Paul George vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Paul George, 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.

Paul George played 15 years in the NBA, 8 more than Ben Simmons, who played 7. Paul George had the first of his seasons in 2010-11, 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
	Paul George	Ben Simmons
Season	2010-11	2017-18
Team	Indiana Pacers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Paul George	61	20.7	7.8	0.6	3.1	3.7	1.1	1.0	0.4	1.1	2.1	2.9	6.5	.453	0.7	2.3	.297	1.3	1.7	.762
difference:	+20	+13.0	+8.0	+1.2	+3.2	+4.4	+7.1	+0.7	+0.5	-2.3	-0.5	+3.8	+5.8	+.092	+0.7	+2.2	+.297	+1.1	+2.5	+.202
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		%
Paul George	5	26.6	6.0	1.0	4.0	5.0	1.0	1.4	2.0	1.4	2.2	2.0	6.6	.303	0.6	2.6	.231	1.4	1.6	.875
difference:	+5	+10.3	+10.3	+0.6	+3.8	+4.4	+6.7	+0.3	+1.2	-3.0	-1.2	+4.1	+5.9	+.185	+0.6	+2.5	+.231	+2.7	+4.2	+.168
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
	Paul George	Ben Simmons
Season	2011-12	2018-19
Team	Indiana Pacers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Paul George	66	29.7	12.1	0.8	4.8	5.6	2.4	1.6	0.6	1.8	2.9	4.3	9.7	.440	1.4	3.5	.385	2.2	2.8	.802
difference:	+13	+4.5	+4.8	+1.4	+1.8	+3.2	+5.3	+0.2	+0.2	-1.7	-0.3	+2.5	+2.5	+.123	+1.4	+3.4	+.385	+1.1	+2.6	+.202
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		%
Paul George	11	33.7	9.7	1.4	5.3	6.6	2.4	1.6	0.4	1.9	2.9	3.4	8.6	.389	1.0	3.7	.268	2.0	2.5	.786
difference:	+1	+1.4	+4.2	+0.5	+0.2	+0.4	+3.6	+0.3	+0.6	-0.8	-0.9	+2.6	+1.1	+.232	+1.0	+3.7		+0.1	+0.8	+.211
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
	Paul George	Ben Simmons
Season	2012-13	2019-20
Team	Indiana Pacers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Paul George	79	37.6	17.4	1.1	6.5	7.6	4.1	1.8	0.6	2.9	2.9	6.2	14.9	.419	2.2	5.9	.362	2.8	3.5	.807
difference:	+22	+2.2	+1.0	+0.9	+0.7	+0.2	+3.9	+0.3		-0.6	-0.4	+0.4	+3.5	+.161	+2.2	+5.8	+.076	+0.4	+1.7	+.186
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		%
Paul George	19	41.1	19.2	0.8	6.6	7.4	5.1	1.3	0.5	3.9	3.8	6.3	14.6	.430	1.8	5.5	.327	4.9	6.7	.727
Ben Simmons	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Paul George	Ben Simmons
Season	2013-14	2020-21
Team	Indiana Pacers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Paul George	80	36.2	21.7	0.8	6.0	6.8	3.5	1.9	0.3	2.8	2.5	7.2	17.0	.424	2.3	6.3	.364	5.0	5.8	.864
difference:	+22	+3.8	+7.4	+0.8	+0.4	+0.4	+3.4	+0.3	+0.3	-0.2	-0.4	+1.6	+6.9	+.133	+2.2	+6.1	+.064	+2.0	+0.9	+.251
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		%
Paul George	19	41.1	22.6	0.7	6.9	7.6	3.8	2.2	0.4	2.6	2.9	7.3	16.6	.438	2.7	6.8	.403	5.3	6.7	.789
difference:	+7	+7.6	+10.7	+1.4	+1.1	+0.3	+5.0	+0.9	+0.4	-0.3	-0.4	+2.4	+8.7	+.183	+2.7	+6.7	+.403	+3.2	+0.6	+.447
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 6
	Paul George	Ben Simmons
Season	2015-16	2023-24
Team	Indiana Pacers	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Paul George	81	34.8	23.1	1.0	6.0	7.0	4.1	1.9	0.4	3.3	2.8	7.5	17.9	.418	2.6	7.0	.371	5.6	6.5	.860
difference:	+66	+10.9	+17.0	+1.1	+0.1	+0.9	+1.6	+1.1	+0.2	-1.5	-0.4	+4.6	+13.0	+.163	+2.6	+7.0		+5.2	+5.5	+.460
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		%
Paul George	7	39.3	27.3	1.3	6.3	7.6	4.3	2.0	0.7	3.3	3.4	8.0	17.6	.455	2.6	6.1	.419	8.7	9.1	.953
Ben Simmons	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Paul George	Ben Simmons
Season	2016-17	2024-25
Team	Indiana Pacers	Brooklyn Nets, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Paul George	75	35.9	23.7	0.8	5.8	6.6	3.3	1.6	0.4	2.9	2.7	8.3	18.0	.461	2.6	6.6	.393	4.5	5.0	.898
difference:	+24	+13.9	+18.7	+0.1	+2.0	+1.9	+2.3	+0.9	+0.1	-0.9	-0.6	+6.0	+13.6	+.059	+2.6	+6.6		+4.0	+4.4	+.171
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		%
Paul George	4	43.0	28.0	1.3	7.5	8.8	7.3	1.8	0.5	3.3	3.3	8.5	22.0	.386	4.5	10.5	.429	6.5	7.5	.867
difference:	+1	+34.6	+27.2	+0.7	+6.7	+7.4	+6.5	+1.6	+0.3	-2.9	-1.1	+8.1	+20.8	+.053	+4.5	+10.5		+6.5	+7.5
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
* Paul George played 8 seasons more than Ben Simmons in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 15, from 2018 to 2025—Paul George played in 5 Playoffs. In those 8 extra years over Ben Simmons, Paul George got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 1 All-Defensive First Team 1 Steals Leader 5 All-Star Game