Billy Cunningham vs. Royal Ivey Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Royal Ivey 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 Royal Ivey, who played 10. Billy Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while Royal Ivey had his rookie season in 2004-05. 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	Royal Ivey
Season	1965-66	2004-05
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Atlanta 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
Royal Ivey	62	13.0	3.5	0.3	1.0	1.4	1.7	0.6	0.1	0.9	2.3	1.4	3.2	.429	0.0	0.1	.333	0.8	1.1	.701
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
Royal Ivey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Billy Cunningham	Royal Ivey
Season	1966-67	2005-06
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Atlanta Hawks
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
Royal Ivey	73	13.4	3.6	0.4	0.9	1.3	1.0	0.3	0.1	0.3	2.0	1.6	3.6	.439	0.1	0.1	.400	0.3	0.5	.727
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
Royal Ivey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Billy Cunningham	Royal Ivey
Season	1968-69	2007-08
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Milwaukee Bucks
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
Royal Ivey	75	19.2	5.6	0.5	1.1	1.6	2.1	0.6	0.1	1.0	2.2	2.0	5.0	.394	0.5	1.4	.327	1.1	1.6	.726
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
Royal Ivey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Billy Cunningham	Royal Ivey
Season	1969-70	2008-09
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	76ers Lost East 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
Royal Ivey	71	12.1	3.0	0.3	0.8	1.1	0.6	0.5	0.1	0.3	1.1	1.0	2.9	.332	0.5	1.6	.342	0.5	0.6	.791
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
Royal Ivey	6	7.5	1.8	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	1.8	.273	0.3	1.2	.286	0.5	0.7	.750

Season 6
	Billy Cunningham	Royal Ivey
Season	1970-71	2009-10
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Bucks Lost East 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	38.1	23.0	-	-	11.7	4.9	-	-	-	4.0	8.7	18.8	.462	-	-	-	5.6	7.7	.734
Royal Ivey	44	7.4	2.1	0.1	0.6	0.8	0.6	0.4	0.0	0.3	0.9	0.8	1.9	.422	0.3	0.8	.400	0.2	0.3	.750
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
Royal Ivey	3	3.7	1.3	0.0	0.0	0	0.7	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.7	2.0	.333	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.0	-

Season 7
	Billy Cunningham	Royal Ivey
Season	1971-72	2010-11
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder Lost West Conf 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
Royal Ivey	25	6.2	1.6	0.1	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.7	0.6	1.5	.421	0.3	0.6	.438	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Royal Ivey	2	3.0	3.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.000	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-

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