Don Chaney vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Don Chaney, 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.

Don Chaney played 11 years in the NBA, 5 more than Ben Simmons, who played 6. Don Chaney had the first of his seasons in 1968-69, 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
	Don Chaney	Ben Simmons
Season	1968-69	2017-18
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	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		%
Don Chaney	20	10.5	4.0	-	-	2.3	1.0	-	-	-	1.6	1.8	5.7	.319	-	-	-	0.4	1.0	.400
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		%
Don Chaney	7	3.6	0.7	-	-	0.6	0.0	-	-	-	1.0	0.1	0.9	.167	-	-	-	0.4	0.6	.750
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
	Don Chaney	Ben Simmons
Season	1969-70	2018-19
Team	Boston Celtics	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		%
Don Chaney	63	13.3	5.0	-	-	2.4	1.1	-	-	-	1.9	1.8	5.1	.359	-	-	-	1.3	1.7	.752
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		%
Don Chaney	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Don Chaney	Ben Simmons
Season	1970-71	2019-20
Team	Boston Celtics	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		%
Don Chaney	81	28.3	11.5	-	-	5.7	2.9	-	-	-	3.6	4.3	9.5	.454	-	-	-	2.9	3.9	.748
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		%
Don Chaney	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Don Chaney	Ben Simmons
Season	1971-72	2020-21
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Don Chaney	79	28.8	11.9	-	-	5.0	2.6	-	-	-	3.7	4.7	9.9	.475	-	-	-	2.5	3.2	.773
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		%
Don Chaney	11	24.6	8.8	-	-	3.5	2.0	-	-	-	3.5	3.7	7.4	.506	-	-	-	1.4	1.8	.750
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
	Don Chaney	Ben Simmons
Season	1972-73	2022-23
Team	Boston Celtics	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
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		%
Don Chaney	79	31.5	13.1	-	-	5.7	2.8	-	-	-	3.5	5.2	10.9	.482	-	-	-	2.7	3.4	.787
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		%
Don Chaney	12	24.0	7.5	-	-	3.3	2.1	-	-	-	3.4	3.3	6.8	.476	-	-	-	1.0	1.4	.706
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Don Chaney	Ben Simmons
Season	1973-74	2023-24
Team	Boston Celtics	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
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		%
Don Chaney	81	27.9	10.4	2.6	2.1	4.7	2.2	1.0	0.8	-	3.0	4.3	9.3	.464	-	-	-	1.8	2.2	.828
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		%
Don Chaney	18	30.3	9.5	2.1	2.2	4.3	2.2	1.3	0.5	-	3.6	3.6	7.8	.461	-	-	-	2.3	2.8	.820
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Don Chaney	Ben Simmons
Season	1974-75	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Don Chaney	82	26.9	9.5	2.1	2.4	4.5	2.2	1.5	0.8	-	3.0	3.9	9.1	.428	-	-	-	1.6	2.0	.806
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Chaney	11	26.7	10.8	2.2	1.3	3.5	1.9	1.9	0.5	-	4.2	4.4	9.5	.457	-	-	-	2.1	2.6	.793
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Don Chaney didn't play in 1975-76.

Season 8
	Don Chaney	Ben Simmons
Season	1976-77	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Don Chaney	81	29.7	6.1	1.5	2.6	4.1	3.8	1.7	0.4	-	2.8	2.6	6.4	.408	-	-	-	0.9	1.2	.745
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Chaney	11	37.5	8.0	2.2	2.5	4.7	4.4	1.9	0.3	-	2.9	3.3	8.7	.375	-	-	-	1.5	2.0	.727
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-