
Brad Daugherty Ben Simmons
Season 1991-922023-24
Team Cleveland CavaliersBrooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Third Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Cavaliers Lost East Conf FinalsDid 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 %
Brad Daugherty 73 36.2 21.5 2.6 7.8 10.4 3.6 0.9 1.1 2.5 2.6 7.9 13.8 .570 0.0 0.0 .000 5.7 7.3 .777
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
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Brad Daugherty 17 40.4 21.5 2.2 8.1 10.2 3.4 0.6 1.0 2.2 2.8 7.3 13.8 .528 0.0 0.1 .000 6.9 8.5 .814
Ben Simmons ------- --- ----------

Season 7
Brad Daugherty Ben Simmons
Season 1992-93-
Team Cleveland Cavaliers-
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Cavaliers 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 %
Brad Daugherty 71 37.9 20.2 2.3 7.9 10.2 4.4 0.7 0.8 2.1 2.5 7.3 12.8 .571 0.0 0.0 .500 5.5 6.9 .795
Ben Simmons ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Brad Daugherty 9 39.6 18.7 2.9 8.8 11.7 3.4 0.7 0.8 2.9 2.8 7.1 12.8 .557 0.0 0.0 - 4.4 5.6 .800
Ben Simmons ------- --- ----------

Season 8
Brad Daugherty Ben Simmons
Season 1993-94-
Team Cleveland Cavaliers-
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 %
Brad Daugherty 50 36.8 17.0 2.6 7.6 10.2 3.0 0.8 0.7 2.2 2.9 5.9 12.1 .488 0.0 0.0 - 5.1 6.5 .785
Ben Simmons ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Brad Daugherty ------- --- ----------
Ben Simmons ------- --- ----------
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