Andrei Kirilenko vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Andrei Kirilenko, 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.

Andrei Kirilenko played 13 years in the NBA, 7 more than Ben Simmons, who played 6. Andrei Kirilenko 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 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
	Andrei Kirilenko	Ben Simmons
Season	2001-02	2017-18
Team	Utah Jazz	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West 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		%
Andrei Kirilenko	82	26.2	10.7	1.8	3.1	4.9	1.1	1.4	1.9	1.3	1.9	3.5	7.7	.450	0.3	1.2	.250	3.5	4.5	.768
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		%
Andrei Kirilenko	4	30.3	8.8	1.0	2.8	3.8	1.0	1.8	2.5	1.5	2.5	2.8	7.0	.393	0.0	1.0	.000	3.3	4.0	.813
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
	Andrei Kirilenko	Ben Simmons
Season	2002-03	2018-19
Team	Utah Jazz	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West 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		%
Andrei Kirilenko	80	27.7	12.0	1.8	3.4	5.3	1.7	1.5	2.2	1.7	2.3	3.9	8.0	.491	0.5	1.4	.325	3.7	4.6	.800
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		%
Andrei Kirilenko	5	29.0	11.6	1.6	3.2	4.8	1.4	0.6	2.0	1.2	1.2	3.6	8.6	.419	0.2	1.4	.143	4.2	4.8	.875
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
	Andrei Kirilenko	Ben Simmons
Season	2003-04	2019-20
Team	Utah Jazz	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
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		%
Andrei Kirilenko	78	37.1	16.5	2.9	5.2	8.1	3.1	1.9	2.8	2.8	2.2	5.3	11.9	.443	0.9	2.6	.338	5.0	6.4	.790
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		%
Andrei Kirilenko	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Andrei Kirilenko	Ben Simmons
Season	2004-05	2020-21
Team	Utah Jazz	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Andrei Kirilenko	41	32.9	15.6	2.2	4.0	6.2	3.2	1.6	3.3	2.2	2.5	5.0	10.2	.493	0.6	1.9	.299	5.0	6.3	.784
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		%
Andrei Kirilenko	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Andrei Kirilenko	Ben Simmons
Season	2005-06	2022-23
Team	Utah Jazz	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
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		%
Andrei Kirilenko	69	37.7	15.3	2.3	5.7	8.0	4.3	1.5	3.2	2.9	2.3	4.9	10.6	.460	0.5	1.7	.308	5.0	7.2	.699
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		%
Andrei Kirilenko	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Andrei Kirilenko didn't play in 2011-12.