Carl Herrera vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Carl Herrera, 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.

Carl Herrera played 8 years in the NBA, 2 more than Ben Simmons, who played 6. Carl Herrera had the first of his seasons in 1991-92, 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
	Carl Herrera	Ben Simmons
Season	1991-92	2017-18
Team	Houston Rockets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	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		%
Carl Herrera	43	13.2	4.4	0.8	1.5	2.3	0.6	0.4	0.6	0.9	1.4	1.9	3.7	.516	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	1.0	.568
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		%
Carl Herrera	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Carl Herrera	Ben Simmons
Season	1992-93	2018-19
Team	Houston Rockets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Carl Herrera	81	22.2	7.5	1.8	3.8	5.6	0.8	0.6	0.4	1.1	2.3	3.0	5.5	.541	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.2	.710
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		%
Carl Herrera	12	16.3	4.7	1.3	2.4	3.8	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.9	3.0	1.8	4.8	.386	0.0	0.2	.000	1.0	1.7	.600
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
	Carl Herrera	Ben Simmons
Season	1993-94	2019-20
Team	Houston Rockets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Carl Herrera	75	17.2	4.7	1.3	2.5	3.8	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.9	2.1	1.9	4.1	.458	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.3	.711
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		%
Carl Herrera	16	15.5	4.7	0.9	1.9	2.8	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.4	2.3	1.9	3.6	.534	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.0	.813
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Carl Herrera	Ben Simmons
Season	1994-95	2020-21
Team	Houston Rockets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Carl Herrera	61	21.8	6.8	1.6	3.0	4.6	0.7	0.7	0.6	1.2	2.2	2.8	5.4	.523	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.9	.624
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		%
Carl Herrera	1	6.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
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.