Devean George vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Devean George, 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.

Devean George played 11 years in the NBA, 5 more than Ben Simmons, who played 6. Devean George had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, 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
Devean George	11	8	1999-00 to 2009-10
Ben Simmons	6	3	2017-18 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Devean George	Ben Simmons
Season	1999-00	2017-18
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
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		%
Devean George	49	7.0	3.2	0.6	0.9	1.5	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.4	1.1	1.1	2.9	.389	0.3	1.0	.340	0.6	0.8	.659
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		%
Devean George	9	4.9	2.4	0.4	0.7	1.1	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.6	0.8	2.1	.368	0.2	1.1	.200	0.7	1.2	.545
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
	Devean George	Ben Simmons
Season	2000-01	2018-19
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Devean George	59	10.1	3.1	0.6	1.3	1.9	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.6	1.5	1.1	3.5	.309	0.3	1.2	.221	0.7	0.9	.709
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		%
Devean George	7	3.9	2.0	0.4	0.3	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.9	0.9	1.7	.500	0.1	0.3	.500	0.1	0.3	.500
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
	Devean George	Ben Simmons
Season	2001-02	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	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		%
Devean George	82	21.5	7.1	1.0	2.7	3.7	1.4	0.9	0.5	0.8	2.3	2.6	6.4	.411	0.8	2.2	.371	1.0	1.5	.675
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		%
Devean George	19	17.2	5.0	1.3	2.3	3.6	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.6	2.7	2.0	5.5	.365	0.4	1.8	.229	0.6	0.8	.733
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Devean George	Ben Simmons
Season	2002-03	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Devean George	71	22.7	6.9	1.3	2.7	4.0	1.3	0.8	0.5	0.9	2.5	2.5	6.5	.390	0.7	1.9	.371	1.2	1.5	.790
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		%
Devean George	11	29.0	8.0	1.0	3.5	4.5	2.2	1.0	0.4	1.1	2.6	3.2	7.1	.449	0.9	2.7	.333	0.7	0.8	.889
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
	Devean George	Ben Simmons
Season	2003-04	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
Devean George	82	23.8	7.4	1.1	3.0	4.0	1.4	1.0	0.5	1.1	2.3	2.8	7.0	.408	0.8	2.3	.349	0.9	1.2	.760
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		%
Devean George	22	21.4	5.5	0.5	1.8	2.3	0.5	1.0	0.4	0.5	2.0	2.0	4.5	.430	1.0	2.7	.373	0.6	0.9	.650
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Devean George	Ben Simmons
Season	2004-05	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
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		%
Devean George	15	20.4	7.3	0.9	2.7	3.5	0.9	0.5	0.1	0.8	2.1	2.5	6.9	.356	1.4	3.9	.362	1.0	1.3	.750
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		%
Devean George	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Devean George	Ben Simmons
Season	2005-06	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Devean George	71	21.7	6.3	1.2	2.7	3.9	1.0	0.9	0.5	0.8	2.2	2.4	6.0	.400	0.7	2.3	.313	0.8	1.2	.674
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devean George	7	17.3	5.3	0.3	2.0	2.3	0.6	0.6	0.1	0.0	1.9	1.9	4.9	.382	1.3	3.0	.429	0.3	0.7	.400
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Devean George	Ben Simmons
Season	2006-07	-
Team	Dallas Mavericks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
Devean George	60	21.4	6.4	1.0	2.6	3.6	0.6	0.8	0.4	0.9	2.4	2.4	6.2	.395	0.9	2.5	.353	0.6	0.8	.750
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devean George	6	18.2	3.5	0.7	2.3	3.0	0.7	1.0	0.3	1.2	2.0	0.8	4.2	.200	0.5	2.0	.250	1.3	1.7	.800
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Devean George	Ben Simmons
Season	2007-08	-
Team	Dallas Mavericks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
Devean George	53	15.5	3.7	0.5	2.1	2.6	0.7	0.4	0.2	0.5	1.7	1.4	3.9	.357	0.4	1.3	.324	0.5	0.6	.706
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devean George	5	12.4	5.8	0.8	2.2	3.0	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.6	1.4	2.2	5.6	.393	0.8	2.4	.333	0.6	1.0	.600
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Devean George	Ben Simmons
Season	2008-09	-
Team	Dallas Mavericks	-
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		%
Devean George	43	16.5	3.4	0.6	1.2	1.8	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.4	1.3	1.3	3.3	.380	0.5	1.8	.289	0.4	0.5	.773
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 11
	Devean George	Ben Simmons
Season	2009-10	-
Team	Golden State Warriors	-
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		%
Devean George	45	16.9	5.4	0.5	2.1	2.5	0.7	0.9	0.2	0.3	2.0	2.0	4.6	.432	1.1	2.7	.390	0.4	0.5	.696
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Devean George vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Devean George, 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