Billy Cunningham vs. Cedric Maxwell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Cedric Maxwell 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 Cedric Maxwell, who played 11. Billy Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while Cedric Maxwell had his rookie season in 1977-78. 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	Cedric Maxwell
Season	1965-66	1977-78
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Finals	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	80	26.7	14.3	-	-	7.5	2.6	-	-	-	3.8	5.4	12.6	.426	-	-	-	3.5	5.5	.634
Cedric Maxwell	72	16.8	7.3	1.9	3.3	5.3	0.9	0.7	0.7	1.7	2.1	2.4	4.4	.538	-	-	-	2.6	3.5	.752
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
Cedric Maxwell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Billy Cunningham	Cedric Maxwell
Season	1966-67	1978-79
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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	26.8	18.5	-	-	7.3	2.5	-	-	-	3.2	6.9	15.0	.459	-	-	-	4.7	6.9	.686
Cedric Maxwell	80	37.1	19.0	3.4	6.5	9.9	2.9	1.2	0.9	3.4	3.3	5.9	10.1	.584	-	-	-	7.2	9.0	.802
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
Cedric Maxwell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Billy Cunningham	Cedric Maxwell
Season	1968-69	1980-81
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	NBA Champion

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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
Cedric Maxwell	81	33.7	15.2	2.7	3.7	6.5	2.7	1.0	0.8	2.2	3.2	5.4	9.3	.588	0.0	0.0	.000	4.3	5.6	.782
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
Cedric Maxwell	17	35.2	16.1	3.6	3.8	7.4	2.7	0.7	0.9	2.5	3.1	5.9	10.2	.580	0.0	0.0	-	4.2	5.2	.818

Season 5
	Billy Cunningham	Cedric Maxwell
Season	1969-70	1981-82
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	Celtics Lost East Conf 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	81	39.4	26.1	-	-	13.6	4.3	-	-	-	4.1	9.9	21.1	.469	-	-	-	6.3	8.6	.729
Cedric Maxwell	78	33.2	14.8	2.8	3.6	6.4	2.3	1.0	0.6	2.2	3.4	5.1	9.3	.548	0.0	0.0	.000	4.6	6.1	.747
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
Cedric Maxwell	12	32.1	14.5	3.1	4.2	7.3	2.2	1.5	0.9	2.0	3.3	5.2	10.0	.517	0.0	0.0	-	4.2	5.8	.714

Season 6
	Billy Cunningham	Cedric Maxwell
Season	1970-71	1982-83
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics 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
Cedric Maxwell	79	28.5	11.9	2.3	3.0	5.3	2.4	0.8	0.5	2.1	2.6	4.2	8.4	.499	0.0	0.0	.000	3.5	4.4	.812
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
Cedric Maxwell	7	35.1	12.9	3.3	4.0	7.3	3.3	0.6	0.6	2.7	2.6	4.1	7.9	.527	0.0	0.0	-	4.6	5.4	.842

Season 7
	Billy Cunningham	Cedric Maxwell
Season	1971-72	1983-84
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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
Cedric Maxwell	80	31.3	11.9	2.5	3.3	5.8	2.6	0.8	0.3	2.5	2.8	4.0	7.5	.532	0.0	0.1	.167	4.0	5.3	.753
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cedric Maxwell	23	32.7	11.9	2.3	2.9	5.2	2.4	1.0	0.3	2.0	3.3	3.7	7.3	.503	0.0	0.0	.000	4.6	5.9	.779

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