Shelvin Mack vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Shelvin Mack, 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.

Shelvin Mack played 8 years in the NBA, 2 more than Ben Simmons, who played 6. Shelvin Mack had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, 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
	Shelvin Mack	Ben Simmons
Season	2011-12	2017-18
Team	Washington Wizards	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		%
Shelvin Mack	64	12.2	3.6	0.2	1.3	1.4	2.0	0.4	0.0	0.8	0.8	1.4	3.4	.400	0.2	0.7	.286	0.7	0.9	.712
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		%
Shelvin Mack	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Shelvin Mack	Ben Simmons
Season	2012-13	2018-19
Team	Washington Wizards, Philadelphia 76ers, Atlanta Hawks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East 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		%
Shelvin Mack	31	13.4	4.6	0.1	1.2	1.3	2.2	0.5	0.0	1.1	1.3	1.9	4.1	.460	0.6	1.6	.367	0.3	0.5	.563
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		%
Shelvin Mack	4	5.5	2.5	0.8	1.0	1.8	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.3	.444	0.5	1.3	.400	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Shelvin Mack	Ben Simmons
Season	2013-14	2019-20
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East 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		%
Shelvin Mack	73	20.4	7.5	0.3	1.9	2.2	3.7	0.7	0.0	1.2	1.4	2.9	6.9	.417	0.8	2.5	.337	0.9	1.0	.865
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		%
Shelvin Mack	7	16.9	8.1	0.4	1.4	1.9	3.6	0.6	0.0	0.9	1.4	2.7	6.7	.404	1.4	3.9	.370	1.3	1.7	.750
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Shelvin Mack	Ben Simmons
Season	2014-15	2020-21
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Shelvin Mack	55	15.1	5.4	0.1	1.3	1.4	2.8	0.5	0.0	0.9	0.6	2.1	5.3	.401	0.7	2.3	.315	0.5	0.6	.806
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		%
Shelvin Mack	10	9.9	3.9	0.2	0.9	1.1	1.0	0.8	0.0	0.2	0.7	1.5	3.9	.385	0.6	2.1	.286	0.3	0.6	.500
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.