Billy Cunningham vs. Brian Grant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brian Grant and Billy Cunningham, 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.

Billy Cunningham played 9 years in the NBA, 3 less than Brian Grant, who played 12. Billy Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while Brian Grant had his rookie season in 1994-95. 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
	Billy Cunningham	Brian Grant
Season	1965-66	1994-95
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div 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		%
Billy Cunningham	80	26.7	14.3	-	-	7.5	2.6	-	-	-	3.8	5.4	12.6	.426	-	-	-	3.5	5.5	.634
Brian Grant	80	28.6	13.2	2.6	4.9	7.5	1.2	0.6	1.5	2.0	3.5	5.2	10.1	.511	0.0	0.1	.250	2.9	4.5	.636
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	4	17.3	5.3	-	-	4.5	2.5	-	-	-	2.8	1.3	7.8	.161	-	-	-	2.8	3.3	.846
Brian Grant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Billy Cunningham	Brian Grant
Season	1966-67	1995-96
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Billy Cunningham	81	26.8	18.5	-	-	7.3	2.5	-	-	-	3.2	6.9	15.0	.459	-	-	-	4.7	6.9	.686
Brian Grant	78	30.7	14.4	2.2	4.7	7.0	1.6	0.5	1.3	2.4	3.4	5.5	10.8	.507	0.1	0.2	.235	3.4	4.6	.732
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	15	22.6	15.0	-	-	6.2	2.2	-	-	-	3.5	5.5	14.7	.376	-	-	-	3.9	6.0	.656
Brian Grant	4	31.0	9.8	1.8	3.3	5.0	1.0	0.5	1.8	3.3	3.5	4.0	10.5	.381	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	3.5	.500

Season 4
	Billy Cunningham	Brian Grant
Season	1968-69	1997-98
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	Trail Blazers 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		%
Billy Cunningham	82	40.8	24.8	-	-	12.8	3.5	-	-	-	4.0	9.0	21.2	.426	-	-	-	6.8	9.2	.737
Brian Grant	61	31.5	12.1	3.2	5.9	9.1	1.4	0.7	0.7	1.8	3.0	4.6	9.1	.508	0.0	0.0	.000	2.8	3.7	.750
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	5	43.4	24.4	-	-	12.6	2.4	-	-	-	4.8	9.8	23.4	.419	-	-	-	4.8	7.6	.632
Brian Grant	4	33.5	13.3	4.5	6.3	10.8	1.5	1.0	0.8	1.3	5.0	4.8	9.0	.528	0.0	0.0	-	3.8	4.5	.833

Season 5
	Billy Cunningham	Brian Grant
Season	1969-70	1998-99
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Billy Cunningham	81	39.4	26.1	-	-	13.6	4.3	-	-	-	4.1	9.9	21.1	.469	-	-	-	6.3	8.6	.729
Brian Grant	48	31.8	11.5	3.6	6.2	9.8	1.4	0.4	0.7	2.0	2.8	3.8	8.0	.479	0.0	0.0	-	3.8	4.7	.814
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	5	41.0	29.2	-	-	10.4	4.0	-	-	-	3.8	12.2	24.6	.496	-	-	-	4.8	7.2	.667
Brian Grant	13	37.1	13.2	2.6	6.5	9.2	1.1	0.8	1.2	1.6	3.7	4.8	9.2	.529	0.0	0.0	-	3.5	5.5	.625

Season 6
	Billy Cunningham	Brian Grant
Season	1970-71	1999-00
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Billy Cunningham	81	38.1	23.0	-	-	11.7	4.9	-	-	-	4.0	8.7	18.8	.462	-	-	-	5.6	7.7	.734
Brian Grant	63	21.0	7.3	1.9	3.5	5.5	1.0	0.5	0.4	1.3	2.6	2.7	5.6	.491	0.0	0.0	.500	1.8	2.6	.675
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	7	43.0	25.9	-	-	15.4	5.7	-	-	-	4.0	9.6	20.3	.472	-	-	-	6.7	9.6	.701
Brian Grant	16	19.9	5.4	2.3	3.4	5.8	0.5	0.4	0.4	1.1	3.3	1.8	4.1	.446	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.4	.744

Season 7
	Billy Cunningham	Brian Grant
Season	1971-72	2000-01
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat 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 Cunningham	75	38.7	23.3	-	-	12.2	5.9	-	-	-	3.9	8.8	19.0	.461	-	-	-	5.7	8.0	.712
Brian Grant	82	33.8	15.2	2.6	6.1	8.8	1.2	0.7	0.9	2.1	3.6	5.9	12.3	.479	0.0	0.0	.000	3.4	4.3	.797
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Grant	3	27.7	10.0	2.0	6.0	8.0	0.3	0.0	1.7	2.0	3.0	3.3	8.0	.417	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.7	.714

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