Billy Cunningham vs. Mark McNamara Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mark McNamara 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 Mark McNamara, who played 8. Billy Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while Mark McNamara had his rookie season in 1982-83. 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	Mark McNamara
Season	1965-66	1982-83
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Finals	NBA Champion

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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
Mark McNamara	36	5.1	2.2	0.9	1.2	2.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	1.0	1.2	0.8	1.8	.453	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.3	.444
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
Mark McNamara	2	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 2
	Billy Cunningham	Mark McNamara
Season	1966-67	1983-84
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	San Antonio Spurs
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
Mark McNamara	70	14.8	5.5	2.0	2.6	4.5	0.4	0.2	0.2	1.3	2.0	2.2	3.6	.621	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	2.2	.471
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
Mark McNamara	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Mark McNamara didn't play in 1985-86.

Season 4
	Billy Cunningham	Mark McNamara
Season	1968-69	1986-87
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	76ers 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	82	40.8	24.8	-	-	12.8	3.5	-	-	-	4.0	9.0	21.2	.426	-	-	-	6.8	9.2	.737
Mark McNamara	11	10.3	3.2	1.5	1.7	3.3	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.7	1.5	1.3	2.7	.467	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.7	.368
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
Mark McNamara	1	2.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 5
	Billy Cunningham	Mark McNamara
Season	1969-70	1987-88
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div 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	39.4	26.1	-	-	13.6	4.3	-	-	-	4.1	9.9	21.1	.469	-	-	-	6.3	8.6	.729
Mark McNamara	42	13.8	3.6	1.6	2.2	3.7	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.6	1.6	1.2	3.2	.391	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.6	.727
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
Mark McNamara	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Billy Cunningham	Mark McNamara
Season	1970-71	1988-89
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Lakers 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	38.1	23.0	-	-	11.7	4.9	-	-	-	4.0	8.7	18.8	.462	-	-	-	5.6	7.7	.734
Mark McNamara	39	8.2	2.9	1.0	1.6	2.6	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.6	1.3	0.8	1.6	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.0	.628
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
Mark McNamara	3	2.3	1.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.500

Season 7
	Billy Cunningham	Mark McNamara
Season	1971-72	1989-90
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West 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
Mark McNamara	33	5.8	3.1	0.7	1.2	1.9	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.6	0.9	1.2	2.6	.442	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.650
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mark McNamara	2	2.5	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	2.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

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