Billy Cunningham vs. Jacque Vaughn Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jacque Vaughn 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 Jacque Vaughn, who played 12. Billy Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while Jacque Vaughn had his rookie season in 1997-98. 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	Jacque Vaughn
Season	1965-66	1997-98
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Finals	Jazz 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
Jacque Vaughn	45	9.3	3.1	0.1	0.8	0.8	1.9	0.2	0.0	1.2	1.4	1.0	2.7	.361	0.1	0.2	.375	1.1	1.5	.706
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
Jacque Vaughn	7	3.1	1.0	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.3	1.4	.200	0.1	0.3	.500	0.3	0.3	1.000

Season 2
	Billy Cunningham	Jacque Vaughn
Season	1966-67	1998-99
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Jazz 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	26.8	18.5	-	-	7.3	2.5	-	-	-	3.2	6.9	15.0	.459	-	-	-	4.7	6.9	.686
Jacque Vaughn	19	4.6	2.3	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.6	1.6	.367	0.1	0.4	.250	1.1	1.3	.833
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
Jacque Vaughn	2	3.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	1.0	.500	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.0	0.0	-

Season 4
	Billy Cunningham	Jacque Vaughn
Season	1968-69	2000-01
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	Jazz 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	82	40.8	24.8	-	-	12.8	3.5	-	-	-	4.0	9.0	21.2	.426	-	-	-	6.8	9.2	.737
Jacque Vaughn	82	19.8	6.1	0.2	1.6	1.8	3.9	0.6	0.0	1.6	1.8	2.1	4.8	.433	0.4	1.0	.385	1.6	2.0	.780
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
Jacque Vaughn	5	11.0	0.6	0.0	0.4	0.4	1.6	0.0	0.2	0.2	2.6	0.2	2.0	.100	0.2	0.4	.500	0.0	0.0	-

Season 5
	Billy Cunningham	Jacque Vaughn
Season	1969-70	2001-02
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Atlanta 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	81	39.4	26.1	-	-	13.6	4.3	-	-	-	4.1	9.9	21.1	.469	-	-	-	6.3	8.6	.729
Jacque Vaughn	82	22.6	6.6	0.2	1.8	2.0	4.3	0.8	0.0	1.4	2.2	2.5	5.3	.470	0.3	0.7	.444	1.3	1.5	.825
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
Jacque Vaughn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Billy Cunningham	Jacque Vaughn
Season	1970-71	2002-03
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Magic 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
Jacque Vaughn	80	21.1	5.9	0.3	1.2	1.5	2.9	0.8	0.0	1.2	2.1	2.3	5.1	.448	0.1	0.4	.235	1.2	1.6	.776
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
Jacque Vaughn	7	18.7	4.9	0.1	0.7	0.9	3.6	0.6	0.1	1.3	2.6	1.7	4.7	.364	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	1.9	.769

Season 7
	Billy Cunningham	Jacque Vaughn
Season	1971-72	2003-04
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Atlanta Hawks
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
Jacque Vaughn	71	17.9	3.8	0.2	1.5	1.6	2.7	0.6	0.0	1.2	1.8	1.5	3.9	.386	0.0	0.3	.150	0.7	1.0	.779
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jacque Vaughn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 10
	Billy Cunningham	Jacque Vaughn
Season	-	2006-07
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jacque Vaughn	64	11.9	3.0	0.1	0.9	1.1	2.0	0.4	0.0	0.6	1.2	1.1	2.6	.425	0.0	0.0	.500	0.8	1.0	.754
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jacque Vaughn	20	10.4	2.2	0.1	0.4	0.5	1.4	0.2	0.0	0.6	1.2	1.0	2.5	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.3	.500