Terry Cummings vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Terry Cummings, 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.

Terry Cummings played 18 years in the NBA, 12 more than Ben Simmons, who played 6. Terry Cummings had the first of his seasons in 1982-83, 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
Terry Cummings	18	13	1982-83 to 1999-00
Ben Simmons	6	3	2017-18 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18


Rookie Season
	Terry Cummings	Ben Simmons
Season	1982-83	2017-18
Team	San Diego Clippers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	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		%
Terry Cummings	70	36.2	23.7	4.3	6.3	10.6	2.5	1.8	0.9	2.9	4.2	9.8	18.7	.523	0.0	0.0	.000	4.2	5.9	.709
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		%
Terry Cummings	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Terry Cummings	Ben Simmons
Season	1983-84	2018-19
Team	San Diego Clippers	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		%
Terry Cummings	81	35.9	22.9	4.0	5.6	9.6	1.7	1.1	0.7	2.7	3.7	9.1	18.4	.494	0.0	0.0	.000	4.7	6.5	.720
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		%
Terry Cummings	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Terry Cummings	Ben Simmons
Season	1984-85	2019-20
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Terry Cummings	79	34.5	23.6	3.1	6.0	9.1	2.9	1.5	0.8	2.4	3.3	9.6	19.4	.495	0.0	0.0	.000	4.3	5.9	.741
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		%
Terry Cummings	8	38.9	27.5	2.6	6.1	8.8	2.5	1.5	0.9	3.3	4.1	10.8	18.6	.577	0.0	0.1	.000	6.0	7.3	.828
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Terry Cummings	Ben Simmons
Season	1985-86	2020-21
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Terry Cummings	82	32.5	19.8	2.7	5.8	8.5	2.4	1.5	0.6	2.3	3.5	8.3	17.5	.474	0.0	0.0	.000	3.2	4.9	.656
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		%
Terry Cummings	14	36.4	21.6	2.4	7.5	9.9	3.0	1.4	1.1	2.8	3.7	9.3	18.1	.514	0.0	0.0	-	3.1	4.4	.694
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
	Terry Cummings	Ben Simmons
Season	1986-87	2022-23
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Terry Cummings	82	33.8	20.8	2.6	5.9	8.5	2.8	1.6	1.0	2.1	3.6	8.9	17.4	.511	0.0	0.0	.000	3.0	4.6	.662
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		%
Terry Cummings	12	36.9	22.3	2.4	5.5	7.9	2.3	1.0	1.1	1.3	4.3	8.8	17.9	.488	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	6.9	.687
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Terry Cummings	Ben Simmons
Season	1987-88	2023-24
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Terry Cummings	76	34.6	21.3	2.4	4.9	7.3	2.4	1.0	0.6	2.2	3.6	8.9	18.3	.485	0.0	0.0	.333	3.6	5.3	.665
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		%
Terry Cummings	5	38.6	25.8	2.4	5.4	7.8	2.6	1.8	0.6	2.4	3.2	10.0	17.8	.562	0.0	0.0	-	5.8	8.8	.659
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Terry Cummings	Ben Simmons
Season	1988-89	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Terry Cummings	80	35.3	22.9	3.5	4.6	8.1	2.5	1.3	0.9	2.5	3.3	9.1	19.5	.467	0.1	0.2	.467	4.5	5.8	.787
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Terry Cummings	5	24.8	12.8	3.8	2.8	6.6	1.4	0.6	0.0	0.8	3.2	5.0	13.8	.362	0.0	0.2	.000	2.8	3.2	.875
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Terry Cummings	Ben Simmons
Season	1989-90	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Terry Cummings	81	34.8	22.4	2.8	5.6	8.4	2.7	1.4	0.6	2.5	3.5	9.0	18.9	.475	0.2	0.7	.322	4.2	5.4	.780
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Terry Cummings	10	37.5	24.9	3.1	6.3	9.4	2.2	0.7	0.4	1.9	3.9	10.3	19.5	.528	0.1	0.5	.200	4.2	5.2	.808
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Terry Cummings	Ben Simmons
Season	1990-91	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Terry Cummings	67	32.8	17.6	2.9	4.9	7.8	2.3	0.9	0.4	2.0	3.4	7.5	15.5	.484	0.1	0.5	.212	2.4	3.6	.683
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Terry Cummings	4	31.0	14.8	3.5	5.8	9.3	1.0	0.8	0.5	2.3	3.3	6.3	12.3	.510	0.0	0.3	.000	2.3	4.5	.500
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Terry Cummings	Ben Simmons
Season	1991-92	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Terry Cummings	70	30.7	17.3	3.5	5.5	9.0	1.5	0.8	0.5	1.6	3.0	7.3	15.0	.488	0.1	0.2	.385	2.5	3.6	.711
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Terry Cummings	3	40.7	26.0	5.0	6.3	11.3	2.3	1.3	1.3	2.3	3.0	11.3	22.0	.515	0.0	0.3	.000	3.3	6.7	.500
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Terry Cummings	Ben Simmons
Season	1992-93	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Terry Cummings	8	9.5	3.4	0.8	1.6	2.4	0.5	0.1	0.1	0.3	2.1	1.4	3.6	.379	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.3	.500
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Terry Cummings	10	13.8	6.7	1.7	2.2	3.9	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.8	2.7	3.1	7.0	.443	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	0.8	.625
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Terry Cummings	Ben Simmons
Season	1993-94	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Terry Cummings	59	19.2	7.3	2.2	2.8	5.0	0.8	0.5	0.2	1.0	2.3	3.1	7.3	.428	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.8	.589
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Terry Cummings	4	18.0	8.0	2.5	3.8	6.3	0.5	1.3	0.8	1.0	2.5	2.8	5.5	.500	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.0	.833
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Terry Cummings	Ben Simmons
Season	1994-95	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Terry Cummings	76	16.8	6.8	1.8	3.2	5.0	0.8	0.5	0.3	1.3	2.5	2.9	6.1	.483	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.6	.585
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Terry Cummings	15	9.0	3.9	0.8	1.3	2.1	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.5	1.7	1.2	3.2	.375	0.0	0.1	.000	1.5	2.0	.733
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Terry Cummings	Ben Simmons
Season	1995-96	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
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		%
Terry Cummings	81	21.9	8.0	2.0	3.5	5.5	1.1	0.7	0.4	0.9	3.2	3.3	7.2	.462	0.0	0.1	.143	1.3	2.0	.650
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 15
	Terry Cummings	Ben Simmons
Season	1996-97	-
Team	Seattle Supersonics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West 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		%
Terry Cummings	45	18.4	8.2	1.6	2.5	4.1	0.9	0.7	0.2	1.0	2.5	3.4	7.1	.486	0.1	0.1	.600	1.3	1.8	.695
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Terry Cummings	12	24.3	8.8	2.3	3.7	6.0	1.2	0.9	0.5	1.2	3.3	3.8	7.7	.489	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.0	.667
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Terry Cummings	Ben Simmons
Season	1997-98	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers, New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Terry Cummings	74	16.0	6.3	1.3	2.5	3.8	0.6	0.5	0.1	0.7	2.4	2.7	5.8	.467	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.3	.684
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Terry Cummings	8	15.0	4.0	1.4	3.0	4.4	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.9	2.9	1.9	4.3	.441	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	1.0	.250
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Terry Cummings	Ben Simmons
Season	1998-99	-
Team	Golden State Warriors	-
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		%
Terry Cummings	50	20.2	9.1	1.9	3.2	5.1	1.2	0.9	0.2	1.2	3.4	3.7	8.5	.439	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.6	2.3	.711
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 18
	Terry Cummings	Ben Simmons
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Golden State Warriors	-
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		%
Terry Cummings	22	18.1	8.4	2.0	2.8	4.9	1.0	0.6	0.4	1.2	3.4	3.5	8.0	.429	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	1.8	.821
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Terry Cummings vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Terry Cummings, 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

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17

Season 18