Billy Cunningham vs. Jack Nichols Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jack Nichols 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 and Jack Nichols both played 9 years in the NBA. Billy Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while Jack Nichols had his rookie season in 1948-49. 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	Jack Nichols
Season	1965-66	1948-49
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Washington Capitols
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Finals	Capitols 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
Jack Nichols	34	-	11.7	-	-	-	1.6	-	-	-	3.5	4.5	11.5	.390	-	-	-	2.7	3.7	.730
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
Jack Nichols	11	-	14.4	-	-	-	2.5	-	-	-	4.0	5.6	13.8	.408	-	-	-	3.1	4.6	.667

Season 2
	Billy Cunningham	Jack Nichols
Season	1966-67	1949-50
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Washington Capitols, Tri-Cities Blackhawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Blackhawks Lost West Div 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	26.8	18.5	-	-	7.3	2.5	-	-	-	3.2	6.9	15.0	.459	-	-	-	4.7	6.9	.686
Jack Nichols	67	-	13.1	-	-	-	2.1	-	-	-	2.7	4.6	12.7	.366	-	-	-	3.9	5.1	.753
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
Jack Nichols	3	-	19.7	-	-	-	3.7	-	-	-	3.7	6.0	20.0	.300	-	-	-	7.7	10.3	.742

Note: Jack Nichols didn't play in 1951-52.

Season 4
	Billy Cunningham	Jack Nichols
Season	1968-69	1952-53
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Milwaukee Hawks
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
Jack Nichols	69	38.1	15.8	-	-	7.7	2.8	-	-	-	3.4	6.2	17.0	.363	-	-	-	3.5	4.9	.708
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
Jack Nichols	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Billy Cunningham	Jack Nichols
Season	1969-70	1953-54
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Milwaukee Hawks, Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	Celtics Lost East Div 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
Jack Nichols	75	21.4	5.9	-	-	4.8	1.4	-	-	-	2.5	2.2	7.0	.309	-	-	-	1.5	2.0	.743
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
Jack Nichols	6	35.2	16.7	-	-	10.3	5.2	-	-	-	4.0	5.8	12.0	.486	-	-	-	5.0	6.3	.789

Season 6
	Billy Cunningham	Jack Nichols
Season	1970-71	1954-55
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East Div 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
Jack Nichols	64	29.8	9.9	-	-	8.3	2.3	-	-	-	3.7	3.9	10.3	.380	-	-	-	2.2	2.8	.780
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
Jack Nichols	7	33.0	10.4	-	-	7.0	3.3	-	-	-	4.0	4.3	11.6	.370	-	-	-	1.9	2.3	.813

Season 7
	Billy Cunningham	Jack Nichols
Season	1971-72	1955-56
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Div 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	75	38.7	23.3	-	-	12.2	5.9	-	-	-	3.9	8.8	19.0	.461	-	-	-	5.7	8.0	.712
Jack Nichols	60	32.7	14.3	-	-	10.4	2.7	-	-	-	3.8	5.5	13.3	.413	-	-	-	3.3	4.2	.791
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Nichols	3	33.3	13.7	-	-	12.0	3.3	-	-	-	4.3	5.3	14.3	.372	-	-	-	3.0	3.3	.900

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

Season 8
	Billy Cunningham	Jack Nichols
Season	1974-75	1956-57
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	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
Jack Nichols	61	22.5	8.2	-	-	6.1	1.4	-	-	-	3.0	3.2	8.8	.363	-	-	-	1.8	2.2	.794
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Nichols	10	11.7	3.5	-	-	1.7	0.7	-	-	-	2.3	1.6	4.0	.400	-	-	-	0.3	0.5	.600