Mark Landsberger vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

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

Mark Landsberger played 7 years in the NBA, 1 more than Ben Simmons, who played 6. Mark Landsberger had the first of his seasons in 1977-78, 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: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7
Rookie Season
	Mark Landsberger	Ben Simmons
Season	1977-78	2017-18
Team	Chicago Bulls	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		%
Mark Landsberger	62	14.9	5.6	1.8	3.1	4.9	0.7	0.3	0.1	1.1	1.3	2.0	4.0	.506	-	-	-	1.5	2.5	.580
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 Landsberger	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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 Landsberger	Ben Simmons
Season	1978-79	2018-19
Team	Chicago Bulls	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 Landsberger	80	24.5	8.1	3.7	5.6	9.3	0.9	0.3	0.3	1.9	1.6	3.5	7.3	.475	-	-	-	1.1	2.4	.469
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 Landsberger	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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 Landsberger	Ben Simmons
Season	1979-80	2019-20
Team	Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Mark Landsberger	77	19.6	8.0	2.9	5.0	8.0	0.6	0.4	0.3	1.3	1.8	3.2	6.3	.516	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.9	.523
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 Landsberger	16	12.2	3.4	1.6	2.8	4.3	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.6	2.2	1.6	4.3	.362	0.0	0.1	.000	0.3	0.4	.833
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Mark Landsberger	Ben Simmons
Season	1980-81	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers 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 Landsberger	69	15.7	5.7	2.2	3.3	5.5	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.9	2.0	2.4	4.7	.502	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.7	.534
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 Landsberger	3	10.7	1.7	3.0	2.0	5.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.7	0.7	2.3	.286	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.3	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
	Mark Landsberger	Ben Simmons
Season	1981-82	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		%
Mark Landsberger	75	15.1	4.3	2.2	3.2	5.3	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.7	1.8	1.9	4.4	.438	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.9	.508
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 Landsberger	9	6.7	1.1	1.2	1.2	2.4	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.4	1.3	0.3	1.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	1.0	.444
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-