Billy Cunningham vs. Dave Gambee Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dave Gambee and Billy Cunningham, 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.

Billy Cunningham played 9 years in the NBA, 3 less than Dave Gambee, who played 12. Billy Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while Dave Gambee had his rookie season in 1958-59. 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
	Billy Cunningham	Dave Gambee
Season	1965-66	1958-59
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Finals	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		%
Billy Cunningham	80	26.7	14.3	-	-	7.5	2.6	-	-	-	3.8	5.4	12.6	.426	-	-	-	3.5	5.5	.634
Dave Gambee	2	3.5	1.0	-	-	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	1.0	0.5	0.5	1.000	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	4	17.3	5.3	-	-	4.5	2.5	-	-	-	2.8	1.3	7.8	.161	-	-	-	2.8	3.3	.846
Dave Gambee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Billy Cunningham	Dave Gambee
Season	1966-67	1959-60
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	St. Louis Hawks, Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Billy Cunningham	81	26.8	18.5	-	-	7.3	2.5	-	-	-	3.2	6.9	15.0	.459	-	-	-	4.7	6.9	.686
Dave Gambee	61	10.8	5.0	-	-	3.8	0.6	-	-	-	1.4	1.9	4.8	.402	-	-	-	1.1	1.7	.651
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	15	22.6	15.0	-	-	6.2	2.2	-	-	-	3.5	5.5	14.7	.376	-	-	-	3.9	6.0	.656
Dave Gambee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Billy Cunningham	Dave Gambee
Season	1968-69	1961-62
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Billy Cunningham	82	40.8	24.8	-	-	12.8	3.5	-	-	-	4.0	9.0	21.2	.426	-	-	-	6.8	9.2	.737
Dave Gambee	80	28.9	16.7	-	-	7.9	1.4	-	-	-	3.4	6.0	14.1	.424	-	-	-	4.8	5.9	.817
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	5	43.4	24.4	-	-	12.6	2.4	-	-	-	4.8	9.8	23.4	.419	-	-	-	4.8	7.6	.632
Dave Gambee	5	34.0	11.2	-	-	9.0	0.8	-	-	-	4.4	3.4	10.8	.315	-	-	-	4.4	5.0	.880

Season 5
	Billy Cunningham	Dave Gambee
Season	1969-70	1962-63
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Billy Cunningham	81	39.4	26.1	-	-	13.6	4.3	-	-	-	4.1	9.9	21.1	.469	-	-	-	6.3	8.6	.729
Dave Gambee	60	20.6	11.2	-	-	4.8	0.8	-	-	-	3.2	3.9	9.0	.438	-	-	-	3.3	4.0	.836
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	5	41.0	29.2	-	-	10.4	4.0	-	-	-	3.8	12.2	24.6	.496	-	-	-	4.8	7.2	.667
Dave Gambee	5	15.0	6.4	-	-	3.2	0.0	-	-	-	2.8	2.0	6.8	.294	-	-	-	2.4	2.6	.923

Season 6
	Billy Cunningham	Dave Gambee
Season	1970-71	1963-64
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	76ers Lost East Div 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		%
Billy Cunningham	81	38.1	23.0	-	-	11.7	4.9	-	-	-	4.0	8.7	18.8	.462	-	-	-	5.6	7.7	.734
Dave Gambee	41	22.6	11.0	-	-	6.2	0.9	-	-	-	3.9	3.6	9.2	.394	-	-	-	3.7	4.5	.816
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	7	43.0	25.9	-	-	15.4	5.7	-	-	-	4.0	9.6	20.3	.472	-	-	-	6.7	9.6	.701
Dave Gambee	5	29.8	13.8	-	-	5.8	1.6	-	-	-	4.6	4.8	12.0	.400	-	-	-	4.2	5.4	.778

Season 7
	Billy Cunningham	Dave Gambee
Season	1971-72	1964-65
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East Div 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		%
Billy Cunningham	75	38.7	23.3	-	-	12.2	5.9	-	-	-	3.9	8.8	19.0	.461	-	-	-	5.7	8.0	.712
Dave Gambee	80	24.9	12.6	-	-	5.9	1.4	-	-	-	3.5	4.5	10.8	.412	-	-	-	3.7	4.6	.813
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave Gambee	10	13.2	6.2	-	-	2.3	0.6	-	-	-	3.1	1.6	4.8	.333	-	-	-	3.0	3.4	.882

Note: Billy Cunningham didn't play in 1972-73 and 1973-74.

Season 9
	Billy Cunningham	Dave Gambee
Season	1975-76	1966-67
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	20	32.0	13.7	1.5	5.9	7.4	5.4	1.2	0.5	-	2.9	5.2	12.6	.410	-	-	-	3.4	4.4	.773
Dave Gambee	63	12.0	6.5	-	-	3.1	0.7	-	-	-	2.3	2.4	5.5	.435	-	-	-	1.7	2.0	.856
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave Gambee	5	4.8	3.6	-	-	1.2	0.4	-	-	-	1.2	1.2	2.2	.545	-	-	-	1.2	1.2	1.000