Josh Powell vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Josh Powell, 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.

Josh Powell played 7 years in the NBA, 1 more than Ben Simmons, who played 6. Josh Powell had the first of his seasons in 2005-06, 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
	Josh Powell	Ben Simmons
Season	2005-06	2017-18
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
Josh Powell	37	11.6	3.0	0.8	1.4	2.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.6	1.4	1.0	2.2	.457	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.2	.800
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		%
Josh Powell	6	4.2	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.8	0.0	0.7	.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
	Josh Powell	Ben Simmons
Season	2006-07	2018-19
Team	Indiana Pacers, Golden State Warriors	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West 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		%
Josh Powell	37	9.5	3.1	0.6	1.7	2.4	0.6	0.1	0.3	0.8	1.6	1.2	2.5	.462	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.1	.714
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		%
Josh Powell	4	1.5	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.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
	Josh Powell	Ben Simmons
Season	2007-08	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	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		%
Josh Powell	64	19.2	5.5	1.8	3.4	5.2	0.7	0.2	0.4	1.0	2.0	2.3	4.9	.460	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.4	.724
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		%
Josh Powell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Josh Powell	Ben Simmons
Season	2008-09	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Josh Powell	60	11.7	4.2	1.2	1.8	2.9	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.9	1.6	1.8	4.0	.444	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.8	.760
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		%
Josh Powell	14	5.2	2.1	0.5	0.7	1.2	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.6	0.8	1.9	.423	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.4	0.4	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.

Season 5
	Josh Powell	Ben Simmons
Season	2009-10	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Josh Powell	63	9.2	2.7	0.7	1.1	1.8	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.5	1.1	1.1	3.1	.366	0.1	0.3	.438	0.3	0.5	.645
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		%
Josh Powell	13	3.1	0.7	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.7	0.2	0.6	.375	0.0	0.1	.000	0.2	0.3	.750
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Josh Powell didn't play in 2011-12 and 2012-13.