Billy Cunningham vs. Austin Reaves Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Austin Reaves 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, 5 more than Austin Reaves, who played 4. Billy Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while Austin Reaves had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Billy Cunningham	Austin Reaves
Season	1965-66	2021-22
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Finals	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+19	+3.5	+7.0			+4.3	+0.8				-2.4	+3.0	+7.4	+.033				+1.9	+3.6	+.205
Austin Reaves	61	23.2	7.3	0.7	2.4	3.2	1.8	0.5	0.3	0.7	1.4	2.4	5.2	.459	0.9	2.7	.317	1.6	1.9	.839
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
Austin Reaves	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Billy Cunningham	Austin Reaves
Season	1966-67	2022-23
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+17	+2.0	+5.5			+4.3	+0.9				-1.5	+2.9	+7.3	+.070				+1.1	+2.8	+.178
Austin Reaves	64	28.8	13.0	0.5	2.5	3.0	3.4	0.5	0.3	1.5	1.7	4.0	7.7	.529	1.3	3.4	.398	3.6	4.1	.864
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
difference:	+1	+13.6	+1.9			+1.8	+2.4				-1.1	+0.1	+2.6	+.088				+0.7	+2.4	+.239
Austin Reaves	16	36.2	16.9	1.3	3.2	4.4	4.6	0.6	0.2	1.6	2.4	5.6	12.1	.464	2.4	5.5	.443	3.2	3.6	.895

Season 3
	Billy Cunningham	Austin Reaves
Season	1967-68	2023-24
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Finals	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd
Others	-	NBA Cup Champion

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	74	28.1	18.9	-	-	7.6	2.5	-	-	-	3.5	7.0	15.9	.438	-	-	-	5.0	6.9	.723
difference:	+8	+4.0	+3.0			+3.3	+3.0				-1.6	+1.4	+4.4	+.048				+2.2	+3.6	+.130
Austin Reaves	82	32.1	15.9	0.7	3.6	4.3	5.5	0.8	0.3	2.1	1.9	5.6	11.5	.486	1.9	5.1	.367	2.8	3.3	.853
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	3	28.7	20.7	-	-	7.3	3.3	-	-	-	5.3	8.0	14.3	.558	-	-	-	4.7	5.7	.824
difference:	+2	+6.1	+3.9			+3.5	+0.3				-3.7	+2.0	+1.7	+.082				+1.3	+1.9	+.071
Austin Reaves	5	34.8	16.8	1.0	2.8	3.8	3.6	1.4	0.6	0.8	1.6	6.0	12.6	.476	1.4	5.2	.269	3.4	3.8	.895

Season 4
	Billy Cunningham	Austin Reaves
Season	1968-69	2024-25
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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4th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+9	+5.9	+4.6			+8.3	+2.3				-1.9	+2.5	+7.0	+.034				+2.4	+4.2	+.140
Austin Reaves	73	34.9	20.2	0.8	3.7	4.5	5.8	1.1	0.3	2.4	2.1	6.5	14.2	.460	2.7	7.3	.377	4.4	5.0	.877
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
difference:		+4.2	+8.2			+7.2	+1.2				-1.2	+3.8	+8.8	+.008				+3.6	+6.2	+.225
Austin Reaves	5	39.2	16.2	0.8	4.6	5.4	3.6	0.2	0.6	2.8	3.6	6.0	14.6	.411	3.0	9.4	.319	1.2	1.4	.857

Additional Years
* Billy Cunningham played 5 seasons more than Austin Reaves in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 9, from 1970 to 1976—Billy Cunningham played in two Playoffs. In those 5 extra years over Austin Reaves, Billy Cunningham got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-Star Game