Blair Rasmussen vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Blair Rasmussen, 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.

Blair Rasmussen played 8 years in the NBA, 2 more than Ben Simmons, who played 6. Blair Rasmussen had the first of his seasons in 1985-86, 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
	Blair Rasmussen	Ben Simmons
Season	1985-86	2017-18
Team	Denver Nuggets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
Blair Rasmussen	48	6.9	3.2	0.8	1.3	2.0	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.8	1.3	1.3	3.1	.407	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.8	.795
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		%
Blair Rasmussen	10	17.5	11.1	2.7	3.3	6.0	1.0	0.5	0.9	0.7	2.8	3.9	9.6	.406	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.1	.805
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
	Blair Rasmussen	Ben Simmons
Season	1986-87	2018-19
Team	Denver Nuggets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
Blair Rasmussen	74	19.2	9.5	2.5	3.8	6.3	0.8	0.3	0.8	1.1	3.0	3.6	7.7	.470	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.1	.732
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		%
Blair Rasmussen	3	30.7	16.3	2.7	5.0	7.7	2.3	0.7	0.7	1.7	4.0	7.3	15.0	.489	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	3.3	.500
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
	Blair Rasmussen	Ben Simmons
Season	1987-88	2019-20
Team	Denver Nuggets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West 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		%
Blair Rasmussen	79	22.5	12.7	1.6	3.9	5.5	1.0	0.3	1.0	0.9	3.1	5.5	11.2	.492	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.2	.776
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		%
Blair Rasmussen	11	25.2	12.5	2.3	4.2	6.5	0.6	0.1	1.1	0.5	3.0	5.5	11.5	.472	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	1.8	.900
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Blair Rasmussen	Ben Simmons
Season	1988-89	2020-21
Team	Denver Nuggets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
Blair Rasmussen	77	17.0	7.6	1.4	2.4	3.7	0.6	0.4	0.5	0.6	2.5	3.3	7.5	.445	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.1	.852
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		%
Blair Rasmussen	2	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
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.