Billy Cunningham vs. J.R. Reid Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of J.R. Reid 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, 2 less than J.R. Reid, who played 11. Billy Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while J.R. Reid had his rookie season in 1989-90. 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	J.R. Reid
Season	1965-66	1989-90
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second 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
J.R. Reid	82	33.6	11.1	2.4	6.0	8.4	1.2	1.1	0.7	2.1	3.6	4.4	9.9	.440	0.0	0.1	.000	2.3	3.5	.664
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
J.R. Reid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Billy Cunningham	J.R. Reid
Season	1966-67	1990-91
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Charlotte Hornets
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
J.R. Reid	80	30.8	11.3	1.9	4.4	6.3	1.1	1.1	0.6	1.9	3.6	4.5	9.7	.466	0.0	0.0	.000	2.3	3.2	.703
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
J.R. Reid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Billy Cunningham	J.R. Reid
Season	1968-69	1992-93
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Charlotte Hornets, San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	Spurs 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	82	40.8	24.8	-	-	12.8	3.5	-	-	-	4.0	9.0	21.2	.426	-	-	-	6.8	9.2	.737
J.R. Reid	83	22.7	9.4	1.4	4.0	5.5	1.0	0.6	0.4	1.5	3.2	3.4	7.2	.476	0.0	0.1	.000	2.6	3.4	.764
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
J.R. Reid	10	22.0	8.5	1.6	3.4	5.0	1.5	0.8	0.8	1.3	3.1	2.9	6.0	.483	0.0	0.2	.000	2.7	3.5	.771

Season 5
	Billy Cunningham	J.R. Reid
Season	1969-70	1993-94
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
J.R. Reid	70	19.2	9.0	1.3	1.8	3.1	1.0	0.6	0.4	1.2	2.4	3.7	7.6	.491	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.2	.699
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
J.R. Reid	4	14.0	3.8	0.8	2.3	3.0	0.8	0.3	0.5	0.3	2.5	1.5	5.3	.286	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.3	.600

Season 6
	Billy Cunningham	J.R. Reid
Season	1970-71	1994-95
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Spurs 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
J.R. Reid	81	19.3	7.0	1.5	3.4	4.9	0.7	0.7	0.4	1.4	2.8	2.5	4.9	.508	0.0	0.0	.500	2.0	2.9	.687
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
J.R. Reid	15	13.9	6.1	0.9	1.9	2.8	0.6	0.5	0.3	1.0	2.4	1.9	3.9	.492	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	2.6	.846

Season 7
	Billy Cunningham	J.R. Reid
Season	1971-72	1995-96
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	San Antonio Spurs, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East 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	75	38.7	23.3	-	-	12.2	5.9	-	-	-	3.9	8.8	19.0	.461	-	-	-	5.7	8.0	.712
J.R. Reid	65	20.2	6.6	1.1	2.8	3.9	0.6	0.7	0.3	1.2	2.9	2.5	5.0	.494	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.2	.754
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.R. Reid	1	7.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

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

Note: J.R. Reid didn't play in 1996-97.