Billy Cunningham vs. Billy McKinney Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Billy McKinney 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 more than Billy McKinney, who played 7. Billy Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while Billy McKinney had his rookie season in 1978-79. 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	Billy McKinney
Season	1965-66	1978-79
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Kansas City Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Finals	Kings Lost West 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	80	26.7	14.3	-	-	7.5	2.6	-	-	-	3.8	5.4	12.6	.426	-	-	-	3.5	5.5	.634
Billy McKinney	78	15.9	7.8	0.3	0.8	1.1	3.2	0.7	0.0	1.6	1.6	3.1	6.1	.503	-	-	-	1.7	2.1	.796
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
Billy McKinney	5	19.2	7.2	0.8	0.6	1.4	4.8	1.0	0.0	2.4	1.0	3.0	8.0	.375	-	-	-	1.2	1.4	.857

Season 2
	Billy Cunningham	Billy McKinney
Season	1966-67	1979-80
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Kansas City Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Kings 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
Billy McKinney	76	17.5	6.8	0.3	0.9	1.1	3.3	0.8	0.1	1.2	1.1	2.7	6.0	.449	0.0	0.1	.100	1.4	1.8	.805
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
Billy McKinney	3	11.3	1.3	0.7	0.3	1.0	2.7	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.7	0.7	1.7	.400	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-

Season 4
	Billy Cunningham	Billy McKinney
Season	1968-69	1981-82
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	Nuggets 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	82	40.8	24.8	-	-	12.8	3.5	-	-	-	4.0	9.0	21.2	.426	-	-	-	6.8	9.2	.737
Billy McKinney	81	24.2	10.8	0.4	1.4	1.8	4.2	0.9	0.2	1.4	2.3	4.6	8.6	.528	0.0	0.2	.000	1.7	2.1	.806
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
Billy McKinney	3	30.3	14.0	0.7	1.3	2.0	3.3	1.0	0.0	1.7	3.0	5.3	9.0	.593	0.0	0.3	.000	3.3	4.0	.833

Season 5
	Billy Cunningham	Billy McKinney
Season	1969-70	1982-83
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	Nuggets Lost West 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
Billy McKinney	68	22.9	9.8	0.3	1.5	1.8	4.2	0.6	0.1	1.5	2.1	3.9	8.0	.487	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	2.5	.814
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
Billy McKinney	8	14.1	7.8	0.6	1.0	1.6	2.3	0.3	0.0	0.9	1.9	3.3	5.8	.565	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.3	.556

Season 6
	Billy Cunningham	Billy McKinney
Season	1970-71	1983-84
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	San Diego Clippers
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
Billy McKinney	80	10.5	3.9	0.1	0.6	0.7	2.0	0.3	0.0	0.6	1.1	1.7	3.8	.446	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.6	.848
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
Billy McKinney	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Billy McKinney didn't play in 1984-85.

Season 7
	Billy Cunningham	Billy McKinney
Season	1971-72	1985-86
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Chicago Bulls
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
Billy McKinney	9	9.2	2.4	0.1	0.4	0.6	1.4	0.3	0.0	0.2	1.0	1.1	2.6	.435	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.2	1.000
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Billy McKinney	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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