Billy Cunningham vs. Aaron McKie Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Aaron McKie 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, 4 less than Aaron McKie, who played 13. Billy Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while Aaron McKie had his rookie season in 1994-95. 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	Aaron McKie
Season	1965-66	1994-95
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Finals	Trail Blazers 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	80	26.7	14.3	-	-	7.5	2.6	-	-	-	3.8	5.4	12.6	.426	-	-	-	3.5	5.5	.634
Aaron McKie	45	18.4	6.5	0.8	2.1	2.9	2.0	0.8	0.4	0.9	2.2	2.6	5.8	.444	0.2	0.6	.393	1.1	1.6	.685
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
Aaron McKie	3	11.3	5.7	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.3	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	2.7	4.7	.571	0.3	0.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-

Season 2
	Billy Cunningham	Aaron McKie
Season	1966-67	1995-96
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Trail Blazers 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	26.8	18.5	-	-	7.3	2.5	-	-	-	3.2	6.9	15.0	.459	-	-	-	4.7	6.9	.686
Aaron McKie	81	27.9	10.7	1.1	2.7	3.8	2.5	1.1	0.3	1.7	2.5	4.2	8.9	.467	0.5	1.4	.325	1.9	2.5	.764
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
Aaron McKie	5	26.8	6.2	0.8	2.8	3.6	1.8	1.2	0.4	1.8	2.6	2.2	6.0	.367	0.4	1.6	.250	1.4	1.8	.778

Season 4
	Billy Cunningham	Aaron McKie
Season	1968-69	1997-98
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Detroit Pistons, Philadelphia 76ers
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
Aaron McKie	81	22.4	4.1	0.7	2.1	2.9	2.2	1.2	0.2	0.9	2.0	1.7	4.7	.365	0.1	0.8	.190	0.5	0.7	.764
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
Aaron McKie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Billy Cunningham	Aaron McKie
Season	1969-70	1998-99
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Billy Cunningham	81	39.4	26.1	-	-	13.6	4.3	-	-	-	4.1	9.9	21.1	.469	-	-	-	6.3	8.6	.729
Aaron McKie	50	19.2	4.8	0.5	2.3	2.8	2.0	1.3	0.1	1.1	1.8	1.9	4.7	.401	0.1	0.6	.194	0.9	1.2	.710
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
Aaron McKie	6	16.3	3.3	0.7	1.8	2.5	1.8	0.7	0.0	0.2	2.8	1.2	3.8	.304	0.0	0.2	.000	1.0	1.2	.857

Season 6
	Billy Cunningham	Aaron McKie
Season	1970-71	1999-00
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
Aaron McKie	82	23.8	8.0	0.6	2.4	3.0	2.9	1.3	0.2	1.4	2.4	3.0	7.2	.411	0.5	1.5	.364	1.5	1.8	.829
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
Aaron McKie	10	33.2	13.8	0.4	3.2	3.6	4.6	0.4	0.2	1.6	2.6	5.0	10.3	.485	1.2	3.5	.343	2.6	3.1	.839

Season 7
	Billy Cunningham	Aaron McKie
Season	1971-72	2000-01
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	Sixth Man of the Year
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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	75	38.7	23.3	-	-	12.2	5.9	-	-	-	3.9	8.8	19.0	.461	-	-	-	5.7	8.0	.712
Aaron McKie	76	31.5	11.6	0.4	3.7	4.1	5.0	1.4	0.1	2.7	2.3	4.4	9.4	.473	0.7	2.2	.312	2.0	2.6	.768
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aaron McKie	23	38.7	14.6	1.0	4.1	5.2	5.3	1.5	0.1	2.0	2.9	5.4	13.1	.415	1.2	2.8	.422	2.6	3.3	.787

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