Cedric Maxwell vs. Anfernee Simons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Anfernee Simons and Cedric Maxwell, 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.

Cedric Maxwell played 11 years in the NBA, 5 more than Anfernee Simons, who played 6. Cedric Maxwell had the first of his seasons in 1977-78, while Anfernee Simons had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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
Cedric Maxwell	11	8	1977-78 to 1987-88
Anfernee Simons	6	3	2018-19 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Cedric Maxwell	Anfernee Simons
Season	1977-78	2018-19
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
Cedric Maxwell	72	16.8	7.3	1.9	3.3	5.3	0.9	0.7	0.7	1.7	2.1	2.4	4.4	.538	-	-	-	2.6	3.5	.752
Anfernee Simons	20	7.1	3.8	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.6	0.5	1.4	3.2	.444	0.5	1.5	.345	0.5	0.8	.563

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cedric Maxwell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anfernee Simons	5	2.4	0.8	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	1.4	.000	0.0	0.4	.000	0.8	1.0	.800


Season 2
	Cedric Maxwell	Anfernee Simons
Season	1978-79	2019-20
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Cedric Maxwell	80	37.1	19.0	3.4	6.5	9.9	2.9	1.2	0.9	3.4	3.3	5.9	10.1	.584	-	-	-	7.2	9.0	.802
Anfernee Simons	70	20.7	8.3	0.4	1.8	2.2	1.4	0.4	0.1	0.9	1.9	3.1	7.7	.399	1.1	3.2	.332	1.1	1.3	.826

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cedric Maxwell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anfernee Simons	4	20.5	6.8	0.3	2.5	2.8	2.5	1.5	0.0	1.0	1.8	2.0	6.5	.308	1.5	3.5	.429	1.3	1.5	.833


Season 3
	Cedric Maxwell	Anfernee Simons
Season	1979-80	2020-21
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Cedric Maxwell	80	34.3	16.9	3.6	5.3	8.8	2.5	1.0	0.8	2.9	3.3	5.7	9.4	.609	0.0	0.0	-	5.5	6.9	.787
Anfernee Simons	64	17.3	7.8	0.2	2.0	2.2	1.4	0.3	0.1	0.7	1.5	2.6	6.3	.419	1.9	4.4	.426	0.7	0.9	.807

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cedric Maxwell	9	35.6	18.2	3.4	6.6	10.0	2.1	0.6	1.1	2.4	2.8	6.6	10.3	.634	0.0	0.0	-	5.1	6.8	.754
Anfernee Simons	6	17.8	6.5	0.5	2.2	2.7	0.8	0.3	0.2	0.2	1.0	2.3	4.2	.560	1.8	3.0	.611	0.0	0.0	-


Season 4
	Cedric Maxwell	Anfernee Simons
Season	1980-81	2021-22
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
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		%
Cedric Maxwell	81	33.7	15.2	2.7	3.7	6.5	2.7	1.0	0.8	2.2	3.2	5.4	9.3	.588	0.0	0.0	.000	4.3	5.6	.782
Anfernee Simons	57	29.5	17.3	0.5	2.2	2.6	3.9	0.5	0.1	2.0	1.9	6.2	14.0	.443	3.1	7.8	.405	1.8	2.0	.888

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cedric Maxwell	17	35.2	16.1	3.6	3.8	7.4	2.7	0.7	0.9	2.5	3.1	5.9	10.2	.580	0.0	0.0	-	4.2	5.2	.818
Anfernee Simons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Cedric Maxwell	Anfernee Simons
Season	1981-82	2022-23
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Cedric Maxwell	78	33.2	14.8	2.8	3.6	6.4	2.3	1.0	0.6	2.2	3.4	5.1	9.3	.548	0.0	0.0	.000	4.6	6.1	.747
Anfernee Simons	62	35.0	21.1	0.3	2.3	2.6	4.1	0.7	0.2	2.1	2.3	7.5	16.9	.447	3.4	9.1	.377	2.6	2.9	.894

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cedric Maxwell	12	32.1	14.5	3.1	4.2	7.3	2.2	1.5	0.9	2.0	3.3	5.2	10.0	.517	0.0	0.0	-	4.2	5.8	.714
Anfernee Simons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Cedric Maxwell	Anfernee Simons
Season	1982-83	2023-24
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 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		%
Cedric Maxwell	79	28.5	11.9	2.3	3.0	5.3	2.4	0.8	0.5	2.1	2.6	4.2	8.4	.499	0.0	0.0	.000	3.5	4.4	.812
Anfernee Simons	46	34.4	22.6	0.5	3.2	3.6	5.5	0.5	0.1	2.7	2.1	7.8	18.2	.430	3.4	8.8	.385	3.5	3.9	.916

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cedric Maxwell	7	35.1	12.9	3.3	4.0	7.3	3.3	0.6	0.6	2.7	2.6	4.1	7.9	.527	0.0	0.0	-	4.6	5.4	.842
Anfernee Simons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Cedric Maxwell	Anfernee Simons
Season	1983-84	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cedric Maxwell	80	31.3	11.9	2.5	3.3	5.8	2.6	0.8	0.3	2.5	2.8	4.0	7.5	.532	0.0	0.1	.167	4.0	5.3	.753
Anfernee Simons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cedric Maxwell	23	32.7	11.9	2.3	2.9	5.2	2.4	1.0	0.3	2.0	3.3	3.7	7.3	.503	0.0	0.0	.000	4.6	5.9	.779
Anfernee Simons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Cedric Maxwell	Anfernee Simons
Season	1984-85	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA 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		%
Cedric Maxwell	57	26.2	11.1	1.7	2.5	4.2	1.8	0.6	0.3	1.7	2.5	3.5	6.6	.533	0.0	0.0	.000	4.1	4.9	.831
Anfernee Simons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cedric Maxwell	20	11.9	3.8	0.9	1.5	2.4	0.4	0.5	0.1	0.5	1.5	1.1	2.2	.488	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.2	.791
Anfernee Simons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Cedric Maxwell	Anfernee Simons
Season	1985-86	-
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	-
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		%
Cedric Maxwell	76	32.3	14.1	3.2	5.0	8.2	2.8	0.8	0.4	2.7	3.3	4.1	8.7	.475	0.0	0.0	.000	5.9	7.4	.795
Anfernee Simons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cedric Maxwell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anfernee Simons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Cedric Maxwell	Anfernee Simons
Season	1986-87	-
Team	Los Angeles Clippers, Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Cedric Maxwell	81	24.3	10.0	2.2	3.2	5.4	2.4	0.5	0.2	1.7	2.2	3.1	5.9	.530	0.0	0.0	.000	3.7	4.8	.775
Anfernee Simons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cedric Maxwell	10	17.7	6.2	1.1	2.2	3.3	1.7	0.4	0.0	0.8	1.7	1.8	3.4	.529	0.0	0.1	.000	2.6	3.5	.743
Anfernee Simons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Cedric Maxwell	Anfernee Simons
Season	1987-88	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West 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		%
Cedric Maxwell	71	11.9	3.8	1.0	1.5	2.5	0.8	0.3	0.2	0.8	1.1	1.1	2.4	.468	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.0	.769
Anfernee Simons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cedric Maxwell	4	3.8	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.5	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Anfernee Simons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Cedric Maxwell vs. Anfernee Simons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Anfernee Simons and Cedric Maxwell, 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