Chuck Person vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Chuck Person, 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.

Chuck Person played 13 years in the NBA, 7 more than Ben Simmons, who played 6. Chuck Person had the first of his seasons in 1986-87, 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
Chuck Person	13	8	1986-87 to 1999-00
Ben Simmons	6	3	2017-18 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Chuck Person	Ben Simmons
Season	1986-87	2017-18
Team	Indiana Pacers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Chuck Person	82	36.0	18.8	2.0	6.2	8.3	3.6	1.1	0.2	2.6	3.8	7.7	16.6	.468	0.6	1.7	.355	2.7	3.6	.747
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		%
Chuck Person	4	39.8	27.0	1.5	6.8	8.3	5.0	1.3	0.5	3.8	3.5	9.5	18.5	.514	0.5	2.0	.250	7.5	9.8	.769
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
	Chuck Person	Ben Simmons
Season	1987-88	2018-19
Team	Indiana Pacers	Philadelphia 76ers
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		%
Chuck Person	79	35.5	17.0	2.2	4.6	6.8	3.9	0.9	0.1	2.7	3.4	7.3	15.8	.459	0.7	2.2	.333	1.7	2.5	.670
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		%
Chuck Person	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Chuck Person	Ben Simmons
Season	1988-89	2019-20
Team	Indiana Pacers	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		%
Chuck Person	80	37.7	21.6	1.8	4.7	6.5	3.6	1.0	0.2	3.9	3.5	8.9	18.2	.489	0.8	2.6	.307	3.0	3.8	.792
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		%
Chuck Person	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Chuck Person	Ben Simmons
Season	1989-90	2020-21
Team	Indiana Pacers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Chuck Person	77	35.2	19.7	1.6	4.1	5.8	3.0	0.7	0.3	2.2	2.8	7.9	16.1	.487	1.2	3.3	.372	2.7	3.5	.781
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		%
Chuck Person	3	41.0	13.3	2.0	4.7	6.7	4.0	0.3	0.0	1.3	3.7	5.7	15.0	.378	0.3	3.3	.100	1.7	4.0	.417
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
	Chuck Person	Ben Simmons
Season	1990-91	2022-23
Team	Indiana Pacers	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Chuck Person	80	32.1	18.4	1.5	3.7	5.2	3.0	0.7	0.2	2.3	2.8	7.8	15.4	.504	0.9	2.5	.340	2.1	2.9	.721
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		%
Chuck Person	5	38.4	26.0	0.6	5.0	5.6	3.2	1.0	0.0	2.4	3.0	9.6	18.0	.533	3.4	6.2	.548	3.4	4.2	.810
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Chuck Person	Ben Simmons
Season	1991-92	2023-24
Team	Indiana Pacers	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Chuck Person	81	36.1	18.5	1.4	3.9	5.3	4.7	0.8	0.2	2.7	3.0	7.6	15.9	.480	1.6	4.4	.373	1.6	2.4	.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		%
Chuck Person	3	39.3	17.0	0.3	2.7	3.0	2.3	0.7	0.0	2.0	3.7	6.3	15.7	.404	1.7	5.0	.333	2.7	4.0	.667
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Chuck Person	Ben Simmons
Season	1992-93	-
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	-
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		%
Chuck Person	78	38.3	16.8	1.3	4.3	5.6	4.4	0.9	0.4	2.8	2.5	6.9	16.0	.433	1.5	4.3	.355	1.4	2.2	.649
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 8
	Chuck Person	Ben Simmons
Season	1993-94	-
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	-
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		%
Chuck Person	77	26.4	11.6	0.7	2.6	3.3	2.4	0.6	0.2	1.6	2.1	4.6	10.9	.422	1.3	3.5	.368	1.1	1.4	.759
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 9
	Chuck Person	Ben Simmons
Season	1994-95	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Chuck Person	81	25.1	10.8	0.6	2.6	3.2	1.3	0.6	0.1	1.3	2.4	3.9	9.3	.423	2.1	5.5	.387	0.8	1.3	.647
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chuck Person	15	17.2	5.0	0.1	1.7	1.8	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.4	1.5	1.8	5.1	.351	0.9	3.0	.289	0.5	0.7	.727
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Chuck Person	Ben Simmons
Season	1995-96	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Chuck Person	80	26.6	10.9	1.0	4.2	5.2	1.3	0.6	0.3	1.1	2.5	3.9	8.8	.437	2.4	5.8	.410	0.8	1.3	.644
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chuck Person	10	28.4	12.1	0.5	3.5	4.0	1.6	0.2	0.3	1.1	3.2	4.1	7.7	.532	2.5	4.7	.532	1.4	1.7	.824
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Chuck Person didn't play in 1996-97.


Season 11
	Chuck Person	Ben Simmons
Season	1997-98	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Chuck Person	61	23.9	6.7	0.3	3.1	3.3	1.4	0.5	0.2	1.1	2.0	2.3	6.5	.359	1.6	4.5	.344	0.5	0.6	.757
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chuck Person	9	21.9	5.8	0.0	3.0	3.0	0.8	0.4	0.0	0.7	1.7	2.0	5.9	.340	1.6	4.4	.350	0.2	0.2	1.000
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Chuck Person	Ben Simmons
Season	1998-99	-
Team	Charlotte Hornets	-
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		%
Chuck Person	50	19.8	6.1	0.3	2.3	2.6	1.2	0.4	0.2	0.8	1.8	2.2	5.8	.388	1.1	3.1	.350	0.5	0.6	.750
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 13
	Chuck Person	Ben Simmons
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Seattle Supersonics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics 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		%
Chuck Person	37	9.2	2.8	0.2	1.3	1.4	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.3	1.5	1.0	3.3	.301	0.6	2.6	.253	0.1	0.2	.500
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chuck Person	2	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Chuck Person vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Chuck Person, 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

Season 13