Billy Cunningham vs. Cooper Flagg Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Cooper Flagg 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, 8 more than Cooper Flagg, who played 1. Billy Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while Cooper Flagg had his rookie season in 2025-26. 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.
Their Careers | |||
| Player | Total Seasons | Playoffs Played | NBA Years |
| Billy Cunningham | 9 | 6 | 1965-66 to 1975-76 |
| Cooper Flagg | 1 | 0 | 2025-26 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season |
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| Billy Cunningham | Cooper Flagg | |
| Season | 1965-66 | 2025-26 |
| Team | Philadelphia 76ers | Dallas Mavericks |
| Honors & Awards |  All-Rookie First Team | - |
| Playoffs | 76ers Lost East Div Finals | Did Not Play |
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: | +79 | +5.3 | +4.3 | +2.5 | +2.6 | -0.8 | +1.4 | +0.4 | +.118 | +1.5 | +3.5 | +.366 | ||||||||
| Cooper Flagg | 1 | 32.0 | 10.0 | 1.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 13.0 | .308 | 0.0 | 1.0 | .000 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.000 |
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| 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 |
| Cooper Flagg | DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Additional Years |
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* Billy Cunningham played 8 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 9, from 1967 to 1976—Billy Cunningham played in 5 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 8 extra years over Cooper Flagg, Billy Cunningham got these achievements: | |
| Honors & Awards | 3 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 4 All-Star Game |