Joe Kleine vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Joe Kleine, 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.

Joe Kleine played 15 years in the NBA, 9 more than Ben Simmons, who played 6. Joe Kleine had the first of his seasons in 1985-86, 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
Joe Kleine	15	10	1985-86 to 1999-00
Ben Simmons	6	3	2017-18 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Joe Kleine	Ben Simmons
Season	1985-86	2017-18
Team	Sacramento Kings	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Joe Kleine	80	14.8	5.2	1.4	3.3	4.7	0.6	0.3	0.4	1.3	2.8	2.0	4.3	.465	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.6	.723
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		%
Joe Kleine	3	15.0	5.0	2.7	2.0	4.7	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.7	2.7	1.7	4.3	.385	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.0	.833
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
	Joe Kleine	Ben Simmons
Season	1986-87	2018-19
Team	Sacramento Kings	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		%
Joe Kleine	79	21.0	7.9	2.2	3.9	6.1	0.9	0.4	0.4	1.1	2.7	3.2	6.9	.471	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	1.8	.786
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		%
Joe Kleine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Joe Kleine	Ben Simmons
Season	1987-88	2019-20
Team	Sacramento Kings	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		%
Joe Kleine	82	24.4	9.8	2.2	4.9	7.1	1.1	0.3	0.7	1.3	2.8	4.0	8.4	.472	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.3	.814
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		%
Joe Kleine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Joe Kleine	Ben Simmons
Season	1988-89	2020-21
Team	Sacramento Kings, Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Joe Kleine	75	18.8	6.5	1.7	3.4	5.0	0.9	0.4	0.3	1.4	2.6	2.3	5.8	.405	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	2.0	.882
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		%
Joe Kleine	3	21.7	6.3	1.3	4.3	5.7	0.7	0.0	0.3	2.0	3.0	2.0	3.7	.545	0.0	0.3	.000	2.3	3.0	.778
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
	Joe Kleine	Ben Simmons
Season	1989-90	2022-23
Team	Boston Celtics	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Joe Kleine	81	16.9	5.4	1.4	2.9	4.4	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.8	2.1	2.2	4.5	.480	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.2	.830
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		%
Joe Kleine	5	15.8	6.2	0.6	2.2	2.8	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.8	2.4	2.6	3.4	.765	0.0	0.2	.000	1.0	1.2	.833
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Joe Kleine	Ben Simmons
Season	1990-91	2023-24
Team	Boston Celtics	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Joe Kleine	72	11.8	3.6	1.0	2.4	3.4	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.7	1.5	1.4	3.0	.468	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.0	.783
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		%
Joe Kleine	5	6.2	1.6	1.0	1.2	2.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.4	1.4	0.8	1.8	.444	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Joe Kleine	Ben Simmons
Season	1991-92	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Joe Kleine	70	14.2	4.7	1.3	2.9	4.2	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.4	1.4	2.1	4.2	.491	0.1	0.1	.500	0.5	0.7	.708
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Kleine	9	9.1	2.2	0.7	1.8	2.4	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.3	1.2	1.0	2.4	.409	0.0	0.1	.000	0.2	0.2	1.000
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Joe Kleine	Ben Simmons
Season	1992-93	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Joe Kleine	78	14.5	3.3	1.4	3.0	4.4	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.5	1.6	1.4	3.4	.404	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	0.7	.707
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Kleine	4	7.3	1.5	0.0	1.3	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.0	0.8	1.3	.600	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Joe Kleine	Ben Simmons
Season	1993-94	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Joe Kleine	74	11.5	3.9	0.7	1.9	2.6	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.5	1.6	1.7	3.5	.488	0.1	0.1	.455	0.4	0.5	.769
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Kleine	8	10.1	3.5	0.6	1.5	2.1	0.4	0.1	0.5	0.3	1.9	1.5	3.5	.429	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.8	.667
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Joe Kleine	Ben Simmons
Season	1994-95	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Joe Kleine	75	12.9	3.7	1.1	2.4	3.5	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.5	2.3	1.6	3.5	.449	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	0.7	.857
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Kleine	10	16.7	6.3	0.8	2.3	3.1	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.6	3.5	3.1	5.4	.574	0.1	0.2	.500	0.0	0.0	-
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Joe Kleine	Ben Simmons
Season	1995-96	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Joe Kleine	56	11.8	2.9	0.6	1.7	2.4	0.8	0.2	0.1	0.7	2.0	1.3	3.0	.420	0.0	0.1	.286	0.4	0.4	.800
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Kleine	2	4.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Joe Kleine	Ben Simmons
Season	1996-97	-
Team	Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles Lakers, New Jersey 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		%
Joe Kleine	59	14.4	2.8	1.1	2.4	3.4	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.9	1.2	2.9	.406	0.0	0.1	.667	0.5	0.6	.737
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 13
	Joe Kleine	Ben Simmons
Season	1997-98	-
Team	Chicago Bulls	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Kleine	46	8.6	2.0	0.6	1.1	1.7	0.7	0.1	0.1	0.6	1.4	0.8	2.3	.368	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	.833
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 14
	Joe Kleine	Ben Simmons
Season	1998-99	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Joe Kleine	31	12.1	2.2	0.9	1.3	2.2	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.5	1.0	2.4	.405	0.0	0.1	.000	0.3	0.4	.667
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Kleine	1	5.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Joe Kleine	Ben Simmons
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	-
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		%
Joe Kleine	7	4.4	1.6	0.0	0.9	0.9	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.3	1.0	0.6	1.6	.364	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.4	1.000
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Joe Kleine vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Joe Kleine, 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

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15