Billy Cunningham vs. Delonte West Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Delonte West 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, 1 more than Delonte West, who played 8. Billy Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while Delonte West 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
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Rookie Season
	Billy Cunningham	Delonte West
Season	1965-66	2004-05
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Finals	Celtics 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
Delonte West	39	13.0	4.5	0.4	1.3	1.7	1.4	0.5	0.2	0.6	1.8	1.7	4.0	.426	0.6	1.7	.358	0.5	0.7	.704
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
Delonte West	7	16.3	4.1	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.6	1.0	0.1	0.3	2.4	1.6	3.0	.524	0.7	1.6	.455	0.3	0.6	.500

Season 2
	Billy Cunningham	Delonte West
Season	1966-67	2005-06
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
Delonte West	71	34.1	11.8	0.8	3.3	4.1	4.6	1.2	0.6	1.9	2.8	4.7	9.6	.487	1.2	3.1	.385	1.2	1.4	.851
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
Delonte West	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Billy Cunningham	Delonte West
Season	1968-69	2007-08
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Seattle Supersonics, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	Cavaliers 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	82	40.8	24.8	-	-	12.8	3.5	-	-	-	4.0	9.0	21.2	.426	-	-	-	6.8	9.2	.737
Delonte West	61	25.1	8.3	0.5	2.7	3.2	3.8	1.0	0.5	1.9	1.7	3.2	7.8	.413	0.8	2.2	.356	1.1	1.5	.736
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
Delonte West	13	34.8	10.8	0.6	2.7	3.3	4.2	1.2	0.5	2.5	3.1	3.4	8.5	.400	1.4	3.2	.429	2.7	3.2	.854

Season 5
	Billy Cunningham	Delonte West
Season	1969-70	2008-09
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	Cavaliers 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
Delonte West	64	33.6	11.7	0.5	2.7	3.2	3.5	1.5	0.2	1.4	2.0	4.5	9.8	.457	1.4	3.6	.399	1.4	1.7	.833
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
Delonte West	14	42.2	13.8	0.4	3.1	3.5	4.1	1.4	0.5	2.4	2.0	5.2	11.2	.465	0.9	2.6	.333	2.5	3.0	.833

Season 6
	Billy Cunningham	Delonte West
Season	1970-71	2009-10
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Cavaliers 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
Delonte West	60	25.0	8.8	0.5	2.3	2.8	3.3	0.9	0.5	1.5	1.4	3.2	7.3	.445	0.4	1.3	.325	1.9	2.4	.810
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
Delonte West	11	24.5	6.7	0.5	1.4	1.9	2.6	0.8	0.3	1.7	1.5	2.5	6.1	.418	0.3	1.7	.158	1.4	1.5	.938

Season 7
	Billy Cunningham	Delonte West
Season	1971-72	2010-11
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	75	38.7	23.3	-	-	12.2	5.9	-	-	-	3.9	8.8	19.0	.461	-	-	-	5.7	8.0	.712
Delonte West	24	18.9	5.6	0.3	1.3	1.5	2.7	0.8	0.4	1.3	1.2	2.3	5.0	.458	0.5	1.4	.364	0.5	0.6	.867
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Delonte West	9	18.9	6.6	0.4	1.4	1.9	1.3	0.6	0.0	1.3	1.8	2.4	5.2	.468	0.8	2.1	.368	0.9	1.1	.800

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