Cliff Levingston vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Cliff Levingston, 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.

Cliff Levingston played 11 years in the NBA, 5 more than Ben Simmons, who played 6. Cliff Levingston had the first of his seasons in 1982-83, 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
	Cliff Levingston	Ben Simmons
Season	1982-83	2017-18
Team	Detroit Pistons	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		%
Cliff Levingston	62	14.2	5.6	1.7	2.1	3.7	0.8	0.4	0.6	1.2	2.0	2.1	4.4	.485	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.4	.571
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		%
Cliff Levingston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Cliff Levingston	Ben Simmons
Season	1983-84	2018-19
Team	Detroit Pistons	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Cliff Levingston	80	21.8	7.3	2.9	3.9	6.8	1.4	0.6	1.0	1.0	3.5	2.9	5.5	.525	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.3	.672
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		%
Cliff Levingston	5	20.2	8.0	2.2	2.6	4.8	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.6	3.0	3.0	3.8	.789	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.2	.625
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
	Cliff Levingston	Ben Simmons
Season	1984-85	2019-20
Team	Atlanta Hawks	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		%
Cliff Levingston	74	27.3	9.8	3.1	4.5	7.6	1.4	0.9	0.9	1.8	3.1	3.9	7.5	.527	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	3.0	.653
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		%
Cliff Levingston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Cliff Levingston	Ben Simmons
Season	1985-86	2020-21
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East 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		%
Cliff Levingston	81	24.0	9.3	2.4	4.2	6.6	0.9	0.9	0.5	1.4	3.2	3.6	6.8	.534	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	3.0	.678
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		%
Cliff Levingston	9	20.0	5.8	1.7	2.9	4.6	0.3	0.4	1.0	1.0	2.6	2.4	4.1	.595	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.8	1.0	.778
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 9
	Cliff Levingston	Ben Simmons
Season	1990-91	-
Team	Chicago Bulls	-
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		%
Cliff Levingston	78	13.0	4.0	1.3	1.6	2.9	0.7	0.4	0.6	0.6	1.8	1.6	3.6	.450	0.0	0.1	.250	0.8	1.2	.648
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cliff Levingston	17	11.3	2.6	1.3	1.1	2.4	0.4	0.6	0.4	0.1	1.6	1.2	2.4	.512	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.500
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Cliff Levingston	Ben Simmons
Season	1991-92	-
Team	Chicago Bulls	-
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		%
Cliff Levingston	79	12.9	3.9	1.4	1.5	2.9	0.8	0.3	0.6	0.5	1.7	1.6	3.2	.498	0.0	0.1	.167	0.8	1.2	.625
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cliff Levingston	22	8.7	2.9	0.8	1.1	1.9	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.5	1.4	1.1	2.6	.439	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	1.3	.500
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Cliff Levingston didn't play in 1992-93 and 1993-94.