Billy Cunningham vs. Tyler Hansbrough Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tyler Hansbrough 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 Tyler Hansbrough, who played 7. Billy Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while Tyler Hansbrough had his rookie season in 2009-10. 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	Tyler Hansbrough
Season	1965-66	2009-10
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Indiana Pacers
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
Tyler Hansbrough	29	17.6	8.5	2.1	2.7	4.8	1.0	0.6	0.3	0.7	2.4	2.8	7.8	.360	0.0	0.1	.000	2.9	3.9	.743
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
Tyler Hansbrough	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Billy Cunningham	Tyler Hansbrough
Season	1966-67	2010-11
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pacers 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
Tyler Hansbrough	70	21.9	11.0	2.1	3.2	5.2	0.6	0.5	0.2	1.1	2.3	4.1	8.8	.465	0.0	0.0	.000	2.8	3.6	.779
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
Tyler Hansbrough	5	32.8	11.2	2.6	2.8	5.4	1.0	1.2	0.0	1.8	2.6	4.0	12.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	3.6	.889

Season 4
	Billy Cunningham	Tyler Hansbrough
Season	1968-69	2012-13
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	Pacers Lost East 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	82	40.8	24.8	-	-	12.8	3.5	-	-	-	4.0	9.0	21.2	.426	-	-	-	6.8	9.2	.737
Tyler Hansbrough	81	16.9	7.0	2.0	2.6	4.6	0.4	0.4	0.2	1.0	1.9	2.2	5.0	.432	0.0	0.0	.000	2.7	3.7	.720
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
Tyler Hansbrough	19	12.7	4.1	1.9	1.3	3.2	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.8	2.2	1.4	3.3	.419	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.3	.591

Season 5
	Billy Cunningham	Tyler Hansbrough
Season	1969-70	2013-14
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	Raptors 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
Tyler Hansbrough	64	15.3	4.9	1.9	2.6	4.5	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.7	2.1	1.5	3.1	.474	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	2.9	.681
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
Tyler Hansbrough	3	9.7	2.3	0.7	1.3	2.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	2.7	0.3	1.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.0	.833

Season 6
	Billy Cunningham	Tyler Hansbrough
Season	1970-71	2014-15
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Raptors 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	38.1	23.0	-	-	11.7	4.9	-	-	-	4.0	8.7	18.8	.462	-	-	-	5.6	7.7	.734
Tyler Hansbrough	74	14.3	3.6	1.4	2.1	3.6	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.3	1.9	1.2	2.2	.521	0.0	0.1	.143	1.3	1.9	.698
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
Tyler Hansbrough	4	12.0	1.3	0.3	1.3	1.5	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.5	2.0	0.3	1.3	.200	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.0	.750

Season 7
	Billy Cunningham	Tyler Hansbrough
Season	1971-72	2015-16
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hornets 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	75	38.7	23.3	-	-	12.2	5.9	-	-	-	3.9	8.8	19.0	.461	-	-	-	5.7	8.0	.712
Tyler Hansbrough	44	7.8	2.4	0.9	1.1	2.0	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.3	1.3	0.7	1.6	.451	0.0	0.1	.667	0.9	1.5	.585
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tyler Hansbrough	2	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

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