Alex Hannum vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Alex Hannum, 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.

Alex Hannum played 8 years in the NBA, 2 more than Ben Simmons, who played 6. Alex Hannum had the first of his seasons in 1949-50, 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Alex Hannum	Ben Simmons
Season	1949-50	2017-18
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Nationals Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Alex Hannum	64	-	7.5	-	-	-	2.0	-	-	-	4.1	2.8	7.6	.363	-	-	-	2.0	2.9	.688
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		%
Alex Hannum	11	-	8.5	-	-	-	0.9	-	-	-	4.5	3.5	7.8	.442	-	-	-	1.5	3.1	.500
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
	Alex Hannum	Ben Simmons
Season	1950-51	2018-19
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Finals	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		%
Alex Hannum	63	-	7.5	-	-	4.8	1.9	-	-	-	4.3	2.9	7.8	.368	-	-	-	1.7	3.1	.543
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		%
Alex Hannum	7	-	6.0	-	-	6.7	2.4	-	-	-	5.3	2.4	5.6	.436	-	-	-	1.1	1.4	.800
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
	Alex Hannum	Ben Simmons
Season	1951-52	2019-20
Team	Baltimore Bullets (1st), Rochester Royals	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost West Div 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		%
Alex Hannum	66	22.8	6.6	-	-	5.1	2.0	-	-	-	4.1	2.6	7.0	.368	-	-	-	1.5	2.1	.710
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		%
Alex Hannum	6	24.3	6.7	-	-	4.3	1.3	-	-	-	5.0	2.7	7.0	.381	-	-	-	1.3	2.2	.615
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Alex Hannum	Ben Simmons
Season	1952-53	2020-21
Team	Rochester Royals	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost West Div 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		%
Alex Hannum	68	18.9	5.1	-	-	4.1	1.2	-	-	-	3.8	1.9	5.3	.358	-	-	-	1.3	2.0	.662
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		%
Alex Hannum	3	17.3	3.7	-	-	1.3	0.7	-	-	-	5.3	1.3	3.3	.400	-	-	-	1.0	2.7	.375
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.