Billy Cunningham vs. Mason Plumlee Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mason Plumlee 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 Mason Plumlee, who played 11. Billy Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while Mason Plumlee had his rookie season in 2013-14. 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	Mason Plumlee
Season	1965-66	2013-14
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Finals	Nets 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	80	26.7	14.3	-	-	7.5	2.6	-	-	-	3.8	5.4	12.6	.426	-	-	-	3.5	5.5	.634
Mason Plumlee	70	18.2	7.4	1.4	3.0	4.4	0.9	0.7	0.8	1.1	2.4	2.8	4.3	.659	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.8	.626
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
Mason Plumlee	10	11.4	2.2	0.5	1.8	2.3	0.2	0.3	0.7	0.9	2.4	0.7	1.6	.438	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.8	.444

Season 2
	Billy Cunningham	Mason Plumlee
Season	1966-67	2014-15
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nets 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
Mason Plumlee	82	21.3	8.7	2.1	4.1	6.2	0.9	0.8	0.8	1.3	2.5	3.4	6.0	.573	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	3.9	.495
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
Mason Plumlee	6	8.2	2.0	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.3	0.7	0.3	0.5	1.7	0.7	1.0	.667	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.8	.364

Season 4
	Billy Cunningham	Mason Plumlee
Season	1968-69	2016-17
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Portland Trail Blazers, Denver Nuggets
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	82	40.8	24.8	-	-	12.8	3.5	-	-	-	4.0	9.0	21.2	.426	-	-	-	6.8	9.2	.737
Mason Plumlee	81	26.5	10.4	2.1	5.4	7.5	3.5	0.9	1.1	1.7	2.8	4.1	7.7	.536	0.0	0.1	.000	2.1	3.7	.580
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
Mason Plumlee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Billy Cunningham	Mason Plumlee
Season	1969-70	2017-18
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Denver Nuggets
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
Mason Plumlee	74	19.4	7.1	1.8	3.6	5.4	1.9	0.7	1.1	1.4	2.5	3.0	5.0	.601	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	2.4	.458
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
Mason Plumlee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Billy Cunningham	Mason Plumlee
Season	1970-71	2018-19
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Nuggets 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	81	38.1	23.0	-	-	11.7	4.9	-	-	-	4.0	8.7	18.8	.462	-	-	-	5.6	7.7	.734
Mason Plumlee	82	21.1	7.8	2.0	4.4	6.4	3.0	0.8	0.9	1.5	3.1	3.2	5.4	.593	0.0	0.1	.200	1.4	2.4	.561
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
Mason Plumlee	14	15.6	4.6	1.9	2.6	4.4	1.5	0.5	0.7	0.6	2.8	1.7	3.4	.511	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	2.0	.571

Season 7
	Billy Cunningham	Mason Plumlee
Season	1971-72	2019-20
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets Lost West 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	75	38.7	23.3	-	-	12.2	5.9	-	-	-	3.9	8.8	19.0	.461	-	-	-	5.7	8.0	.712
Mason Plumlee	61	17.3	7.2	1.6	3.6	5.2	2.5	0.5	0.6	1.3	2.3	2.9	4.7	.615	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	2.5	.535
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mason Plumlee	19	10.8	2.4	1.6	1.6	3.2	1.3	0.2	0.4	0.6	2.1	1.0	2.1	.487	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.6	.667

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