Brian Grant vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Brian Grant, 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.

Brian Grant played 12 years in the NBA, 6 more than Ben Simmons, who played 6. Brian Grant had the first of his seasons in 1994-95, 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
Brian Grant	12	7	1994-95 to 2005-06
Ben Simmons	6	3	2017-18 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Brian Grant	Ben Simmons
Season	1994-95	2017-18
Team	Sacramento Kings	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
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		%
Brian Grant	80	28.6	13.2	2.6	4.9	7.5	1.2	0.6	1.5	2.0	3.5	5.2	10.1	.511	0.0	0.1	.250	2.9	4.5	.636
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		%
Brian Grant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Brian Grant	Ben Simmons
Season	1995-96	2018-19
Team	Sacramento Kings	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings Lost West 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		%
Brian Grant	78	30.7	14.4	2.2	4.7	7.0	1.6	0.5	1.3	2.4	3.4	5.5	10.8	.507	0.1	0.2	.235	3.4	4.6	.732
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		%
Brian Grant	4	31.0	9.8	1.8	3.3	5.0	1.0	0.5	1.8	3.3	3.5	4.0	10.5	.381	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	3.5	.500
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
	Brian Grant	Ben Simmons
Season	1996-97	2019-20
Team	Sacramento Kings	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		%
Brian Grant	24	25.3	10.5	2.0	3.9	5.9	1.2	0.8	1.0	1.8	3.1	3.8	8.6	.440	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	3.8	.778
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		%
Brian Grant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Brian Grant	Ben Simmons
Season	1997-98	2020-21
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Brian Grant	61	31.5	12.1	3.2	5.9	9.1	1.4	0.7	0.7	1.8	3.0	4.6	9.1	.508	0.0	0.0	.000	2.8	3.7	.750
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		%
Brian Grant	4	33.5	13.3	4.5	6.3	10.8	1.5	1.0	0.8	1.3	5.0	4.8	9.0	.528	0.0	0.0	-	3.8	4.5	.833
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
	Brian Grant	Ben Simmons
Season	1998-99	2022-23
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Brian Grant	48	31.8	11.5	3.6	6.2	9.8	1.4	0.4	0.7	2.0	2.8	3.8	8.0	.479	0.0	0.0	-	3.8	4.7	.814
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		%
Brian Grant	13	37.1	13.2	2.6	6.5	9.2	1.1	0.8	1.2	1.6	3.7	4.8	9.2	.529	0.0	0.0	-	3.5	5.5	.625
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Brian Grant	Ben Simmons
Season	1999-00	2023-24
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Brian Grant	63	21.0	7.3	1.9	3.5	5.5	1.0	0.5	0.4	1.3	2.6	2.7	5.6	.491	0.0	0.0	.500	1.8	2.6	.675
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		%
Brian Grant	16	19.9	5.4	2.3	3.4	5.8	0.5	0.4	0.4	1.1	3.3	1.8	4.1	.446	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.4	.744
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Brian Grant	Ben Simmons
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat 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		%
Brian Grant	82	33.8	15.2	2.6	6.1	8.8	1.2	0.7	0.9	2.1	3.6	5.9	12.3	.479	0.0	0.0	.000	3.4	4.3	.797
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brian Grant	3	27.7	10.0	2.0	6.0	8.0	0.3	0.0	1.7	2.0	3.0	3.3	8.0	.417	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.7	.714
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Brian Grant	Ben Simmons
Season	2001-02	-
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		%
Brian Grant	72	31.3	9.3	2.3	5.7	8.0	1.9	0.7	0.4	1.7	3.3	4.0	8.5	.469	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	1.7	.849
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 9
	Brian Grant	Ben Simmons
Season	2002-03	-
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		%
Brian Grant	82	32.2	10.3	2.9	7.3	10.2	1.3	0.8	0.6	1.6	3.7	4.2	8.2	.509	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.5	.771
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 10
	Brian Grant	Ben Simmons
Season	2003-04	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat 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		%
Brian Grant	76	30.3	8.7	2.3	4.6	6.9	0.9	0.7	0.5	1.1	3.3	3.8	8.1	.471	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.4	.782
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brian Grant	13	30.8	7.1	3.5	5.2	8.6	0.8	0.5	0.6	1.4	4.0	3.2	7.5	.429	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	1.1	.571
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Brian Grant	Ben Simmons
Season	2004-05	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
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		%
Brian Grant	69	16.5	3.8	1.5	2.3	3.7	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.6	2.5	1.5	3.0	.493	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.1	.722
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 12
	Brian Grant	Ben Simmons
Season	2005-06	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brian Grant	21	11.8	2.9	0.5	2.2	2.7	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.3	2.1	1.3	3.1	.415	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	.875
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brian Grant	5	2.4	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.4	0.2	0.6	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.4	.000
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Brian Grant vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Brian Grant, 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