Billy Cunningham vs. Nenad Krstic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nenad Krstic 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 Nenad Krstic, who played 7. Billy Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while Nenad Krstic 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	Nenad Krstic
Season	1965-66	2004-05
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Finals	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	80	26.7	14.3	-	-	7.5	2.6	-	-	-	3.8	5.4	12.6	.426	-	-	-	3.5	5.5	.634
Nenad Krstic	75	26.2	10.0	2.1	3.2	5.3	1.0	0.4	0.8	1.5	3.7	3.7	7.6	.493	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	3.4	.725
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
Nenad Krstic	4	38.8	18.3	2.5	5.0	7.5	1.8	0.3	0.5	1.5	5.0	6.8	12.0	.563	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	6.0	.792

Season 2
	Billy Cunningham	Nenad Krstic
Season	1966-67	2005-06
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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	81	26.8	18.5	-	-	7.3	2.5	-	-	-	3.2	6.9	15.0	.459	-	-	-	4.7	6.9	.686
Nenad Krstic	80	30.9	13.5	2.3	4.1	6.4	1.1	0.4	0.8	1.7	3.7	5.6	11.0	.507	0.0	0.1	.250	2.3	3.3	.698
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
Nenad Krstic	11	33.3	14.7	2.3	4.5	6.8	0.7	0.5	0.9	2.0	4.2	5.9	11.7	.504	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.1	.711

Season 4
	Billy Cunningham	Nenad Krstic
Season	1968-69	2007-08
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New Jersey Nets
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
Nenad Krstic	45	18.0	6.6	0.8	3.7	4.4	0.6	0.2	0.4	0.9	2.5	2.7	6.7	.410	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.5	.754
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
Nenad Krstic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Billy Cunningham	Nenad Krstic
Season	1969-70	2008-09
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Oklahoma City Thunder
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
Nenad Krstic	46	24.8	9.7	1.8	3.7	5.5	0.6	0.5	1.1	1.0	2.5	4.2	8.8	.469	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.7	.797
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
Nenad Krstic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Billy Cunningham	Nenad Krstic
Season	1970-71	2009-10
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Thunder Lost West 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	38.1	23.0	-	-	11.7	4.9	-	-	-	4.0	8.7	18.8	.462	-	-	-	5.6	7.7	.734
Nenad Krstic	76	22.9	8.4	1.8	3.3	5.0	0.7	0.4	0.6	0.8	2.3	3.7	7.4	.502	0.0	0.1	.200	1.0	1.4	.717
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
Nenad Krstic	6	21.5	7.2	2.5	3.3	5.8	0.7	0.5	0.7	0.8	2.5	2.5	6.2	.405	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	2.3	.929

Season 7
	Billy Cunningham	Nenad Krstic
Season	1971-72	2010-11
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Oklahoma City Thunder, 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
Nenad Krstic	71	22.1	8.1	1.7	3.0	4.7	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.8	2.6	3.3	6.4	.511	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.1	.774
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nenad Krstic	7	8.0	1.7	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.3	0.0	0.6	0.4	1.1	0.7	1.1	.625	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	.667

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