Larry Siegfried vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Larry Siegfried, 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.

Larry Siegfried played 9 years in the NBA, 3 more than Ben Simmons, who played 6. Larry Siegfried had the first of his seasons in 1963-64, 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
	Larry Siegfried	Ben Simmons
Season	1963-64	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		%
Larry Siegfried	31	8.4	3.3	-	-	1.6	1.3	-	-	-	1.1	1.1	3.5	.318	-	-	-	1.0	1.3	.795
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		%
Larry Siegfried	4	6.0	1.8	-	-	1.0	0.3	-	-	-	1.0	0.5	1.5	.333	-	-	-	0.8	1.5	.500
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
	Larry Siegfried	Ben Simmons
Season	1964-65	2018-19
Team	Boston Celtics	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		%
Larry Siegfried	72	13.8	6.3	-	-	1.9	1.7	-	-	-	1.5	2.4	5.8	.415	-	-	-	1.5	1.9	.779
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		%
Larry Siegfried	12	13.6	7.0	-	-	2.1	1.8	-	-	-	2.1	2.5	6.6	.380	-	-	-	2.0	2.3	.857
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
	Larry Siegfried	Ben Simmons
Season	1965-66	2019-20
Team	Boston Celtics	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		%
Larry Siegfried	71	23.6	13.7	-	-	2.8	2.3	-	-	-	2.2	4.9	11.6	.423	-	-	-	3.9	4.4	.881
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		%
Larry Siegfried	17	26.6	13.2	-	-	2.5	2.4	-	-	-	3.1	4.8	11.4	.420	-	-	-	3.6	4.4	.827
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Larry Siegfried	Ben Simmons
Season	1966-67	2020-21
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div 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		%
Larry Siegfried	73	25.9	14.1	-	-	3.1	3.4	-	-	-	2.8	5.0	11.4	.442	-	-	-	4.0	4.8	.847
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		%
Larry Siegfried	9	28.9	12.3	-	-	4.4	4.9	-	-	-	3.7	4.2	11.3	.373	-	-	-	3.9	4.8	.814
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
	Larry Siegfried	Ben Simmons
Season	1967-68	2022-23
Team	Boston Celtics	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
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		%
Larry Siegfried	62	31.2	12.2	-	-	3.5	4.7	-	-	-	3.1	4.2	10.1	.415	-	-	-	3.8	4.4	.868
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		%
Larry Siegfried	19	28.2	12.3	-	-	2.6	2.9	-	-	-	3.9	4.1	10.6	.388	-	-	-	4.1	4.5	.906
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Larry Siegfried	Ben Simmons
Season	1968-69	2023-24
Team	Boston Celtics	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
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		%
Larry Siegfried	79	32.4	14.2	-	-	3.6	4.7	-	-	-	2.8	5.0	13.1	.380	-	-	-	4.3	4.9	.864
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		%
Larry Siegfried	18	21.8	11.1	-	-	2.1	2.6	-	-	-	3.3	4.0	9.6	.419	-	-	-	3.1	3.9	.786
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-