Henry Bibby vs. Billy Cunningham Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Billy Cunningham and Henry Bibby, 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.

Henry Bibby and Billy Cunningham both played 9 years in the NBA. Henry Bibby had the first of his seasons in 1972-73, 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
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Rookie Season
	Henry Bibby	Billy Cunningham
Season	1972-73	1965-66
Team	New York Knicks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Henry Bibby	55	8.6	4.2	-	-	1.5	1.2	-	-	-	1.2	1.4	3.7	.380	-	-	-	1.3	1.6	.849
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		%
Henry Bibby	6	7.2	3.3	-	-	0.3	0.5	-	-	-	0.8	1.3	3.0	.444	-	-	-	0.7	1.3	.500
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
	Henry Bibby	Billy Cunningham
Season	1973-74	1966-67
Team	New York Knicks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 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		%
Henry Bibby	66	14.9	7.5	0.7	1.3	2.0	1.4	1.0	0.0	-	1.9	3.2	7.0	.452	-	-	-	1.1	1.3	.830
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		%
Henry Bibby	10	8.9	4.2	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.1	0.3	0.0	-	1.5	1.6	4.5	.356	-	-	-	1.0	1.2	.833
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
	Henry Bibby	Billy Cunningham
Season	1975-76	1968-69
Team	New Orleans Jazz	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Henry Bibby	79	22.4	9.3	0.7	1.5	2.3	2.8	0.8	0.0	-	2.1	3.4	7.9	.428	-	-	-	2.5	3.2	.797
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		%
Henry Bibby	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Henry Bibby	Billy Cunningham
Season	1976-77	1969-70
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA 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		%
Henry Bibby	81	32.6	10.2	1.1	2.3	3.4	4.4	1.3	0.1	-	2.5	3.7	8.7	.430	-	-	-	2.7	3.5	.784
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		%
Henry Bibby	19	36.4	11.1	1.5	2.3	3.7	3.9	1.3	0.1	-	3.1	4.4	10.4	.421	-	-	-	2.4	3.1	.763
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
	Henry Bibby	Billy Cunningham
Season	1977-78	1970-71
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Henry Bibby	82	30.7	9.1	0.8	2.3	3.1	5.7	1.1	0.1	1.9	2.5	3.5	8.0	.434	-	-	-	2.1	2.7	.781
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		%
Henry Bibby	10	28.9	8.6	0.9	2.1	3.0	4.8	1.2	0.0	2.2	2.5	3.3	8.2	.402	-	-	-	2.0	2.2	.909
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
	Henry Bibby	Billy Cunningham
Season	1978-79	1971-72
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second 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		%
Henry Bibby	82	31.0	12.2	0.9	2.1	3.0	4.5	0.9	0.1	2.4	2.4	4.5	10.6	.423	-	-	-	3.2	4.1	.794
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		%
Henry Bibby	9	25.7	8.0	0.9	1.2	2.1	4.7	0.4	0.0	2.4	2.9	2.9	7.4	.388	-	-	-	2.2	3.3	.667
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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