John Battle vs. Billy Cunningham Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Billy Cunningham and John Battle, 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.

John Battle played 10 years in the NBA, 1 more than Billy Cunningham, who played 9. John Battle had the first of his seasons in 1985-86, 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
	John Battle	Billy Cunningham
Season	1985-86	1965-66
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
John Battle	64	10.0	4.3	0.2	0.8	1.0	1.2	0.4	0.0	0.7	1.3	1.6	3.5	.455	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.6	.728
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		%
John Battle	6	4.5	1.8	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.5	0.8	0.7	1.8	.364	0.0	0.2	.000	0.5	0.7	.750
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
	John Battle	Billy Cunningham
Season	1986-87	1966-67
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
John Battle	64	12.6	6.0	0.3	0.7	0.9	1.9	0.5	0.1	0.9	1.2	2.3	4.9	.457	0.0	0.2	.000	1.5	2.0	.738
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		%
John Battle	8	9.8	6.6	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.0	0.1	0.0	0.9	1.6	1.9	4.3	.441	0.3	0.6	.400	2.6	2.9	.913
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
	John Battle	Billy Cunningham
Season	1988-89	1968-69
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
John Battle	82	20.4	9.5	0.4	1.3	1.7	2.4	0.5	0.1	1.3	1.5	3.5	7.7	.457	0.1	0.4	.324	2.4	2.9	.815
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		%
John Battle	5	23.6	9.8	1.0	1.6	2.6	3.2	0.4	0.0	1.0	2.6	4.0	9.2	.435	0.0	1.2	.000	1.8	2.4	.750
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
	John Battle	Billy Cunningham
Season	1989-90	1969-70
Team	Atlanta Hawks	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		%
John Battle	60	24.6	10.9	0.5	1.2	1.7	2.6	0.5	0.1	1.5	1.9	4.6	9.1	.506	0.0	0.2	.154	1.7	2.3	.756
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		%
John Battle	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	John Battle	Billy Cunningham
Season	1990-91	1970-71
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
John Battle	79	23.6	13.6	0.4	1.6	2.0	2.7	0.6	0.1	1.4	1.8	5.0	10.9	.461	0.2	0.6	.286	3.4	4.0	.854
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		%
John Battle	5	21.4	11.6	0.8	1.2	2.0	2.2	0.2	0.0	1.8	2.2	3.2	8.8	.364	0.4	1.0	.400	4.8	5.0	.960
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
	John Battle	Billy Cunningham
Season	1991-92	1971-72
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 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		%
John Battle	76	21.5	10.3	0.3	1.2	1.5	2.1	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.5	4.2	8.7	.480	0.0	0.2	.118	1.9	2.3	.848
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		%
John Battle	15	13.5	5.9	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.0	0.3	0.1	1.2	0.7	2.3	5.5	.415	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	1.5	.913
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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