Billy Cunningham vs. Kenny Walker Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kenny Walker 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 Kenny Walker, who played 7. Billy Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while Kenny Walker had his rookie season in 1986-87. 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	Kenny Walker
Season	1965-66	1986-87
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New York Knicks
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
Kenny Walker	68	25.3	10.4	1.7	3.2	5.0	1.1	0.7	0.7	1.1	3.5	4.2	8.5	.491	0.0	0.1	.000	2.1	2.7	.757
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
Kenny Walker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Billy Cunningham	Kenny Walker
Season	1966-67	1987-88
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks 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	81	26.8	18.5	-	-	7.3	2.5	-	-	-	3.2	6.9	15.0	.459	-	-	-	4.7	6.9	.686
Kenny Walker	82	26.1	10.1	2.3	2.4	4.7	1.0	0.8	0.7	1.0	3.5	4.2	8.9	.473	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.2	.775
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
Kenny Walker	4	20.0	4.5	0.8	1.5	2.3	1.3	0.5	0.8	0.3	2.8	2.0	6.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.5	1.000

Season 4
	Billy Cunningham	Kenny Walker
Season	1968-69	1989-90
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	Knicks 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
Kenny Walker	68	23.5	7.9	1.9	3.1	5.0	0.7	0.5	0.8	0.9	2.6	3.0	5.6	.531	0.0	0.1	.400	1.8	2.5	.723
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
Kenny Walker	10	15.4	4.1	0.7	1.8	2.5	0.6	0.0	0.4	0.1	2.2	1.6	2.9	.552	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.4	.643

Season 5
	Billy Cunningham	Kenny Walker
Season	1969-70	1990-91
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	Knicks 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	81	39.4	26.1	-	-	13.6	4.3	-	-	-	4.1	9.9	21.1	.469	-	-	-	6.3	8.6	.729
Kenny Walker	54	14.3	4.3	1.2	1.7	2.9	0.2	0.3	0.6	0.6	1.7	1.5	3.5	.435	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.5	.780
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
Kenny Walker	3	10.3	3.3	0.7	1.7	2.3	0.7	0.3	0.3	1.0	2.7	1.3	2.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000

Note: Kenny Walker didn't play in 1991-92 and 1992-93.

Season 6
	Billy Cunningham	Kenny Walker
Season	1970-71	1993-94
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Washington Bullets
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
Kenny Walker	73	19.1	4.8	1.6	2.3	4.0	0.5	0.4	0.8	0.6	2.1	1.8	3.8	.482	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.7	.696
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
Kenny Walker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Billy Cunningham	Kenny Walker
Season	1971-72	1994-95
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	75	38.7	23.3	-	-	12.2	5.9	-	-	-	3.9	8.8	19.0	.461	-	-	-	5.7	8.0	.712
Kenny Walker	24	11.1	2.4	0.8	1.2	2.0	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.6	1.8	0.8	1.8	.429	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.2	.750
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kenny Walker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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