Patty Mills vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Patty Mills, 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.

Patty Mills played 16 years in the NBA, 9 more than Ben Simmons, who played 7. Patty Mills had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, 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
	Patty Mills	Ben Simmons
Season	2009-10	2017-18
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Patty Mills	10	3.8	2.6	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.6	1.0	2.4	.417	0.2	0.4	.500	0.4	0.7	.571
difference:	+71	+29.9	+13.2	+1.7	+6.2	+7.9	+7.7	+1.7	+0.9	-3.0	-2.0	+5.7	+9.9	+.128	+0.2	+0.3	+.500	+2.0	+3.5	+.011
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		%
Patty Mills	3	4.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.3	.500	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.3	0.3	1.000
difference:	+7	+32.9	+14.3	+1.6	+7.8	+9.4	+6.7	+1.7	+0.8	-4.1	-3.1	+5.4	+11.2	+.012	+0.3	+0.2	+1.000	+3.8	+5.5	+.293
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
	Patty Mills	Ben Simmons
Season	2010-11	2018-19
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Patty Mills	64	12.2	5.5	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.7	0.4	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.1	5.1	.412	0.7	2.1	.353	0.6	0.7	.766
difference:	+15	+22.0	+11.4	+1.9	+6.1	+8.0	+6.0	+1.0	+0.8	-2.5	-1.6	+4.7	+7.1	+.151	+0.7	+2.0	+.353	+2.7	+4.7	+.166
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		%
Patty Mills	2	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+10	+32.6	+13.9	+1.9	+4.6	+6.5	+6.0	+1.3	+1.0	-2.2	-3.8	+6.0	+8.7	+.621		+0.5		+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
	Patty Mills	Ben Simmons
Season	2011-12	2019-20
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Patty Mills	16	16.3	10.3	0.3	1.5	1.8	2.4	0.6	0.1	1.6	0.9	3.9	8.1	.485	1.5	3.5	.429	0.9	0.9	1.000
difference:	+41	+19.1	+6.1	+1.7	+4.3	+6.0	+5.6	+1.5	+0.5	-1.9	-2.4	+2.7	+3.3	+.095	+1.5	+3.4	+.143	+2.3	+4.3	+.379
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		%
Patty Mills	8	3.9	1.9	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.3	0.8	1.4	.545	0.4	0.6	.600	0.0	0.0	-
Ben Simmons	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Patty Mills	Ben Simmons
Season	2012-13	2020-21
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost NBA 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		%
Patty Mills	58	11.3	5.1	0.2	0.7	0.9	1.1	0.4	0.1	0.7	0.9	1.9	4.2	.469	0.9	2.2	.400	0.3	0.3	.842
difference:		+21.1	+9.2	+1.4	+4.9	+6.3	+5.8	+1.2	+0.5	-2.3	-2.0	+3.7	+5.9	+.088	+0.8	+2.0	+.100	+2.7	+4.6	+.229
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		%
Patty Mills	9	3.4	1.3	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.6	1.1	.500	0.2	0.8	.286	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+3	+30.1	+10.6	+2.0	+5.6	+7.6	+8.6	+1.3	+0.8	-2.2	-3.1	+4.3	+6.8	+.121	+0.2	+0.7	+.286	+2.1	+6.1
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
	Patty Mills	Ben Simmons
Season	2013-14	2022-23
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Patty Mills	81	18.9	10.2	0.4	1.7	2.1	1.8	0.8	0.1	0.8	1.4	3.8	8.2	.464	1.7	3.9	.425	0.9	1.0	.890
difference:	+39	+7.4	+3.3	+0.6	+3.6	+4.2	+4.3	+0.5	+0.5	-1.5	-1.9	+0.6	+2.6	+.102	+1.7	+3.9		+0.3	+0.4	+.451
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		%
Patty Mills	23	15.3	7.3	0.1	1.4	1.5	1.4	0.7	0.0	0.6	1.3	2.7	6.1	.447	1.4	3.4	.405	0.4	0.6	.769
Ben Simmons	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-