Billy Cunningham vs. Georges Niang Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Georges Niang 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, 1 more than Georges Niang, who played 8. Billy Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while Georges Niang had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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	Georges Niang
Season	1965-66	2016-17
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Indiana Pacers
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
Georges Niang	23	4.0	0.9	0.1	0.7	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.4	1.6	.250	0.0	0.5	.083	0.1	0.1	1.000
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
Georges Niang	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Billy Cunningham	Georges Niang
Season	1966-67	2017-18
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Utah Jazz
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
Georges Niang	9	3.6	1.0	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.1	0.4	1.2	.364	0.0	0.4	.000	0.1	0.2	.500
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
Georges Niang	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Billy Cunningham	Georges Niang
Season	1968-69	2019-20
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	Jazz 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		%
Billy Cunningham	82	40.8	24.8	-	-	12.8	3.5	-	-	-	4.0	9.0	21.2	.426	-	-	-	6.8	9.2	.737
Georges Niang	66	14.0	5.9	0.2	1.7	1.9	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.5	1.1	2.1	4.9	.438	1.4	3.4	.400	0.3	0.4	.833
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
Georges Niang	7	16.3	8.3	0.6	1.6	2.1	0.6	0.0	0.1	0.3	1.3	3.1	6.3	.500	1.7	4.1	.414	0.3	0.3	1.000

Season 5
	Billy Cunningham	Georges Niang
Season	1969-70	2020-21
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	Jazz 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		%
Billy Cunningham	81	39.4	26.1	-	-	13.6	4.3	-	-	-	4.1	9.9	21.1	.469	-	-	-	6.3	8.6	.729
Georges Niang	72	16.0	6.9	0.4	2.1	2.4	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.7	1.6	2.5	5.6	.437	1.7	4.1	.425	0.3	0.3	.957
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
Georges Niang	11	11.7	3.2	0.2	1.5	1.7	0.7	0.0	0.1	0.7	1.7	1.0	3.5	.282	0.8	2.7	.300	0.4	0.4	1.000

Season 6
	Billy Cunningham	Georges Niang
Season	1970-71	2021-22
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Billy Cunningham	81	38.1	23.0	-	-	11.7	4.9	-	-	-	4.0	8.7	18.8	.462	-	-	-	5.6	7.7	.734
Georges Niang	76	22.8	9.2	0.3	2.3	2.7	1.3	0.4	0.2	0.8	2.5	3.2	7.4	.437	2.1	5.1	.403	0.7	0.8	.881
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
Georges Niang	12	16.5	4.8	0.3	1.2	1.5	0.9	0.3	0.0	0.6	2.5	1.7	4.0	.417	1.3	3.6	.372	0.2	0.2	1.000

Season 7
	Billy Cunningham	Georges Niang
Season	1971-72	2022-23
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	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		%
Billy Cunningham	75	38.7	23.3	-	-	12.2	5.9	-	-	-	3.9	8.8	19.0	.461	-	-	-	5.7	8.0	.712
Georges Niang	78	19.4	8.2	0.2	2.1	2.4	1.0	0.4	0.2	0.7	1.9	2.8	6.4	.442	2.0	4.9	.401	0.5	0.6	.867
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Georges Niang	11	14.3	4.4	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.5	1.5	1.6	3.3	.500	1.1	2.4	.462	0.0	0.0	-

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