Darryl Dawkins vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Darryl Dawkins, 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.

Darryl Dawkins played 14 years in the NBA, 8 more than Ben Simmons, who played 6. Darryl Dawkins had the first of his seasons in 1975-76, 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
Darryl Dawkins	14	10	1975-76 to 1988-89
Ben Simmons	6	3	2017-18 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Darryl Dawkins	Ben Simmons
Season	1975-76	2017-18
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	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		%
Darryl Dawkins	37	4.5	2.4	0.4	0.9	1.3	0.1	0.1	0.2	-	1.1	1.1	2.2	.500	-	-	-	0.2	0.6	.333
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		%
Darryl Dawkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Darryl Dawkins	Ben Simmons
Season	1976-77	2018-19
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Darryl Dawkins	59	11.6	5.3	1.0	2.9	3.9	0.4	0.2	0.8	-	2.2	2.3	3.6	.628	-	-	-	0.7	1.3	.506
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		%
Darryl Dawkins	18	18.4	7.3	0.5	4.9	5.4	0.9	0.4	1.0	-	2.6	2.8	5.3	.526	-	-	-	1.7	2.6	.660
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
	Darryl Dawkins	Ben Simmons
Season	1977-78	2019-20
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East 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		%
Darryl Dawkins	70	24.6	11.7	1.7	6.3	7.9	1.2	0.5	1.8	1.8	3.8	4.7	8.2	.575	-	-	-	2.2	3.1	.709
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		%
Darryl Dawkins	10	18.0	6.3	0.6	5.1	5.7	1.0	0.3	1.5	1.4	3.4	2.7	5.3	.509	-	-	-	0.9	1.7	.529
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Darryl Dawkins	Ben Simmons
Season	1978-79	2020-21
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East 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		%
Darryl Dawkins	78	26.1	13.1	1.6	6.5	8.1	1.6	0.4	1.8	2.5	3.8	5.5	10.7	.517	-	-	-	2.0	3.0	.672
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		%
Darryl Dawkins	9	28.3	16.0	2.3	6.8	9.1	1.3	0.2	1.8	1.9	4.7	6.2	11.8	.528	-	-	-	3.6	5.2	.681
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
	Darryl Dawkins	Ben Simmons
Season	1979-80	2022-23
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA 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		%
Darryl Dawkins	80	31.8	14.7	2.5	6.2	8.7	1.9	0.6	1.8	2.9	4.1	6.2	11.8	.522	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.6	.653
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		%
Darryl Dawkins	18	33.7	17.3	2.4	5.2	7.6	1.8	0.7	2.3	2.6	4.2	7.0	13.2	.529	0.0	0.2	.000	3.3	5.2	.645
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Darryl Dawkins	Ben Simmons
Season	1980-81	2023-24
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East 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		%
Darryl Dawkins	76	27.5	14.0	1.4	5.8	7.2	1.4	0.5	1.5	2.9	4.2	5.6	9.2	.607	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.0	.720
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		%
Darryl Dawkins	16	26.3	13.8	1.8	4.4	6.1	0.9	0.2	1.0	2.3	4.4	5.4	9.6	.562	0.0	0.0	-	3.1	4.3	.721
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Darryl Dawkins	Ben Simmons
Season	1981-82	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Darryl Dawkins	48	23.4	11.0	1.4	4.9	6.4	1.1	0.4	1.1	2.0	4.0	4.3	7.6	.564	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	3.4	.695
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darryl Dawkins	21	21.9	11.0	1.1	3.6	4.7	0.5	0.3	1.7	1.8	4.5	4.7	8.5	.556	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.4	.660
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Darryl Dawkins	Ben Simmons
Season	1982-83	-
Team	New Jersey Nets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Darryl Dawkins	81	25.8	12.0	1.6	3.6	5.2	1.4	0.8	1.9	3.5	4.7	5.0	8.3	.599	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.2	.646
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darryl Dawkins	2	29.5	18.0	1.0	4.0	5.0	1.0	2.0	2.5	4.0	3.5	8.5	11.0	.773	0.0	0.5	.000	1.0	1.0	1.000
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Darryl Dawkins	Ben Simmons
Season	1983-84	-
Team	New Jersey Nets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Darryl Dawkins	81	29.8	16.8	2.0	4.7	6.7	1.5	0.7	1.7	2.9	4.8	6.3	10.6	.593	0.0	0.1	.400	4.2	5.7	.735
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darryl Dawkins	11	30.9	18.4	2.0	4.2	6.2	1.2	0.5	0.9	2.9	4.7	6.0	10.7	.559	0.0	0.3	.000	6.4	7.5	.843
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Darryl Dawkins	Ben Simmons
Season	1984-85	-
Team	New Jersey Nets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Darryl Dawkins	39	24.9	13.5	1.4	3.2	4.6	1.2	0.4	0.9	2.4	4.4	4.9	8.7	.566	0.0	0.0	.000	3.7	5.2	.711
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darryl Dawkins	3	21.3	8.3	1.3	3.3	4.7	1.3	0.7	2.0	2.3	4.3	3.7	7.7	.478	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.750
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Darryl Dawkins	Ben Simmons
Season	1985-86	-
Team	New Jersey Nets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Darryl Dawkins	51	23.7	15.3	1.7	3.3	4.9	1.5	0.3	1.2	2.4	4.5	5.6	8.6	.644	0.0	0.0	.000	4.1	5.8	.707
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darryl Dawkins	1	17.0	10.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	4.0	4.0	6.0	.667	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.0	.667
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Darryl Dawkins	Ben Simmons
Season	1986-87	-
Team	New Jersey Nets	-
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		%
Darryl Dawkins	6	17.7	9.5	1.5	1.7	3.2	0.3	0.3	0.5	2.5	4.2	3.3	5.3	.625	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	4.0	.708
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 13
	Darryl Dawkins	Ben Simmons
Season	1987-88	-
Team	Utah Jazz, Detroit Pistons	-
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		%
Darryl Dawkins	6	5.5	1.7	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.2	2.3	0.3	1.5	.222	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.5	.400
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 14
	Darryl Dawkins	Ben Simmons
Season	1988-89	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
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		%
Darryl Dawkins	14	3.4	1.9	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.9	0.6	1.4	.474	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.3	.500
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Darryl Dawkins vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Darryl Dawkins, 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

Season 14