Billy Cunningham vs. Dave Piontek Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dave Piontek 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 Dave Piontek, who played 7. Billy Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while Dave Piontek had his rookie season in 1956-57. 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	Dave Piontek
Season	1965-66	1956-57
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Rochester Royals
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
Dave Piontek	71	24.8	9.0	-	-	4.9	1.5	-	-	-	2.0	3.6	9.0	.403	-	-	-	1.7	2.6	.667
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
Dave Piontek	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Billy Cunningham	Dave Piontek
Season	1966-67	1957-58
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Royals Lost West Div 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	26.8	18.5	-	-	7.3	2.5	-	-	-	3.2	6.9	15.0	.459	-	-	-	4.7	6.9	.686
Dave Piontek	71	14.5	5.6	-	-	3.6	0.7	-	-	-	1.9	2.1	5.6	.378	-	-	-	1.3	2.1	.629
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
Dave Piontek	2	13.5	5.0	-	-	5.0	0.0	-	-	-	3.5	2.0	5.0	.400	-	-	-	1.0	2.5	.400

Season 4
	Billy Cunningham	Dave Piontek
Season	1968-69	1959-60
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Cincinnati Royals, St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	Hawks Lost NBA 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	82	40.8	24.8	-	-	12.8	3.5	-	-	-	4.0	9.0	21.2	.426	-	-	-	6.8	9.2	.737
Dave Piontek	77	23.8	9.3	-	-	6.0	1.5	-	-	-	2.7	3.8	9.5	.401	-	-	-	1.7	2.6	.639
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
Dave Piontek	14	15.7	5.1	-	-	2.9	1.3	-	-	-	2.0	1.9	5.6	.342	-	-	-	1.3	1.8	.720

Season 5
	Billy Cunningham	Dave Piontek
Season	1969-70	1960-61
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	Hawks Lost NBA 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
Dave Piontek	29	8.8	3.8	-	-	2.3	0.7	-	-	-	1.1	1.6	3.3	.490	-	-	-	0.6	1.1	.516
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
Dave Piontek	1	10.0	2.0	-	-	3.0	1.0	-	-	-	2.0	1.0	7.0	.143	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 6
	Billy Cunningham	Dave Piontek
Season	1970-71	1961-62
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Chicago Packers
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
Dave Piontek	45	13.6	4.6	-	-	3.4	0.7	-	-	-	2.0	1.8	5.0	.369	-	-	-	0.9	1.3	.661
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
Dave Piontek	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Billy Cunningham	Dave Piontek
Season	1971-72	1962-63
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost East Div 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	75	38.7	23.3	-	-	12.2	5.9	-	-	-	3.9	8.8	19.0	.461	-	-	-	5.7	8.0	.712
Dave Piontek	48	9.5	2.7	-	-	2.0	0.5	-	-	-	1.4	1.3	3.3	.380	-	-	-	0.2	0.3	.625
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave Piontek	8	8.5	2.5	-	-	2.0	0.1	-	-	-	0.9	1.0	2.1	.471	-	-	-	0.5	0.9	.571

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