Dahntay Jones vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Dahntay Jones, 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.

Dahntay Jones played 13 years in the NBA, 7 more than Ben Simmons, who played 6. Dahntay Jones had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, 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
Dahntay Jones	13	9	2003-04 to 2016-17
Ben Simmons	6	3	2017-18 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Dahntay Jones	Ben Simmons
Season	2003-04	2017-18
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	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		%
Dahntay Jones	20	7.7	1.8	0.4	0.8	1.2	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.6	1.2	0.8	2.7	.283	0.1	0.2	.250	0.3	0.6	.455
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		%
Dahntay Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Dahntay Jones	Ben Simmons
Season	2004-05	2018-19
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies 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		%
Dahntay Jones	52	12.5	4.5	0.2	1.1	1.3	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.6	1.6	1.6	3.7	.437	0.4	1.2	.383	0.8	1.2	.688
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		%
Dahntay Jones	3	23.7	7.3	0.7	2.3	3.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.7	2.7	2.7	7.0	.381	1.0	1.7	.600	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
	Dahntay Jones	Ben Simmons
Season	2005-06	2019-20
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West 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		%
Dahntay Jones	71	13.6	4.0	0.3	1.2	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.7	1.5	1.5	3.7	.414	0.0	0.3	.143	0.8	1.3	.645
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		%
Dahntay Jones	4	11.5	4.3	0.3	1.5	1.8	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.5	1.8	1.3	1.8	.714	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.5	.700
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Dahntay Jones	Ben Simmons
Season	2006-07	2020-21
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
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		%
Dahntay Jones	78	21.4	7.5	0.6	1.4	2.0	0.9	0.5	0.3	1.2	2.5	2.8	5.9	.477	0.1	0.2	.417	1.8	2.2	.793
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		%
Dahntay Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Dahntay Jones	Ben Simmons
Season	2007-08	2022-23
Team	Sacramento Kings	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		%
Dahntay Jones	25	8.2	3.2	0.3	1.1	1.4	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.4	1.1	0.9	2.1	.434	0.0	0.2	.167	1.4	2.0	.667
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		%
Dahntay Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Dahntay Jones	Ben Simmons
Season	2008-09	2023-24
Team	Denver Nuggets	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Dahntay Jones	79	18.1	5.4	0.7	1.4	2.1	1.0	0.6	0.2	0.9	2.5	1.9	4.3	.458	0.1	0.2	.647	1.4	1.9	.728
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		%
Dahntay Jones	16	17.5	7.0	1.0	1.4	2.4	0.6	0.8	0.3	0.8	2.6	2.4	4.9	.481	0.2	0.8	.250	2.1	2.7	.767
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Dahntay Jones	Ben Simmons
Season	2009-10	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
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		%
Dahntay Jones	76	24.9	10.2	0.6	2.4	3.0	2.0	0.5	0.5	1.7	3.1	3.8	8.2	.461	0.1	0.4	.125	2.6	3.4	.770
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 8
	Dahntay Jones	Ben Simmons
Season	2010-11	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Dahntay Jones	45	13.1	6.3	0.1	1.4	1.4	0.7	0.4	0.2	0.7	1.6	2.2	4.8	.467	0.3	0.9	.359	1.5	2.0	.767
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dahntay Jones	3	16.7	8.7	0.7	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.0	1.0	2.3	3.0	6.7	.450	0.0	1.0	.000	2.7	3.0	.889
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Dahntay Jones	Ben Simmons
Season	2011-12	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Dahntay Jones	65	16.2	5.3	0.4	1.4	1.8	1.0	0.4	0.2	0.7	1.8	1.8	4.3	.409	0.5	1.2	.429	1.3	1.5	.838
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dahntay Jones	7	8.3	2.4	0.6	0.4	1.0	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.4	1.6	0.6	2.6	.222	0.3	1.3	.222	1.0	1.0	1.000
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Dahntay Jones	Ben Simmons
Season	2012-13	-
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Atlanta Hawks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Dahntay Jones	78	13.0	3.4	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.5	1.5	1.1	2.8	.369	0.1	0.6	.224	1.1	1.4	.770
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dahntay Jones	5	3.8	0.8	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.8	.250	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.4	1.000
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Dahntay Jones didn't play in 2013-14.


Season 11
	Dahntay Jones	Ben Simmons
Season	2014-15	-
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West 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		%
Dahntay Jones	33	3.7	0.6	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.2	0.6	.286	0.0	0.1	.000	0.3	0.3	.818
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dahntay Jones	11	1.6	0.4	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Dahntay Jones	Ben Simmons
Season	2015-16	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dahntay Jones	1	42.0	13.0	1.0	4.0	5.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	6.0	6.0	14.0	.429	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dahntay Jones	15	3.3	1.1	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.9	.462	0.1	0.2	.333	0.3	0.3	.800
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Dahntay Jones	Ben Simmons
Season	2016-17	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers 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		%
Dahntay Jones	1	12.0	9.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	8.0	.375	0.0	2.0	.000	3.0	4.0	.750
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dahntay Jones	10	3.3	1.6	0.1	0.6	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.7	0.5	1.0	.500	0.1	0.2	.500	0.5	0.5	1.000
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Dahntay Jones vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Dahntay Jones, 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

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13