Dyson Daniels vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Dyson Daniels, 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.

Dyson Daniels played 3 years in the NBA, 4 less than Ben Simmons, who played 7. Dyson Daniels had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, 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.

Rookie Season
	Dyson Daniels	Ben Simmons
Season	2022-23	2017-18
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	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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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dyson Daniels	59	17.7	3.8	0.6	2.6	3.2	2.3	0.7	0.2	1.0	1.7	1.5	3.5	.418	0.5	1.5	.314	0.4	0.7	.650
difference:	+22	+16.0	+12.0	+1.2	+3.7	+4.9	+5.9	+1.0	+0.7	-2.4	-0.9	+5.2	+8.8	+.127	+0.5	+1.4	+.314	+2.0	+3.5	+.090
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		%
Dyson Daniels	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
	Dyson Daniels	Ben Simmons
Season	2023-24	2018-19
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Dyson Daniels	61	22.3	5.8	1.0	2.9	3.9	2.7	1.4	0.4	1.0	1.7	2.3	5.1	.447	0.7	2.2	.311	0.6	0.9	.642
difference:	+18	+11.9	+11.1	+1.2	+3.7	+4.9	+5.0		+0.4	-2.5	-0.9	+4.5	+7.1	+.116	+0.7	+2.1	+.311	+2.7	+4.5	+.042
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		%
Dyson Daniels	3	5.7	1.3	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.7	2.0	.333	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+9	+29.4	+12.6	+1.9	+4.4	+6.3	+6.0	+0.6	+1.0	-2.4	-3.8	+5.3	+7.7	+.288		+0.7		+1.9	+3.3
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
	Dyson Daniels	Ben Simmons
Season	2024-25	2019-20
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	Most Improved Player	-
	Steals Leader	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Dyson Daniels	76	33.8	14.1	1.6	4.3	5.9	4.4	3.0	0.7	2.0	2.3	6.0	12.1	.493	1.1	3.1	.340	1.1	1.8	.593
difference:	+19	+1.6	+2.3	+0.4	+1.5	+1.9	+3.6	+0.9	+0.1	-1.5	-1.0	+0.6	+0.7	+.087	+1.1	+3.0	+.054	+2.1	+3.4	+.028
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
* Neiher Dyson Daniels nor Ben Simmons played in the postseason in their season 3

Additional Years
* Ben Simmons played 4 seasons more than Dyson Daniels in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 7, from 2021 to 2025—Ben Simmons played in two Playoffs. In those 4 extra years over Dyson Daniels, Ben Simmons got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Star Game