Andrew Lang vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Andrew Lang, 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.

Andrew Lang played 12 years in the NBA, 6 more than Ben Simmons, who played 6. Andrew Lang had the first of his seasons in 1988-89, 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
Andrew Lang	12	6	1988-89 to 1999-00
Ben Simmons	6	3	2017-18 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Andrew Lang	Ben Simmons
Season	1988-89	2017-18
Team	Phoenix Suns	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 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		%
Andrew Lang	62	8.5	2.6	0.9	1.5	2.4	0.1	0.3	0.8	0.5	1.8	1.0	1.9	.513	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.0	.650
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		%
Andrew Lang	4	2.0	0.0	0.8	0.8	1.5	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.8	0.0	0.5	.000	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
	Andrew Lang	Ben Simmons
Season	1989-90	2018-19
Team	Phoenix Suns	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 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		%
Andrew Lang	74	13.7	3.5	1.1	2.5	3.7	0.3	0.3	1.8	0.6	2.3	1.3	2.4	.557	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.3	.653
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		%
Andrew Lang	12	7.8	1.3	0.3	1.3	1.7	0.2	0.3	0.8	0.4	1.4	0.5	0.8	.667	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.6	.571
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
	Andrew Lang	Ben Simmons
Season	1990-91	2019-20
Team	Phoenix Suns	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Andrew Lang	63	18.3	4.9	1.8	3.0	4.8	0.4	0.3	2.0	0.7	2.7	1.7	3.0	.577	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.1	.715
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		%
Andrew Lang	4	13.8	6.5	1.0	3.5	4.5	0.3	0.3	0.8	0.5	3.0	1.5	2.8	.545	0.0	0.0	-	3.5	4.3	.824
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Andrew Lang	Ben Simmons
Season	1991-92	2020-21
Team	Phoenix Suns	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West 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		%
Andrew Lang	81	24.3	7.7	2.1	4.6	6.7	0.5	0.6	2.5	1.1	3.8	3.1	5.9	.522	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.0	.768
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		%
Andrew Lang	8	24.0	5.6	1.9	2.1	4.0	0.3	0.4	1.9	1.0	4.1	1.9	5.0	.375	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.4	.789
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
	Andrew Lang	Ben Simmons
Season	1992-93	2022-23
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	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		%
Andrew Lang	73	25.5	5.3	1.9	4.1	6.0	1.1	0.6	1.9	1.2	3.6	2.0	4.8	.425	0.0	0.1	.200	1.2	1.6	.763
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		%
Andrew Lang	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Andrew Lang	Ben Simmons
Season	1993-94	2023-24
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Andrew Lang	82	19.6	6.1	1.5	2.3	3.8	0.6	0.5	1.1	1.0	2.3	2.6	5.6	.469	0.0	0.0	.250	0.9	1.3	.689
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		%
Andrew Lang	11	21.3	6.8	1.4	2.9	4.3	0.5	0.5	1.8	1.4	3.2	2.6	5.7	.460	0.0	0.1	.000	1.5	2.0	.773
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Andrew Lang	Ben Simmons
Season	1994-95	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Andrew Lang	82	28.5	9.7	1.9	3.7	5.6	0.9	0.5	1.8	1.3	3.3	3.9	8.3	.473	0.0	0.0	.667	1.9	2.3	.809
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andrew Lang	3	33.7	10.3	1.0	3.0	4.0	0.3	0.7	0.7	2.0	4.0	4.0	9.3	.429	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.0	.778
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Andrew Lang	Ben Simmons
Season	1995-96	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks, 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		%
Andrew Lang	71	33.3	11.7	2.2	4.3	6.4	0.9	0.6	1.8	1.7	3.4	5.0	11.1	.447	0.0	0.1	.200	1.8	2.2	.801
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 9
	Andrew Lang	Ben Simmons
Season	1996-97	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
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		%
Andrew Lang	52	23.0	5.3	1.8	3.5	5.3	0.5	0.5	0.9	0.8	2.7	2.2	4.8	.464	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.721
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 10
	Andrew Lang	Ben Simmons
Season	1997-98	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
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		%
Andrew Lang	57	12.1	2.7	1.0	1.7	2.7	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.6	1.8	0.9	2.5	.378	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.0	.772
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 11
	Andrew Lang	Ben Simmons
Season	1998-99	-
Team	Chicago Bulls	-
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		%
Andrew Lang	21	18.4	3.8	1.6	2.9	4.4	0.6	0.2	0.6	0.8	2.0	1.5	4.7	.323	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.1	.696
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 12
	Andrew Lang	Ben Simmons
Season	1999-00	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
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		%
Andrew Lang	19	12.8	3.1	0.8	2.3	3.2	0.2	0.4	0.3	0.3	1.6	1.5	3.4	.438	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.429
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Andrew Lang vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Andrew Lang, 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

Season 12