Tony Campbell vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Tony Campbell, 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.

Tony Campbell played 11 years in the NBA, 5 more than Ben Simmons, who played 6. Tony Campbell had the first of his seasons in 1984-85, 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
Tony Campbell	11	7	1984-85 to 1994-95
Ben Simmons	6	3	2017-18 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Tony Campbell	Ben Simmons
Season	1984-85	2017-18
Team	Detroit Pistons	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East 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		%
Tony Campbell	56	11.2	5.6	0.7	0.9	1.6	0.4	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.9	2.3	4.7	.496	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.3	.800
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		%
Tony Campbell	2	4.5	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Tony Campbell	Ben Simmons
Season	1985-86	2018-19
Team	Detroit Pistons	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East 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		%
Tony Campbell	82	15.8	7.9	1.0	1.9	2.9	0.5	0.8	0.1	1.0	2.0	3.6	7.4	.484	0.0	0.1	.222	0.7	0.9	.795
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		%
Tony Campbell	2	8.0	4.5	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	2.5	2.0	5.0	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.500
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
	Tony Campbell	Ben Simmons
Season	1986-87	2019-20
Team	Detroit Pistons	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East 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		%
Tony Campbell	40	8.3	3.5	0.5	0.9	1.5	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.9	1.0	1.4	3.6	.393	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	1.0	.615
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		%
Tony Campbell	4	3.3	2.3	0.0	1.3	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.8	1.5	.500	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.5	0.5	1.000
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Tony Campbell	Ben Simmons
Season	1987-88	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Tony Campbell	13	18.6	11.0	0.6	1.5	2.1	1.2	0.8	0.2	2.0	3.2	4.4	7.8	.564	0.1	0.2	.333	2.2	3.0	.718
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		%
Tony Campbell	15	6.3	3.1	0.3	0.4	0.7	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.3	1.1	1.2	2.8	.429	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	1.1	.688
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
	Tony Campbell	Ben Simmons
Season	1988-89	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
Tony Campbell	63	12.5	6.2	0.8	1.2	2.1	0.7	0.6	0.1	1.0	1.7	2.5	5.5	.458	0.0	0.3	.095	1.1	1.3	.843
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		%
Tony Campbell	9	11.8	6.2	0.4	0.9	1.3	0.7	0.3	0.0	1.0	2.9	2.1	3.4	.613	0.2	0.4	.500	1.8	2.4	.727
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Tony Campbell	Ben Simmons
Season	1989-90	2023-24
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	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		%
Tony Campbell	82	38.6	23.2	2.5	3.0	5.5	2.6	1.4	0.4	3.1	3.2	8.8	19.3	.457	0.1	0.7	.167	5.5	6.9	.787
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		%
Tony Campbell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Tony Campbell	Ben Simmons
Season	1990-91	-
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	-
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		%
Tony Campbell	77	37.6	21.8	2.1	2.4	4.5	2.8	1.6	0.6	2.5	2.6	8.5	19.5	.434	0.2	0.8	.262	4.6	5.8	.803
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 8
	Tony Campbell	Ben Simmons
Season	1991-92	-
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	-
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		%
Tony Campbell	78	31.3	16.8	1.8	1.9	3.7	2.9	1.1	0.4	2.1	2.6	6.8	14.6	.464	0.2	0.5	.351	3.1	3.8	.803
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 9
	Tony Campbell	Ben Simmons
Season	1992-93	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Tony Campbell	58	18.3	7.7	1.0	1.7	2.7	1.1	0.6	0.1	0.9	2.6	3.3	6.8	.490	0.0	0.1	.400	1.0	1.5	.678
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Campbell	2	16.5	7.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	1.5	3.5	2.0	5.0	.400	0.0	0.5	.000	3.0	4.0	.750
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Tony Campbell	Ben Simmons
Season	1993-94	-
Team	New York Knicks, Dallas Mavericks	-
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		%
Tony Campbell	63	19.3	8.8	1.2	1.7	3.0	1.3	0.8	0.2	1.3	2.1	3.6	8.1	.443	0.1	0.4	.250	1.5	1.9	.783
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 11
	Tony Campbell	Ben Simmons
Season	1994-95	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers 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		%
Tony Campbell	78	14.5	6.0	0.8	1.2	2.0	0.9	0.4	0.1	0.8	1.6	2.1	5.0	.411	0.2	0.5	.357	1.7	2.0	.830
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Campbell	4	9.3	5.8	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.8	0.8	1.5	3.5	.429	0.3	0.5	.500	2.5	3.0	.833
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Tony Campbell vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Tony Campbell, 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