Al Bianchi vs. Billy Cunningham Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Billy Cunningham and Al Bianchi, 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.

Al Bianchi played 10 years in the NBA, 1 more than Billy Cunningham, who played 9. Al Bianchi had the first of his seasons in 1956-57, while Billy Cunningham had his rookie season in 1965-66. 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
	Al Bianchi	Billy Cunningham
Season	1956-57	1965-66
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Finals	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		%
Al Bianchi	68	23.2	8.3	-	-	3.3	1.6	-	-	-	2.9	2.9	8.3	.351	-	-	-	2.4	3.5	.690
Billy Cunningham	80	26.7	14.3	-	-	7.5	2.6	-	-	-	3.8	5.4	12.6	.426	-	-	-	3.5	5.5	.634
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Bianchi	5	19.4	6.4	-	-	3.0	1.6	-	-	-	3.2	2.4	7.6	.316	-	-	-	1.6	2.4	.667
Billy Cunningham	4	17.3	5.3	-	-	4.5	2.5	-	-	-	2.8	1.3	7.8	.161	-	-	-	2.8	3.3	.846

Season 2
	Al Bianchi	Billy Cunningham
Season	1957-58	1966-67
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Al Bianchi	69	20.6	8.3	-	-	3.2	1.7	-	-	-	2.7	3.1	9.1	.344	-	-	-	2.0	3.0	.683
Billy Cunningham	81	26.8	18.5	-	-	7.3	2.5	-	-	-	3.2	6.9	15.0	.459	-	-	-	4.7	6.9	.686
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Bianchi	2	18.5	5.5	-	-	3.5	1.0	-	-	-	2.0	2.0	6.0	.333	-	-	-	1.5	4.0	.375
Billy Cunningham	15	22.6	15.0	-	-	6.2	2.2	-	-	-	3.5	5.5	14.7	.376	-	-	-	3.9	6.0	.656

Season 4
	Al Bianchi	Billy Cunningham
Season	1959-60	1968-69
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Al Bianchi	69	18.2	7.7	-	-	2.6	2.4	-	-	-	3.3	3.1	8.3	.366	-	-	-	1.6	2.2	.703
Billy Cunningham	82	40.8	24.8	-	-	12.8	3.5	-	-	-	4.0	9.0	21.2	.426	-	-	-	6.8	9.2	.737
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Bianchi	2	9.0	0.0	-	-	1.5	1.5	-	-	-	1.0	0.0	4.0	.000	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
Billy Cunningham	5	43.4	24.4	-	-	12.6	2.4	-	-	-	4.8	9.8	23.4	.419	-	-	-	4.8	7.6	.632

Season 5
	Al Bianchi	Billy Cunningham
Season	1960-61	1969-70
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Finals	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		%
Al Bianchi	52	12.8	5.7	-	-	2.0	1.8	-	-	-	2.6	2.3	6.6	.345	-	-	-	1.2	1.7	.690
Billy Cunningham	81	39.4	26.1	-	-	13.6	4.3	-	-	-	4.1	9.9	21.1	.469	-	-	-	6.3	8.6	.729
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Bianchi	7	12.9	6.0	-	-	1.0	0.7	-	-	-	2.9	2.4	6.6	.370	-	-	-	1.1	1.3	.889
Billy Cunningham	5	41.0	29.2	-	-	10.4	4.0	-	-	-	3.8	12.2	24.6	.496	-	-	-	4.8	7.2	.667

Season 6
	Al Bianchi	Billy Cunningham
Season	1961-62	1970-71
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Al Bianchi	80	24.1	10.3	-	-	3.5	3.3	-	-	-	2.9	4.2	10.6	.397	-	-	-	1.9	2.8	.697
Billy Cunningham	81	38.1	23.0	-	-	11.7	4.9	-	-	-	4.0	8.7	18.8	.462	-	-	-	5.6	7.7	.734
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Bianchi	5	36.8	14.2	-	-	5.2	3.6	-	-	-	3.4	5.4	13.8	.391	-	-	-	3.4	4.0	.850
Billy Cunningham	7	43.0	25.9	-	-	15.4	5.7	-	-	-	4.0	9.6	20.3	.472	-	-	-	6.7	9.6	.701

Season 7
	Al Bianchi	Billy Cunningham
Season	1962-63	1971-72
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nationals 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		%
Al Bianchi	61	19.0	8.6	-	-	2.2	2.8	-	-	-	2.7	3.3	7.8	.424	-	-	-	2.0	2.7	.732
Billy Cunningham	75	38.7	23.3	-	-	12.2	5.9	-	-	-	3.9	8.8	19.0	.461	-	-	-	5.7	8.0	.712
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Bianchi	5	15.4	6.8	-	-	1.6	0.4	-	-	-	3.4	3.0	6.8	.441	-	-	-	0.8	1.4	.571
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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