Billy Cunningham vs. Red Holzman Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Red Holzman 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, 3 more than Red Holzman, who played 6. Billy Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while Red Holzman had his rookie season in 1948-49. 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	Red Holzman
Season	1965-66	1948-49
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Finals	Royals Lost West Div 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	80	26.7	14.3	-	-	7.5	2.6	-	-	-	3.8	5.4	12.6	.426	-	-	-	3.5	5.5	.634
Red Holzman	60	-	9.1	-	-	-	2.5	-	-	-	1.6	3.8	11.5	.326	-	-	-	1.6	2.6	.611
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
Red Holzman	4	-	10.3	-	-	-	3.3	-	-	-	0.8	4.5	10.0	.450	-	-	-	1.3	1.5	.833

Season 2
	Billy Cunningham	Red Holzman
Season	1966-67	1949-50
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Royals Lost Cent Div 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
Red Holzman	68	-	8.2	-	-	-	2.9	-	-	-	1.0	3.0	9.2	.330	-	-	-	2.1	3.1	.686
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
Red Holzman	2	-	3.5	-	-	-	0.0	-	-	-	1.5	1.5	4.5	.333	-	-	-	0.5	1.0	.500

Season 3
	Billy Cunningham	Red Holzman
Season	1967-68	1950-51
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards
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	74	28.1	18.9	-	-	7.6	2.5	-	-	-	3.5	7.0	15.9	.438	-	-	-	5.0	6.9	.723
Red Holzman	68	-	7.3	-	-	2.2	2.2	-	-	-	1.4	2.7	8.3	.326	-	-	-	1.9	2.6	.726
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	3	28.7	20.7	-	-	7.3	3.3	-	-	-	5.3	8.0	14.3	.558	-	-	-	4.7	5.7	.824
Red Holzman	14	-	6.1	-	-	1.4	1.4	-	-	-	1.0	2.2	5.4	.408	-	-	-	1.6	2.4	.676

Season 4
	Billy Cunningham	Red Holzman
Season	1968-69	1951-52
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	Royals Lost West Div 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	82	40.8	24.8	-	-	12.8	3.5	-	-	-	4.0	9.0	21.2	.426	-	-	-	6.8	9.2	.737
Red Holzman	65	16.4	4.1	-	-	1.6	1.8	-	-	-	1.5	1.6	5.7	.280	-	-	-	0.9	1.3	.718
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
Red Holzman	6	10.8	1.2	-	-	1.0	0.3	-	-	-	0.5	0.5	2.5	.200	-	-	-	0.2	1.0	.167

Season 5
	Billy Cunningham	Red Holzman
Season	1969-70	1952-53
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	Royals Lost West Div 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	39.4	26.1	-	-	13.6	4.3	-	-	-	4.1	9.9	21.1	.469	-	-	-	6.3	8.6	.729
Red Holzman	46	8.5	2.2	-	-	0.9	0.8	-	-	-	1.2	0.8	3.2	.255	-	-	-	0.6	0.8	.711
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
Red Holzman	2	7.0	1.5	-	-	0.5	0.5	-	-	-	2.0	0.5	2.5	.200	-	-	-	0.5	2.0	.250

Season 6
	Billy Cunningham	Red Holzman
Season	1970-71	1953-54
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Milwaukee Hawks
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
Red Holzman	51	12.7	3.8	-	-	0.9	1.5	-	-	-	1.4	1.5	4.4	.330	-	-	-	0.9	1.4	.658
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
Red Holzman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Billy Cunningham	Red Holzman
Season	1971-72	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	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
Red Holzman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Red Holzman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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