Lucius Allen vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Lucius Allen, 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.

Lucius Allen played 10 years in the NBA, 4 more than Ben Simmons, who played 6. Lucius Allen had the first of his seasons in 1969-70, 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
	Lucius Allen	Ben Simmons
Season	1969-70	2017-18
Team	Seattle Supersonics	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		%
Lucius Allen	81	22.4	9.8	-	-	2.6	4.2	-	-	-	2.5	3.8	8.5	.442	-	-	-	2.2	3.1	.731
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		%
Lucius Allen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Lucius Allen	Ben Simmons
Season	1970-71	2018-19
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Lucius Allen	61	19.0	7.1	-	-	2.5	2.6	-	-	-	1.8	2.9	6.5	.447	-	-	-	1.3	1.8	.700
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		%
Lucius Allen	14	22.3	7.3	-	-	2.9	3.7	-	-	-	2.1	2.9	5.8	.506	-	-	-	1.4	2.0	.714
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
	Lucius Allen	Ben Simmons
Season	1971-72	2019-20
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost West 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		%
Lucius Allen	80	29.0	13.5	-	-	3.2	4.2	-	-	-	2.7	5.5	10.9	.505	-	-	-	2.5	3.2	.764
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		%
Lucius Allen	11	35.1	17.9	-	-	3.5	3.8	-	-	-	2.7	7.1	15.1	.470	-	-	-	3.7	4.9	.759
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Lucius Allen	Ben Simmons
Season	1972-73	2020-21
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Lucius Allen	80	33.7	15.5	-	-	3.5	5.3	-	-	-	2.4	6.8	14.1	.484	-	-	-	1.8	2.5	.715
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		%
Lucius Allen	6	33.8	15.7	-	-	2.7	3.5	-	-	-	2.5	6.0	14.8	.404	-	-	-	3.7	4.7	.786
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.