Dana Barros vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Dana Barros, 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.

Dana Barros played 14 years in the NBA, 8 more than Ben Simmons, who played 6. Dana Barros had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, 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
	Dana Barros	Ben Simmons
Season	1989-90	2017-18
Team	Seattle Supersonics	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		%
Dana Barros	81	20.1	9.7	0.4	1.2	1.6	2.5	0.7	0.0	1.5	1.2	3.7	9.1	.405	1.2	2.9	.399	1.1	1.4	.809
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		%
Dana Barros	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Dana Barros	Ben Simmons
Season	1990-91	2018-19
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics 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		%
Dana Barros	66	11.4	6.3	0.3	0.8	1.1	1.7	0.3	0.0	0.8	0.6	2.3	4.7	.495	0.5	1.2	.395	1.2	1.3	.918
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		%
Dana Barros	3	8.3	7.7	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.7	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.3	3.0	4.3	.692	0.7	1.7	.400	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
	Dana Barros	Ben Simmons
Season	1991-92	2019-20
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics 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		%
Dana Barros	75	17.7	8.3	0.2	0.9	1.1	1.7	0.7	0.1	0.7	1.1	3.2	6.6	.483	1.1	2.5	.446	0.8	1.1	.759
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		%
Dana Barros	7	13.7	7.4	0.1	0.9	1.0	1.1	0.6	0.0	0.9	1.6	3.0	5.7	.525	1.4	2.4	.588	0.0	0.0	-
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Dana Barros	Ben Simmons
Season	1992-93	2020-21
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 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		%
Dana Barros	69	18.0	7.8	0.3	1.3	1.6	2.2	0.9	0.0	0.8	1.1	3.1	6.9	.451	0.9	2.4	.379	0.7	0.9	.831
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		%
Dana Barros	16	8.5	3.4	0.0	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.5	0.4	1.4	2.9	.468	0.3	1.0	.313	0.4	0.5	.750
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 6
	Dana Barros	Ben Simmons
Season	1994-95	2023-24
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
	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		%
Dana Barros	82	40.5	20.6	0.3	3.0	3.3	7.5	1.8	0.0	3.0	1.9	7.0	14.2	.490	2.4	5.2	.464	4.2	4.7	.899
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		%
Dana Barros	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Dana Barros didn't play in 2002-03.