Ron Brewer vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Ron Brewer, 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.

Ron Brewer played 8 years in the NBA, 2 more than Ben Simmons, who played 6. Ron Brewer had the first of his seasons in 1978-79, 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
Ron Brewer	8	4	1978-79 to 1985-86
Ben Simmons	6	3	2017-18 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Ron Brewer	Ben Simmons
Season	1978-79	2017-18
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Ron Brewer	81	30.3	13.3	1.1	1.7	2.8	2.0	1.3	1.0	1.9	2.2	5.4	10.8	.494	-	-	-	2.6	3.2	.820
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		%
Ron Brewer	3	31.3	17.7	1.3	2.3	3.7	2.7	0.3	3.0	1.7	2.3	7.3	13.0	.564	-	-	-	3.0	4.3	.692
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
	Ron Brewer	Ben Simmons
Season	1979-80	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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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Brewer	82	34.3	15.7	0.7	2.0	2.6	2.6	1.2	0.6	2.0	1.9	6.7	14.4	.464	0.1	0.4	.188	2.2	2.7	.840
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		%
Ron Brewer	3	35.3	19.0	0.3	0.7	1.0	2.0	1.0	0.3	2.3	3.3	8.7	20.3	.426	0.0	1.0	.000	1.7	3.0	.556
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
	Ron Brewer	Ben Simmons
Season	1980-81	2019-20
Team	Portland Trail Blazers, 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 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		%
Ron Brewer	75	19.4	8.6	0.5	0.7	1.1	2.0	0.8	0.5	1.2	1.3	3.7	8.4	.436	0.0	0.1	.143	1.2	1.5	.798
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		%
Ron Brewer	7	16.9	11.4	0.0	0.7	0.7	1.9	0.1	0.9	0.9	0.9	4.1	8.7	.475	0.1	0.4	.333	3.0	4.1	.724
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Ron Brewer	Ben Simmons
Season	1981-82	2020-21
Team	San Antonio Spurs, Cleveland Cavaliers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
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		%
Ron Brewer	72	32.2	18.8	0.8	1.5	2.2	2.6	1.1	0.4	1.7	2.1	7.9	16.6	.477	0.1	0.4	.258	2.9	3.6	.812
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		%
Ron Brewer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Ron Brewer	Ben Simmons
Season	1982-83	2022-23
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers, Golden State Warriors	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
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		%
Ron Brewer	74	26.5	11.3	0.8	1.1	1.9	1.3	1.2	0.3	1.3	1.7	4.6	10.9	.426	0.1	0.2	.389	1.9	2.3	.835
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		%
Ron Brewer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Ron Brewer	Ben Simmons
Season	1983-84	2023-24
Team	Golden State Warriors, San Antonio Spurs	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
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		%
Ron Brewer	53	18.7	7.8	0.4	0.8	1.2	0.9	0.5	0.4	0.8	1.2	3.4	7.6	.444	0.1	0.3	.214	1.0	1.3	.776
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		%
Ron Brewer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Ron Brewer	Ben Simmons
Season	1984-85	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs, New Jersey Nets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Ron Brewer	20	16.3	7.4	0.5	0.6	1.1	0.9	0.3	0.3	0.5	1.2	3.1	5.9	.525	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.3	.920
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Brewer	3	31.0	12.0	0.3	1.3	1.7	1.7	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.3	5.0	10.0	.500	0.0	0.3	.000	2.0	2.7	.750
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Ron Brewer	Ben Simmons
Season	1985-86	-
Team	Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers	-
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		%
Ron Brewer	44	13.0	4.8	0.3	0.9	1.2	0.9	0.4	0.1	0.5	1.0	2.0	5.1	.384	0.1	0.4	.294	0.8	0.9	.895
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Ron Brewer vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Ron Brewer, 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