Billy Cunningham vs. David West Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David West 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, 6 less than David West, who played 15. Billy Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while David West had his rookie season in 2003-04. 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
David West	15	9	2003-04 to 2017-18

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Billy Cunningham	David West
Season	1965-66	2003-04
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Finals	Hornets 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	80	26.7	14.3	-	-	7.5	2.6	-	-	-	3.8	5.4	12.6	.426	-	-	-	3.5	5.5	.634
David West	71	13.1	3.8	1.6	2.5	4.2	0.8	0.4	0.4	0.7	1.6	1.5	3.2	.474	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.1	.713

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
David West	7	15.9	5.9	1.1	3.1	4.3	1.1	0.3	0.6	1.0	1.4	2.1	4.0	.536	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	1.9	.846


Season 2
	Billy Cunningham	David West
Season	1966-67	2004-05
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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	81	26.8	18.5	-	-	7.3	2.5	-	-	-	3.2	6.9	15.0	.459	-	-	-	4.7	6.9	.686
David West	30	18.4	6.2	1.3	3.0	4.3	0.8	0.4	0.5	1.2	2.1	2.5	5.7	.436	0.1	0.2	.400	1.1	1.7	.680

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
David West	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Billy Cunningham	David West
Season	1967-68	2005-06
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
Honors & Awards
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	74	28.1	18.9	-	-	7.6	2.5	-	-	-	3.5	7.0	15.9	.438	-	-	-	5.0	6.9	.723
David West	74	34.1	17.1	2.3	5.1	7.4	1.2	0.8	0.9	1.4	2.9	7.2	14.0	.512	0.0	0.1	.273	2.7	3.2	.843

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
David West	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Billy Cunningham	David West
Season	1968-69	2006-07
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div 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		%
Billy Cunningham	82	40.8	24.8	-	-	12.8	3.5	-	-	-	4.0	9.0	21.2	.426	-	-	-	6.8	9.2	.737
David West	52	36.5	18.3	2.4	5.7	8.2	2.2	0.8	0.7	1.9	2.8	7.3	15.2	.476	0.2	0.5	.320	3.6	4.4	.824

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
David West	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Billy Cunningham	David West
Season	1969-70	2007-08
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	Hornets 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	81	39.4	26.1	-	-	13.6	4.3	-	-	-	4.1	9.9	21.1	.469	-	-	-	6.3	8.6	.729
David West	76	37.8	20.6	2.4	6.5	8.9	2.3	0.8	1.3	2.2	2.7	8.3	17.2	.482	0.1	0.3	.240	3.9	4.6	.850

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
David West	12	40.4	21.2	1.8	6.8	8.5	2.8	1.1	1.9	1.8	2.7	8.5	18.3	.466	0.1	0.2	.500	4.1	4.6	.891


Season 6
	Billy Cunningham	David West
Season	1970-71	2008-09
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Hornets 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	38.1	23.0	-	-	11.7	4.9	-	-	-	4.0	8.7	18.8	.462	-	-	-	5.6	7.7	.734
David West	76	39.2	21.0	2.1	6.4	8.5	2.3	0.6	0.9	2.1	2.7	8.0	17.0	.472	0.1	0.3	.240	4.8	5.5	.884

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
David West	5	35.6	18.0	1.0	6.4	7.4	1.2	1.0	0.4	2.8	3.8	6.4	16.0	.400	0.0	0.0	-	5.2	5.8	.897


Season 7
	Billy Cunningham	David West
Season	1971-72	2009-10
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New Orleans Hornets
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
David West	81	36.4	19.0	2.0	5.4	7.5	3.0	0.9	0.7	2.1	2.9	7.6	15.1	.505	0.1	0.3	.259	3.7	4.2	.865

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

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


Season 8
	Billy Cunningham	David West
Season	1974-75	2010-11
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New Orleans Hornets
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
David West	70	35.0	18.9	2.2	5.3	7.6	2.3	1.0	0.9	2.0	2.9	7.5	14.9	.508	0.0	0.1	.222	3.8	4.7	.807

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


Season 9
	Billy Cunningham	David West
Season	1975-76	2011-12
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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	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
David West	66	29.2	12.8	1.8	4.8	6.6	2.1	0.8	0.7	1.4	2.4	5.3	10.8	.487	0.0	0.1	.222	2.2	2.7	.807

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David West	11	37.8	15.3	1.9	6.6	8.5	2.0	0.7	0.5	1.5	3.0	6.0	13.5	.446	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.0	.818


Season 10
	Billy Cunningham	David West
Season	-	2012-13
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pacers 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David West	73	33.4	17.1	2.0	5.7	7.7	2.9	1.0	0.9	2.2	2.0	6.9	13.8	.498	0.1	0.3	.211	3.3	4.3	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David West	19	36.3	15.9	2.2	5.4	7.6	2.1	0.7	0.8	2.4	2.8	6.1	13.1	.462	0.0	0.2	.000	3.8	4.9	.766


Season 11
	Billy Cunningham	David West
Season	-	2013-14
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pacers 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David West	80	30.9	14.0	1.5	5.3	6.8	2.8	0.8	0.9	1.7	2.3	5.7	11.7	.488	0.1	0.2	.267	2.5	3.1	.789

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David West	19	36.2	15.1	1.3	5.5	6.7	3.9	0.7	0.8	2.3	3.0	6.4	12.9	.494	0.1	0.5	.200	2.3	3.2	.705


Season 12
	Billy Cunningham	David West
Season	-	2014-15
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
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		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David West	66	28.7	11.7	1.6	5.2	6.8	3.4	0.7	0.7	1.8	2.4	4.9	10.4	.471	0.1	0.3	.200	1.8	2.4	.739

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


Season 13
	Billy Cunningham	David West
Season	-	2015-16
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David West	78	18.0	7.1	0.9	3.0	4.0	1.8	0.6	0.7	0.9	1.8	3.1	5.7	.545	0.0	0.1	.429	0.8	1.0	.788

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David West	10	17.6	5.8	1.3	2.4	3.7	1.3	0.6	0.7	0.7	1.9	2.5	5.5	.455	0.3	0.6	.500	0.5	0.9	.556


Season 14
	Billy Cunningham	David West
Season	-	2016-17
Team	-	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David West	68	12.6	4.6	0.7	2.3	3.0	2.2	0.6	0.7	1.1	1.5	2.0	3.7	.536	0.0	0.1	.375	0.6	0.8	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David West	17	13.0	4.5	0.4	2.3	2.7	2.1	0.4	0.8	0.6	1.5	2.0	3.5	.576	0.1	0.1	.500	0.4	0.5	.778


Season 15
	Billy Cunningham	David West
Season	-	2017-18
Team	-	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David West	73	13.7	6.8	0.9	2.4	3.3	1.9	0.6	1.0	1.1	1.6	3.0	5.2	.571	0.0	0.1	.375	0.8	1.1	.759

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David West	18	9.7	3.3	0.6	1.4	2.1	1.8	0.3	0.6	0.6	1.3	1.5	2.5	.600	0.1	0.1	.500	0.2	0.2	1.000

Billy Cunningham vs. David West Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David West 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

Season 15