Billy Cunningham vs. Caldwell Jones Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Caldwell Jones 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.

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.

Billy Cunningham played 9 years in the NBA, 5 less than Caldwell Jones, who played 14. Billy Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while Caldwell Jones had his rookie season in 1976-77. 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
Billy Cunningham	9	6	1965-66 to 1975-76
Caldwell Jones	14	12	1976-77 to 1989-90

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Billy Cunningham	Caldwell Jones
Season	1965-66	1976-77
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Finals	76ers Lost NBA 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	80	26.7	14.3	-	-	7.5	2.6	-	-	-	3.8	5.4	12.6	.426	-	-	-	3.5	5.5	.634
Caldwell Jones	82	24.7	6.0	2.3	5.8	8.1	1.1	0.5	2.4	-	3.7	2.6	5.2	.507	-	-	-	0.8	1.4	.552

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
Caldwell Jones	19	27.0	4.8	2.0	5.9	7.9	1.1	0.5	2.1	-	4.3	1.9	3.8	.507	-	-	-	0.9	1.6	.600


Season 2
	Billy Cunningham	Caldwell Jones
Season	1966-67	1977-78
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	76ers 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		%
Billy Cunningham	81	26.8	18.5	-	-	7.3	2.5	-	-	-	3.2	6.9	15.0	.459	-	-	-	4.7	6.9	.686
Caldwell Jones	80	20.5	5.4	2.1	5.1	7.1	1.2	0.3	1.6	1.6	3.5	2.1	4.5	.471	-	-	-	1.2	1.9	.627

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
Caldwell Jones	10	30.1	6.4	2.2	8.4	10.6	1.4	0.5	3.0	1.9	3.6	2.8	5.6	.500	-	-	-	0.8	1.0	.800


Season 3
	Billy Cunningham	Caldwell Jones
Season	1967-68	1978-79
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div 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		%
Billy Cunningham	74	28.1	18.9	-	-	7.6	2.5	-	-	-	3.5	7.0	15.9	.438	-	-	-	5.0	6.9	.723
Caldwell Jones	78	27.8	9.3	2.3	7.3	9.6	1.9	0.5	2.0	2.0	3.9	3.9	8.2	.474	-	-	-	1.6	2.1	.747

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	3	28.7	20.7	-	-	7.3	3.3	-	-	-	5.3	8.0	14.3	.558	-	-	-	4.7	5.7	.824
Caldwell Jones	9	35.6	12.7	4.1	9.3	13.4	2.3	0.4	2.4	2.3	4.0	4.8	9.9	.483	-	-	-	3.1	4.0	.778


Season 4
	Billy Cunningham	Caldwell Jones
Season	1968-69	1979-80
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	76ers Lost NBA 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	82	40.8	24.8	-	-	12.8	3.5	-	-	-	4.0	9.0	21.2	.426	-	-	-	6.8	9.2	.737
Caldwell Jones	80	34.6	7.4	2.7	9.1	11.9	2.1	0.5	2.0	2.7	3.7	2.9	6.7	.436	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.2	.697

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
Caldwell Jones	18	35.5	8.8	2.8	7.5	10.3	1.9	0.7	2.1	2.1	4.2	3.2	7.2	.450	0.0	0.2	.000	2.3	2.9	.808


Season 5
	Billy Cunningham	Caldwell Jones
Season	1969-70	1980-81
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	76ers 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		%
Billy Cunningham	81	39.4	26.1	-	-	13.6	4.3	-	-	-	4.1	9.9	21.1	.469	-	-	-	6.3	8.6	.729
Caldwell Jones	81	32.6	7.2	2.5	7.6	10.0	1.5	0.7	1.7	2.1	3.3	2.7	6.0	.449	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.4	.767

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
Caldwell Jones	16	36.3	8.7	2.3	7.4	9.7	1.7	0.4	1.9	2.1	3.3	3.4	5.9	.568	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.6	.738


Season 6
	Billy Cunningham	Caldwell Jones
Season	1970-71	1981-82
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	76ers Lost NBA 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
Caldwell Jones	81	30.2	7.9	2.0	6.7	8.7	1.2	0.5	1.8	1.9	3.7	2.9	5.7	.497	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	2.7	.817

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
Caldwell Jones	21	32.3	8.7	2.5	6.5	9.0	0.9	0.5	1.9	1.4	3.7	3.5	7.6	.463	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.0	.854


Season 7
	Billy Cunningham	Caldwell Jones
Season	1971-72	1982-83
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	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		%
Billy Cunningham	75	38.7	23.3	-	-	12.2	5.9	-	-	-	3.9	8.8	19.0	.461	-	-	-	5.7	8.0	.712
Caldwell Jones	82	29.8	9.5	2.7	5.4	8.1	1.7	0.6	1.6	2.1	3.4	3.7	8.3	.453	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	2.5	.786

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Caldwell Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 8
	Billy Cunningham	Caldwell Jones
Season	1974-75	1983-84
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
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		%
Billy Cunningham	80	35.7	19.5	1.6	7.5	9.1	5.5	1.1	0.4	-	3.4	7.6	17.8	.428	-	-	-	4.3	5.6	.777
Caldwell Jones	81	30.9	9.9	2.1	5.1	7.2	1.9	0.6	1.0	2.0	4.1	3.9	7.8	.502	0.0	0.0	.333	2.0	2.4	.837

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Caldwell Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Billy Cunningham	Caldwell Jones
Season	1975-76	1984-85
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls 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	20	32.0	13.7	1.5	5.9	7.4	5.4	1.2	0.5	-	2.9	5.2	12.6	.410	-	-	-	3.4	4.4	.773
Caldwell Jones	42	21.1	3.4	1.2	3.9	5.0	0.8	0.3	0.7	1.0	3.0	1.3	2.7	.461	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.1	.766

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Caldwell Jones	2	9.0	5.0	0.5	2.0	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	3.5	2.5	3.0	.833	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 10
	Billy Cunningham	Caldwell Jones
Season	-	1985-86
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Caldwell Jones	80	18.0	4.7	1.3	3.1	4.4	0.9	0.5	0.8	1.3	3.1	1.6	3.2	.496	0.0	0.1	.000	1.6	1.9	.827

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Caldwell Jones	4	18.3	3.5	2.3	2.5	4.8	0.8	0.0	0.5	1.0	3.3	1.5	4.3	.353	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.500


Season 11
	Billy Cunningham	Caldwell Jones
Season	-	1986-87
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Caldwell Jones	78	20.2	4.1	1.5	4.4	5.8	0.8	0.3	1.0	1.1	2.9	1.4	2.9	.496	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.6	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Caldwell Jones	4	32.3	3.8	2.3	5.5	7.8	1.5	0.0	1.5	1.3	3.8	1.3	3.0	.417	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.5	.833


Season 12
	Billy Cunningham	Caldwell Jones
Season	-	1987-88
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Caldwell Jones	79	22.5	4.2	1.3	3.8	5.2	1.0	0.4	1.3	1.0	3.2	1.6	3.3	.487	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	1.3	.736

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Caldwell Jones	4	24.5	3.3	1.0	3.3	4.3	0.3	0.5	2.0	0.5	4.3	1.5	4.0	.375	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500


Season 13
	Billy Cunningham	Caldwell Jones
Season	-	1988-89
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Caldwell Jones	72	17.8	2.8	1.2	2.9	4.2	0.8	0.3	1.2	1.2	2.3	1.1	2.5	.421	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	0.8	.787

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Caldwell Jones	3	16.7	1.3	0.7	2.0	2.7	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.7	1.0	.667	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 14
	Billy Cunningham	Caldwell Jones
Season	-	1989-90
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Spurs 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		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Caldwell Jones	72	12.3	2.4	1.1	2.1	3.2	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.7	2.0	0.9	2.0	.465	0.0	0.1	.200	0.5	0.8	.704

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Caldwell Jones	9	7.3	0.9	0.7	0.8	1.4	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.1	0.4	1.0	.444	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.1	.000

Billy Cunningham vs. Caldwell Jones Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Caldwell Jones 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.

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

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14