DeMarre Carroll vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and DeMarre Carroll, 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.

DeMarre Carroll played 11 years in the NBA, 5 more than Ben Simmons, who played 6. DeMarre Carroll had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, 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
DeMarre Carroll	11	7	2009-10 to 2019-20
Ben Simmons	6	3	2017-18 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	DeMarre Carroll	Ben Simmons
Season	2009-10	2017-18
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
DeMarre Carroll	71	11.2	2.9	0.7	1.4	2.1	0.5	0.4	0.1	0.3	1.5	1.2	3.1	.396	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	0.7	.623
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		%
DeMarre Carroll	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	DeMarre Carroll	Ben Simmons
Season	2010-11	2018-19
Team	Memphis Grizzlies, Houston Rockets	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		%
DeMarre Carroll	12	4.2	0.8	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.3	1.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.2	1.000
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		%
DeMarre Carroll	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	DeMarre Carroll	Ben Simmons
Season	2011-12	2019-20
Team	Denver Nuggets, Utah Jazz	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West 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		%
DeMarre Carroll	24	14.5	4.5	1.2	1.0	2.2	0.8	0.5	0.0	0.5	1.5	1.8	4.4	.410	0.3	0.8	.368	0.6	0.7	.875
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		%
DeMarre Carroll	4	18.3	4.8	1.8	2.0	3.8	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.8	2.3	2.3	4.8	.474	0.3	1.3	.200	0.0	0.0	-
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	DeMarre Carroll	Ben Simmons
Season	2012-13	2020-21
Team	Utah Jazz	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		%
DeMarre Carroll	66	16.8	6.0	1.3	1.5	2.8	0.9	0.9	0.4	0.5	1.8	2.3	4.9	.460	0.3	1.1	.286	1.1	1.5	.765
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		%
DeMarre Carroll	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	DeMarre Carroll	Ben Simmons
Season	2013-14	2022-23
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
DeMarre Carroll	73	32.1	11.1	1.5	4.1	5.5	1.8	1.5	0.3	1.1	2.6	4.1	8.8	.470	1.3	3.7	.362	1.5	1.9	.773
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		%
DeMarre Carroll	7	35.1	8.9	1.7	3.1	4.9	1.6	0.7	0.4	1.1	3.0	3.3	7.0	.469	1.3	3.1	.409	1.0	1.6	.636
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	DeMarre Carroll	Ben Simmons
Season	2014-15	2023-24
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
DeMarre Carroll	70	31.3	12.6	1.4	3.9	5.3	1.7	1.3	0.2	1.1	2.2	4.5	9.3	.487	1.7	4.3	.395	1.8	2.6	.702
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		%
DeMarre Carroll	16	34.9	14.6	1.6	4.4	6.1	2.0	1.1	0.3	0.9	2.3	5.4	11.1	.486	1.8	4.5	.403	2.0	2.6	.780
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	DeMarre Carroll	Ben Simmons
Season	2015-16	-
Team	Toronto Raptors	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East 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		%
DeMarre Carroll	26	30.2	11.0	1.2	3.5	4.7	1.0	1.7	0.2	1.1	2.4	4.0	10.4	.389	1.8	4.5	.390	1.2	1.9	.600
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarre Carroll	20	29.8	8.9	1.2	2.9	4.1	0.9	0.9	0.4	0.9	3.1	3.1	8.0	.390	1.3	4.0	.329	1.4	1.8	.750
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	DeMarre Carroll	Ben Simmons
Season	2016-17	-
Team	Toronto Raptors	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Raptors 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		%
DeMarre Carroll	72	26.1	8.9	0.9	2.9	3.8	1.0	1.1	0.4	0.8	2.0	3.1	7.6	.400	1.5	4.4	.341	1.2	1.6	.761
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarre Carroll	10	15.5	4.2	0.4	2.3	2.7	0.5	0.8	0.5	0.5	1.3	1.5	3.7	.405	0.7	2.2	.318	0.5	0.9	.556
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	DeMarre Carroll	Ben Simmons
Season	2017-18	-
Team	Brooklyn Nets	-
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		%
DeMarre Carroll	73	29.9	13.5	1.4	5.1	6.6	2.0	0.8	0.4	1.4	2.3	4.5	10.8	.414	2.0	5.4	.371	2.6	3.4	.764
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 10
	DeMarre Carroll	Ben Simmons
Season	2018-19	-
Team	Brooklyn Nets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
DeMarre Carroll	67	25.4	11.1	1.0	4.2	5.2	1.3	0.5	0.1	1.1	1.7	3.4	8.6	.395	1.6	4.6	.342	2.7	3.6	.760
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarre Carroll	5	23.8	6.6	1.2	2.8	4.0	0.4	0.8	0.0	0.6	1.6	1.8	7.6	.237	1.4	4.8	.292	1.6	1.6	1.000
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	DeMarre Carroll	Ben Simmons
Season	2019-20	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs, 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		%
DeMarre Carroll	24	12.1	3.6	0.5	1.8	2.3	1.0	0.3	0.2	0.7	1.3	1.0	2.8	.379	0.3	1.4	.242	1.2	1.8	.690
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarre Carroll	2	3.0	1.0	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

DeMarre Carroll vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and DeMarre Carroll, 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