Ben Simmons vs. Gene Wiley Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Gene Wiley and Ben Simmons, 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.

Ben Simmons played 6 years in the NBA, 2 more than Gene Wiley, who played 4. Ben Simmons had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Gene Wiley had his rookie season in 1962-63. 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6
Rookie Season
	Ben Simmons	Gene Wiley
Season	2017-18	1962-63
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Gene Wiley	75	19.8	3.2	-	-	6.7	0.5	-	-	-	2.4	1.5	3.1	.462	-	-	-	0.3	0.9	.338
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Gene Wiley	9	30.9	3.3	-	-	10.8	1.2	-	-	-	3.2	1.6	3.9	.400	-	-	-	0.2	1.7	.133

Season 2
	Ben Simmons	Gene Wiley
Season	2018-19	1963-64
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Lakers Lost West Div 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		%
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
Gene Wiley	78	19.4	4.3	-	-	6.5	0.6	-	-	-	2.9	1.9	3.5	.535	-	-	-	0.6	1.0	.600
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Gene Wiley	5	9.6	2.6	-	-	3.2	0.0	-	-	-	1.8	1.0	1.6	.625	-	-	-	0.6	0.6	1.000

Season 3
	Ben Simmons	Gene Wiley
Season	2019-20	1964-65
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Gene Wiley	80	25.0	5.1	-	-	8.6	1.3	-	-	-	2.9	2.2	4.7	.465	-	-	-	0.7	1.4	.505
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gene Wiley	11	34.5	7.0	-	-	14.4	2.1	-	-	-	3.7	3.0	5.4	.559	-	-	-	1.0	1.7	.579

Season 4
	Ben Simmons	Gene Wiley
Season	2020-21	1965-66
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Gene Wiley	67	20.7	4.3	-	-	7.3	0.9	-	-	-	2.6	1.8	4.3	.426	-	-	-	0.6	1.1	.566
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Gene Wiley	2	2.5	0.0	-	-	0.5	0.0	-	-	-	0.5	0.0	0.5	.000	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-

Note: Ben Simmons didn't play in 2021-22.