Carlos Arroyo vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Carlos Arroyo, 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.

Carlos Arroyo played 9 years in the NBA, 3 more than Ben Simmons, who played 6. Carlos Arroyo 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Carlos Arroyo	9	5	2001-02 to 2010-11
Ben Simmons	6	3	2017-18 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Carlos Arroyo	Ben Simmons
Season	2001-02	2017-18
Team	Toronto Raptors, Denver Nuggets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
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		%
Carlos Arroyo	37	10.0	3.0	0.3	0.8	1.1	1.9	0.3	0.0	0.6	0.8	1.3	3.0	.441	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.5	.722
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		%
Carlos Arroyo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Carlos Arroyo	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		%
Carlos Arroyo	44	6.5	2.8	0.3	0.3	0.6	1.2	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.6	1.1	2.5	.459	0.1	0.2	.429	0.4	0.5	.818
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		%
Carlos Arroyo	3	9.0	3.0	0.7	0.0	0.7	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.750
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
	Carlos Arroyo	Ben Simmons
Season	2003-04	2019-20
Team	Utah Jazz	Philadelphia 76ers
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		%
Carlos Arroyo	71	28.3	12.6	0.6	2.0	2.6	5.0	0.9	0.1	2.2	2.3	4.8	10.8	.441	0.5	1.6	.325	2.5	3.2	.804
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		%
Carlos Arroyo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Carlos Arroyo	Ben Simmons
Season	2004-05	2020-21
Team	Utah Jazz, Detroit Pistons	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost NBA 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		%
Carlos Arroyo	70	20.7	6.6	0.4	1.1	1.5	4.0	0.6	0.1	1.5	2.0	2.4	6.1	.389	0.1	0.4	.267	1.7	2.1	.799
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		%
Carlos Arroyo	19	8.1	2.1	0.1	0.5	0.5	2.1	0.2	0.1	0.5	1.0	0.8	2.4	.356	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.6	.667
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
	Carlos Arroyo	Ben Simmons
Season	2005-06	2022-23
Team	Detroit Pistons, Orlando Magic	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		%
Carlos Arroyo	77	15.5	5.8	0.4	1.3	1.7	3.0	0.5	0.1	1.1	1.5	2.2	4.9	.444	0.1	0.3	.350	1.4	1.8	.774
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		%
Carlos Arroyo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Carlos Arroyo	Ben Simmons
Season	2006-07	2023-24
Team	Orlando Magic	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost East 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		%
Carlos Arroyo	72	18.1	7.7	0.4	1.4	1.9	2.8	0.5	0.0	1.3	1.8	2.8	6.6	.425	0.2	0.7	.275	1.8	2.3	.795
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		%
Carlos Arroyo	3	13.3	4.0	0.7	1.0	1.7	2.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.3	1.7	4.7	.357	0.0	0.7	.000	0.7	0.7	1.000
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Carlos Arroyo	Ben Simmons
Season	2007-08	-
Team	Orlando Magic	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic 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		%
Carlos Arroyo	62	20.5	6.9	0.2	1.7	1.8	3.5	0.4	0.0	1.2	1.4	2.5	5.6	.451	0.5	1.4	.345	1.4	1.6	.853
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Arroyo	4	7.5	1.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	1.0	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.3	.000	0.5	0.5	1.000
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Carlos Arroyo didn't play in 2008-09.


Season 8
	Carlos Arroyo	Ben Simmons
Season	2009-10	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat 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		%
Carlos Arroyo	72	22.0	6.1	0.4	1.4	1.8	3.1	0.5	0.1	0.8	1.4	2.5	5.2	.475	0.1	0.3	.280	1.1	1.3	.844
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Arroyo	5	23.0	5.2	0.4	1.4	1.8	2.2	0.6	0.0	0.6	1.8	2.4	5.2	.462	0.0	0.2	.000	0.4	0.4	1.000
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Carlos Arroyo	Ben Simmons
Season	2010-11	-
Team	Miami Heat, Boston Celtics	-
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		%
Carlos Arroyo	64	18.5	4.8	0.3	1.3	1.6	2.0	0.3	0.0	0.9	1.1	1.9	4.3	.440	0.5	1.1	.449	0.6	0.7	.830
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Carlos Arroyo vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Carlos Arroyo, 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