Pete Maravich vs. Billy McKinney Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Billy McKinney and Pete Maravich, 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.

Pete Maravich played 10 years in the NBA, 3 more than Billy McKinney, who played 7. Pete Maravich had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Billy McKinney had his rookie season in 1978-79. 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
Pete Maravich	10	4	1970-71 to 1979-80
Billy McKinney	7	4	1978-79 to 1985-86

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Pete Maravich	Billy McKinney
Season	1970-71	1978-79
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Kansas City Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Kings 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		%
Pete Maravich	81	36.1	23.2	-	-	3.7	4.4	-	-	-	2.9	9.1	19.9	.458	-	-	-	5.0	6.2	.800
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	5	39.8	22.0	-	-	5.2	4.8	-	-	-	2.8	9.2	24.4	.377	-	-	-	3.6	5.2	.692
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


Season 2
	Pete Maravich	Billy McKinney
Season	1971-72	1979-80
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Kansas City Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Kings Lost West 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		%
Pete Maravich	66	34.9	19.3	-	-	3.9	6.0	-	-	-	3.1	7.0	16.3	.427	-	-	-	5.4	6.6	.811
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	6	36.5	27.7	-	-	5.3	4.7	-	-	-	4.0	9.0	20.2	.446	-	-	-	9.7	11.8	.817
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	-


Season 3
	Pete Maravich	Billy McKinney
Season	1972-73	1980-81
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Utah Jazz, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Pete Maravich	79	39.1	26.1	-	-	4.4	6.9	-	-	-	3.1	10.0	22.6	.441	-	-	-	6.1	7.7	.800
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	6	39.0	26.2	-	-	4.8	6.7	-	-	-	4.0	10.8	25.8	.419	-	-	-	4.5	5.7	.794
Billy McKinney	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Pete Maravich	Billy McKinney
Season	1973-74	1981-82
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets Lost West 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		%
Pete Maravich	76	38.2	27.7	1.3	3.6	4.9	5.2	1.5	0.2	-	3.4	10.8	23.6	.457	-	-	-	6.2	7.5	.826
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 5
	Pete Maravich	Billy McKinney
Season	1974-75	1982-83
Team	New Orleans Jazz	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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		%
Pete Maravich	79	36.1	21.5	1.2	4.2	5.3	6.2	1.5	0.2	-	2.9	8.3	19.8	.419	-	-	-	4.9	6.1	.811
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 6
	Pete Maravich	Billy McKinney
Season	1975-76	1983-84
Team	New Orleans Jazz	San Diego Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
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		%
Pete Maravich	62	38.3	25.9	0.7	4.1	4.8	5.4	1.4	0.4	-	3.2	9.7	21.2	.459	-	-	-	6.4	7.9	.811
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

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

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


Season 7
	Pete Maravich	Billy McKinney
Season	1976-77	1985-86
Team	New Orleans Jazz	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Pete Maravich	73	41.7	31.1	1.2	3.9	5.1	5.4	1.2	0.3	-	2.6	12.1	28.0	.433	-	-	-	6.9	8.2	.835
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

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


Season 8
	Pete Maravich	Billy McKinney
Season	1977-78	-
Team	New Orleans Jazz	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Pete Maravich	50	40.8	27.0	1.0	2.6	3.6	6.7	2.0	0.2	5.0	2.3	11.1	25.1	.444	-	-	-	4.8	5.5	.870
Billy McKinney	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 9
	Pete Maravich	Billy McKinney
Season	1978-79	-
Team	New Orleans Jazz	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Pete Maravich	49	37.2	22.6	0.7	1.8	2.5	5.0	1.2	0.4	4.1	2.1	8.9	21.1	.421	-	-	-	4.8	5.7	.841
Billy McKinney	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 10
	Pete Maravich	Billy McKinney
Season	1979-80	-
Team	Utah Jazz, Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Pete Maravich	43	22.4	13.7	0.4	1.4	1.8	1.9	0.6	0.1	1.9	1.8	5.7	12.6	.449	0.2	0.3	.667	2.1	2.4	.867
Billy McKinney	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	9	11.6	6.0	0.0	0.9	0.9	0.7	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.3	2.8	5.7	.490	0.2	0.7	.333	0.2	0.3	.667
Billy McKinney	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Pete Maravich vs. Billy McKinney Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Billy McKinney and Pete Maravich, 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