Billy Cunningham vs. Ed Nealy Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ed Nealy 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 Ed Nealy, who played 10. Billy Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while Ed Nealy had his rookie season in 1982-83. 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10
Rookie Season
	Billy Cunningham	Ed Nealy
Season	1965-66	1982-83
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Kansas City Kings
Honors & Awards	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
Ed Nealy	82	20.0	4.4	2.1	3.8	5.9	0.8	0.8	0.1	0.6	3.0	1.8	3.0	.595	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.4	.614
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
Ed Nealy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Billy Cunningham	Ed Nealy
Season	1966-67	1983-84
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Kansas City 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
Ed Nealy	71	13.5	2.5	1.0	2.1	3.1	0.7	0.6	0.1	0.5	1.9	0.9	1.8	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.8	.800
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
Ed Nealy	2	9.5	3.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000

Note: Ed Nealy didn't play in 1985-86.

Season 4
	Billy Cunningham	Ed Nealy
Season	1968-69	1986-87
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	San Antonio Spurs
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
Ed Nealy	60	16.3	3.7	1.6	3.1	4.7	1.4	0.7	0.2	0.6	2.4	1.4	3.2	.438	0.1	0.5	.129	0.9	1.2	.739
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
Ed Nealy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Billy Cunningham	Ed Nealy
Season	1969-70	1987-88
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	Spurs 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	39.4	26.1	-	-	13.6	4.3	-	-	-	4.1	9.9	21.1	.469	-	-	-	6.3	8.6	.729
Ed Nealy	68	12.3	2.1	1.2	2.1	3.3	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.4	1.4	0.7	1.6	.459	0.0	0.0	.500	0.6	0.9	.651
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
Ed Nealy	2	18.0	2.0	1.5	2.0	3.5	2.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	3.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 6
	Billy Cunningham	Ed Nealy
Season	1970-71	1988-89
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Chicago Bulls, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Suns 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
Ed Nealy	43	6.0	0.7	0.5	1.3	1.8	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.2	1.0	0.3	0.8	.361	0.0	0.0	.000	0.1	0.2	.444
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
Ed Nealy	4	1.5	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.8	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 7
	Billy Cunningham	Ed Nealy
Season	1971-72	1989-90
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls 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	75	38.7	23.3	-	-	12.2	5.9	-	-	-	3.9	8.8	19.0	.461	-	-	-	5.7	8.0	.712
Ed Nealy	46	10.9	2.3	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.4	1.5	0.8	1.5	.529	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	0.9	.732
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ed Nealy	15	15.2	3.1	1.1	2.4	3.5	0.3	0.7	0.1	0.5	3.0	1.1	2.4	.472	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.4	.619

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

Season 10
	Billy Cunningham	Ed Nealy
Season	-	1992-93
Team	-	Golden State Warriors, Chicago Bulls
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ed Nealy	41	7.5	1.7	0.3	1.3	1.6	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.2	1.0	0.6	1.7	.377	0.2	0.7	.296	0.2	0.3	.750
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ed Nealy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-