Curtis Rowe vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Curtis Rowe, 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.

Curtis Rowe played 8 years in the NBA, 2 more than Ben Simmons, who played 6. Curtis Rowe had the first of his seasons in 1971-72, 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
	Curtis Rowe	Ben Simmons
Season	1971-72	2017-18
Team	Detroit Pistons	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	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		%
Curtis Rowe	82	32.5	11.3	-	-	8.5	1.2	-	-	-	2.1	4.5	9.8	.460	-	-	-	2.3	3.5	.669
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		%
Curtis Rowe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Curtis Rowe	Ben Simmons
Season	1972-73	2018-19
Team	Detroit Pistons	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Curtis Rowe	81	37.1	16.1	-	-	9.4	2.1	-	-	-	2.4	6.8	13.0	.519	-	-	-	2.6	4.0	.642
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		%
Curtis Rowe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Curtis Rowe	Ben Simmons
Season	1973-74	2019-20
Team	Detroit Pistons	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Curtis Rowe	82	30.5	10.7	2.0	4.2	6.3	1.7	0.6	0.4	-	2.2	4.6	9.4	.494	-	-	-	1.4	2.1	.698
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		%
Curtis Rowe	7	32.7	8.3	2.3	5.1	7.4	1.6	0.4	0.9	-	3.3	3.6	7.4	.481	-	-	-	1.1	1.9	.615
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Curtis Rowe	Ben Simmons
Season	1974-75	2020-21
Team	Detroit Pistons	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Curtis Rowe	82	34.0	12.4	2.1	5.0	7.1	1.5	0.6	0.5	-	2.3	5.1	10.7	.483	-	-	-	2.1	2.8	.753
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		%
Curtis Rowe	3	38.3	14.7	2.7	6.0	8.7	5.0	0.3	1.7	-	2.0	5.7	11.0	.515	-	-	-	3.3	6.3	.526
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
	Curtis Rowe	Ben Simmons
Season	1975-76	2022-23
Team	Detroit Pistons	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Curtis Rowe	80	37.5	16.0	2.9	5.8	8.7	2.3	0.6	0.6	-	2.6	6.4	13.7	.468	-	-	-	3.2	4.3	.737
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		%
Curtis Rowe	9	38.4	15.0	2.8	5.0	7.8	2.9	0.7	0.9	-	3.0	5.9	12.3	.477	-	-	-	3.2	3.8	.853
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-