Steve Kerr vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons 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, 8 more than Ben Simmons, who played 7. Steve Kerr had the first of his seasons in 1988-89, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Steve Kerr	15	11	1988-89 to 2002-03
Ben Simmons	7	4	2017-18 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Steve Kerr	Ben Simmons
Season	1988-89	2017-18
Team	Phoenix Suns	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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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:	+55	+27.7	+13.7	+1.7	+5.8	+7.4	+7.3	+1.4	+0.9	-3.2	-2.1	+5.9	+10.5	+.110	+0.3	+0.6	+.471	+2.2	+3.9	+.107
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		%
Steve Kerr	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Steve Kerr	Ben Simmons
Season	1989-90	2018-19
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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:	+1	+12.9	+10.2	+2.0	+5.5	+7.5	+4.5	+0.8	+0.7	-2.6	-1.8	+4.3	+6.7	+.119	+0.9	+1.7	+.507	+2.5	+4.5	+.263
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		%
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:	+7	+20.5	+12.3	+1.7	+4.1	+5.8	+4.0	+0.5	+1.0	-2.3	-2.6	+5.2	+6.9	+.335		+0.6		+1.9	+3.3
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
	Steve Kerr	Ben Simmons
Season	1990-91	2019-20
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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:		+19.5	+11.6	+1.9	+5.2	+7.2	+5.7	+1.6	+0.5	-2.8	-2.4	+4.9	+7.5	+.136	+0.5	+1.0	+.166	+2.4	+4.3	+.228
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
* Neiher Steve Kerr nor Ben Simmons played in the postseason in their season 3


Season 4
	Steve Kerr	Ben Simmons
Season	1991-92	2020-21
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers 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		%
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:	+10	+14.8	+7.7	+1.3	+4.3	+5.6	+4.6	+1.0	+0.4	-2.4	-2.3	+3.1	+5.2	+.046	+0.6	+1.3	+.132	+2.1	+3.8	+.220
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		%
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
difference:		+21.1	+8.2	+2.0	+5.4	+7.4	+8.0	+0.9	+0.8	-2.0	-2.3	+3.4	+4.5	+.182	+0.3	+0.8	+.273	+1.7	+5.7	+.658
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
	Steve Kerr	Ben Simmons
Season	1992-93	2022-23
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers, Orlando Magic	Brooklyn Nets
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	+17.0	+4.3	+0.9	+4.5	+5.4	+4.8	+1.1	+0.6	-1.8	-2.6	+2.2	+3.3	+.132	+0.1	+0.5		+0.2	+0.9	+.478
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	-	0.6	1.4	.439

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Steve Kerr nor Ben Simmons played in the postseason in their season 5


Season 6
	Steve Kerr	Ben Simmons
Season	1993-94	2023-24
Team	Chicago Bulls	Brooklyn Nets
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:	+67	+0.9	+2.5	+1.8	+4.6	+6.3	+3.1	+0.1	+0.6	-1.1	-1.2	+0.6	+2.1	+.084	+0.6	+1.5		+0.6	+0.2	+.456
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		%
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
Ben Simmons	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Steve Kerr	Ben Simmons
Season	1994-95	2024-25
Team	Chicago Bulls	Brooklyn Nets, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
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:	+31	+0.4	+3.2	+0.7	+2.6	+3.2	+3.8	+0.2	+0.5	-1.4	-0.7	+0.9	+1.6	+.007	+1.1	+2.1		+0.3	+0.4	+.051
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		%
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
difference:	+5	+10.9	+4.3	+0.5	+0.3	+0.8	+0.7	+0.1	+0.8	-0.4	-0.8	+1.5	+2.8	+.142	+0.8	+1.9		+0.5	+0.5
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

* Steve Kerr played 8 seasons more than Ben Simmons in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 8 to 15, from 1996 to 2003—Steve Kerr played in 7 Playoffs and won 5 NBA Championships.

Steve Kerr vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons 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

Additional Years