Dick McGuire vs. Anfernee Simons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Anfernee Simons and Dick McGuire, 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.

Dick McGuire played 11 years in the NBA, 5 more than Anfernee Simons, who played 6. Dick McGuire had the first of his seasons in 1949-50, while Anfernee Simons had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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
	Dick McGuire	Anfernee Simons
Season	1949-50	2018-19
Team	New York Knicks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	Assists Leader	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Finals	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 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		%
Dick McGuire	68	-	8.6	-	-	-	5.7	-	-	-	2.4	2.8	8.3	.337	-	-	-	3.0	4.6	.652
Anfernee Simons	20	7.1	3.8	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.6	0.5	1.4	3.2	.444	0.5	1.5	.345	0.5	0.8	.563
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick McGuire	5	-	12.6	-	-	-	5.4	-	-	-	4.2	4.4	10.4	.423	-	-	-	3.8	5.2	.731
Anfernee Simons	5	2.4	0.8	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	1.4	.000	0.0	0.4	.000	0.8	1.0	.800

Season 2
	Dick McGuire	Anfernee Simons
Season	1950-51	2019-20
Team	New York Knicks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Dick McGuire	64	-	8.4	-	-	5.2	6.3	-	-	-	2.4	2.8	7.5	.371	-	-	-	2.8	4.3	.649
Anfernee Simons	70	20.7	8.3	0.4	1.8	2.2	1.4	0.4	0.1	0.9	1.9	3.1	7.7	.399	1.1	3.2	.332	1.1	1.3	.826
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick McGuire	14	-	5.3	-	-	5.9	5.6	-	-	-	3.6	1.8	5.7	.313	-	-	-	1.7	3.8	.453
Anfernee Simons	4	20.5	6.8	0.3	2.5	2.8	2.5	1.5	0.0	1.0	1.8	2.0	6.5	.308	1.5	3.5	.429	1.3	1.5	.833

Season 3
	Dick McGuire	Anfernee Simons
Season	1951-52	2020-21
Team	New York Knicks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Dick McGuire	64	31.5	9.2	-	-	5.2	6.1	-	-	-	2.8	3.2	7.4	.430	-	-	-	2.9	4.5	.631
Anfernee Simons	64	17.3	7.8	0.2	2.0	2.2	1.4	0.3	0.1	0.7	1.5	2.6	6.3	.419	1.9	4.4	.426	0.7	0.9	.807
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick McGuire	14	39.0	10.4	-	-	5.1	6.4	-	-	-	3.3	3.4	7.6	.449	-	-	-	3.5	6.1	.570
Anfernee Simons	6	17.8	6.5	0.5	2.2	2.7	0.8	0.3	0.2	0.2	1.0	2.3	4.2	.560	1.8	3.0	.611	0.0	0.0	-

Season 5
	Dick McGuire	Anfernee Simons
Season	1953-54	2022-23
Team	New York Knicks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost E Div Round Robin	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		%
Dick McGuire	68	34.5	9.1	-	-	4.6	5.2	-	-	-	2.9	3.0	7.3	.408	-	-	-	3.2	5.1	.638
Anfernee Simons	62	35.0	21.1	0.3	2.3	2.6	4.1	0.7	0.2	2.1	2.3	7.5	16.9	.447	3.4	9.1	.377	2.6	2.9	.894
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick McGuire	4	17.0	2.8	-	-	1.0	1.3	-	-	-	3.0	1.0	4.0	.250	-	-	-	0.8	1.3	.600
Anfernee Simons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Dick McGuire	Anfernee Simons
Season	1954-55	2023-24
Team	New York Knicks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div 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		%
Dick McGuire	71	32.5	9.1	-	-	4.5	7.6	-	-	-	2.0	3.2	8.2	.389	-	-	-	2.7	4.3	.644
Anfernee Simons	46	34.4	22.6	0.5	3.2	3.6	5.5	0.5	0.1	2.7	2.1	7.8	18.2	.430	3.4	8.8	.385	3.5	3.9	.916
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick McGuire	3	25.0	6.7	-	-	3.0	4.0	-	-	-	2.3	2.0	6.3	.316	-	-	-	2.7	4.0	.667
Anfernee Simons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Dick McGuire	Anfernee Simons
Season	1955-56	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Dick McGuire	62	27.2	6.9	-	-	3.5	5.8	-	-	-	2.4	2.5	7.1	.347	-	-	-	2.0	3.1	.627
Anfernee Simons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick McGuire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anfernee Simons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Dick McGuire	Anfernee Simons
Season	1957-58	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div 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		%
Dick McGuire	69	33.5	8.1	-	-	4.2	6.6	-	-	-	2.6	2.9	7.9	.373	-	-	-	2.2	3.3	.667
Anfernee Simons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick McGuire	7	33.7	9.6	-	-	4.7	5.7	-	-	-	1.9	3.6	8.6	.417	-	-	-	2.4	3.4	.708
Anfernee Simons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Dick McGuire	Anfernee Simons
Season	1958-59	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div 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		%
Dick McGuire	71	29.1	9.2	-	-	4.0	6.2	-	-	-	2.1	3.3	7.6	.427	-	-	-	2.7	3.6	.740
Anfernee Simons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick McGuire	3	36.3	15.7	-	-	5.7	6.3	-	-	-	3.3	6.7	10.7	.625	-	-	-	2.3	3.7	.636
Anfernee Simons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-