Chucky Atkins vs. Billy Cunningham Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Billy Cunningham and Chucky Atkins, 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.

Chucky Atkins played 11 years in the NBA, 2 more than Billy Cunningham, who played 9. Chucky Atkins had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, while Billy Cunningham had his rookie season in 1965-66. 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11
Rookie Season
	Chucky Atkins	Billy Cunningham
Season	1999-00	1965-66
Team	Orlando Magic	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East 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		%
Chucky Atkins	82	19.8	9.5	0.2	1.3	1.5	3.7	0.6	0.0	1.7	1.7	3.8	9.0	.424	0.7	2.0	.350	1.2	1.6	.729
Billy Cunningham	80	26.7	14.3	-	-	7.5	2.6	-	-	-	3.8	5.4	12.6	.426	-	-	-	3.5	5.5	.634
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chucky Atkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Billy Cunningham	4	17.3	5.3	-	-	4.5	2.5	-	-	-	2.8	1.3	7.8	.161	-	-	-	2.8	3.3	.846

Season 2
	Chucky Atkins	Billy Cunningham
Season	2000-01	1966-67
Team	Detroit Pistons	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Chucky Atkins	81	29.2	12.0	0.3	1.8	2.1	4.1	0.8	0.1	1.8	2.3	4.7	11.8	.399	1.5	4.2	.357	1.1	1.6	.692
Billy Cunningham	81	26.8	18.5	-	-	7.3	2.5	-	-	-	3.2	6.9	15.0	.459	-	-	-	4.7	6.9	.686
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chucky Atkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Billy Cunningham	15	22.6	15.0	-	-	6.2	2.2	-	-	-	3.5	5.5	14.7	.376	-	-	-	3.9	6.0	.656

Season 4
	Chucky Atkins	Billy Cunningham
Season	2002-03	1968-69
Team	Detroit Pistons	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	76ers Lost East 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		%
Chucky Atkins	65	21.5	7.1	0.3	1.2	1.5	2.7	0.4	0.1	1.2	1.7	2.6	7.2	.361	1.3	3.7	.355	0.6	0.8	.816
Billy Cunningham	82	40.8	24.8	-	-	12.8	3.5	-	-	-	4.0	9.0	21.2	.426	-	-	-	6.8	9.2	.737
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chucky Atkins	17	18.4	6.1	0.1	1.1	1.2	1.5	1.0	0.0	1.1	2.3	1.9	5.4	.352	1.1	2.9	.367	1.2	1.5	.808
Billy Cunningham	5	43.4	24.4	-	-	12.6	2.4	-	-	-	4.8	9.8	23.4	.419	-	-	-	4.8	7.6	.632

Season 5
	Chucky Atkins	Billy Cunningham
Season	2003-04	1969-70
Team	Detroit Pistons, Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	76ers Lost East 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		%
Chucky Atkins	64	24.1	8.4	0.1	1.3	1.5	3.5	0.7	0.0	1.4	1.6	3.0	7.6	.397	1.3	3.8	.336	1.1	1.5	.753
Billy Cunningham	81	39.4	26.1	-	-	13.6	4.3	-	-	-	4.1	9.9	21.1	.469	-	-	-	6.3	8.6	.729
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chucky Atkins	4	33.5	13.5	0.8	2.8	3.5	3.8	0.8	0.0	2.5	0.5	4.3	9.8	.436	0.8	2.5	.300	4.3	4.8	.895
Billy Cunningham	5	41.0	29.2	-	-	10.4	4.0	-	-	-	3.8	12.2	24.6	.496	-	-	-	4.8	7.2	.667

Season 6
	Chucky Atkins	Billy Cunningham
Season	2004-05	1970-71
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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		%
Chucky Atkins	82	35.4	13.6	0.4	2.0	2.4	4.4	0.9	0.0	1.8	2.2	4.7	11.1	.426	2.1	5.5	.387	2.0	2.5	.803
Billy Cunningham	81	38.1	23.0	-	-	11.7	4.9	-	-	-	4.0	8.7	18.8	.462	-	-	-	5.6	7.7	.734
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chucky Atkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Billy Cunningham	7	43.0	25.9	-	-	15.4	5.7	-	-	-	4.0	9.6	20.3	.472	-	-	-	6.7	9.6	.701

Season 7
	Chucky Atkins	Billy Cunningham
Season	2005-06	1971-72
Team	Washington Wizards, Memphis Grizzlies	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies 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		%
Chucky Atkins	71	24.1	9.5	0.3	1.4	1.7	2.8	0.6	0.0	1.2	2.1	3.2	8.1	.394	1.4	3.9	.354	1.8	2.3	.791
Billy Cunningham	75	38.7	23.3	-	-	12.2	5.9	-	-	-	3.9	8.8	19.0	.461	-	-	-	5.7	8.0	.712
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chucky Atkins	4	25.8	9.8	0.0	0.8	0.8	3.0	0.5	0.0	1.0	3.8	3.8	9.3	.405	1.0	2.8	.364	1.3	2.0	.625
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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