Billy Cunningham vs. Kevin Porter Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Porter 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 less than Kevin Porter, who played 10. Billy Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while Kevin Porter had his rookie season in 1972-73. 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	Kevin Porter
Season	1965-66	1972-73
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Finals	Bullets 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	80	26.7	14.3	-	-	7.5	2.6	-	-	-	3.8	5.4	12.6	.426	-	-	-	3.5	5.5	.634
Kevin Porter	71	17.1	6.6	-	-	1.0	3.3	-	-	-	2.9	2.9	6.4	.455	-	-	-	0.9	1.4	.614
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
Kevin Porter	4	10.3	3.0	-	-	0.5	2.3	-	-	-	2.8	1.5	3.0	.500	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 2
	Billy Cunningham	Kevin Porter
Season	1966-67	1973-74
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Capital Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bullets 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	26.8	18.5	-	-	7.3	2.5	-	-	-	3.2	6.9	15.0	.459	-	-	-	4.7	6.9	.686
Kevin Porter	81	28.9	14.0	1.0	1.2	2.2	5.8	1.2	0.1	-	3.9	5.9	12.3	.478	-	-	-	2.2	3.1	.723
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
Kevin Porter	7	27.9	10.7	1.4	1.0	2.4	4.6	1.1	0.0	-	4.3	4.7	12.1	.388	-	-	-	1.3	2.0	.643

Season 3
	Billy Cunningham	Kevin Porter
Season	1967-68	1974-75
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	Assists Leader
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Finals	Bullets Lost NBA 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	74	28.1	18.9	-	-	7.6	2.5	-	-	-	3.5	7.0	15.9	.438	-	-	-	5.0	6.9	.723
Kevin Porter	81	32.0	11.6	0.7	1.2	1.9	8.0	1.9	0.1	-	4.0	5.0	10.2	.491	-	-	-	1.6	2.3	.704
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	3	28.7	20.7	-	-	7.3	3.3	-	-	-	5.3	8.0	14.3	.558	-	-	-	4.7	5.7	.824
Kevin Porter	17	36.8	14.4	0.8	1.6	2.4	7.3	1.2	0.0	-	4.3	5.8	11.6	.503	-	-	-	2.7	4.1	.667

Season 4
	Billy Cunningham	Kevin Porter
Season	1968-69	1975-76
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East 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		%
Billy Cunningham	82	40.8	24.8	-	-	12.8	3.5	-	-	-	4.0	9.0	21.2	.426	-	-	-	6.8	9.2	.737
Kevin Porter	19	36.2	12.6	0.7	1.6	2.3	10.2	1.8	0.2	-	4.4	5.2	12.4	.421	-	-	-	2.2	2.9	.750
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
Kevin Porter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Billy Cunningham	Kevin Porter
Season	1969-70	1976-77
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	Pistons 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	81	39.4	26.1	-	-	13.6	4.3	-	-	-	4.1	9.9	21.1	.469	-	-	-	6.3	8.6	.729
Kevin Porter	81	26.1	8.9	0.3	0.9	1.2	7.3	1.1	0.1	-	3.3	3.8	7.5	.512	-	-	-	1.2	1.6	.729
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
Kevin Porter	3	20.3	5.3	0.3	1.7	2.0	5.7	0.3	0.0	-	2.3	1.7	4.7	.357	-	-	-	2.0	3.0	.667

Season 6
	Billy Cunningham	Kevin Porter
Season	1970-71	1977-78
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Detroit Pistons, New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 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		%
Billy Cunningham	81	38.1	23.0	-	-	11.7	4.9	-	-	-	4.0	8.7	18.8	.462	-	-	-	5.6	7.7	.734
Kevin Porter	82	34.3	15.0	0.6	2.0	2.6	10.2	1.5	0.2	4.4	3.5	6.0	12.9	.469	-	-	-	3.0	3.9	.763
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
Kevin Porter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Billy Cunningham	Kevin Porter
Season	1971-72	1978-79
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	75	38.7	23.3	-	-	12.2	5.9	-	-	-	3.9	8.8	19.0	.461	-	-	-	5.7	8.0	.712
Kevin Porter	82	37.4	15.4	0.8	1.8	2.5	13.4	1.9	0.1	4.1	3.7	6.5	13.5	.481	-	-	-	2.3	3.2	.722
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Porter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 9
	Billy Cunningham	Kevin Porter
Season	1975-76	1980-81
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	Assists Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	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
Kevin Porter	81	31.8	13.4	0.4	1.1	1.5	9.1	1.4	0.1	3.1	3.2	5.5	10.6	.519	0.0	0.1	.250	2.4	3.0	.773
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Porter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Kevin Porter didn't play in 1981-82.