Billy Cunningham vs. Slava Medvedenko Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Slava Medvedenko 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, 2 more than Slava Medvedenko, who played 7. Billy Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while Slava Medvedenko had his rookie season in 2000-01. 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	Slava Medvedenko
Season	1965-66	2000-01
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Finals	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	80	26.7	14.3	-	-	7.5	2.6	-	-	-	3.8	5.4	12.6	.426	-	-	-	3.5	5.5	.634
Slava Medvedenko	7	5.6	4.6	0.1	1.1	1.3	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.4	1.3	1.7	3.6	.480	0.1	0.1	1.000	1.0	1.7	.583
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
Slava Medvedenko	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Billy Cunningham	Slava Medvedenko
Season	1966-67	2001-02
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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	81	26.8	18.5	-	-	7.3	2.5	-	-	-	3.2	6.9	15.0	.459	-	-	-	4.7	6.9	.686
Slava Medvedenko	71	10.3	4.7	1.2	1.0	2.2	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.6	1.7	2.0	4.3	.477	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	0.9	.661
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
Slava Medvedenko	7	3.0	0.9	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	1.1	0.4	0.7	.600	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 4
	Billy Cunningham	Slava Medvedenko
Season	1968-69	2003-04
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	Lakers 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	82	40.8	24.8	-	-	12.8	3.5	-	-	-	4.0	9.0	21.2	.426	-	-	-	6.8	9.2	.737
Slava Medvedenko	68	21.2	8.3	2.2	2.9	5.0	0.8	0.6	0.3	0.9	2.8	3.5	7.9	.441	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.7	.767
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
Slava Medvedenko	21	11.4	4.0	1.1	1.4	2.5	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.2	2.4	1.6	3.6	.440	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.0	.810

Season 5
	Billy Cunningham	Slava Medvedenko
Season	1969-70	2004-05
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
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	81	39.4	26.1	-	-	13.6	4.3	-	-	-	4.1	9.9	21.1	.469	-	-	-	6.3	8.6	.729
Slava Medvedenko	43	9.8	3.8	0.7	1.1	1.8	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.3	1.5	1.7	3.6	.455	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.7	.821
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
Slava Medvedenko	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Billy Cunningham	Slava Medvedenko
Season	1970-71	2005-06
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	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
Slava Medvedenko	2	3.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	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	7	43.0	25.9	-	-	15.4	5.7	-	-	-	4.0	9.6	20.3	.472	-	-	-	6.7	9.6	.701
Slava Medvedenko	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Billy Cunningham	Slava Medvedenko
Season	1971-72	2006-07
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	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
Slava Medvedenko	14	5.8	3.0	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.4	1.1	0.9	2.1	.414	0.1	0.1	.500	1.2	1.4	.850
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Slava Medvedenko	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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