Duncan Robinson vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Duncan Robinson, 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.

Duncan Robinson played 8 years in the NBA, 1 more than Ben Simmons, who played 7. Duncan Robinson had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, 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 achievements, 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
Duncan Robinson	8	6	2018-19 to 2025-26
Ben Simmons	7	4	2017-18 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Duncan Robinson	Ben Simmons
Season	2018-19	2017-18
Team	Miami Heat	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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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Duncan Robinson	15	10.7	3.3	0.1	1.1	1.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.7	1.2	3.1	.391	0.7	2.3	.286	0.3	0.4	.667
difference:	+66	+23.0	+12.5	+1.7	+5.2	+6.8	+7.9	+1.4	+0.9	-3.1	-1.9	+5.5	+9.2	+.154	+0.7	+2.2	+.286	+2.1	+3.8	+.107
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		%
Duncan Robinson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Duncan Robinson	Ben Simmons
Season	2019-20	2018-19
Team	Miami Heat	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Duncan Robinson	73	29.7	13.5	0.1	3.0	3.2	1.4	0.5	0.3	1.0	2.6	4.4	9.4	.470	3.7	8.3	.446	0.9	1.0	.931
difference:	+6	+4.5	+3.4	+2.1	+3.6	+5.6	+6.3	+0.9	+0.5	-2.5		+2.4	+2.8	+.093	+3.7	+8.2	+.446	+2.4	+4.4	+.331
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		%
Duncan Robinson	21	28.6	11.7	0.2	2.5	2.8	1.8	0.7	0.3	0.8	3.1	3.6	8.4	.426	3.0	7.4	.397	1.6	1.8	.868
difference:	+9	+6.5	+2.2	+1.7	+2.6	+4.2	+4.2	+0.6	+0.7	-1.9	-0.7	+2.4	+1.3	+.195	+3.0	+7.4		+0.3	+1.5	+.293
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
	Duncan Robinson	Ben Simmons
Season	2020-21	2019-20
Team	Miami Heat	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Duncan Robinson	72	31.4	13.1	0.1	3.4	3.5	1.8	0.6	0.3	1.1	2.5	4.4	10.0	.439	3.5	8.5	.408	0.9	1.0	.827
difference:	+15	+4.0	+3.3	+1.9	+2.4	+4.3	+6.2	+1.5	+0.3	-2.4	-0.8	+2.2	+1.4	+.141	+3.5	+8.4	+.122	+2.3	+4.2	+.206
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		%
Duncan Robinson	4	25.0	10.3	0.0	2.8	2.8	0.8	0.8	0.0	1.0	3.3	2.8	7.3	.379	2.5	6.8	.370	2.3	2.5	.900
Ben Simmons	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Duncan Robinson	Ben Simmons
Season	2021-22	2020-21
Team	Miami Heat	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Duncan Robinson	79	25.9	10.9	0.3	2.3	2.6	1.6	0.5	0.2	0.8	2.5	3.7	9.2	.399	2.9	7.9	.372	0.6	0.8	.836
difference:	+21	+6.5	+3.4	+1.3	+3.3	+4.6	+5.3	+1.1	+0.4	-2.2	-0.4	+1.9	+0.9	+.158	+2.8	+7.7	+.072	+2.4	+4.1	+.223
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		%
Duncan Robinson	13	12.2	5.6	0.2	1.6	1.8	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.2	1.7	1.9	4.4	.439	1.4	3.6	.383	0.4	0.5	.833
difference:	+1	+21.3	+6.3	+1.9	+4.2	+6.1	+8.4	+1.0	+0.7	-2.1	-1.6	+3.0	+3.5	+.182	+1.4	+3.5	+.383	+1.7	+5.6	+.491
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
	Duncan Robinson	Ben Simmons
Season	2022-23	2022-23
Team	Miami Heat	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Duncan Robinson	42	16.4	6.4	0.2	1.5	1.6	1.1	0.3	0.0	0.7	1.8	2.1	5.6	.371	1.5	4.6	.328	0.7	0.8	.906
difference:		+9.9	+0.5	+0.8	+3.8	+4.7	+5.0	+1.0	+0.6	-1.6	-1.5	+1.1		+.195	+1.5	+4.6		+0.1	+0.6	+.467
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	-	0.6	1.4	.439

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Duncan Robinson	23	18.2	9.0	0.0	1.4	1.5	1.7	0.3	0.1	0.9	1.6	3.3	6.9	.475	2.2	4.9	.442	0.3	0.3	.875
Ben Simmons	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Duncan Robinson	Ben Simmons
Season	2023-24	2023-24
Team	Miami Heat	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Duncan Robinson	68	28.0	12.9	0.2	2.3	2.5	2.8	0.7	0.2	1.4	2.4	4.5	9.9	.450	2.8	7.0	.395	1.2	1.3	.889
difference:	+53	+4.1	+6.8	+1.9	+3.6	+5.4	+2.9	+0.1	+0.4	-0.4		+1.6	+5.0	+.131	+2.8	+7.0		+0.8	+0.3	+.489
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		%
Duncan Robinson	5	12.0	2.6	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.2	0.4	0.0	1.0	1.2	1.0	3.2	.313	0.6	2.6	.231	0.0	0.0	-
Ben Simmons	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Duncan Robinson	Ben Simmons
Season	2024-25	2024-25
Team	Miami Heat	Brooklyn Nets, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Duncan Robinson	74	24.1	11.0	0.2	2.0	2.3	2.4	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.8	3.9	9.0	.437	2.6	6.5	.393	0.6	0.7	.887
difference:	+23	+2.1	+6.0	+0.7	+1.8	+2.4	+3.2	+0.2	+0.4	-0.8	-0.3	+1.6	+4.6	+.083	+2.6	+6.5		+0.1	+0.1	+.160
Ben Simmons	51	22.0	5.0	0.9	3.8	4.7	5.6	0.7	0.5	2.0	2.1	2.3	4.4	.520	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.6	.727

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Duncan Robinson	4	14.8	4.3	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.5	1.5	1.3	3.5	.357	1.0	3.0	.333	0.8	1.0	.750
difference:	+1	+6.4	+3.5	+0.6	+0.2	+0.4	+0.5	+0.2	+0.8	-1.1	-0.7	+0.9	+2.3	+.024	+1.0	+3.0		+0.8	+1.0
Ben Simmons	5	8.4	0.8	0.6	0.8	1.4	0.8	0.2	0.8	0.4	2.2	0.4	1.2	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Additional Years

* Duncan Robinson played 1 season more than Ben Simmons in the NBA.

In that period—his season 8 in 2026—Duncan Robinson didn't play in the postseason.

Duncan Robinson vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Duncan Robinson, 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years