Bud Olsen vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Bud Olsen, 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.

Bud Olsen played 7 years in the NBA, 1 more than Ben Simmons, who played 6. Bud Olsen had the first of his seasons in 1962-63, 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
	Bud Olsen	Ben Simmons
Season	1962-63	2017-18
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Finals	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		%
Bud Olsen	52	7.2	2.2	-	-	2.0	0.8	-	-	-	1.5	0.8	2.6	.323	-	-	-	0.5	0.8	.692
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		%
Bud Olsen	5	4.2	3.0	-	-	2.0	0.6	-	-	-	0.8	1.4	1.8	.778	-	-	-	0.2	1.0	.200
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
	Bud Olsen	Ben Simmons
Season	1963-64	2018-19
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Finals	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		%
Bud Olsen	49	10.5	4.1	-	-	3.0	0.6	-	-	-	1.6	1.7	4.3	.405	-	-	-	0.7	1.2	.561
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		%
Bud Olsen	2	5.0	3.0	-	-	2.0	0.5	-	-	-	1.0	1.5	3.0	.500	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Bud Olsen	Ben Simmons
Season	1964-65	2019-20
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Bud Olsen	79	17.4	7.5	-	-	4.2	1.1	-	-	-	2.6	2.8	6.5	.438	-	-	-	1.8	2.5	.738
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		%
Bud Olsen	4	9.8	4.3	-	-	2.3	0.3	-	-	-	2.0	1.8	4.3	.412	-	-	-	0.8	1.3	.600
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Bud Olsen	Ben Simmons
Season	1965-66	2020-21
Team	Cincinnati Royals, San Francisco Warriors	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive 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		%
Bud Olsen	59	10.2	3.4	-	-	3.3	0.3	-	-	-	1.4	1.4	3.3	.420	-	-	-	0.7	1.5	.443
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		%
Bud Olsen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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.