41.7 composite · lower is better
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Ben Simmons
Ben Simmons advanced stats and career rankings
51.8 average league finish
1,217 total value
Bottom line · Career overview
Ben Simmons ranks #516 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #18.3. His full-career value ranks #369, so longevity is a major reason he lands this high. Explore Ben Simmons's advanced stats by season, era-adjusted impact, workload, and historical comparisons.
Career standing
How Ben Simmons ranks all time
These are league placements, not raw scores. Each season is judged against that season's qualified player pool.
Best in the league
Elite finishes
Upper-tier finishes
Standard deviations across scoring seasons
Career Composite41.7
Equal average of Best 3, Prime 5, and Best 10 league finishes. The overlapping windows make this explicitly peak-weighted. Lower is better.
- Best 3 weight
- 63.3%
- Score
- 41.7
- Qualified seasons
- 6
- All-time rank
- #516
Strongest seasons
Every season
Ben Simmons advanced stats by season
Era-centered box impact supports comparisons through time. Impact Rate and its rank compare players only within that season.
| Season | Team | Age | GP | MP | Era-centered box impact | Impact Rate | Rate rank | Season Value | Value percentile | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024–25 | BRK/LAC | 28 | 51 | 1,120 | -0.42 | 50.8 | #192 | 35.7 | 47th | Strong |
| 2023–24 | BRK | 27 | 15 | 359 | +2.28 | — | — | 31.0 | — | Limited |
| 2022–23 | BRK | 26 | 42 | 1,105 | +0.48 | 65.6 | #131 | 56.0 | 59th | Strong |
| 2020–21 | PHI | 24 | 58 | 1,877 | +1.88 | 80.4 | #73 | 150.9 | 87th | Strong |
| 2019–20Historical Defense Estimate | PHI | 23 | 57 | 2,017 | +4.05 | 95.5 | #17 | 251.6 | 95th | Strong |
| 2018–19Historical Defense Estimate | PHI | 22 | 79 | 2,700 | +3.68 | 94.3 | #22 | 324.6 | 95th | Strong |
| 2017–18Historical Defense Estimate | PHI | 21 | 81 | 2,732 | +4.46 | 95.8 | #16 | 367.0 | 97th | Strong |
Career movement
Ben Simmons's career impact by season
Peak +4.46 in 2017–18 · 7 seasons · 11,910 minutes
The same historical box-score model is used for every season, making the career shape comparable through time. This is separate from the current lineup-context ranking.
Era-centered box impactMinutes
—’22
Across-era box estimateWorkload
Career comparison
Compare the shape, not the calendar
Align by NBA experience to compare season one with season one, or by age to compare players at the same stage of life.
Ben SimmonsKerry Kittles
NBA season number · fixed impact axis −5 to +15
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