Billy Cunningham vs. Ben Gordon Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Gordon 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 less than Ben Gordon, who played 11. Billy Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while Ben Gordon had his rookie season in 2004-05. 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11
Rookie Season
	Billy Cunningham	Ben Gordon
Season	1965-66	2004-05
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Finals	Bulls 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
Ben Gordon	82	24.4	15.1	0.7	2.0	2.6	2.0	0.6	0.1	2.3	2.7	5.3	12.9	.411	1.6	4.0	.405	2.8	3.3	.863
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
Ben Gordon	6	25.2	14.5	1.0	1.7	2.7	2.5	0.8	0.3	2.2	3.0	5.0	12.3	.405	1.2	3.7	.318	3.3	4.2	.800

Season 2
	Billy Cunningham	Ben Gordon
Season	1966-67	2005-06
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bulls 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
Ben Gordon	80	31.0	16.9	0.5	2.2	2.7	3.0	0.9	0.1	2.3	3.0	6.1	14.4	.422	2.1	4.8	.435	2.6	3.4	.787
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
Ben Gordon	6	40.8	21.0	0.8	2.5	3.3	3.0	1.0	0.0	2.8	2.0	7.2	17.7	.406	2.5	6.8	.366	4.2	6.2	.676

Season 4
	Billy Cunningham	Ben Gordon
Season	1968-69	2007-08
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Chicago Bulls
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
Ben Gordon	72	31.8	18.6	0.6	2.5	3.1	3.0	0.8	0.1	2.1	2.4	6.4	14.8	.434	2.0	4.8	.410	3.7	4.1	.908
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
Ben Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Billy Cunningham	Ben Gordon
Season	1969-70	2008-09
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	Bulls 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
Ben Gordon	82	36.6	20.7	0.6	2.8	3.5	3.4	0.9	0.3	2.4	2.2	7.3	16.0	.455	2.1	5.1	.410	4.0	4.7	.864
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
Ben Gordon	7	43.4	24.3	0.4	2.4	2.9	3.0	0.4	0.1	1.1	3.1	7.4	19.1	.388	2.4	6.6	.370	7.0	8.0	.875

Season 6
	Billy Cunningham	Ben Gordon
Season	1970-71	2009-10
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Detroit Pistons
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
Ben Gordon	62	27.9	13.8	0.4	1.5	1.9	2.7	0.8	0.1	1.9	2.4	4.7	11.3	.416	1.2	3.8	.321	3.2	3.7	.861
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
Ben Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Billy Cunningham	Ben Gordon
Season	1971-72	2010-11
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Detroit Pistons
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
Ben Gordon	82	26.0	11.2	0.5	1.9	2.4	2.1	0.6	0.2	1.7	2.2	4.1	9.4	.440	1.3	3.2	.402	1.7	2.0	.850
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ben Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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