Billy Cunningham vs. Mark Strickland Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mark Strickland 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 more than Mark Strickland, who played 8. Billy Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while Mark Strickland had his rookie season in 1994-95. 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9
Rookie Season
	Billy Cunningham	Mark Strickland
Season	1965-66	1994-95
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First 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
Mark Strickland	4	2.3	0.8	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.8	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500
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
Mark Strickland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Mark Strickland didn't play in 1995-96.

Season 2
	Billy Cunningham	Mark Strickland
Season	1966-67	1996-97
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Heat Lost East 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	26.8	18.5	-	-	7.3	2.5	-	-	-	3.2	6.9	15.0	.459	-	-	-	4.7	6.9	.686
Mark Strickland	31	4.9	2.0	0.5	0.7	1.2	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.8	1.9	.417	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.7	.571
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
Mark Strickland	4	3.8	2.0	0.0	0.8	0.8	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.5	.000

Season 4
	Billy Cunningham	Mark Strickland
Season	1968-69	1998-99
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	Heat 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	82	40.8	24.8	-	-	12.8	3.5	-	-	-	4.0	9.0	21.2	.426	-	-	-	6.8	9.2	.737
Mark Strickland	32	11.2	3.7	0.8	1.6	2.4	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.9	1.6	3.2	.495	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	0.8	.731
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
Mark Strickland	2	4.0	2.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000

Season 5
	Billy Cunningham	Mark Strickland
Season	1969-70	1999-00
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	Heat 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	81	39.4	26.1	-	-	13.6	4.3	-	-	-	4.1	9.9	21.1	.469	-	-	-	6.3	8.6	.729
Mark Strickland	58	11.4	4.9	0.8	1.7	2.4	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.4	1.2	2.1	3.9	.545	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.0	.714
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
Mark Strickland	1	10.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	2.0	.000

Season 6
	Billy Cunningham	Mark Strickland
Season	1970-71	2000-01
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Denver Nuggets, New Jersey Nets
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
Mark Strickland	55	13.1	4.6	1.0	1.9	2.9	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.6	1.3	1.9	4.3	.431	0.0	0.0	.500	0.8	1.3	.643
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
Mark Strickland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Billy Cunningham	Mark Strickland
Season	1971-72	2001-02
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
Mark Strickland	46	14.2	4.5	0.9	2.0	2.8	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.6	1.0	2.0	4.4	.446	0.0	0.1	.250	0.5	1.0	.568
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mark Strickland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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