Sean Elliott vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Sean Elliott, 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.

Sean Elliott played 12 years in the NBA, 6 more than Ben Simmons, who played 6. Sean Elliott had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, 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
Sean Elliott	12	9	1989-90 to 2000-01
Ben Simmons	6	3	2017-18 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Sean Elliott	Ben Simmons
Season	1989-90	2017-18
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Sean Elliott	81	25.1	10.0	1.6	2.1	3.7	1.9	0.6	0.2	1.4	2.1	3.8	8.0	.481	0.0	0.1	.111	2.3	2.7	.866
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		%
Sean Elliott	10	29.1	12.7	1.1	3.0	4.1	1.8	0.9	0.6	1.5	3.7	5.3	9.6	.552	0.0	0.1	.000	2.1	2.9	.724
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
	Sean Elliott	Ben Simmons
Season	1990-91	2018-19
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Sean Elliott	82	37.1	15.9	1.7	3.8	5.6	2.9	0.8	0.4	1.8	2.3	5.8	11.9	.490	0.2	0.8	.313	4.0	4.9	.808
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		%
Sean Elliott	4	33.0	14.8	2.0	3.5	5.5	4.0	1.0	0.3	2.3	2.3	4.3	10.0	.425	0.0	0.8	.000	6.3	8.0	.781
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
	Sean Elliott	Ben Simmons
Season	1991-92	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 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		%
Sean Elliott	82	38.0	16.3	1.7	3.6	5.4	2.6	1.0	0.4	1.9	1.8	6.3	12.7	.494	0.3	1.0	.305	3.5	4.0	.861
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		%
Sean Elliott	3	45.7	19.7	1.3	3.0	4.3	2.7	1.0	1.3	2.0	2.0	6.3	13.3	.475	1.7	2.7	.625	5.3	6.0	.889
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Sean Elliott	Ben Simmons
Season	1992-93	2020-21
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Sean Elliott	70	37.2	17.2	1.2	3.4	4.6	3.8	1.0	0.4	2.2	1.9	6.4	13.1	.491	0.5	1.5	.356	3.8	4.8	.795
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		%
Sean Elliott	10	38.1	15.8	0.8	4.0	4.8	3.6	0.8	0.3	2.2	2.2	5.9	12.5	.472	0.3	1.4	.214	3.7	4.0	.925
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
	Sean Elliott	Ben Simmons
Season	1993-94	2022-23
Team	Detroit Pistons	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		%
Sean Elliott	73	33.0	12.1	0.9	2.7	3.6	2.7	0.7	0.4	1.8	2.4	4.9	10.8	.455	0.4	1.2	.299	1.9	2.4	.803
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		%
Sean Elliott	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Sean Elliott	Ben Simmons
Season	1994-95	2023-24
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Sean Elliott	81	35.3	18.1	0.8	2.8	3.5	2.5	1.0	0.5	1.9	2.7	6.2	13.2	.468	1.7	4.1	.408	4.0	5.0	.807
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		%
Sean Elliott	15	38.3	17.3	1.5	3.3	4.8	2.7	0.7	0.5	1.8	2.5	5.8	13.3	.435	1.3	3.7	.364	4.4	5.7	.776
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Sean Elliott	Ben Simmons
Season	1995-96	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Sean Elliott	77	37.7	20.0	0.9	4.2	5.1	2.7	0.9	0.4	2.6	2.3	6.8	14.6	.466	2.1	5.1	.411	4.2	5.5	.771
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sean Elliott	10	38.9	15.5	1.1	2.8	3.9	2.5	1.1	0.4	3.0	2.4	4.7	11.7	.402	1.0	3.4	.294	5.1	6.4	.797
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Sean Elliott	Ben Simmons
Season	1996-97	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
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		%
Sean Elliott	39	35.7	14.9	1.2	3.6	4.9	3.2	0.6	0.6	2.3	2.7	5.0	11.9	.422	1.1	3.2	.333	3.8	5.0	.755
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 9
	Sean Elliott	Ben Simmons
Season	1997-98	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
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		%
Sean Elliott	36	28.1	9.3	0.4	3.0	3.4	1.7	0.7	0.4	1.6	2.6	3.4	8.4	.403	0.9	2.5	.378	1.6	2.2	.718
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 10
	Sean Elliott	Ben Simmons
Season	1998-99	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
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		%
Sean Elliott	50	30.2	11.2	0.7	3.6	4.3	2.3	0.5	0.3	1.4	2.1	4.2	10.1	.410	0.8	2.4	.328	2.1	2.8	.757
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sean Elliott	17	33.8	11.9	0.6	2.8	3.4	2.6	0.5	0.2	1.2	2.9	4.0	9.0	.444	1.3	3.2	.400	2.6	3.5	.763
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Sean Elliott	Ben Simmons
Season	1999-00	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Sean Elliott	19	20.6	6.0	0.3	2.2	2.5	1.5	0.6	0.1	1.0	1.8	2.0	5.6	.358	0.7	1.9	.351	1.3	1.7	.781
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sean Elliott	4	29.8	10.0	0.3	5.3	5.5	1.3	0.0	0.5	1.0	3.3	3.8	10.0	.375	1.3	3.3	.385	1.3	2.0	.625
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Sean Elliott	Ben Simmons
Season	2000-01	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Sean Elliott	52	23.6	7.9	0.3	2.9	3.3	1.6	0.4	0.5	1.0	1.5	2.8	6.5	.434	1.1	2.5	.426	1.2	1.6	.714
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sean Elliott	12	19.9	4.8	0.3	1.9	2.2	1.2	0.4	0.5	1.1	1.8	1.6	4.3	.373	0.7	1.8	.364	0.9	0.9	1.000
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Sean Elliott vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Sean Elliott, 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

Season 12