Cameron Payne vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Cameron Payne, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Cameron Payne played 9 years in the NBA, 3 more than Ben Simmons, who played 6. Cameron Payne had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, 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
Cameron Payne	9	6	2015-16 to 2023-24
Ben Simmons	6	3	2017-18 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Cameron Payne	Ben Simmons
Season	2015-16	2017-18
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 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		%
Cameron Payne	57	12.2	5.0	0.2	1.3	1.5	1.9	0.6	0.1	0.8	1.4	2.0	4.9	.410	0.6	1.9	.324	0.3	0.4	.792
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		%
Cameron Payne	10	6.4	1.8	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.8	0.2	0.2	0.8	0.7	0.7	2.6	.269	0.2	1.0	.200	0.2	0.4	.500
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
	Cameron Payne	Ben Simmons
Season	2016-17	2018-19
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder, Chicago Bulls	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Cameron Payne	31	14.9	5.2	0.1	1.5	1.5	1.8	0.5	0.1	0.9	1.7	2.1	6.2	.332	0.9	2.8	.314	0.2	0.3	.625
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		%
Cameron Payne	1	4.0	3.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	.500	1.0	1.0	1.000	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
	Cameron Payne	Ben Simmons
Season	2017-18	2019-20
Team	Chicago Bulls	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		%
Cameron Payne	25	23.3	8.8	0.7	2.0	2.8	4.5	1.0	0.4	1.4	1.8	3.5	8.6	.405	1.4	3.6	.385	0.5	0.6	.750
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		%
Cameron Payne	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Cameron Payne	Ben Simmons
Season	2018-19	2020-21
Team	Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Cameron Payne	40	17.8	6.3	0.3	1.5	1.8	2.7	0.7	0.2	1.1	1.6	2.4	5.6	.430	0.6	2.1	.298	0.8	1.0	.805
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		%
Cameron Payne	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Cameron Payne	Ben Simmons
Season	2019-20	2022-23
Team	Phoenix Suns	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
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		%
Cameron Payne	8	22.9	10.9	0.5	3.4	3.9	3.0	1.0	0.3	1.4	2.5	4.1	8.5	.485	1.9	3.6	.517	0.8	0.9	.857
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		%
Cameron Payne	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Cameron Payne	Ben Simmons
Season	2020-21	2023-24
Team	Phoenix Suns	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost NBA 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		%
Cameron Payne	60	18.0	8.4	0.3	2.1	2.4	3.6	0.6	0.3	1.0	1.6	3.2	6.6	.484	1.2	2.8	.440	0.8	0.9	.893
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		%
Cameron Payne	22	19.0	9.3	0.3	2.2	2.5	3.2	0.8	0.5	1.1	1.8	3.7	8.8	.425	1.1	3.1	.362	0.7	0.8	.889
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Cameron Payne	Ben Simmons
Season	2021-22	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West 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		%
Cameron Payne	58	22.0	10.8	0.4	2.6	3.0	4.9	0.7	0.3	1.8	2.1	4.1	10.1	.409	1.2	3.6	.336	1.3	1.5	.843
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cameron Payne	13	13.2	4.2	0.2	1.4	1.5	2.1	0.5	0.1	1.0	1.9	1.7	5.7	.297	0.4	2.3	.167	0.4	0.5	.833
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Cameron Payne	Ben Simmons
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West 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		%
Cameron Payne	48	20.2	10.3	0.3	2.0	2.2	4.5	0.7	0.2	1.7	1.8	3.9	9.4	.415	1.4	3.9	.368	1.0	1.3	.766
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cameron Payne	7	21.7	8.1	0.0	2.0	2.0	2.9	0.4	0.3	1.3	2.1	3.3	6.9	.479	1.6	3.9	.407	0.0	0.4	.000
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Cameron Payne	Ben Simmons
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, Philadelphia 76ers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Cameron Payne	78	16.7	7.4	0.3	1.2	1.5	2.6	0.5	0.1	0.8	1.6	2.7	6.2	.432	1.3	3.4	.390	0.7	0.9	.866
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cameron Payne	5	12.2	5.6	0.0	1.2	1.2	1.4	0.2	0.8	0.6	2.0	2.0	5.0	.400	1.6	3.6	.444	0.0	0.0	-
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Cameron Payne vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Cameron Payne, 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