Rick Robey vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Rick Robey, 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.

Rick Robey played 8 years in the NBA, 2 more than Ben Simmons, who played 6. Rick Robey had the first of his seasons in 1978-79, 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
	Rick Robey	Ben Simmons
Season	1978-79	2017-18
Team	Indiana Pacers, Boston Celtics	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		%
Rick Robey	79	22.3	10.4	2.1	4.4	6.5	1.7	0.6	0.2	2.1	2.9	4.1	8.5	.478	-	-	-	2.2	2.8	.777
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		%
Rick Robey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Rick Robey	Ben Simmons
Season	1979-80	2018-19
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 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		%
Rick Robey	82	23.4	11.5	2.5	3.9	6.5	1.1	0.6	0.2	1.8	3.0	4.6	8.9	.521	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	3.3	.684
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		%
Rick Robey	9	16.8	6.1	1.4	2.1	3.6	1.1	0.8	0.3	0.9	3.0	2.7	5.9	.453	0.0	0.1	.000	0.8	1.6	.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
	Rick Robey	Ben Simmons
Season	1980-81	2019-20
Team	Boston Celtics	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		%
Rick Robey	82	19.1	9.0	1.6	3.1	4.8	1.5	0.5	0.2	1.7	2.5	3.6	6.7	.545	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	3.1	.574
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		%
Rick Robey	17	15.6	5.1	1.1	2.4	3.5	0.7	0.1	0.3	1.1	2.6	2.1	4.8	.432	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	2.1	.457
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Rick Robey	Ben Simmons
Season	1981-82	2020-21
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 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		%
Rick Robey	80	14.8	5.7	1.4	2.3	3.7	0.9	0.3	0.2	1.2	2.3	2.3	4.7	.493	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	2.0	.535
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		%
Rick Robey	12	10.2	4.6	1.1	1.3	2.4	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.9	2.3	1.8	3.3	.525	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.4	.765
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.