Billy Cunningham vs. Jerami Grant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jerami Grant 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 Jerami Grant, who played 11. Billy Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while Jerami Grant had his rookie season in 2014-15. 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.

Rookie Season
	Billy Cunningham	Jerami Grant
Season	1965-66	2014-15
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Finals	Did Not Play

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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:	+15	+5.5	+8.0			+4.5	+1.4				-1.6	+3.5	+7.2	+.074				+1.7	+2.5	+.043
Jerami Grant	65	21.2	6.3	0.8	2.3	3.0	1.2	0.6	1.0	1.3	2.2	1.9	5.4	.352	0.8	2.4	.314	1.8	3.0	.591
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
Jerami Grant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Billy Cunningham	Jerami Grant
Season	1966-67	2015-16
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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2nd 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	81	26.8	18.5	-	-	7.3	2.5	-	-	-	3.2	6.9	15.0	.459	-	-	-	4.7	6.9	.686
difference:	+4		+8.8			+2.6	+0.7				-0.4	+3.6	+7.2	+.040				+1.9	+2.7	+.028
Jerami Grant	77	26.8	9.7	1.3	3.4	4.7	1.8	0.7	1.6	1.4	2.8	3.3	7.8	.419	0.5	1.9	.240	2.8	4.2	.658
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
Jerami Grant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Billy Cunningham	Jerami Grant
Season	1968-69	2017-18
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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4th 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	82	40.8	24.8	-	-	12.8	3.5	-	-	-	4.0	9.0	21.2	.426	-	-	-	6.8	9.2	.737
difference:	+1	+20.5	+16.4			+8.9	+2.8				-2.1	+6.0	+15.6	+.109				+4.8	+6.2	+.062
Jerami Grant	81	20.3	8.4	1.1	2.9	3.9	0.7	0.4	1.0	0.7	1.9	3.0	5.6	.535	0.4	1.4	.291	2.0	3.0	.675
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
difference:	+1	+21.2	+17.2			+9.3	+1.4				-2.3	+6.8	+17.6	+.095				+4.0	+5.8	+.177
Jerami Grant	6	22.2	7.2	1.3	2.0	3.3	1.0	0.7	0.5	1.0	2.5	3.0	5.8	.514	0.3	1.3	.250	0.8	1.8	.455

Season 5
	Billy Cunningham	Jerami Grant
Season	1969-70	2018-19
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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5th 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	81	39.4	26.1	-	-	13.6	4.3	-	-	-	4.1	9.9	21.1	.469	-	-	-	6.3	8.6	.729
difference:	+1	+6.7	+12.5			+8.4	+3.3				-1.4	+4.8	+10.8	+.028				+4.3	+5.8	+.019
Jerami Grant	80	32.7	13.6	1.2	4.0	5.2	1.0	0.8	1.3	0.8	2.7	5.1	10.3	.497	1.4	3.7	.392	2.0	2.8	.710
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
difference:		+5.8	+17.6			+5.0	+3.2				-1.2	+8.2	+16.6	+.004				+3.0	+4.6	+.025
Jerami Grant	5	35.2	11.6	1.2	4.2	5.4	0.8	0.6	2.0	0.8	2.6	4.0	8.0	.500	1.8	4.0	.450	1.8	2.6	.692

Season 6
	Billy Cunningham	Jerami Grant
Season	1970-71	2019-20
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals

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6th 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	81	38.1	23.0	-	-	11.7	4.9	-	-	-	4.0	8.7	18.8	.462	-	-	-	5.6	7.7	.734
difference:	+10	+11.5	+11.0			+8.2	+3.7				-1.8	+4.4	+9.9	+.016				+3.5	+4.9	+.016
Jerami Grant	71	26.6	12.0	0.8	2.7	3.5	1.2	0.7	0.8	0.9	2.2	4.3	8.9	.478	1.4	3.5	.389	2.1	2.8	.750
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
difference:	+12	+8.6	+14.3			+12.1	+4.4				-0.9	+5.9	+11.1	+.066				+4.2	+6.8	+.188
Jerami Grant	19	34.4	11.6	0.4	2.9	3.3	1.3	0.6	0.8	1.3	3.1	3.7	9.2	.406	1.6	5.0	.326	2.5	2.8	.889

Season 7
	Billy Cunningham	Jerami Grant
Season	1971-72	2020-21
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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7th 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	75	38.7	23.3	-	-	12.2	5.9	-	-	-	3.9	8.8	19.0	.461	-	-	-	5.7	8.0	.712
difference:	+21	+4.8	+1.0			+7.6	+3.1				-1.6	+1.4	+1.7	+.032				+0.3	+1.6	+.133
Jerami Grant	54	33.9	22.3	0.6	4.0	4.6	2.8	0.6	1.1	2.0	2.3	7.4	17.3	.429	2.1	6.1	.350	5.4	6.4	.845
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Billy Cunningham nor Jerami Grant played in the postseason in their season 7

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