Zelmo Beaty vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons and Zelmo Beaty, 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.

Zelmo Beaty played 8 years in the NBA, 2 more than Ben Simmons, who played 6. Zelmo Beaty had the first of his seasons in 1962-63, 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
	Zelmo Beaty	Ben Simmons
Season	1962-63	2017-18
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div 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		%
Zelmo Beaty	80	24.0	10.2	-	-	8.3	1.1	-	-	-	3.9	3.7	8.5	.439	-	-	-	2.8	3.8	.717
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		%
Zelmo Beaty	11	27.9	10.3	-	-	7.6	1.0	-	-	-	4.3	3.9	8.8	.443	-	-	-	2.5	3.3	.750
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
	Zelmo Beaty	Ben Simmons
Season	1963-64	2018-19
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div 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		%
Zelmo Beaty	59	32.6	13.1	-	-	10.7	1.3	-	-	-	4.4	4.9	11.0	.444	-	-	-	3.4	4.6	.741
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		%
Zelmo Beaty	12	36.3	14.3	-	-	9.5	1.0	-	-	-	4.7	5.3	10.1	.521	-	-	-	3.8	6.4	.597
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
	Zelmo Beaty	Ben Simmons
Season	1964-65	2019-20
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div 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		%
Zelmo Beaty	80	36.5	16.9	-	-	12.1	1.4	-	-	-	4.1	6.3	13.1	.482	-	-	-	4.3	6.0	.715
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		%
Zelmo Beaty	4	38.5	19.3	-	-	13.8	0.3	-	-	-	4.8	7.3	14.8	.492	-	-	-	4.8	6.3	.760
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Zelmo Beaty	Ben Simmons
Season	1965-66	2020-21
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div 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		%
Zelmo Beaty	80	38.4	20.7	-	-	13.6	1.6	-	-	-	4.3	7.7	16.3	.473	-	-	-	5.3	7.0	.758
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		%
Zelmo Beaty	10	41.8	19.0	-	-	13.1	2.2	-	-	-	3.8	7.3	14.8	.493	-	-	-	4.4	5.8	.759
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 6
	Zelmo Beaty	Ben Simmons
Season	1967-68	2023-24
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div 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		%
Zelmo Beaty	82	37.4	21.1	-	-	11.7	2.1	-	-	-	3.6	7.8	16.0	.488	-	-	-	5.5	7.0	.794
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		%
Zelmo Beaty	6	39.8	21.5	-	-	13.5	2.5	-	-	-	4.3	7.2	15.3	.467	-	-	-	7.2	9.2	.782
Ben Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Zelmo Beaty didn't play in 1969-70, 1970-71, 1971-72, 1972-73 and 1973-74.