Ervin Johnson vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Ervin Johnson, 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.

Ervin Johnson played 13 years in the NBA, 7 more than Ben Simmons, who played 6. Ervin Johnson had the first of his seasons in 1993-94, 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
Ervin Johnson	13	9	1993-94 to 2005-06
Ben Simmons	6	3	2017-18 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Ervin Johnson	Ben Simmons
Season	1993-94	2017-18
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
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		%
Ervin Johnson	45	6.2	2.6	1.1	1.6	2.6	0.2	0.2	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.0	2.4	.415	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.0	.630
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		%
Ervin Johnson	2	4.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Ervin Johnson	Ben Simmons
Season	1994-95	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		%
Ervin Johnson	64	14.2	3.1	1.6	2.9	4.5	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.8	2.5	1.3	3.0	.443	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.7	.630
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		%
Ervin Johnson	4	13.5	3.5	2.0	3.3	5.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	0.3	4.0	1.0	3.5	.286	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	1.5	1.000
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
	Ervin Johnson	Ben Simmons
Season	1995-96	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 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		%
Ervin Johnson	81	18.8	5.5	1.6	3.8	5.3	0.6	0.5	1.6	1.2	3.0	2.2	4.3	.511	0.0	0.0	.333	1.0	1.6	.669
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		%
Ervin Johnson	18	14.1	3.1	1.6	2.3	3.9	0.4	0.3	0.8	0.8	2.5	1.3	3.4	.371	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.6	.818
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Ervin Johnson	Ben Simmons
Season	1996-97	2020-21
Team	Denver Nuggets	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		%
Ervin Johnson	82	31.7	7.1	2.8	8.3	11.1	0.9	0.8	2.8	1.4	3.5	3.0	5.7	.520	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.9	.615
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		%
Ervin Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Ervin Johnson	Ben Simmons
Season	1997-98	2022-23
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	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		%
Ervin Johnson	81	27.9	8.0	3.0	5.5	8.5	0.7	1.0	2.0	1.4	4.0	3.1	5.8	.537	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.9	.601
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		%
Ervin Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Ervin Johnson	Ben Simmons
Season	1998-99	2023-24
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Ervin Johnson	50	20.5	5.1	2.4	4.0	6.4	0.4	0.6	1.1	0.9	3.0	1.9	3.8	.508	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.1	.610
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		%
Ervin Johnson	3	30.7	4.3	2.7	3.3	6.0	0.3	0.7	1.7	0.0	3.0	2.0	4.3	.462	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.500
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Ervin Johnson	Ben Simmons
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Ervin Johnson	80	26.6	4.8	2.9	5.2	8.1	0.6	1.0	1.6	1.0	3.7	1.8	3.5	.516	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	2.0	.605
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ervin Johnson	5	30.8	6.2	2.8	7.0	9.8	0.4	1.2	1.2	0.6	3.8	2.0	4.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.6	.611
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Ervin Johnson	Ben Simmons
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Ervin Johnson	82	24.2	3.2	2.5	5.0	7.5	0.5	0.5	1.2	0.6	3.1	1.3	2.4	.545	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.1	.538
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ervin Johnson	18	32.3	5.4	3.3	7.5	10.8	0.6	0.5	2.1	0.7	2.9	2.2	3.8	.574	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.8	.625
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Ervin Johnson	Ben Simmons
Season	2001-02	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
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		%
Ervin Johnson	81	20.5	2.6	1.8	4.0	5.8	0.3	0.5	1.0	0.6	2.7	1.1	2.4	.461	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.8	.455
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 10
	Ervin Johnson	Ben Simmons
Season	2002-03	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Ervin Johnson	69	17.0	2.2	1.7	2.6	4.3	0.3	0.5	0.9	0.5	2.6	0.9	2.0	.452	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.6	.682
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ervin Johnson	6	12.5	1.0	1.0	3.0	4.0	0.5	0.5	0.8	0.5	3.3	0.5	1.3	.375	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Ervin Johnson	Ben Simmons
Season	2003-04	-
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves 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		%
Ervin Johnson	66	14.6	1.9	0.9	2.6	3.5	0.4	0.4	0.7	0.5	2.4	0.8	1.6	.534	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	0.4	.607
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ervin Johnson	18	19.8	2.7	1.5	3.2	4.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.3	3.1	1.1	2.1	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.9	.625
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Ervin Johnson	Ben Simmons
Season	2004-05	-
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	-
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		%
Ervin Johnson	46	8.9	1.6	0.9	1.5	2.5	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.4	1.9	0.6	1.2	.519	0.0	0.0	1.000	0.3	0.5	.640
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 13
	Ervin Johnson	Ben Simmons
Season	2005-06	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Ervin Johnson	18	4.5	0.8	0.3	1.1	1.3	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.3	1.3	0.4	0.9	.412	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.1	.500
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ervin Johnson	3	3.7	0.7	0.0	1.3	1.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Ervin Johnson vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Ervin Johnson, 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