Steve Kerr vs. Anfernee Simons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Anfernee Simons and Steve Kerr, 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 / Stats Rankings

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.

Steve Kerr played 15 years in the NBA, 7 more than Anfernee Simons, who played 8. Steve Kerr had the first of his seasons in 1988-89, while Anfernee Simons had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Steve Kerr	15	11	1988-89 to 2002-03
Anfernee Simons	8	3	2018-19 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Steve Kerr	Anfernee Simons
Season	1988-89	2018-19
Team	Phoenix Suns	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Steve Kerr	26	6.0	2.1	0.1	0.5	0.7	0.9	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.5	0.8	1.8	.435	0.3	0.7	.471	0.2	0.3	.667
difference:	+6	+1.1	+1.7	+0.1			+0.2	+0.2		-0.4		+0.6	+1.4	+.009	+0.2	+0.8	+.126	+0.3	+0.5	+.104
Anfernee Simons	20	7.1	3.8	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.6	0.5	1.4	3.2	.444	0.5	1.5	.345	0.5	0.8	.563

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anfernee Simons	5	2.4	0.8	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	1.4	.000	0.0	0.4	.000	0.8	1.0	.800


Season 2
	Steve Kerr	Anfernee Simons
Season	1989-90	2019-20
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Steve Kerr	78	21.3	6.7	0.2	1.1	1.3	3.2	0.6	0.1	0.9	0.8	2.5	5.5	.444	0.9	1.8	.507	0.8	0.9	.863
difference:	+8	+0.6	+1.6	+0.2	+0.7	+0.9	+1.8	+0.2			-1.1	+0.6	+2.2	+.045	+0.2	+1.4	+.175	+0.3	+0.4	+.037
Anfernee Simons	70	20.7	8.3	0.4	1.8	2.2	1.4	0.4	0.1	0.9	1.9	3.1	7.7	.399	1.1	3.2	.332	1.1	1.3	.826

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	5	14.6	1.6	0.2	1.0	1.2	2.0	0.8	0.0	0.4	1.2	0.8	2.8	.286	0.0	0.6	.000	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+1	+5.9	+5.2	+0.1	+1.5	+1.6	+0.5	+0.7		-0.6	-0.6	+1.2	+3.7	+.022	+1.5	+2.9	+.429	+1.3	+1.5
Anfernee Simons	4	20.5	6.8	0.3	2.5	2.8	2.5	1.5	0.0	1.0	1.8	2.0	6.5	.308	1.5	3.5	.429	1.3	1.5	.833


Season 3
	Steve Kerr	Anfernee Simons
Season	1990-91	2020-21
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Steve Kerr	57	15.9	4.8	0.1	0.6	0.6	2.3	0.5	0.1	0.7	0.9	1.7	3.9	.444	0.5	1.1	.452	0.8	0.9	.849
difference:	+7	+1.4	+3.0	+0.1	+1.4	+1.6	+0.9	+0.2			-0.6	+0.9	+2.4	+.025	+1.4	+3.3	+.026	+0.1		+.042
Anfernee Simons	64	17.3	7.8	0.2	2.0	2.2	1.4	0.3	0.1	0.7	1.5	2.6	6.3	.419	1.9	4.4	.426	0.7	0.9	.807

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anfernee Simons	6	17.8	6.5	0.5	2.2	2.7	0.8	0.3	0.2	0.2	1.0	2.3	4.2	.560	1.8	3.0	.611	0.0	0.0	-


Season 4
	Steve Kerr	Anfernee Simons
Season	1991-92	2021-22
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
Steve Kerr	48	17.6	6.6	0.3	1.3	1.6	2.3	0.6	0.2	0.6	0.6	2.5	4.9	.511	0.7	1.5	.432	0.9	1.1	.833
difference:	+9	+11.9	+10.7	+0.2	+0.9	+1.0	+1.6	+0.1	+0.1	-1.4	-1.3	+3.7	+9.1	+.068	+2.4	+6.3	+.027	+0.9	+0.9	+.055
Anfernee Simons	57	29.5	17.3	0.5	2.2	2.6	3.9	0.5	0.1	2.0	1.9	6.2	14.0	.443	3.1	7.8	.405	1.8	2.0	.888

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	12	12.4	3.7	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.8	0.4	0.0	0.3	1.0	1.5	3.4	.439	0.3	0.9	.273	0.4	0.4	1.000
Anfernee Simons	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Steve Kerr	Anfernee Simons
Season	1992-93	2022-23
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers, Orlando Magic	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Steve Kerr	52	9.3	2.6	0.1	0.8	0.9	1.3	0.2	0.0	0.5	0.7	1.0	2.3	.434	0.1	0.5	.231	0.4	0.5	.917
difference:	+10	+25.7	+18.5	+0.2	+1.5	+1.7	+2.8	+0.5	+0.2	-1.6	-1.6	+6.5	+14.6	+.013	+3.3	+8.6	+.146	+2.2	+2.4	+.023
Anfernee Simons	62	35.0	21.1	0.3	2.3	2.6	4.1	0.7	0.2	2.1	2.3	7.5	16.9	.447	3.4	9.1	.377	2.6	2.9	.894

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Steve Kerr nor Anfernee Simons played in the postseason in their season 5


Season 6
	Steve Kerr	Anfernee Simons
Season	1993-94	2023-24
Team	Chicago Bulls	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Steve Kerr	82	24.8	8.6	0.3	1.3	1.6	2.6	0.9	0.0	0.7	1.2	3.5	7.0	.497	0.6	1.5	.419	1.0	1.2	.856
difference:	+36	+9.6	+14.0	+0.2	+1.9	+2.0	+2.9	+0.4	+0.1	-2.0	-0.9	+4.3	+11.2	+.067	+2.8	+7.3	+.034	+2.5	+2.7	+.060
Anfernee Simons	46	34.4	22.6	0.5	3.2	3.6	5.5	0.5	0.1	2.7	2.1	7.8	18.2	.430	3.4	8.8	.385	3.5	3.9	.916

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	10	18.6	3.5	0.2	1.2	1.4	1.0	0.7	0.0	0.1	1.3	1.3	3.6	.361	0.6	1.6	.375	0.3	0.3	1.000
Anfernee Simons	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Steve Kerr	Anfernee Simons
Season	1994-95	2024-25
Team	Chicago Bulls	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
Steve Kerr	82	22.4	8.2	0.2	1.2	1.5	1.8	0.5	0.0	0.6	1.4	3.2	6.0	.527	1.1	2.1	.524	0.8	1.0	.778
difference:	+12	+10.3	+11.1	+0.2	+1.1	+1.2	+3.0	+0.4	+0.1	-1.4	-0.3	+3.6	+10.1	+.101	+2.0	+6.4	+.161	+1.7	+1.8	+.124
Anfernee Simons	70	32.7	19.3	0.4	2.3	2.7	4.8	0.9	0.1	2.0	1.7	6.8	16.1	.426	3.1	8.5	.363	2.5	2.8	.902

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	10	19.3	5.1	0.1	0.5	0.6	1.5	0.1	0.0	0.0	1.4	1.9	4.0	.475	0.8	1.9	.421	0.5	0.5	1.000
Anfernee Simons	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Steve Kerr	Anfernee Simons
Season	1995-96	2025-26
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	82	23.4	8.4	0.3	1.0	1.3	2.3	0.8	0.0	0.5	1.3	3.0	5.9	.506	1.5	2.9	.515	1.0	1.0	.929
difference:	+57	+0.3	+4.7	+0.1	+0.8	+0.9	+0.2	+0.3	+0.2	-0.5	-0.7	+1.6	+4.8	+.073	+0.9	+3.2	+.123	+0.4	+0.6	+.051
Anfernee Simons	25	23.7	13.1	0.4	1.8	2.2	2.5	0.5	0.2	1.0	2.0	4.6	10.7	.433	2.4	6.1	.392	1.4	1.6	.878

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	18	19.8	6.8	0.2	0.8	1.0	1.7	0.8	0.0	0.7	1.2	2.2	4.8	.448	0.9	2.9	.321	1.5	1.7	.871
Anfernee Simons	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years

* Steve Kerr played 7 seasons more than Anfernee Simons in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 9 to 15, from 1997 to 2003—Steve Kerr played in 6 Playoffs and won 4 NBA Championships.

Steve Kerr vs. Anfernee Simons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Anfernee Simons and Steve Kerr, 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years