Ben Simmons
Age 30 · 6'10" · 240 lb · Australia
Pick #1, 2016 Draft · Rookie 2017 · 383 games · 39 playoff games
DPM
-0.7Game by game
Seismograph
DARKO updates every rating after every game. The lines show the rating going into each game; the bars show how much each game moved it, split into offense and defense.
- Season change
- -1.29
- +0.61 before the first game, -0.68 at the end
- Biggest boost
- +0.33
- Dec 21 vs UTA · 29 min
- Biggest drop
- -0.48
- Mar 14 vs ATL · 17 min
- Typical change per game
- 0.14
- Last 20 games, vs 0.13 in the first 20. Smaller changes mean each game moves DARKO's view less.
Historical comps
Echoes today
Current players whose ten closest comps include one of Ben Simmons's seasons, at the same age.
- Amen Thompson HOU like his 2018-19 87
- Jalen Johnson ATL like his 2019-20 85
- Paolo Banchero ORL like his 2019-20 83
- Scottie Barnes TOR like his 2020-21 81
- Stephon Castle SAS like his 2017-18 80
- Josh Giddey CHI like his 2019-20 79
- Alperen Sengun HOU like his 2019-20 78
Match score out of 100: how close the current player's season is to that one.
Career
Season by season
DPM going into each season's last game, since 1996-97.
| Season | Team | Age | Games | MPG | DPM | Off | Def | For his age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | LAC | 28 | 51 +5 | 22.0 | -0.68 | -2.44 | +1.77 | 501st of 858 |
| 2023-24 | BKN | 27 | 15 | 23.9 | +0.57 | -1.02 | +1.58 | — |
| 2022-23 | BKN | 26 | 42 | 26.3 | +0.19 | -1.11 | +1.30 | 353rd of 1010 |
| 2021-22 | BKN | 25 | 0 | — | +1.59 | +0.58 | +1.01 | — |
| 2020-21 | PHI | 24 | 58 +12 | 32.4 | +1.93 | +0.69 | +1.24 | 91st of 1185 |
| 2019-20 | PHI | 24 | 57 | 35.4 | +0.85 | +0.71 | +0.15 | 197th of 1185 |
| 2018-19 | PHI | 22 | 79 +12 | 34.2 | +1.30 | +1.22 | +0.08 | 72nd of 813 |
| 2017-18 | PHI | 21 | 81 +10 | 33.7 | +1.36 | +0.85 | +0.51 | 34th of 571 |
| 2016-17 | PHI | 20 | 0 | — | -0.51 | -0.54 | +0.03 | — |
Games are regular season; +n are playoff games. "For his age" ranks the season's DPM among every season at the same age since 1996-97 with 20 or more games. A season's DPM opens the leaderboard on its last game day.