Ben Simmons vs. Jiri Welsch Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jiri Welsch 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 Jiri Welsch, who played 4. Ben Simmons had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Jiri Welsch had his rookie season in 2002-03. 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	Jiri Welsch
Season	2017-18	2002-03
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
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
Jiri Welsch	37	6.3	1.6	0.3	0.4	0.8	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.5	0.9	0.5	2.0	.253	0.0	0.1	.250	0.6	0.8	.759
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
Jiri Welsch	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Ben Simmons	Jiri Welsch
Season	2018-19	2003-04
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics 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		%
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
Jiri Welsch	81	26.9	9.2	0.7	2.9	3.7	2.3	1.2	0.1	1.6	2.2	3.2	7.6	.428	0.9	2.2	.381	1.9	2.5	.743
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
Jiri Welsch	4	26.0	8.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	2.3	0.5	0.0	2.0	1.8	2.8	5.8	.478	0.3	1.0	.250	2.3	2.3	1.000

Season 3
	Ben Simmons	Jiri Welsch
Season	2019-20	2004-05
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	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		%
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
Jiri Welsch	71	18.5	6.5	0.4	2.0	2.4	1.5	0.6	0.1	1.0	1.7	2.1	5.2	.402	0.5	1.5	.309	1.8	2.4	.763
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jiri Welsch	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Ben Simmons	Jiri Welsch
Season	2020-21	2005-06
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Bucks 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		%
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
Jiri Welsch	58	14.9	4.3	0.4	1.5	1.9	1.1	0.6	0.0	0.7	1.1	1.5	3.8	.387	0.2	0.8	.286	1.1	1.5	.747
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
Jiri Welsch	4	3.8	1.8	0.0	0.8	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.0	.750

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