Billy Cunningham vs. Albert King Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Albert King 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 and Albert King both played 9 years in the NBA. Billy Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while Albert King had his rookie season in 1981-82. 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	Albert King
Season	1965-66	1981-82
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Finals	Nets 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	80	26.7	14.3	-	-	7.5	2.6	-	-	-	3.8	5.4	12.6	.426	-	-	-	3.5	5.5	.634
Albert King	76	22.3	12.1	1.4	2.7	4.1	1.9	0.8	0.5	2.4	3.4	5.1	10.7	.482	0.0	0.2	.231	1.8	2.3	.778
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
Albert King	2	29.0	20.0	1.5	2.5	4.0	3.0	2.5	0.5	2.5	4.0	9.0	16.5	.545	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.5	.800

Season 2
	Billy Cunningham	Albert King
Season	1966-67	1982-83
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nets 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	26.8	18.5	-	-	7.3	2.5	-	-	-	3.2	6.9	15.0	.459	-	-	-	4.7	6.9	.686
Albert King	79	31.0	17.0	2.0	3.8	5.8	3.7	1.2	0.5	3.1	3.5	7.4	15.5	.475	0.1	0.3	.261	2.2	2.9	.775
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
Albert King	2	34.0	21.0	2.0	2.0	4.0	1.5	1.0	0.0	2.0	6.0	9.0	19.0	.474	0.5	1.0	.500	2.5	3.0	.833

Season 4
	Billy Cunningham	Albert King
Season	1968-69	1984-85
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	Nets 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	82	40.8	24.8	-	-	12.8	3.5	-	-	-	4.0	9.0	21.2	.426	-	-	-	6.8	9.2	.737
Albert King	42	20.5	12.8	1.7	2.1	3.8	1.4	1.0	0.2	1.5	2.6	5.4	11.0	.491	0.0	0.2	.000	2.0	2.5	.817
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
Albert King	3	35.0	22.0	1.3	6.3	7.7	1.7	2.3	0.7	3.3	4.7	9.3	19.0	.491	0.3	0.3	1.000	3.0	4.3	.692

Season 5
	Billy Cunningham	Albert King
Season	1969-70	1985-86
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	Nets 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
Albert King	73	27.4	14.3	1.6	3.4	5.0	2.5	0.8	0.3	2.5	2.8	6.0	13.2	.456	0.1	0.3	.174	2.3	2.8	.823
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
Albert King	3	32.7	13.7	2.7	1.7	4.3	3.3	0.7	0.3	1.7	5.0	6.0	14.0	.429	0.3	1.3	.250	1.3	1.3	1.000

Season 6
	Billy Cunningham	Albert King
Season	1970-71	1986-87
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New Jersey Nets
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
Albert King	61	21.2	9.5	1.3	2.2	3.5	1.7	0.6	0.5	1.7	2.9	4.0	9.4	.426	0.2	0.5	.406	1.3	1.6	.810
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
Albert King	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Billy Cunningham	Albert King
Season	1971-72	1987-88
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers
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
Albert King	72	22.1	7.2	1.0	2.0	3.0	1.5	0.5	0.3	1.3	3.0	2.9	7.5	.391	0.2	0.7	.347	1.1	1.4	.757
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Albert King	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Note: Albert King didn't play in 1989-90 and 1990-91.