Billy Cunningham vs. Greg Kite Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Greg Kite 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 Greg Kite, who played 12. Billy Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while Greg Kite had his rookie season in 1983-84. 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	Greg Kite
Season	1965-66	1983-84
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Finals	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	80	26.7	14.3	-	-	7.5	2.6	-	-	-	3.8	5.4	12.6	.426	-	-	-	3.5	5.5	.634
Greg Kite	35	5.6	1.9	0.8	1.0	1.8	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.6	1.2	0.9	1.9	.455	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.5	.313
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
Greg Kite	11	3.5	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.8	0.1	0.7	.125	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.5	.833

Season 2
	Billy Cunningham	Greg Kite
Season	1966-67	1984-85
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics 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	26.8	18.5	-	-	7.3	2.5	-	-	-	3.2	6.9	15.0	.459	-	-	-	4.7	6.9	.686
Greg Kite	55	7.7	1.6	0.7	0.9	1.6	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.5	1.5	0.6	1.6	.375	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.6	.688
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
Greg Kite	9	7.0	1.2	0.6	1.2	1.8	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.2	1.4	0.6	1.3	.417	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.2	.500

Season 3
	Billy Cunningham	Greg Kite
Season	1967-68	1985-86
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Finals	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	74	28.1	18.9	-	-	7.6	2.5	-	-	-	3.5	7.0	15.9	.438	-	-	-	5.0	6.9	.723
Greg Kite	64	7.3	1.3	0.5	1.5	2.0	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.5	1.3	0.5	1.4	.374	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.6	.385
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
Greg Kite	13	6.0	1.4	0.4	1.1	1.5	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.2	1.5	0.5	0.8	.700	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.571

Season 4
	Billy Cunningham	Greg Kite
Season	1968-69	1986-87
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	Celtics 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
Greg Kite	74	10.1	1.7	0.8	1.5	2.3	0.4	0.2	0.6	0.5	2.0	0.6	1.5	.427	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	1.0	.382
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
Greg Kite	20	8.6	0.9	0.8	1.6	2.3	0.4	0.1	0.4	0.4	2.2	0.4	1.0	.350	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.429

Season 5
	Billy Cunningham	Greg Kite
Season	1969-70	1987-88
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Clippers
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	81	39.4	26.1	-	-	13.6	4.3	-	-	-	4.1	9.9	21.1	.469	-	-	-	6.3	8.6	.729
Greg Kite	53	20.1	4.2	1.6	3.4	5.0	0.9	0.4	1.1	1.4	2.9	1.7	3.9	.449	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.5	.506
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
Greg Kite	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Billy Cunningham	Greg Kite
Season	1970-71	1988-89
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Clippers, Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 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	81	38.1	23.0	-	-	11.7	4.9	-	-	-	4.0	8.7	18.8	.462	-	-	-	5.6	7.7	.734
Greg Kite	70	13.5	2.1	1.2	2.3	3.5	0.5	0.4	0.8	0.8	2.3	0.9	2.2	.430	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.6	.488
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
Greg Kite	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Billy Cunningham	Greg Kite
Season	1971-72	1989-90
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Sacramento Kings
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
Greg Kite	71	21.3	3.2	1.8	3.5	5.3	1.1	0.4	0.7	1.1	2.8	1.4	3.3	.432	0.0	0.0	1.000	0.4	0.8	.500
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Greg Kite	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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