Scot Pollard vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Scot Pollard, 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.

Scot Pollard played 11 years in the NBA, 5 more than Ben Simmons, who played 6. Scot Pollard had the first of his seasons in 1997-98, 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
Scot Pollard	11	9	1997-98 to 2007-08
Ben Simmons	6	3	2017-18 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Scot Pollard	Ben Simmons
Season	1997-98	2017-18
Team	Detroit Pistons	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
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		%
Scot Pollard	33	9.6	2.7	1.0	1.2	2.2	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.4	1.5	1.1	2.1	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.7	.826
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		%
Scot Pollard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Scot Pollard	Ben Simmons
Season	1998-99	2018-19
Team	Sacramento Kings	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Scot Pollard	16	16.2	5.1	2.4	2.8	5.1	0.3	0.5	1.1	0.3	2.6	2.1	3.8	.541	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.4	.696
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		%
Scot Pollard	5	15.0	3.0	1.0	1.2	2.2	0.2	0.8	1.2	0.4	2.6	1.2	1.8	.667	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.0	.600
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
	Scot Pollard	Ben Simmons
Season	1999-00	2019-20
Team	Sacramento Kings	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings Lost West 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		%
Scot Pollard	76	17.6	5.4	2.2	3.1	5.3	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.7	2.8	2.0	3.7	.527	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.1	.717
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		%
Scot Pollard	5	14.0	4.0	1.2	2.0	3.2	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.6	3.6	1.8	3.2	.563	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	1.2	.333
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Scot Pollard	Ben Simmons
Season	2000-01	2020-21
Team	Sacramento Kings	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Scot Pollard	77	21.5	6.5	2.2	3.8	6.0	0.6	0.6	1.3	0.9	2.7	2.4	5.1	.468	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.2	.749
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		%
Scot Pollard	8	17.8	6.0	2.9	4.0	6.9	0.3	0.1	0.9	0.8	3.8	2.4	3.8	.633	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.1	.588
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
	Scot Pollard	Ben Simmons
Season	2001-02	2022-23
Team	Sacramento Kings	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Scot Pollard	80	23.5	6.4	2.4	4.7	7.1	0.7	0.9	1.0	0.9	2.5	2.5	4.5	.550	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.1	.693
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		%
Scot Pollard	15	12.9	3.3	1.9	1.6	3.5	0.2	0.5	0.3	0.2	2.4	1.4	2.7	.525	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.8	.667
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Scot Pollard	Ben Simmons
Season	2002-03	2023-24
Team	Sacramento Kings	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Kings 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		%
Scot Pollard	23	14.1	4.5	2.0	2.6	4.6	0.3	0.6	0.7	0.7	2.2	1.7	3.8	.460	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.7	.605
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		%
Scot Pollard	8	11.4	3.0	2.1	1.6	3.8	0.3	0.1	0.9	0.9	1.9	0.9	3.0	.292	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.6	.769
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Scot Pollard	Ben Simmons
Season	2003-04	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scot Pollard	61	11.1	1.7	1.1	1.6	2.7	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.4	1.8	0.8	1.9	.412	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.3	.571
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scot Pollard	3	4.0	0.7	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.3	.500
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Scot Pollard	Ben Simmons
Season	2004-05	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Scot Pollard	49	17.7	3.9	1.7	2.4	4.2	0.4	0.6	0.5	0.6	2.5	1.6	3.4	.473	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.0	.673
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scot Pollard	9	7.1	1.4	0.4	0.8	1.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.4	1.0	0.7	1.7	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.2	.500
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Scot Pollard	Ben Simmons
Season	2005-06	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Scot Pollard	45	17.1	3.8	1.6	3.2	4.8	0.5	0.8	0.4	0.6	2.6	1.6	3.4	.455	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.8	.763
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scot Pollard	4	3.8	0.0	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.3	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Scot Pollard	Ben Simmons
Season	2006-07	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scot Pollard	24	4.5	1.0	0.6	0.7	1.3	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.2	1.1	0.5	1.1	.423	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.2	.500
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scot Pollard	3	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Scot Pollard	Ben Simmons
Season	2007-08	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
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		%
Scot Pollard	22	7.9	1.8	0.6	1.0	1.7	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.2	2.0	0.5	1.0	.522	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.0	.682
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Scot Pollard vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Scot Pollard, 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