Brandon Jennings vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Brandon Jennings, 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.

Brandon Jennings played 9 years in the NBA, 2 more than Ben Simmons, who played 7. Brandon Jennings had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, 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 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.

Rookie Season
	Brandon Jennings	Ben Simmons
Season	2009-10	2017-18
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Jennings	82	32.6	15.5	0.6	2.8	3.4	5.7	1.3	0.2	2.4	2.3	5.5	14.8	.371	1.8	4.7	.374	2.7	3.3	.817
difference:	+1	+1.1	+0.3	+1.2	+3.5	+4.7	+2.5	+0.4	+0.7	-1.0	-0.3	+1.2	+2.5	+.174	+1.8	+4.6	+.374	+0.3	+0.9	+.257
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		%
Brandon Jennings	7	35.6	18.7	0.7	2.3	3.0	3.6	1.1	0.6	1.1	2.7	7.0	17.1	.408	1.7	5.9	.293	3.0	3.7	.808
difference:	+3	+1.3	+2.4	+0.9	+5.5	+6.4	+4.1	+0.6	+0.2	-3.3	-0.7	+0.9	+4.6	+.080	+1.7	+5.8	+.293	+1.1	+2.1	+.101
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
	Brandon Jennings	Ben Simmons
Season	2010-11	2018-19
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Jennings	63	34.4	16.2	0.7	3.0	3.7	4.8	1.5	0.3	2.3	2.1	5.7	14.7	.390	1.6	4.8	.323	3.2	3.9	.809
difference:	+16	+0.2	+0.7	+1.5	+3.6	+5.1	+2.9	+0.1	+0.5	-1.2	-0.5	+1.1	+2.5	+.173	+1.6	+4.7	+.323	+0.1	+1.5	+.209
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		%
Brandon Jennings	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Brandon Jennings	Ben Simmons
Season	2011-12	2019-20
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	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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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Jennings	66	35.3	19.1	0.7	2.7	3.4	5.5	1.6	0.3	2.2	1.7	7.1	17.0	.418	2.0	5.9	.332	2.9	3.6	.808
difference:	+9	+0.1	+2.7	+1.3	+3.1	+4.4	+2.5	+0.5	+0.3	-1.3	-1.6	+0.5	+5.6	+.162	+2.0	+5.8	+.046	+0.3	+1.6	+.187
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
* Neiher Brandon Jennings nor Ben Simmons played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
	Brandon Jennings	Ben Simmons
Season	2012-13	2020-21
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Jennings	80	36.2	17.5	0.7	2.3	3.1	6.5	1.6	0.1	2.5	1.9	6.2	15.6	.399	2.2	5.8	.375	2.9	3.5	.819
difference:	+22	+3.8	+3.2	+0.9	+3.3	+4.1	+0.4		+0.5	-0.5	-1.0	+0.6	+5.5	+.158	+2.1	+5.6	+.075	+0.1	+1.4	+.206
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		%
Brandon Jennings	4	33.3	13.3	0.3	2.0	2.3	4.0	2.3	0.3	2.8	1.5	4.3	14.3	.298	1.5	7.0	.214	3.3	4.5	.722
difference:	+8	+0.2	+1.4	+1.8	+3.8	+5.6	+4.8	+1.0	+0.5	-0.5	-1.8	+0.6	+6.4	+.323	+1.5	+6.9	+.214	+1.2	+1.6	+.380
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.