Mark Aguirre vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Mark Aguirre, 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.

Mark Aguirre played 13 years in the NBA, 7 more than Ben Simmons, who played 6. Mark Aguirre had the first of his seasons in 1981-82, 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
Mark Aguirre	13	9	1981-82 to 1993-94
Ben Simmons	6	3	2017-18 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Mark Aguirre	Ben Simmons
Season	1981-82	2017-18
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Mark Aguirre	51	28.8	18.7	1.7	3.1	4.9	3.2	0.7	0.4	2.6	3.0	7.5	16.1	.465	0.5	1.4	.352	3.3	4.8	.680
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		%
Mark Aguirre	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Mark Aguirre	Ben Simmons
Season	1982-83	2018-19
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Philadelphia 76ers
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		%
Mark Aguirre	81	34.4	24.4	2.4	3.9	6.3	4.1	1.0	0.3	3.2	3.0	9.5	19.6	.483	0.2	0.9	.211	5.3	7.3	.728
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		%
Mark Aguirre	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Mark Aguirre	Ben Simmons
Season	1983-84	2019-20
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 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		%
Mark Aguirre	79	36.7	29.5	2.0	3.9	5.9	4.5	1.0	0.3	3.6	3.1	11.7	22.3	.524	0.2	0.7	.268	5.9	7.9	.749
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		%
Mark Aguirre	10	35.0	22.0	2.1	5.5	7.6	3.2	0.5	0.5	2.7	3.4	8.8	18.4	.478	0.0	0.5	.000	4.4	5.7	.772
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Mark Aguirre	Ben Simmons
Season	1984-85	2020-21
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
Mark Aguirre	80	33.7	25.7	2.4	3.6	6.0	3.1	0.8	0.3	3.2	3.1	9.9	19.6	.506	0.3	1.1	.318	5.5	7.3	.759
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		%
Mark Aguirre	4	41.0	29.0	4.0	3.5	7.5	4.0	0.8	0.0	3.8	4.0	11.0	22.3	.494	0.3	0.5	.500	6.8	8.0	.844
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
	Mark Aguirre	Ben Simmons
Season	1985-86	2022-23
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 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		%
Mark Aguirre	74	33.8	22.6	2.4	3.6	6.0	4.6	0.8	0.2	3.4	3.1	9.0	17.9	.503	0.2	0.8	.286	4.3	6.1	.705
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		%
Mark Aguirre	10	34.5	24.7	2.1	5.0	7.1	5.4	0.9	0.0	2.3	2.8	10.5	21.4	.491	0.2	0.6	.333	3.5	5.5	.636
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Mark Aguirre	Ben Simmons
Season	1986-87	2023-24
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
Mark Aguirre	80	33.3	25.7	2.3	3.1	5.3	3.2	1.1	0.4	2.7	3.0	9.8	19.9	.495	0.7	1.9	.353	5.4	7.0	.770
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		%
Mark Aguirre	4	32.5	21.3	2.8	3.3	6.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	2.3	3.8	7.8	15.5	.500	0.0	1.0	.000	5.8	7.5	.767
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Mark Aguirre	Ben Simmons
Season	1987-88	-
Team	Dallas Mavericks	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
Mark Aguirre	77	33.9	25.1	2.4	3.3	5.6	3.6	0.9	0.7	2.6	2.9	9.7	20.4	.475	0.7	2.2	.302	5.0	6.5	.770
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Aguirre	17	32.8	21.6	2.0	3.9	5.9	3.3	0.8	0.5	2.4	2.9	8.6	17.3	.500	0.8	2.0	.382	3.5	5.1	.698
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Mark Aguirre	Ben Simmons
Season	1988-89	-
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Aguirre	80	32.5	18.9	1.8	3.0	4.8	3.5	0.6	0.5	2.6	2.9	7.3	15.9	.461	0.6	2.2	.293	3.6	4.9	.733
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Aguirre	17	27.2	12.6	1.5	2.9	4.4	1.6	0.5	0.2	1.2	2.2	5.2	10.7	.489	0.5	1.7	.276	1.6	2.2	.737
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Mark Aguirre	Ben Simmons
Season	1989-90	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Aguirre	78	25.7	14.1	1.5	2.4	3.9	1.9	0.4	0.2	1.6	2.6	5.6	11.5	.488	0.4	1.2	.333	2.5	3.3	.756
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Aguirre	20	22.0	11.0	1.6	3.0	4.6	1.4	0.5	0.2	1.5	2.6	4.3	9.2	.467	0.4	1.2	.333	2.0	2.6	.750
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Mark Aguirre	Ben Simmons
Season	1990-91	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Mark Aguirre	78	25.7	14.2	1.7	3.1	4.8	1.8	0.6	0.3	1.6	2.7	5.4	11.7	.462	0.3	1.0	.308	3.1	4.1	.757
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Aguirre	15	26.5	15.6	1.1	2.9	4.1	1.9	0.8	0.1	1.3	2.7	6.0	11.9	.506	0.8	2.2	.364	2.8	3.4	.824
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Mark Aguirre	Ben Simmons
Season	1991-92	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Mark Aguirre	75	21.1	11.3	0.9	2.3	3.1	1.7	0.7	0.1	1.4	2.3	4.5	10.5	.431	0.2	0.9	.211	2.1	3.1	.687
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Aguirre	5	22.6	9.0	0.8	1.0	1.8	2.4	0.4	0.2	2.6	1.8	3.2	9.6	.333	0.2	1.0	.200	2.4	3.2	.750
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Mark Aguirre	Ben Simmons
Season	1992-93	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
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		%
Mark Aguirre	51	20.7	9.9	0.8	2.1	3.0	2.1	0.3	0.1	1.3	2.0	3.7	8.3	.443	0.6	1.6	.361	1.9	2.5	.767
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 13
	Mark Aguirre	Ben Simmons
Season	1993-94	-
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	-
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		%
Mark Aguirre	39	22.0	10.6	0.7	2.3	3.0	2.7	0.5	0.2	1.8	2.5	4.2	8.9	.468	0.9	2.4	.398	1.3	1.8	.694
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Mark Aguirre vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Mark Aguirre, 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