Billy Cunningham vs. Doug McDermott Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Doug McDermott 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, 1 less than Doug McDermott, who played 10. Billy Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while Doug McDermott had his rookie season in 2014-15. 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	Doug McDermott
Season	1965-66	2014-15
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Finals	Bulls 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	80	26.7	14.3	-	-	7.5	2.6	-	-	-	3.8	5.4	12.6	.426	-	-	-	3.5	5.5	.634
Doug McDermott	36	8.9	3.0	0.2	1.0	1.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.5	0.8	1.2	3.0	.402	0.4	1.1	.317	0.3	0.4	.667
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
Doug McDermott	3	3.3	1.7	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	.333	0.3	0.7	.500	0.7	0.7	1.000

Season 2
	Billy Cunningham	Doug McDermott
Season	1966-67	2015-16
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Chicago Bulls
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
Doug McDermott	81	23.0	9.4	0.5	2.0	2.4	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.7	1.6	3.6	8.0	.452	1.4	3.2	.425	0.9	1.0	.857
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
Doug McDermott	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Billy Cunningham	Doug McDermott
Season	1968-69	2017-18
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New York Knicks, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	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
Doug McDermott	81	21.8	7.8	0.5	2.0	2.5	1.0	0.2	0.2	0.7	1.5	2.9	6.3	.467	1.1	2.7	.426	0.8	1.0	.790
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
Doug McDermott	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Billy Cunningham	Doug McDermott
Season	1969-70	2018-19
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	Pacers 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	81	39.4	26.1	-	-	13.6	4.3	-	-	-	4.1	9.9	21.1	.469	-	-	-	6.3	8.6	.729
Doug McDermott	77	17.4	7.3	0.2	1.2	1.4	0.9	0.2	0.1	0.5	1.4	2.7	5.5	.491	1.1	2.7	.408	0.9	1.0	.835
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
Doug McDermott	3	9.7	2.0	1.0	0.7	1.7	1.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.7	3.3	.200	0.0	2.3	.000	0.7	1.3	.500

Season 6
	Billy Cunningham	Doug McDermott
Season	1970-71	2019-20
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Pacers 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	81	38.1	23.0	-	-	11.7	4.9	-	-	-	4.0	8.7	18.8	.462	-	-	-	5.6	7.7	.734
Doug McDermott	69	19.9	10.3	0.4	2.1	2.5	1.1	0.2	0.1	0.6	1.7	3.9	7.9	.488	1.9	4.3	.435	0.7	0.8	.828
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
Doug McDermott	4	13.5	2.5	0.0	0.8	0.8	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.8	1.0	3.8	.267	0.5	2.5	.200	0.0	0.0	-

Season 7
	Billy Cunningham	Doug McDermott
Season	1971-72	2020-21
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	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
Doug McDermott	66	24.5	13.6	0.9	2.4	3.3	1.3	0.3	0.1	0.8	1.8	5.4	10.1	.532	1.7	4.3	.388	1.2	1.5	.816
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Doug McDermott	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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