James Silas vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and James Silas, 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.

James Silas and Ben Simmons both played 6 years in the NBA. James Silas had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6
Rookie Season
	James Silas	Ben Simmons
Season	1976-77	2017-18
Team	San Antonio Spurs	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		%
James Silas	22	16.2	9.5	0.3	1.1	1.5	2.3	0.6	0.1	-	1.6	2.8	6.5	.430	-	-	-	4.0	4.9	.813
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		%
James Silas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	James Silas	Ben Simmons
Season	1977-78	2018-19
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
James Silas	37	8.4	3.9	0.1	0.5	0.6	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.8	0.8	1.2	2.6	.443	-	-	-	1.6	2.0	.822
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		%
James Silas	3	6.3	2.3	0.0	0.0	0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	3.3	.300	-	-	-	0.3	0.7	.500
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
	James Silas	Ben Simmons
Season	1978-79	2019-20
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
James Silas	79	27.5	16.0	0.4	1.9	2.3	3.5	1.0	0.3	2.5	2.7	5.9	11.7	.505	-	-	-	4.2	5.1	.831
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		%
James Silas	14	33.9	19.1	0.9	2.1	3.0	4.7	1.5	0.1	2.6	2.8	7.3	15.4	.474	-	-	-	4.5	5.7	.788
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	James Silas	Ben Simmons
Season	1979-80	2020-21
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East 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		%
James Silas	77	29.8	17.7	0.6	1.6	2.2	4.5	0.8	0.2	2.5	2.7	6.7	13.0	.514	0.0	0.1	.000	4.4	5.0	.887
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		%
James Silas	3	30.0	14.3	0.3	2.0	2.3	3.0	2.0	0.3	1.7	2.7	5.3	12.0	.444	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	3.7	1.000
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.