Tyler Herro vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Tyler Herro, 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.

Tyler Herro played 6 years in the NBA, 1 less than Ben Simmons, who played 7. Tyler Herro had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, 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
	Tyler Herro	Ben Simmons
Season	2019-20	2017-18
Team	Miami Heat	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Tyler Herro	55	27.4	13.5	0.3	3.8	4.1	2.2	0.6	0.2	1.6	1.4	4.9	11.5	.428	2.1	5.4	.389	1.6	1.8	.870
difference:	+26	+6.3	+2.3	+1.5	+2.5	+4.0	+6.0	+1.1	+0.7	-1.8	-1.2	+1.8	+0.8	+.117	+2.1	+5.3	+.389	+0.8	+2.4	+.310
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		%
Tyler Herro	21	33.7	16.0	0.3	4.8	5.1	3.7	0.4	0.1	2.0	1.5	5.7	13.2	.433	2.3	6.1	.375	2.2	2.6	.870
difference:	+11	+3.2	+0.3	+1.3	+3.0	+4.3	+4.0	+1.3	+0.7	-2.4	-1.9	+0.4	+0.7	+.055	+2.3	+6.0	+.375	+1.9	+3.2	+.163
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
	Tyler Herro	Ben Simmons
Season	2020-21	2018-19
Team	Miami Heat	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat 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		%
Tyler Herro	54	30.3	15.1	0.5	4.5	5.0	3.4	0.6	0.3	1.9	1.3	5.7	12.9	.439	2.0	5.5	.360	1.7	2.2	.803
difference:	+25	+3.9	+1.8	+1.7	+2.1	+3.8	+4.3	+0.8	+0.5	-1.6	-1.3	+1.1	+0.7	+.124	+2.0	+5.4	+.360	+1.6	+3.2	+.203
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		%
Tyler Herro	4	23.3	9.3	0.3	3.0	3.3	1.8	0.3	0.3	0.8	0.5	3.0	9.5	.316	1.5	4.8	.316	1.8	1.8	1.000
difference:	+8	+11.8	+4.6	+1.6	+2.1	+3.7	+4.2	+1.0	+0.7	-1.9	-3.3	+3.0	+0.2	+.305	+1.5	+4.8		+0.1	+1.5	+.425
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
	Tyler Herro	Ben Simmons
Season	2021-22	2019-20
Team	Miami Heat	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	Sixth Man of the Year	-
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Tyler Herro	66	32.6	20.7	0.5	4.5	5.0	4.0	0.7	0.1	2.6	1.4	7.6	17.0	.447	2.7	6.7	.399	2.9	3.3	.868
difference:	+9	+2.8	+4.3	+1.5	+1.3	+2.8	+4.0	+1.4	+0.5	-0.9	-1.9	+1.0	+5.6	+.133	+2.7	+6.6	+.113	+0.3	+1.9	+.247
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		%
Tyler Herro	15	25.4	12.6	0.5	3.4	3.9	2.8	0.6	0.4	1.8	1.4	4.9	12.1	.409	1.1	4.7	.229	1.7	1.8	.926
Ben Simmons	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Tyler Herro	Ben Simmons
Season	2022-23	2020-21
Team	Miami Heat	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA 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		%
Tyler Herro	67	34.9	20.1	0.4	5.0	5.4	4.2	0.8	0.2	2.4	1.5	7.3	16.6	.439	3.0	8.0	.378	2.5	2.7	.934
difference:	+9	+2.5	+5.8	+1.2	+0.6	+1.8	+2.7	+0.8	+0.4	-0.6	-1.4	+1.7	+6.5	+.118	+2.9	+7.8	+.078	+0.5	+2.2	+.321
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		%
Tyler Herro	1	19.0	12.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	5.0	9.0	.556	2.0	4.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+11	+14.5	+0.1	+2.1	+3.8	+5.9	+6.8	+1.3	+0.2	-1.3	-2.3	+0.1	+1.1	+.065	+2.0	+3.9	+.500	+2.1	+6.1
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 6
	Tyler Herro	Ben Simmons
Season	2024-25	2023-24
Team	Miami Heat	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Tyler Herro	77	35.4	23.9	0.5	4.7	5.2	5.5	0.9	0.2	2.6	1.1	8.5	17.9	.472	3.3	8.7	.375	3.7	4.2	.878
difference:	+62	+11.5	+17.8	+1.6	+1.2	+2.7	+0.2	+0.1	+0.4	-0.8	-1.3	+5.6	+13.0	+.109	+3.3	+8.7		+3.3	+3.2	+.478
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		%
Tyler Herro	4	36.0	17.8	0.0	3.5	3.5	2.8	0.5	0.0	2.3	3.0	6.8	16.3	.415	2.3	7.3	.310	2.0	2.5	.800
Ben Simmons	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-