Billy McKinney vs. Nick Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nick Young and Billy McKinney, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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 McKinney played 7 years in the NBA, 5 less than Nick Young, who played 12. Billy McKinney had the first of his seasons in 1978-79, while Nick Young had his rookie season in 2007-08. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Billy McKinney	7	4	1978-79 to 1985-86
Nick Young	12	3	2007-08 to 2018-19

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Billy McKinney	Nick Young
Season	1978-79	2007-08
Team	Kansas City Kings	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf Semis	Wizards 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 McKinney	78	15.9	7.8	0.3	0.8	1.1	3.2	0.7	0.0	1.6	1.6	3.1	6.1	.503	-	-	-	1.7	2.1	.796
Nick Young	75	15.4	7.5	0.3	1.2	1.5	0.8	0.5	0.1	1.3	1.7	2.8	6.4	.439	0.5	1.3	.400	1.3	1.7	.815

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy McKinney	5	19.2	7.2	0.8	0.6	1.4	4.8	1.0	0.0	2.4	1.0	3.0	8.0	.375	-	-	-	1.2	1.4	.857
Nick Young	4	4.3	1.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	2.3	.111	0.0	0.5	.000	0.8	1.0	.750


Season 2
	Billy McKinney	Nick Young
Season	1979-80	2008-09
Team	Kansas City Kings	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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 McKinney	76	17.5	6.8	0.3	0.9	1.1	3.3	0.8	0.1	1.2	1.1	2.7	6.0	.449	0.0	0.1	.100	1.4	1.8	.805
Nick Young	82	22.4	10.9	0.4	1.5	1.8	1.2	0.5	0.2	1.1	1.7	4.1	9.2	.444	0.7	2.0	.341	2.0	2.4	.850

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy McKinney	3	11.3	1.3	0.7	0.3	1.0	2.7	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.7	0.7	1.7	.400	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Nick Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Billy McKinney	Nick Young
Season	1980-81	2009-10
Team	Utah Jazz, Denver Nuggets	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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 McKinney	84	25.8	9.7	0.4	1.8	2.2	4.3	1.2	0.1	1.9	2.8	3.9	7.7	.507	0.0	0.1	.167	1.9	2.2	.862
Nick Young	74	19.2	8.6	0.3	1.1	1.4	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.8	2.0	3.1	7.5	.418	0.9	2.3	.406	1.4	1.8	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy McKinney	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Billy McKinney	Nick Young
Season	1981-82	2010-11
Team	Denver Nuggets	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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 McKinney	81	24.2	10.8	0.4	1.4	1.8	4.2	0.9	0.2	1.4	2.3	4.6	8.6	.528	0.0	0.2	.000	1.7	2.1	.806
Nick Young	64	31.8	17.4	0.4	2.3	2.7	1.2	0.7	0.3	1.4	2.3	6.4	14.6	.441	1.6	4.2	.387	2.9	3.6	.816

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy McKinney	3	30.3	14.0	0.7	1.3	2.0	3.3	1.0	0.0	1.7	3.0	5.3	9.0	.593	0.0	0.3	.000	3.3	4.0	.833
Nick Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Billy McKinney	Nick Young
Season	1982-83	2011-12
Team	Denver Nuggets	Washington Wizards, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Clippers 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 McKinney	68	22.9	9.8	0.3	1.5	1.8	4.2	0.6	0.1	1.5	2.1	3.9	8.0	.487	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	2.5	.814
Nick Young	62	27.9	14.2	0.5	1.6	2.1	0.9	0.7	0.3	1.3	2.3	5.1	12.6	.403	1.7	4.5	.365	2.3	2.7	.852

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy McKinney	8	14.1	7.8	0.6	1.0	1.6	2.3	0.3	0.0	0.9	1.9	3.3	5.8	.565	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.3	.556
Nick Young	11	18.2	8.3	0.1	1.0	1.1	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.6	1.8	2.6	6.1	.433	1.5	3.0	.515	1.5	1.6	.889


Season 6
	Billy McKinney	Nick Young
Season	1983-84	2012-13
Team	San Diego Clippers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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 McKinney	80	10.5	3.9	0.1	0.6	0.7	2.0	0.3	0.0	0.6	1.1	1.7	3.8	.446	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.6	.848
Nick Young	59	23.9	10.6	0.4	1.8	2.2	1.4	0.6	0.2	0.8	1.4	3.8	9.2	.413	1.3	3.6	.357	1.8	2.2	.820

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy McKinney	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Billy McKinney didn't play in 1984-85.


Season 7
	Billy McKinney	Nick Young
Season	1985-86	2013-14
Team	Chicago Bulls	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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 McKinney	9	9.2	2.4	0.1	0.4	0.6	1.4	0.3	0.0	0.2	1.0	1.1	2.6	.435	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.2	1.000
Nick Young	64	28.3	17.9	0.5	2.1	2.6	1.5	0.7	0.2	1.5	2.4	6.0	13.9	.435	2.1	5.5	.386	3.7	4.5	.825

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy McKinney	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Billy McKinney	Nick Young
Season	-	2014-15
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
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 McKinney	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Young	42	23.8	13.4	0.4	1.9	2.3	1.0	0.5	0.3	1.0	2.0	4.1	11.3	.366	2.0	5.4	.369	3.1	3.5	.892

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy McKinney	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Billy McKinney	Nick Young
Season	-	2015-16
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
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 McKinney	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Young	54	19.1	7.3	0.3	1.5	1.8	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.6	0.9	2.3	6.9	.339	1.4	4.4	.325	1.2	1.4	.829

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy McKinney	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Billy McKinney	Nick Young
Season	-	2016-17
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
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 McKinney	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Young	60	25.9	13.2	0.4	1.9	2.3	1.0	0.6	0.2	0.6	2.3	4.5	10.6	.430	2.8	7.0	.404	1.3	1.5	.856

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy McKinney	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Billy McKinney	Nick Young
Season	-	2017-18
Team	-	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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 McKinney	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Young	80	17.4	7.3	0.3	1.3	1.6	0.5	0.5	0.1	0.5	1.3	2.5	6.1	.412	1.5	4.1	.377	0.7	0.8	.862

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy McKinney	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Young	20	10.3	2.6	0.1	0.6	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.9	0.8	2.7	.302	0.7	2.4	.298	0.3	0.4	.750


Season 12
	Billy McKinney	Nick Young
Season	-	2018-19
Team	-	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
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 McKinney	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Young	4	9.3	2.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.3	0.5	1.0	0.8	2.3	.333	0.8	2.0	.375	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy McKinney	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Billy McKinney vs. Nick Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nick Young and Billy McKinney, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12