Billy Cunningham vs. Jerry Sichting Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jerry Sichting 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 Jerry Sichting, who played 10. Billy Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while Jerry Sichting had his rookie season in 1980-81. 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	Jerry Sichting
Season	1965-66	1980-81
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Finals	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	80	26.7	14.3	-	-	7.5	2.6	-	-	-	3.8	5.4	12.6	.426	-	-	-	3.5	5.5	.634
Jerry Sichting	47	9.6	2.0	0.2	0.7	0.9	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.6	0.8	0.7	2.0	.358	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	0.7	.781
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
Jerry Sichting	1	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 2
	Billy Cunningham	Jerry Sichting
Season	1966-67	1981-82
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Indiana Pacers
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
Jerry Sichting	51	15.7	4.2	0.3	0.8	1.1	2.3	0.6	0.0	0.8	1.2	1.8	3.8	.469	0.0	0.2	.111	0.6	0.7	.763
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
Jerry Sichting	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Billy Cunningham	Jerry Sichting
Season	1968-69	1983-84
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Indiana Pacers
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
Jerry Sichting	80	31.2	11.5	0.6	1.6	2.1	5.7	1.1	0.1	1.8	2.2	5.0	9.3	.532	0.1	0.3	.300	1.5	1.7	.867
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
Jerry Sichting	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Billy Cunningham	Jerry Sichting
Season	1969-70	1984-85
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Indiana Pacers
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
Jerry Sichting	70	25.8	11.0	0.3	1.3	1.6	3.8	0.7	0.1	1.5	1.7	4.6	8.9	.521	0.1	0.5	.243	1.6	1.8	.875
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
Jerry Sichting	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Billy Cunningham	Jerry Sichting
Season	1970-71	1985-86
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	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	81	38.1	23.0	-	-	11.7	4.9	-	-	-	4.0	8.7	18.8	.462	-	-	-	5.6	7.7	.734
Jerry Sichting	82	19.5	6.5	0.3	0.9	1.3	2.3	0.6	0.0	0.9	1.4	2.9	5.0	.570	0.1	0.2	.375	0.7	0.8	.924
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
Jerry Sichting	18	15.2	3.2	0.3	0.6	0.9	2.2	0.3	0.0	0.4	1.0	1.5	3.4	.443	0.0	0.1	.000	0.2	0.4	.429

Season 7
	Billy Cunningham	Jerry Sichting
Season	1971-72	1986-87
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	75	38.7	23.3	-	-	12.2	5.9	-	-	-	3.9	8.8	19.0	.461	-	-	-	5.7	8.0	.712
Jerry Sichting	78	20.1	5.7	0.3	0.9	1.2	2.4	0.5	0.0	0.8	1.6	2.6	5.1	.508	0.1	0.3	.269	0.5	0.5	.881
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry Sichting	23	14.7	3.4	0.2	0.7	0.9	1.4	0.4	0.0	0.4	1.6	1.5	3.6	.427	0.0	0.3	.167	0.3	0.4	.800

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