Tony Parker vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Tony Parker, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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 Parker played 18 years in the NBA, 11 more than Ben Simmons, who played 7. Tony Parker had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, 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.

Rookie Season
	Tony Parker	Ben Simmons
Season	2001-02	2017-18
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Tony Parker	77	29.4	9.2	0.4	2.1	2.6	4.3	1.2	0.1	2.0	2.2	3.5	8.3	.419	0.8	2.5	.323	1.4	2.1	.675
difference:	+4	+4.3	+6.6	+1.4	+4.2	+5.5	+3.9	+0.5	+0.8	-1.4	-0.4	+3.2	+4.0	+.126	+0.8	+2.4	+.323	+1.0	+2.1	+.115
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 Parker	10	34.1	15.5	0.5	2.4	2.9	4.0	0.9	0.1	2.2	2.2	6.2	13.6	.456	1.0	2.7	.370	2.1	2.8	.750
difference:		+2.8	+0.8	+1.1	+5.4	+6.5	+3.7	+0.8	+0.7	-2.2	-1.2	+0.1	+1.1	+.032	+1.0	+2.6	+.370	+2.0	+3.0	+.043
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 Parker	Ben Simmons
Season	2002-03	2018-19
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Tony Parker	82	33.8	15.5	0.4	2.2	2.6	5.3	0.9	0.0	2.4	2.1	5.9	12.7	.464	1.0	3.0	.337	2.7	3.5	.755
difference:	+3	+0.4	+1.4	+1.8	+4.4	+6.2	+2.4	+0.5	+0.8	-1.1	-0.5	+0.9	+0.5	+.099	+1.0	+2.9	+.337	+0.6	+1.9	+.155
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 Parker	24	33.9	14.7	0.3	2.4	2.8	3.5	0.9	0.1	2.0	2.1	5.6	14.0	.403	0.6	2.3	.268	2.8	3.9	.713
difference:	+12	+1.2	+0.8	+1.6	+2.7	+4.2	+2.5	+0.4	+0.9	-0.7	-1.7	+0.4	+4.3	+.218	+0.6	+2.3		+0.9	+0.6	+.138
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 Parker	Ben Simmons
Season	2003-04	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 Semis	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		%
Tony Parker	75	34.4	14.7	0.6	2.6	3.2	5.5	0.8	0.1	2.4	2.0	5.6	12.6	.447	0.8	2.7	.312	2.5	3.6	.702
difference:	+18	+1.0	+1.7	+1.4	+3.2	+4.6	+2.5	+1.3	+0.5	-1.1	-1.3	+1.0	+1.2	+.133	+0.8	+2.6	+.026	+0.7	+1.6	+.081
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 Parker	10	38.6	18.4	0.5	1.6	2.1	7.0	1.3	0.1	3.1	1.5	7.2	16.8	.429	1.7	4.3	.395	2.3	3.5	.657
Ben Simmons	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Tony Parker	Ben Simmons
Season	2004-05	2020-21
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Tony Parker	80	34.2	16.6	0.6	3.1	3.7	6.1	1.2	0.1	2.7	2.1	6.7	14.0	.482	0.5	2.0	.276	2.6	4.0	.650
difference:	+22	+1.8	+2.3	+1.0	+2.5	+3.5	+0.8	+0.4	+0.5	-0.3	-0.8	+1.1	+3.9	+.075	+0.4	+1.8	+.024	+0.4	+0.9	+.037
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 Parker	23	37.2	17.2	0.6	2.3	2.9	4.3	0.7	0.1	3.1	3.0	7.2	15.9	.454	0.4	2.1	.188	2.4	3.8	.632
difference:	+11	+3.7	+5.3	+1.5	+3.5	+5.0	+4.5	+0.6	+0.7	-0.8	-0.3	+2.3	+8.0	+.167	+0.4	+2.0	+.188	+0.3	+2.3	+.290
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 Parker	Ben Simmons
Season	2005-06	2022-23
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Tony Parker	80	33.9	18.9	0.5	2.8	3.3	5.8	1.0	0.1	3.1	2.0	7.8	14.2	.548	0.1	0.5	.306	3.2	4.5	.707
difference:	+38	+7.6	+12.0	+0.5	+2.5	+3.0	+0.3	+0.3	+0.5	-0.8	-1.3	+4.6	+8.6	+.018	+0.1	+0.5		+2.6	+3.1	+.268
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Parker	13	36.5	21.1	0.6	3.0	3.6	3.8	1.0	0.1	3.1	2.4	8.0	17.4	.460	0.2	0.7	.222	4.9	6.1	.810
Ben Simmons	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Tony Parker	Ben Simmons
Season	2006-07	2023-24
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Tony Parker	77	32.5	18.6	0.4	2.8	3.2	5.5	1.1	0.1	2.5	1.8	7.4	14.2	.520	0.2	0.5	.395	3.6	4.5	.783
difference:	+62	+8.6	+12.5	+1.7	+3.1	+4.7	+0.2	+0.3	+0.5	-0.7	-0.6	+4.5	+9.3	+.061	+0.2	+0.5		+3.2	+3.5	+.383
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 Parker	20	37.6	20.8	0.7	2.7	3.4	5.8	1.1	0.0	3.3	1.7	8.4	17.5	.480	0.4	1.1	.333	3.6	5.3	.679
Ben Simmons	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Tony Parker played 11 seasons more than Ben Simmons in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 18, from 2009 to 2019—Tony Parker played in 10 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 11 extra years over Ben Simmons, Tony Parker got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 4 All-Star Game